Jalen Cook had long been expected to be the star of the LSU season. Even with the delay of his season debut due to NCAA transfer eligibility rules, there were big expectations when he checked in against...
Star transfer guard Jalen Cook officially made his season debut for LSU when he checked into the Tigers' game against No. 19 Texas with 15:12 left in the first half with the score at 15-5 in favor of the...
Good teams can take a punch in the mouth and get back up.
Lately, LSU men's basketball hasn’t done that.
In an earlier loss to Syracuse, the Tigers competed closely throughout the first half and were...
When a star gets going, it’s a thing of beauty.
It’s like no one else is there; nothing the defense throws at them fazes them, no amount of defenders in their face.
LSU, though, wishes it wasn’t...
If nothing else, LSU will come out of the Charleston Classic battle-tested.
In three games against Dayton, North Texas and Wake Forest, the Tigers found themselves in one-possession games in the final...
Size is the biggest advantage LSU men's basketball will have on most nights, as it did against North Texas.
Between 7-foot Will Baker and 6-foot-10 Derek Fountain, the Tigers attacked the paint on offense...
For the second straight game, LSU men's basketball watched as another team hit a game-winning 3-pointer with four seconds or fewer on the clock.
Dayton’s Nate Santos made the decisive shot from distance...
By Peter Rauterkus | @peter_rauterkus
• November 16, 2023
A young Mwani Wilkinson looked on from the sidelines.
He was just seconds away from winning an SEC Championship when his veteran teammate Trendon Watford dribbled the ball toward the top of the key....
By Peter Rauterkus | @peter_rauterkus
• November 11, 2023
An angry Matt McMahon slammed his hand on the press room table in frustration.
“I apologize to everyone who came tonight,” he said to open his postgame press conference.
Despite coming...
In its first real game action since a disappointing 14-19 year, LSU opened its season Monday with a 106-60 win over Mississippi Valley State in the Pete Assembly Maravich Center.
It was a dominant wire-to-wire...
The LSU men’s basketball program announced in a statement Wednesday that the NCAA ruled transfer Jalen Cook ineligible to play for the Tigers this season.
Under NCAA rules, Cook’s status as a two-time...
LSU fans got their first glimpse at this year’s men’s basketball team, led by second-year head coach Matt McMahon, when it hosted Louisiana Christian for an exhibition match in the Pete Maravich Center...
