NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- With 7.3 seconds to play, LSU had three shots at the basket but couldn't get one to fall, as the Tigers fell to top-seeded Alabama in the SEC Tournament championship game on Sunday, 80-79.
Alabama native Trendon Watford scored a game-high 30 points for LSU (18-9), but his three pointer in the final seconds came up short. Aundre Hyatt's tip-in then rattled both sides of the rim, and a last-second tip by Watford and Darius Days wedged between the backboard and the rim before the horn sounded.
Alabama (24-6) won its first title since 1991.