Games That Could Help LSU - Bringing It Home Edition

Beat Florida! - This one is obvious, but a win today puts LSU at 9 wins in the last 10 games, gives them another win against the RPI top 25, exacts a little revenge on a team that swept them earlier in the year and, of course, gives them the SEC Tournament Championship and automatic NCAA bid. This really should be enough at this point to make all of the other games irrelevant, but we'll look at a few more to be safe. A loss gives the selection committee an excuse to put Ole Miss in.

UTSA over Rice - Rice is still ahead of LSU in WN and Boyd's. I think an LSU win gives them enough of a bump to pass Rice, but a Rice loss to UTSA makes it a certainty.

Louisville over Houston - This one is insurance. Houston is sitting right behind LSU in RPI, so a Houston win and an LSU loss would move Houston ahead.

USC over Oregon - Not a big deal for LSU directly, but it could help a little. USC is RPI #66 and a loss to them would give Oregon State 3 losses in their last 4 games. Oregon State currently has the #6 RPI. A loss here and LSU may be able to overtake them. They also currently ranked #1 in the country with ULL at #2, so ULL may very well be the #1 team in the country going into to tournament.

ULL over UT Arlington - LSU RPI and perception bump.

Ok St. over TCU - Most of the folks here on the board that the Big 12 will get a National Seed no matter what happens. Ok St is higher ranked but lower in RPI (18) while TCU is still hovering around 12 in the RPI. A win would make Ok St the lock for that seed as the regular season and tourney champs and would drop TCU enough to keep them from being a threat to LSU.

Indiana over Nebraska - Hardly worth mentioning, but Indiana has more common oponents with LSU. They played Purdue and Nebraska did not. That could conceivably help LSU's OOC SOS a bit. A Nebraska loss may help a few of LSU's conference foes move up in RPI a little, but not enough to be overly concerned with. Indiana is probably a top 8 lock regardless of the outcome.