re: LSU basketball is being criminally overlooked

This is probably data overload for some but NCAA also changed the tiering to give more credit for road/neutral wins. They did so by bucketing the Tiers as follows:

Tier 1 - Results against opponents with RPI rankings 1-30 (home games), 1-50 (neutral) and 1-75 (road)

Tier 2 - Results against opponents with RPI rankings 31-75 (home), 51-100 (neutral), 76-135 (away)

Tier 3 - Results against opponents with RPI rankings 76-160 (home), 101-200 (neutral), 136-240 (away)

Tier 4 - Results against opponents with RPI rankings 161+ (home), 201+ (neutral), 241+ (away)

Based on those tiers, LSU as of today would be:
Tier 1 - 3-3.....3 wins (@ Arky, @ A&M, Mich (N)) and 3 losses (Kentucky, Marquette, ND)
Tier 2 - 2-0 (Houston and @ Memphis)
Tier 3 - 0-1 (SFA)
Tier 4 - 6-0 (rest of non-conference home schedule)