Skylar Mays

LSU's Skylar Mays SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award winner

4 yr ago by TigerBait Staff

BATON ROUGE – LSU senior Skylar Mays, who graduated from LSU recently after four stellar years as a member of the men’s basketball team, has been honored Tuesday with the announcement by Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey that the Baton Rouge native is one of the 2020 H. Boyd McWhorter

LSU's Skylar Mays named Academic All-America of the year!

4 yr ago by TigerBait Staff

BATON ROUGE – LSU’s Skylar Mays has been named the 2019-20 Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I men’s basketball by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced on Monday.

Skylar Mays enters NBA draft

5 yr ago by TigerBait Staff

LSU junior guard Skylar Mays has announced that he will be entering the NBA draft.

No excuses as Tigers prepare for NCAA tournament

5 yr ago by Bryan Lazare

For the first time in four years and for only the second time in ten years, LSU will be a participant in March Madness come Thursday.

Waters, Mays, Reid On Coaches SEC Honors List

5 yr ago by TigerBait Staff

BATON ROUGE – LSU’s Tremont Waters earned Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors and Skylar Mays was named the league’s scholar-athlete on the Southeastern Conference coaches All-SEC selections announced on Tuesday.

LSU players just took everything in stride

5 yr ago by Bryan Lazare

It was a strange atmosphere at the PMAC on Saturday night. LSU only needed to defeat Vanderbilt, which had not won a Southeastern Conference game this season, to win its first league title in ten years. However, the past two days had been troubling for the Tigers basketball program.

Skylar Mays is ultimate ‘glue guy’

5 yr ago by Bryan Lazare

Without Tremont Waters the past two games, LSU still did enough to pull itself into a share of the Southeastern Conference lead by recording victories.

ANALYSIS: What an improbable victory for LSU

5 yr ago by Bryan Lazare

LSU’s task against Southeastern Conference-leading Tennessee became quite apparent to the fans filing into the PMAC on Saturday morning.

Same start, but different finish for LSU against Auburn

5 yr ago by Bryan Lazare

LSU coach Will Wade admitted that he had flashbacks during the first ten minutes of his team’s game against Auburn on Saturday.

Skylar Mays is perfect role model for young Tigers

5 yr ago by Bryan Lazare

Skylar Mays may not be one of the most talented players in the Tigers’ starting lineup, but he is definitely the most valuable in the eyes of Will Wade.

LSU defeats Memphis 85-76

5 yr ago by Bryan Lazare

Skylar Mays scored a season-high 19 points as LSU defeated Memphis 85-76 in a non-conference game at the PMAC on Tuesday night.

LSU basketball preview

5 yr ago by Bryan Lazare

Coach Will Wade’s massive overhaul of the LSU basketball roster was accomplished very rapidly. When the Tigers open the 2018-19 season against Southeastern Louisiana at the PMAC on Tuesday, combo guard Skylar Mays will be the lone scholarship player who was a member of coach Johnny Jones’ final ...

Tremont Waters and Skylar Mays ready to lead LSU to next step

6 yr ago by Bryan Lazare

Tremont Waters and Skylar Mays were the heart and soul of Will Wade’s first team as LSU basketball coach. Waters was one of the best freshman point guards in the country – averaging 16 points and six assists per game. Mays, a former point guard, shifted to a wing position to accommodate Waters.

LSU has the parts to be a good team

6 yr ago by Bryan Lazare

Two seasons ago, Oregon reached the Final Four where it lost by one point in the semifinals to eventual national champion North Carolina. LSU post player Kavell Bigby-Williams was a backup on that Ducks team..