LSU Men’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 7, 2021 · CSM Staff
 

LSU Tigers

SEC (18-9, 11-6)

 
 
Big Wins: 1/13 Arkansas (92-76), 2/13 Tennessee (78-65), 3/6 at Missouri (86-80)
Bad Losses: 11/28 at Saint Louis (81-85), 1/23 at Kentucky (69-82), 2/23 at Georgia (78-91)
Coach:  Will Wade
 
Probable Starters:
Javonte Smart, Junior, Guard, 15.9 ppg, 4.0 apg
Cameron Thomas, Freshman, Guard, 22.6 ppg, 1.4 apg
Aundre Hyatt, Sophomore, Guard, 3.9 ppg
Darius Days, Junior, Forward, 11.7 ppg, 7.9 rpg
Trendon Watford, Sophomore, Forward, 16.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 3.0 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Mwani Wilkinson, Freshman, Forward, 3.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Josh LeBlanc, Junior, Forward, 3.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Eric Gaines, Freshman, Guard, 2.7 ppg, 1.3 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 82.7 (9th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 75.4 (282, 11)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.9 (48, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.9 (97, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.1 (101, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.5 (127, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.6 (54, 2)
Rebound Margin: 0.9 (160, 11)
Assists Per Game: 12.5 (219, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.2 (98, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019 NCAA Round of 64 win over Yale
2019 NCAA Round of 32 win over Maryland
2019 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Michigan State
2018 NIT First Round win over Louisiana
2018 NIT Second Round loss to Utah
2015 NCAA Round of 64 loss to North Carolina State
2014 NIT First Round win over San Francisco
2014 NIT Second Round loss to SMU
2012 NIT First Round loss to Oregon
2009 NCAA Round of 64 win over Butler
2009 NCAA Round of 32 loss to North Carolina
2006 NCAA Round of 64 win over Iona
2006 NCAA Round of 32 win over Texas A&M
2006 NCAA Regional semifinal win over Duke
2006 NCAA Regional Final win over Texas
2006 NCAA National semifinal loss to UCLA
2005 NCAA Round of 64 loss to UAB
2004 NIT First Round loss to Oklahoma
2003 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Purdue
 
*all team stats through 3/7