LSU Men’s Basketball 2022 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 5, 2022 · CSM Staff
 

LSU Tigers

SEC (22-11, 9-9)

 
 
Big Wins: 1/4 Kentucky (65-60), 1/8 Tennessee (79-67)
Bad Losses: 2/1 Mississippi (72-76), 2/5 at Vanderbilt (66-75)
Coach: Will Wade
 
Probable Starters:
Xavier Pinson, Senior, Guard, 10.1 ppg, 4.7 apg, 1.9 spg
Brandon Murray, Freshman, Guard, 10.1 ppg, 2.0 apg
Mwani Wilkinson, Sophomore, Forward, 3.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Darius Days, Senior, Forward, 13.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg
Efton Reid III, Freshman, Center, 6.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Tari Eason, Sophomore, Forward, 16.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 2.0 spg, 1.1 bpg
Eric Gaines, Sophomore, Guard, 9.3 ppg, 3.0 apg, 2.1 spg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 73.2 (127th in nation, 6th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.9 (25, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.9 (196, 8)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.4 (8, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.7 (252, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.3 (252, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.2 (158, 8)
Rebound Margin: 2.8 (101, 7)
Assists Per Game: 12.6 (204, 12)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.5 (313, 13)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2021 NCAA Round of 64 win over St. Bonaventure
2021 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Michigan
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 3/6