LSU Men's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

LSU Tigers

SEC (18-9, 11-6)

 
 
Big Wins: 1/13 Arkansas (92-76), 2/13 Tennessee (78-65), 3/6 at Missouri (86-80)
Bad Losses: 11/28 at Saint Louis (81-85), 1/23 at Kentucky (69-82), 2/23 at Georgia (78-91)
Coach:  Will Wade
 
Probable Starters:
Javonte Smart, Junior, Guard, 15.9 ppg, 4.0 apg
Cameron Thomas, Freshman, Guard, 22.6 ppg, 1.4 apg
Aundre Hyatt, Sophomore, Guard, 3.9 ppg
Darius Days, Junior, Forward, 11.7 ppg, 7.9 rpg
Trendon Watford, Sophomore, Forward, 16.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 3.0 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Mwani Wilkinson, Freshman, Forward, 3.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Josh LeBlanc, Junior, Forward, 3.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Eric Gaines, Freshman, Guard, 2.7 ppg, 1.3 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 82.7 (9th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 75.4 (282, 11)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.9 (48, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.9 (97, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.1 (101, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.5 (127, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.6 (54, 2)
Rebound Margin: 0.9 (160, 11)
Assists Per Game: 12.5 (219, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.2 (98, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019NCAARound of 64 win over Yale
2019NCAARound of 32 win over Maryland
2019NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Michigan State
2018NITFirst Round win over Louisiana
2018NITSecond Round loss to Utah
2015NCAARound of 64 loss to North Carolina State
2014NITFirst Round win over San Francisco
2014NITSecond Round loss to SMU
2012NITFirst Round loss to Oregon
2009NCAARound of 64 win over Butler
2009NCAARound of 32 loss to North Carolina
2006NCAARound of 64 win over Iona
2006NCAARound of 32 win over Texas A&M
2006NCAARegional semifinal win over Duke
2006NCAARegional Final win over Texas
2006NCAANational semifinal loss to UCLA
2005NCAARound of 64 loss to UAB
2004NITFirst Round loss to Oklahoma
2003NCAARound of 64 loss to Purdue
 
*all team stats through 3/7