The LSU men’s basketball team is officially in a tailspin as the Tigers (15-4, 3-4) dropped its third straight game losing to Tennessee (13-4, 4-3) 64-50.
The game was essentially a carbon copy of LSU’s SEC opening loss to Auburn. The Tigers got down 14-0 before finally scoring a basket. LSU and Tennessee would play to a stalemate after finally getting on the board but you can’t spot anybody a 14-point lead—especially an NCAA Tournament caliber team in their place—and expect to win.
For the fourth straight game LSU was without Xavier Pinson and Darius Days, who came into Saturday battling an ankle injury, left after re-aggravating it.