LSU will open the 2016-17 basketball season on Nov. 12 when the Tigers host the Southern Conference’s Wofford at the PMAC.
Including Wofford, LSU added seven home games in November and December as the Tigers’ non-conference schedule was released on Tuesday.
LSU will compete in three home games against Wofford, and Southern Miss on Nov. 15 and North Florida three days later before the squad departs for the Bahamas’ “Battle 4 Atlantis” tournament Nov. 23-25, beginning with a meeting against Wichita State at 11 a.m. in Imperial Arena.
Last season, the Tigers squashed North Florida’s second-half surge (19 3-pointers) with 71 second-half points to win the thriller, 119-108 behind a 43-point outing from former LSU forward Ben Simmons on Dec. 2. LSU’s 119 points were its most since its 127-104 victory against George Mason on Dec. 3, 1994.
The Tigers will finish against Houston in November as the back-end of a home-and-home series on Nov. 29, the week prior to LSU’s mandated release for final exams. Houston defeated LSU in the Tigers’ second overtime game last season, 105-98. Like Houston, LSU was also defeated by Wake Forest, 71-77, last December, and the College of Charleston, 58-70, on Nov. 30, 2015.
LSU’s only remaining non-conference game is versus Texas Tech on Jan. 28 as part of the SEC/Big 12 challenge. The Tigers’ SEC schedule is expected to be released toward the end of August.
Including Wofford, LSU added seven home games in November and December as the Tigers’ non-conference schedule was released on Tuesday.
LSU will compete in three home games against Wofford, and Southern Miss on Nov. 15 and North Florida three days later before the squad departs for the Bahamas’ “Battle 4 Atlantis” tournament Nov. 23-25, beginning with a meeting against Wichita State at 11 a.m. in Imperial Arena.
Last season, the Tigers squashed North Florida’s second-half surge (19 3-pointers) with 71 second-half points to win the thriller, 119-108 behind a 43-point outing from former LSU forward Ben Simmons on Dec. 2. LSU’s 119 points were its most since its 127-104 victory against George Mason on Dec. 3, 1994.
The Tigers will finish against Houston in November as the back-end of a home-and-home series on Nov. 29, the week prior to LSU’s mandated release for final exams. Houston defeated LSU in the Tigers’ second overtime game last season, 105-98. Like Houston, LSU was also defeated by Wake Forest, 71-77, last December, and the College of Charleston, 58-70, on Nov. 30, 2015.
LSU’s only remaining non-conference game is versus Texas Tech on Jan. 28 as part of the SEC/Big 12 challenge. The Tigers’ SEC schedule is expected to be released toward the end of August.
