LSU lands NIT bid

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The LSU Tigers landed in the NIT field of 32 for the first time since 2012 and will open as a No. 5 seed in the first round at No. 4 San Francisco on Wednesday.

The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/1gx2UoO ) LSU submitted a bid to host a first-round game at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, but the Tigers did not get the nod. If they prevail against the Dons, they would move on to face No. 1 seed SMU or UC-Irvine in the next round.

The Tigers (19-13) went 9-9 en route to a seventh-place SEC finish.

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Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com