2026–27 season5Projected 5 seed, MidwestModel projection
LSU
Tigers · SEC
- Record
- 3–0
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- 5
- Midwest · at-large
- Hero rating
- +10.9
- No. 20 in Division I
- Home
- Baton Rouge, LA
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- StrengthTough interior defenseOpponent FG %: 26.6%99th
- StrengthSmothers three-point shootersOpponent 3P %: 18.8%99th
- WeaknessMostly new to the programProgram experience: 1.00 yrs3rd
- WeaknessWeak defensive reboundingDefensive rebound %: 60.0%7th
- StrengthPlays fastPace: 76.285th
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Michael Ruzic
- 15.7 ppg
- Tallest
- Gilad Levy
- 7′3″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Austin Nunez
- 1 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55Skyy ClarkGuard · Los Angeles, CA | 6′2″ | 215 | 1 | 3 | 31.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 100.0 | 11.9 |
| 3Donovan DentGuard · Riverside, CA | 6′2″ | 185 | 1 | 3 | 30.7 | 13.7 | 1.7 | 8.3 | 30.0 | 70.6 | 21.3 |
| 7Saliou Niang · Mandello del Lario, Italy | 6′7″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 24.7 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 16.4 |
| 99Divine UgochukwuGuard · Sugar Land, TX | 6′3″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 22.7 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 16.1 |
| 32Michael Ruzic · Zadar, Croatia | 7′0″ | 235 | 1 | 3 | 22.3 | 15.7 | 7.3 | 2.0 | 16.7 | 66.7 | 21.9 |
| 1Abdi Bashir Jr.Guard · Omaha, NE | 6′5″ | 170 | 1 | 3 | 22.0 | 14.0 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 37.9 | 100.0 | 26.7 |
| 10Mo DioubateForward · Queens, NY | 6′8″ | 235 | 1 | 3 | 21.7 | 12.7 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 60.0 | 41.7 | 21.0 |
| 13Brice Dessert · Pontoise, France | 5′11″ | 255 | 1 | 3 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 26.9 |
| 18Gilad Levy · Tel Aviv, Israel | 7′3″ | 275 | 1 | 3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 40.0 |
| 5Jordan Bender · Louisville, KY | 6′7″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 |
| 0Luke StansburyGuard · Bowling Green, KY | 6′3″ | 185 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.5 |
| 4Bradley Fife · Baton Rouge, LA | 5′10″ | 150 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 22Strake Pearson · Prosper, TX | 7′0″ | 260 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2Austin NunezGuard · San Antonio, TX | 6′2″ | 175 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
3–0
ATS as favorite
3–0
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
0–3
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3 | vsNEWNew Orleans | W100–57 | -27.5 | 160.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 6 | vsTEXTexas Southern | W92–51 | -36 | 161.25 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 9 | vsLOULouisiana Tech | W90–50 | -30 | 150 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 14 | @GON#14Gonzaga2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18 | vsUL UL Monroe | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21 | vsQUEQueens | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | NARIArizona State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 26 | NSMUSMU | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vsWAKWake Forest | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | vsHOFHofstra | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 13 | NHOU#8Houston3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | vsHPUHigh Point13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | vsLOULouisiana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 28 | vsWASWashington State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsSOUSouth Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | @ALA#18Alabama5 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsTEN#11Tennessee7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | @UKKentucky | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @A&MTexas A&M6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 19 | vsTEX#7Texas5 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsAUBAuburn11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 26 | @ARK#19Arkansas9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @GEOGeorgia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 2 | vsVAN#22Vanderbilt1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsOLEOle Miss9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @OKLOklahoma | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 17 | vsFLO#1Florida1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @MISMississippi State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | @AUBAuburn11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsA&MTexas A&M6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 2 | vsARK#19Arkansas9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | @MISMissouri6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |