LSU men’s basketball was predicted to finish 15th in the Southeastern Conference for the 2025-26 season in the league's preseason media poll released on Monday.

Fourth-year coach Matt McMahon has an almost entirely new group with only two returning players: redshirt junior forward Jalen Reed and sophomore forward Robert Miller.

No one on the roster made any of the three preseason All-SEC teams. The other teams without a player voted were South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.

Last year, the Tigers went 14-18 overall with a 3-15 record in the conference. They finished 15th in the SEC and were predicted to finish 14th in that year's preseason poll.

McMahon hasn't made the NCAA Tournament in his tenure as coach, and the last time the program made it was in 2022.

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