LSU played an epic, exhilarating, insane, instant classic game in the SEC Tournament championship round that, unfortunately for the Tigers, resulted in a heartbreaking 80-79 loss to Alabama.
Tiger forward and Alabama native Trendon Watford played the best game of his LSU career, scoring a career-high 30 points to go along with seven rebounds and five assists. But Watford needed 32 or 33 points to give LSU its first SEC Tournament title since 1980, instead he and teammate Aundre Hyatt’s attempts at a game winning shot at the buzzer came up agonizingly short.
LSU fell to Alabama for the third time this season, but this was by far and away its best effort.