No Will Wade, no Javonte Smart, and no Naz Reid proved to be no problem for the LSU, as the Tigers (26-5, 16-2), beat the Vanderbilt Commodores (9-21, 0-18) to claim the school’s first SEC championship since 2009.
The Tigers came into Saturday’s game as co-champions of the league, regardless of the result against Vanderbilt, thanks to Auburn beating Tennessee earlier Saturday afternoon. The Volunteer loss also ensured the Tigers would be the No. 1 seed in next week’s SEC tournament in Nashville. But LSU still had to go out and win a game to be the outright champions of the league and they did just that.