re: Can LSU play its way into a regional host if they win the SECT?

It's not likely, but it's not as impossible as people will try to make you believe. It has gotten even less likely with Miss St doing just as well as we are in the tournament.

Kentucky, aTm, Arkansas, Tennessee and Georgia are 100% hosting. Miss St is the other team who was in that mix. Our metrics are similar to theirs, they just have the better SEC record.

If we were to win this tournament it would mean we won either 8 in a row, or 8 of our last 9. It would also take us to winning 18 SEC games (the committee has previously said that these tourney wins count as SEC wins in their eyes). If that remains true, 18 wins will get you in the conversation. The RPI/KPI boost along the way would suggest hosting is possible as well.

Like I said though, it becomes even more less likely with Miss St winning so far as well. We would have probably needed them to fall early, for us to have a chance to replace them.