Men's Basketball

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – LSU head men's basketball coach Will Wade, senior Duop Reath and junior Brandon Sampson spent two-plus hours taking pictures, offering relevant social media thoughts and taking dozens of questions (some repeats) from local, regional and national media at the annual edition of the men's basketball SEC Tipoff.

(NOTE -- SOME OF THIS INFORMATION COMES FROM TULANE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH ANNOUNCED THE GAME EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.)

BATON ROUGE – Coach Will Wade and two veteran members of his LSU basketball team will make the trip to Nashville on Wednesday for Southeastern Conference Basketball Media Day.

BATON ROUGE – The 2017-18 National Basketball Association season begins on Tuesday and six former Tigers are listed on opening rosters for teams entering the opening week.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Athletics Ticket Office announced that single game tickets for men's basketball non-conference games are now on sale including the home opener on Nov. 10 against Alcorn State where tickets start at just $1.

BATON ROUGE – LSU Coach Will Wade put the LSU men's basketball team through some 45 minutes of work Saturday afternoon at the pre-game TAF Tailgate Party at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU men's basketball team will be on display prior to Saturday's LSU-Auburn football game as they practice on the floor of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center from Noon to 12:45 p.m.

Duop Reath embraces change in the LSU men's basketball program.

BATON ROUGE – Coach Will Wade met with the media on Tuesday to review his team's status as the team hits the mid-week point of the second week of practice, now just a month out from the opening game on Nov. 10 in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center against Alcorn State.

BATON ROUGE – After practice sessions on Friday, Sunday and Monday to start pre-season workouts, LSU men's basketball coach Will Wade met with the media on Tuesday to update the status of the team to date.

BATON ROUGE – The first of 30 practice days saw the LSU Basketball Tigers go almost three hours in the LSU practice facility Friday, as the media got its first real look at the Tigers on the floor under the direction of head coach Will Wade.

GEISMAR – LSU men's basketball coach Will Wade earlier this week spoke to close to 1,800 workers at Shell's Tiger AO4 Project about team work and safety awareness.

BATON ROUGE – For Coach Will Wade and his LSU men's basketball team, Friday begins 30 days of practice that will lead to the opening of the 2017-18 seasons, Friday, Nov. 10, against Alcorn State.

BATON ROUGE – Garrett Temple begins his eighth season of NBA play and his second with the Sacramento Kings as he takes over the position as the senior LSU Tiger in the league heading into the 2017-18 season.

BATON ROUGE – LSU men's basketball Coach Will Wade met with local and area media on Monday afternoon previewing what will be the start of fall practice on Friday afternoon.

Collis Temple Jr. was the first African-American basketball player at LSU, and he earned first-team all-SEC and Academic all-SEC recognition.

BATON ROUGE – Sophomore guard Skylar Mays was back on the court for conditioning with his Tiger team Monday afternoon in the basketball practice facility.

BATON ROUGE – The Southeastern Conference unveiled the television networks and start times for its 2017-18 men's basketball schedule on Wednesday.

BATON ROUGE – Coach Will Wade announced Tuesday that Brian Merritt will be a part of the LSU men's basketball staff for the 2017-18 season.

BATON ROUGE – When Coach Kelvin Sampson, the men's basketball coach of Houston, asked his fellow basketball coaches on Monday to participate in a program to help the people effected by Hurricane Harvey in his city, LSU and men's basketball Head Coach Will Wade was quick to respond.

BATON ROUGE – The Southeastern Conference unveiled its 126-game men's basketball schedule for the 2017-18 season on Thursday and the LSU Tigers will host Will Wade's first SEC game against the University of Kentucky.

BATON ROUGE -- LSU Head Basketball Coach Will Wade announced former national junior college player of the year Kavell Bigby-Williams will transfer from the University of Oregon to LSU this fall.

BATON ROUGE – A previously announced tournament trip to Maui and the start of home-and-home sets with Houston and Memphis highlight a 12-game non-conference schedule that will start the first year of LSU Basketball under Coach Will Wade.

BATON ROUGE – LSU men's basketball head coach Will Wade and the LSU Athletics Department has received the signed letter-of-intent papers from graduate transfer Randy Onwuasor of Southern Utah.

BATON ROUGE – The Maravich Center on the LSU campus will be home to the largest center hung videoboard in college basketball when the school completes installation of the new board later this month.