BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Making the NCAA Tournament has eluded LSU coach Matt McMahon for three straight seasons.

The fourth-year coach said that playing and winning games in the biggest postseason tournament in college basketball always will be a non-negotiable for the program. When asked whether he feels an additional sense of urgency to get the Tigers back on that stage for the first time since the 2021-22 season, he said no.

Having seriousness in everything he does as a coach is his default approach, regardless of how successful the prior season was.

“I have urgency every single day I’ve ever coached,” McMahon told The Advocate at SEC media day on Wednesday at the Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook. “That’s never changed. That’s never wavered.”

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