Head coach Will Wade unveiled LSU’s complete 2026‑27 men’s basketball schedule, a slate that includes 17 games against teams that participated in postseason play the previous season, underscoring the program’s ambitious non‑conference approach.
The campaign begins with a trio of exhibition contests in October, a new NCAA provision that permits early‑season play, featuring matchups against McNeese on October 8, UCF on October 14 and Florida State on October 24 before the official opener on November 3 against LSU‑New Orleans.
The first regular‑season game will be a home contest versus Texas Southern on November 6, the night before the football team’s showdown with Alabama, and the Tigers will then travel to Spokane to face Gonzaga on November 14, followed by a back‑to‑back stretch in Palm Springs for the Acrisure Series on November 25‑26.
Additional non‑conference home games include Queen’s College of Charlotte, Wake Forest, Hofstra and High Point, while LSU will test itself against Houston, an NCAA Sweet 16 program, at the Toyota Center in Houston.
SEC Play Begins With a Double‑Header and a Friday Night First
Conference action opens on January 2 with home games against South Carolina and Tennessee, and continues with a home matchup against Auburn on January 23 and a road game at Texas A&M on February 27. A standout date is February 5, when LSU will host Ole Miss in a Friday night SEC game — the first such regular‑season Friday conference contest for the program since 1991.
The schedule also notes that Arkansas and Texas A&M will be played on both home and away courts, and that game times and broadcast networks will be announced in September. Fans can secure season tickets through the LSU Athletics Ticket Office or via LSUTix.net.