#22 Houston

Houston beat OSU by 10
Must win game for non conf and with it being on road.
These next three will determine how many you will have to win in SEC play.

I'll be out there repping.

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It’s not the end of the world if we win or lose. The SEC is stacked we will have plenty of opportunity to boost our RPI but this would be great for our resume.

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LSU is running out of chances to get "good" OOC wins. Houston ON THE ROAD is arguably the best potential "good" win remaining.

The selection committee has stressed over, and over, and over, that OOC games matter. Just doing well in conf. play is not always enough. While a loss to Houston may not be the "end of the world", it does mean the margin of error in SEC will be very small.

Wins away from home are more significant that wins at home. LSU already blew a chance at a neutral site win vs. FSU. Now they have to make up for that.

There was a reason a 8-10 (SEC record) LSU team was at least in the outside discussion for the NCAAT last year. A HUGE part being the OOC wins over Michigan and Houston. This LSU team doesn't have any significant OOC wins as of yet with only 4 more opportunities to get some left.

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RPI #19 very good team

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RPI doesn't exist anymore, it's NET rankings. Houston is #14, Furman is #28, LSU is #39.

NCAA

R.I.P. RPI, Hello NET

Our next two are must wins. Right now our best win is UNCG and that’s not going to get it done on Selection Sunday. Even though St. Mary’s is down that would still be nice neutral court win and we should beat Furman at home. Let’s face it the SEC is down this year. Outside of Auburn, Tenn, and Kentucky, and maybe Moo St there aren’t a lot of opportunities for marquee wins even when conference play starts

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It would be a huge win. I really struggle to call it a must win.

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If LSU already had a neutral site win vs. FSU I'd agree. But this is the ONLY shot to get a true road win before conf. play. Those are huge.

Lose to Houston, then the best you can do in OOC play is a neutral site win vs. St. Mary's and two HOME wins vs. good mid-majors. While not the worst OOC results, it certainly isn't a resume that jumps off the page. (as opposed to last year's OOC record with wins over Michigan and Houston)

Get a road win, a neutral site win, to go along with some decent mid-major home wins and LSU is in ok position starting SEC play. But for every loss from here on out it means the margin of error in SEC play shrinks.

Looks like the Tigers will be well represented.

I shall be there just waiting on word if I need to buy a ticket or not.

Y’all pregaming?

A ranked Houston and Furman team? This is a gift for Wade and this team...let’s hope they take advantage

The top half of the SEC is scary good this year. I wont be surprised if we post a poorer record than last year in conference play!