After the tigers 81-67 loss to Ole Miss on Saturday the tigers slip to the tournaments ninth seed and will face the eighth seed Georgia Thursday in Nashville.  Georgia is coming off a loss Saturday as well 61-58 at Alabama.  The tigers finished the regular season at 18-11, 9-9 SEC while Georgia finished with a regular season record of 15-16, 9-9 SEC.  LSU is hoping for an NIT bid.  A few wins in the SEC tournament would help the tigers secure that.  The tigers lost in Athens January 19th 67-58 in the earlier meeting between the two teams.

Georgia is led by “SEC Player of he Year” sophomore guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with 18 points per game, 6.9 rebounds per game, and 1.8 assists per game.  Sophomore forward Namanja Djuristic scores 8 points a game, has 4 rebounds a game, and 1.5 assists per game.  Junior forward Donte Williams has 5.3 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game.  Freshman guard Charles Mann has 6.5 points per game, 3 rebounds per game, and 2.8 assists per game.  Senior guard Vincent Williams scores 5.1 points per game, has 1.5 rebounds per game, and has 2.2 assists per game.

Charles Carmouche will have a busy day guarding the bulldogs Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.  Georgia will be successful if Pope has a big game.  The tiger defense of the 6-5 sophomore will be a key in getting to the quarter-final round.