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Men's Basketball

LSU basketball head coach Johnny Jones watches his team play Wednesday Feb. 19, 2014 during the Tigers' 92-81 victory against Mississippi State in the PMAC.

Former University Lab point guard Skylar Mays recommits to LSU

August 11, 2015

Skylar Mays, an ESPN three-star rated point guard from Findlay Prep in Las Vegas, announced he has recommitted to LSU via Instagram early Tuesday morning.   Excited to announce that I have made...

LSU basketball head coach Johnny Jones addresses the media during the basketball media session Wednesday, July 1, 2015 in the media room of the LSU basketball practice facility.

Notebook: LSU basketball benefitting from early practices, upcoming trip to Australia

August 4, 2015

LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons made the long trek from his homeland of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to play high school basketball at the highest level in Florida for three years. But before he ever...

LSU basketball program hires Suhr as associate coach

LSU basketball program hires Suhr as associate coach

July 28, 2015

Brendan Suhr, former University of Central Florida basketball assistant coach and director of program development, will fill LSU’s associate coaching vacancy, the program announced Tuesday morning. Suhr...

LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons (25) addresses the media during the basketball media session Wednesday, July 1, 2015 in the media room of the LSU basketball practice facility.

Simmons’ versatility will be key for LSU

By James Bewers July 6, 2015

Lights shined. Cameras clicked. Reporters shoved recorders and microphones near his face. Ben Simmons didn’t move a muscle of his 6-foot-10, 235-pound frame. The LSU freshman forward has faced the...

LSU freshmen (left to right) Antonio Blakeney, Ben Simmons and Brandon Sampson address the media during the basketball media session Wednesday, July 1, 2015 in the media room of the LSU basketball practice facility.

The Killer B’s: Freshman hoopers embrace early hype

By James Bewers July 1, 2015

One is a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Sarasota, Florida, who exhibits explosiveness with an ability to rise above the rim. Then there’s the hometown product from Madison Prep Academy, another 6-foot-4...

John Treloar

Newly hired LSU basketball assistant Treloar leaving program for NBA job

By Staff Reports July 1, 2015

John Treloar, who was hired by the LSU basketball program as an assistant coach in April, has accepted a job with another NBA team, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune initially reported late Tuesday night. Based...

Georgia Southern radio play-by-play man Chris Blair hired as next ‘Voice of the Tigers’

Georgia Southern radio play-by-play man Chris Blair hired as next ‘Voice of the Tigers’

June 20, 2015

Chris Blair, the current radio play-by-play man for Georgia Southern University athletics, has been hired to be the next “Voice of the Tigers,” the LSU athletic department announced Saturday.Blair...

LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey (25) jump shoots the ball on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 during the Tigers' 70-63 victory against Florida in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Semester in Review: LSU men’s basketball reaches tournament in up-and-down season

May 3, 2015

With a one-point lead and 13.9 seconds to go in the second half, all of the LSU men’s basketball team’s fears stared it right in the face. In a game they dominated for most of the way, the...

Atlanta Hawks’ gaurd Jeff Teague loses the ball Sunday during the second half of Atlanta’s 94-72 win over the New Orleans Hornets in New Orleans.

NBA playoffs heating up near end of first round

April 28, 2015

A wild weekend of elimination games keeps the first round of the NBA playoffs alive for several teams.  While there are three series with a team currently holding three wins, the competition has certainly...

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Monty Williams instructs his team against the Golden State Warriors during the first half in Game 2 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series Monday, April 20, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Opinion: Pelicans on the cusp of relevancy in playoffs

By Brian Pellerin April 22, 2015

The curtains pull back, and a spotlight falls brightly on a little kid. It’s his first school play, but he gets stage fright and runs off stage. If you’ve ever watched a TV series, you’ve...

New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) dunks as Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones (6) is late defending during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 12, 2015, in Houston. Houston won 121-114. (AP Photo/Bob Levey)

NBA opening playoff round shows key storylines

April 22, 2015

Now that the NBA playoffs are in full swing and some of the opening round series may be reaching their halfway marks, it seems appropriate to evaluate what the playoffs have shown us so far. To start with,...

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LSU men’s basketball gets commitment from Sampson, upgrades to No. 1 recruiting class

April 20, 2015

Shooting guard Brandon Sampson, the No. 1 ranked player in Louisiana according to 247Sports, signed his National Letter of Intent to join the LSU basketball program Monday morning. The Madison Prep product...