The 2019–20 LSU Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Will Wade, in his third season at LSU. They played their home games at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 12–6 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They were set to be the No. 3 seed in the SEC tournament with a bye to the quarterfinals. However, the SEC Tournament and all other postseason tournaments were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season The Tigers finished the 2018–19 season 28–7, 16–2 in SEC play to finish as regular season SEC champions. They lost in the Quarterfinals of the SEC tournament to Florida. The Tigers received an invitation to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Yale in the First Round and Maryland in the Second Round before losing to Michigan State in the Sweet Sixteen. Head coach Will Wade was briefly suspended at the end of the season due to NCAA concerns.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Naz Reid 0 F 6'10" 240 Freshman Asbury Park, NJ Declare for 2019 NBA draft Tremont Waters 3 G 5'11" 167 Sophomore New Haven, CT Declare for 2019 NBA draft Daryl Edwards 5 G 6'3" 165 Junior Fresno, CA Left the team for personal reasons Noah Thomas 10 G 6'4" 185 Freshman Cypress, TX Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Kavell Bigby-Williams 11 F 6'11" 230 RS Senior London, England Graduated Will Reese 13 G 6'4" 190 RS Sophomore Leesville, LA Walk-on; didn't return Danya Kingsby 20 G 6'1" 165 Junior Milwaukee, WI Transferred to Bradley

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Parker Edwards 3 G 6'3" 195 Sophomore Mandeville, LA Southeastern Louisiana Charles Manning, Jr. 11 G 6'5" 180 Junior Riverhead, NY Florida Southwestern State Caleb Starks 20 G 6'4" 195 Junior Lafayette, IN LSU-Eunice

2019 recruiting class

2020 recruiting class

Preseason

SEC media poll The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.

Media poll 1 Kentucky 2 Florida 3 LSU 4 Auburn 5 Tennessee 6 Alabama 7 Mississippi State 8 Ole Miss 9 Georgia 10 South Carolina 11 Arkansas 12 Texas A&M 13 Missouri 14 Vanderbilt

Preseason All-SEC teams The Tigers had one player selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.

Second Team

Skylar Mays

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=|Regular season

!colspan=12 style=| SEC Tournament |- style="background:#bbbbbb" | style="text-align:center"|March 13, 20208:30 pm, SECN | style="text-align:center"| (3) | vs. Quarterfinals | colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | style="text-align:center"|Bridgestone ArenaNashville, TN

Schedule Source

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll

References