LSU Tigers NCAA Basketball News

Trent Johnson's Tigers are loaded with talent but have yet to produce spectacular results this season.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG LSU forward Johnny O'Bryant III battles for control of a rebound with Alabama guard Levi Randolph as Alabama center Carl Engstrom watches during the second half.

The LSU men's basketball team will "meet the press" today when Alabama comes to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

14, 2012 file photo, Arkansas' Mardracus Wade makes a pass against LSU's Andre Stringer during the first half of a basketball game in Fayetteville, Ark.

Mississippians in the McDonald's All-American Game: 1988 Chris Jackson, Gulfport 1988 Litterial Green, Moss Point 1989 James Robinson, Murrah 1992 Othella Harrington, Murrah 1993 Ronnie Henderson, Murrah 1994 Jerod Ward, Clinton 1999 Jonathan Bender, Picayune 2000 Darius Rice, Lanier 2001 Mo Williams, Murrah 2003 Jackie Butler, McComb 2003 Travis ... (more)

There would be no Bryce Drew. Mario Chalmers' game-tying shot to send the 2008 national championship into overtime would have been meaningless.

LSU had won eight of its previous nine games, and talks of an NCAA tournament berth were brewing as the Tigers entered Southeastern Conference play.

Festus Ezeli scored 21 points in helping Vanderbilt beat LSU 76-61 Wednesday night and snap a two-game skid.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER LSU's Johnny O'Bryant III shoots as Arkansas' Hunter Mickelson defends Saturday afternoon at Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

LSU Coach Trent Johnson says that he has faith in sophomore guard Ralston Turner as play in the Southeastern Conference intensifies.

LSU's Anthony Hickey goes for two points with Florida's Bradley Beal not able to block the shot during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan.

LSU guard Anthony Hickey dribbles past Mississippi State forward Arnett Moultrie in January during a game in Starkville, Miss.

Head Coach Trent Johnson talks to Ralston Turner on the sidelines Saturday afternoon during LSU's matchup against Arkansas at Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Vanderbilt's Jeffery Taylor has been chosen as the StatSheet SEC Player of the Week for the week ending February 6th.

Saturdays win over Arkansas was the game this LSU team has been looking for all year.

Following a difficult January schedule in which his LSU team lost four games to ranked teams, coach Trent Johnson admitted that Saturday's 71-65 victory against Arkansas provided a necessary boost.

If the Cajuns were to sign him now, however, he'd count toward last year's scholarship totals - and after putting Ole Miss/Jacksonville State transfer Darius "Tig" Barksdale on its 2011-12 academic year tally, UL is maxed out going backward at 25.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON LSU forward Malcolm White is pressured as he goes for two against Marquette forward Jamil Wilson during 1st half action at the PMAC in Baton Rouge Monday.

The Arkansas coach is so caught up in the moment in his first season on the job that he hasn't allowed himself - or his players, for that matter - to look that far ahead.

The LSU men's basketball team plays its first non-ranked opponent in more than three weeks Saturday when they host Arkansas at 12:40 p.m. in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.