LSU’s Men's Basketball team received the No. 8 seed in the East Region of the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament bracket and will face No. 9 St. Bonaventure (16-4) on Saturday in the first round.
LSU Head Coach Will Wade said in a news release that the Tigers have a “huge challenge” in their first opponent.
“They got a very good team. Coach (Mark) Schmidt, I’m familiar with him from the Atlantic 10, is as good of a ball coach as there is out there in the country,” Wade said.
LSU (18-9) its 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance and Wade said he was surprised the team didn’t earn a higher seed.
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"I thought we'd be a little bit better than that,” he said. “But, at the end of the day, we lost to Saint Louis and we lost to Texas Tech in the non-conference. We didn't have the non-conference profile that we needed. We were the top eight seed, right there to get a seven (seed). But, I've said this: conference tournaments don't matter (for NCAA Tournament seeding). Our seed was set on, probably Friday night. We're in the deal. That's the number one thing."
If the Tigers beat St. Bonaventure, They’ll face the winner of No. 1 seed Michigan and its First Four participant, No. 16 seed Mount St. Mary's or Texas Southern.