BATON ROUGE – The LSU Tigers have been picked third in the annual Southeastern Conference men's basketball preseason poll in voting announced Tuesday by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.
The Tigers, entering their third season under Coach Will Wade, are coming off an SEC Championship season that saw LSU post a 28-7 overall record and 16-2 in the league. The Tigers were 9-0 on the road in the SEC, tied for the present longest winning road streak in the nation and last year advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16. LSU defeated Yale and Maryland, before falling to Michigan State in the third round.