LSU Tigers Basketball Team Headed To NIT

The season continues for the 2012 LSU men's basketball team as they were selected for the 2012 National Invitation Tournament announced on ESPNU late Sunday night.

The Tigers, the sixth seed in the Washington bracket will travel to Eugene, Ore., to play the Oregon Ducks at 8:30 p.m. CDT in a game to be televised on ESPN.

LSU is 18-14 on the season after splitting two games in the SEC Tournament, beating Arkansas, 70-54, in the first round and battling No. 1-ranked Kentucky in a narrow 60-51 loss in which LSU had a 35-30 lead with 16 minutes to go.

The Tigers improved seven wins on the 11 wins of each of the past two seasons and the Tigers seven league wins marked a major improvement over the teams combined five SEC wins the previous two seasons. LSU was last in post-season play in 2009 when they advanced to the NCAA Tournament second round.

Oregon is 22-9 overall and 13-5 in the Pac-12 conference. The Ducks lost to Colorado by one point, 63-62, in the conference tournament.