The 2026–27 LSU Tigers men's basketball team will represent Louisiana State University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Tigers will play their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and will be led by Will Wade in the first year of his second stint as head coach. Johnny Jones also rejoined LSU as an assistant coach for his 23rd total season with the program, including five as the head coach.

Previous season The Tigers finished the 2025–26 season 15–17 and 3–15 in SEC play, finishing last in the conference. They lost to the Kentucky Wildcats in the first round of the SEC tournament.

Following the season, head coach Matt McMahon was fired after four seasons, finishing his tenure with a 60–70 overall record Former Tigers head coach Will Wade was re-hired the same day, returning after previously being dismissed over NCAA violations in 2022.

Offseason Departures LSU departures Mazi Mosley 0 G 6'5" 169 Freshman Los Angeles, CA Transferred to Loyola Marymount Mike Nwoko 1 F 6'10" 261 Junior Toronto, ON Transferred to Xavier Jalen Reece 2 G 6'0" 185 Freshman Orlando, FL Transferred to Texas A&M Max Mackinnon 3 G 6'6" 195 Senior Brisbane, Australia Graduated Rashad King 4 G 6'6" 217 Senior Evans, GA Graduated Marcus Vaughns 5 F 6'8" 221 Freshman Melbourne, Australia Transferred to Arizona State Robert Miller III 6 F 6'10" 230 Sophomore Houston, TX Transferred to Miami (FL) PJ Carter 7 G 6'4" 183 Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated Pablo Tamba 8 F 6'7" 206 Graduate student Málaga, Spain Graduated Jalen Reed 9 F 6'10" 245 Junior Jackson, MS Transferred to Michigan Marquel Sutton 10 F 6'9" 225 Senior Tulsa, OK Graduated Dedan Thomas Jr. 11 G 6'1" 178 Junior Las Vegas, NV Transferred to Houston Matt Gilhool 13 F 6'11" 213 Freshman Elizabethtown, PA Transferred to Kansas StateJaden Bobbett 14 G 6'1" 190 Senior Rye, NH GraduatedRon Zipper 16 G 6'5" 209 Freshman Ashkelon, Israel Transferred

Incoming transfers LSU incoming transfersAbdi Bashir Jr. ― G 6'7" 175 Senior Omaha, NE Kansas StateMouhamed Dioubate ― F 6'7" 225 Senior Flushing, NY Kentucky Austin Nunez ― G 6'2" 185 Senior San Antonio, TX UTSA Divine Ugochukwu ― G 6'3" 196 Junior Sugar Land, TX Michigan State Donovan Dent — G 6'2" 185 Graduate Student Riverside, CA UCLA Skyy Clark — G 6'3" 205 Graduate Student Los Angeles, CA UCLA

Roster

* = Conflicting eligibility status (NCAA and SEC)

Schedule and results

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