BATON ROUGE – LSU (25-4, 13-3 SEC) will enter postseason play as the No. 6 team inside the AP Poll.
The Tigers have had an exceptional turnaround in the first year under Hall of Fame Coach Kim Mulkey. After winning nine games a year ago LSU increased its win total by 16 this season. The Tigers were picked in the preseason to finish No. 8 in the SEC, but LSU went 13-3 in conference play to go to Nashville as the No. 2 seed in the SEC Tournament.
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As one of the Top-4 seeds at the SEC Tournament, LSU earned a double-bye and will not play until Friday in the quarterfinals at 6 p.m. CT inside Bridgestone Arena in a game that will air on the SEC Network. The Tigers will play the winner of Mississippi State and Kentucky which is scheduled for Thursday evening.
It is likely that no matter what happens later this week at the SEC Tournament that LSU will host first and second round games of the NCAA Tournament inside the PMAC as one of the Top-16 seeds in the field. The last time LSU hosted NCAA Tournament games was in 2014. The Tigers were a No. 7 seed that year, but to find the last time LSU was one of the Top-16 seeds one would have to go back to 2008 when LSU was the No. 2 seed in the Oklahoma City Regional.
This year also marks the first time since that same 2007-08 season that the Tigers have won 25 games in the regular season. With six wins over teams ranked in the AP Poll, LSU has surged into the Top-10 this year. This marks the 13th consecutive week LSU has appeared in the AP Poll and the second straight week the Tigers are in the Top-10. The last time LSU entered postseason play ranked inside the Top-10 was 2007-08.
Record Pts Prv
1. South Carolina (30) 27-1 750 1
2. Stanford 25-3 719 2
3. NC State 26-3 687 3
4. Louisville 25-3 659 4
5. Baylor 23-5 626 5
6. LSU 25-4 567 8
7. UConn 22-5 555 7
8. Iowa St.24-4 527 9
9. Texas 21-6 510 11
10. Michigan 22-5 492 6
11. Maryland 21-7 460 13
12. Iowa 20-7 395 21
13. Ohio St.22-5 329 17
14. Arizona 20-6 327 12
14. Indiana 19-7 327 10
16. North Carolina 23-5 300 18
17. BYU 25-2 258 19
18. Tennessee 22-7 245 16
19. Oklahoma 22-6 244 20
20. Notre Dame 21-7 224 14
21. Virginia Tech 21-8 113 23
22. Florida Gulf Coast 26-2 103 24
23. Florida 20-9 89 15
24. Georgia 20-8 51 25
25. Georgia Tech 20-9 50 22
Others receiving votes: Princeton 32, UCF 26, Villanova 19, Toledo 15, Washington St 13, Oregon 13, Dayton 12, Colorado 6, Kansas St 3, Mississippi 2, South Dakota St. 1, Kansas 1.
