LSU Tigers NCAA Basketball News

Patrick Patterson dunked for his 2 of 4 points against Campbellsville's Shawn Savage.

LSU senior forward Tasmin Mitchell was a unanimous choice on the coaches All-SEC team released by the league Monday.

A fine, but no suspension, is the penalty former LSU player Glen Davis will pay say the Boston Celtics, for Davis' part in an altercation last week that broke his thumb.

LSU senior forward Tasmin Mitchell was named one of the 50 players on the 2009-10 Naismith Award preseason watch list, according to an announcement from the Atlanta Tipoff Club today.

Familiar faces were lacking as was a familiar style of play at the the LSU men's basketball scrimmage Wednesday night at the Maravich Assmebly Center.

The 2008-09 men's basketball season turned into a nightmare for the Southeastern Conference.

The Houston Rockets waived guard Garrett Temple from their preseason roster Wednesday, according to Fox 26 News in Houston.

Kentucky 's John Calipari raved about the development of highly touted freshman guard John Wall on Thursday morning during media day for the Southeastern Conference.

SEC basketball coaches, players and fans are ready to put last season in the rear-view mirror, and a more experienced league should help.

LSU men's basketball coach Trent Johnson said at Southeastern Conference media day Thursday that the league is young but good.

The Houston Rockets waived guards Romel Beck and Garrett Temple on Wednesday, reducing the roster to 17.

The LSU men's basketball Tigers are picked fourth in the Western Division, but received one of the first place votes Monday in the annual pre-media day voting by a select panel of both Southeastern Conference and national media members.

The LSU men's basketball team has been picked to finish fourth in the SEC West Division in a recent poll of SEC media who cover the teams.

Harris is 6-10, Ludwig 6-9. G Aaron Dotson is coming off knee surgery, which could slow his early progress.

Last season's SEC championship was the second for LSU in a four-year span. In between the 2006 and 2009 titles, however, the Tigers finished last in the Western Division in 2007 and fourth in 2008.

Trent Johnson inherited a quite favorable situation last year in his first year as head coach of the LSU Tigers.

Trent Johnson realizes it may be unrealistic to expect his second season as LSU's head coach to be as charmed as his first.

Rookie shooting guard Marcus Thornton is expected to earn his first start tonight when the New Orleans Hornets play the Miami Heat in a preseason game at the Sprint Center .

In Trent Johnson's second year as LSU's men's basketball coach, he faces a dose of reality.

As LSU prepares for the start of men's basketball practice Thursday, the Tigers find themselves at No.