LSU Tigers
SEC (17-14, 8-10)
Big Wins: 11/20 vs Michigan (77-75), 12/13 Houston (80-77), 1/6 at Texas A&M (69-68)
Bad Losses: 11/21 vs Notre Dame (53-92), 12/16 Stephen F. Austin (82-83), 1/20 at Vanderbilt (71-77)
Coach: Will Wade
Probable Starters:
Tremont Waters, Freshman, Guard, 16.0 ppg, 5.9 apg
Skylar Mays, Sophomore, Guard, 11.2 ppg, 3.1 apg. 4.1 rpg
Duop Reath, Senior, Forward, 12.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg
Wayde Sims, Sophomore, Forward, 5.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Aaron Epps, Senior, Forward, 9.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg
Key Role Players:
Brandon Rachal, Freshman, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Randy Onwuasor, Senior, Guard, 4.5 ppg
Brandon Sampson, Junior, Guard, 7.6 ppg
Daryl Edwards, Junior, Guard, 6.9 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 77.6 (80th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 73.7 (210, 11)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.6 (45, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 45.2 (245, 13)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.2 (121, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.3 (160, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.6 (90, 5)
Rebound Margin: -0.6 (226, 11)
Assists Per Game: 14.3 (127, 6)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.5 (49, 4)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2015 NCAA Round of 64 loss to North Carolina State
2014 NIT First Round win over San Francisco
2014 NIT Second Round loss to SMU
2012 NIT First Round loss to Oregon
2009 NCAA Round of 64 win over Butler
2009 NCAA Round of 32 loss to North Carolina
2006 NCAA Round of 64 win over Iona
2006 NCAA Round of 32 win over Texas A&M
2006 NCAA Regional semifinal win over Duke
2006 NCAA Regional Final win over Texas
2006 NCAA National semifinal loss to UCLA
2005 NCAA Round of 64 loss to UAB
2004 NIT First Round loss to Oklahoma
2003 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Purdue
*all team stats through 3/4