BATON ROUGE — The LSU Tigers earned the No. 8 seed in the East Region of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament which was released on Sunday.
LSU (18-9) will face No. 9-seed St. Bonaventure (16-4) on Saturday.
“It’s always good to see your name on the screen,” said LSU coach Will Wade. “We have a huge challenge in front of us. 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.”
LSU, the No. 3 in the SEC Tournament, advanced to Sunday’s final before falling to top-seed and No. 6-ranked Alabama, 80-79. The Tigers advanced to play in the NCAA Tournament for the 23rd time in program history and the second-straight tournament.
The meeting will be the first between the Tigers and Bonnies.
Game times and locations will be announced soon.