LSU To Face Utah In NIT Second Round On Monday Night

The No. 3 seeded LSU Tigers will face No. 2 seed Utah in the second round of the NIT on Monday in Salt Lake City, UT. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. CT on ESPNU.

The Tigers advanced to the second round by beating No. 6 ULL 84-76 in the first round, while the Utes moved on by beating No. 7 UC Davis 69-59. Per LSUSports.net:

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The game will tip at 7:05 p.m. MT (8:05 p.m. in Baton Rouge) and will be nationally televised on ESPNU with Ted Emrich and Mark Wise on the call. As usual, the “Voice of the Tigers” Chris Blair and former LSU head coach John Brady will be on hand for the radio broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network (including flagship Eagle 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge).

Utah drew 3,452 for its opening NIT game with UC Davis on Wednesday and hosts as the No. 2 seed in the pod against the third-seeded Tigers. The winner of the LSU-Utah game meets the winner of the game that follows LSU-Utah in California between No. 1 seed St. Mary’s and No. 5 Washington. That game will be played on Wednesday and St. Mary’s will host either team with a win Monday night while Washington would travel to the LSU-Utah winner.

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