Matchups Set For Emerald Coast Classic & Big 12-SEC Challenge

Some LSU Basketball scheduling for the upcoming season was announced this week, which includes the 2021 Emerald Coast Classic and the Big 12 - SEC Challenge.

The Tigers will be one of eight teams competing in the Emerald Coast Classic on Nov. 26-27 which will be held at Raider Arena on the campus of Northwest Florida State College. Per LSUSports.net:

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LSU will face Penn State in a semifinal round game at 6 p.m. CST on Friday, Nov. 26, while Wake Forest will play Oregon State at 8:30 p.m. The third-place game will be played at 3 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 27 with the championship game scheduled for a 6 p.m. tip off on that Saturday.

On campus first-round games will be played Nov. 18 with Penn State hosting St. Francis Brooklyn, while Samford visits Oregon State and McNeese State travels to LSU. Wake Forest will host North Carolina A&T Nov. 20.

Other games at Northwest Florida State College on Friday Nov. 26 have McNeese State playing St. Francis Brooklyn at 11 a.m., while North Carolina A&T meets Samford at 1:30 p.m. Those teams will play their second game Nov. 27 with tip offs at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

The LSU-Penn State game and the championship game will be televised on the CBS Sports Network.

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For the Big 12 - SEC Challenge, LSU will play TCU in Fort Worth on January 29.

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Start times and network designations will be announced at a later date.

Big 12/SEC Challenge (January 29, 2022):

Baylor at Alabama
West Virginia at Arkansas
Oklahoma at Auburn
Oklahoma State at Florida
Kentucky at Kansas
LSU at TCU
Kansas State at Ole Miss
Mississippi State at Texas Tech
Missouri at Iowa State
Tennessee at Texas

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