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LSU was not expected to win the Tip-Off National Invitation Tournament last week in Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Three games into their college careers, LSU freshmen Eddie Ludwig and Dennis Harris already are playing "The Big Apple." Their eyes might be as big as basketballs when they join their teammates against Connecticut at Madison Square Garden in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tipoff at 6 p.m. Arizona State plays Duke in the other semifinal.

LSU coach Trent Johnson's opening remarks at Tuesday's NIT Season Tip-Off press conference at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.

Site: Madison Square Garden Time: 7 p.m. TV: ESPN2 Radio: WTIC-1080 Series history: UConn, 2-1 Last meeting: LSU, 66-49, Jan.

Derek Glasser scored a career-high 24 points, Eric Boateng added 17 and Arizona State used its suffocating zone defense to beat LSU 71-52 on Friday in the consolation game of the NIT Season Tip-Off. The Sun Devils trailed 34-27 at halftime before locking down, forcing the Tigers to miss 15 of their first 17 shots out of the break.

The Arizona State men are hoping to get out of New York with a victory tonight as they play LSU at 12:30 p.m. in the consolation game of the NIT Season Tip-Off. The Sun Devils played No.

Jerome Dyson and backcourt mate Kemba Walker each scored 20 points as No. 13 Connecticut routed previously unbeaten Louisiana State, 81-55, last night in the first semifinal of the NIT Season Tip-Off in New York City.

The LSU Tigers and 13th-ranked Connecticut Huskies mix it up tonight at Madison Square Garden, as they do battle in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament.

No. 13 UConn vs. LSU WHEN -- Tonight, 7 LSU Bo Spencer, G, 6-2, Jr. -- Averaging 20.3 points and 39.3 minutes Tasmin Mitchell , F, 6-7, Sr.

Mike Krzyzewski played at Madison Square Garden as a cadet at Army in the 1960s.

Sophomore guard Rotnei Clark came out hot for Arkansas in Friday night's season opener and never cooled off.

Nearly a year ago, the LSU women's basketball team welcomed Middle Tennessee to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

When LSU guard Alex Farrer suffered a dislocated left kneecap Nov. 8, the best-case scenario was the senior would be back after six weeks.

BATON ROUGE, La. a ' Bo Spencer knocked down a long three-pointer from the top of the key with 2:46 to play to push LSU back in front 60-57, and spark the decision run of the game as the Tigers held off a determined Western Kentucky University squad 71-60 in front of 8,220 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La.

What you don't want to run into when you are a young team trying to develop, LSU coach Trent Johnson said, is a team that runs precision patterns designed to exploit mistakes.

BATON ROUGE - Frank Sinatra made a surprising appearance at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Tuesday night.

Bo Spencer scored a career-high 28 points and made a tie-breaking 3-pointer as LSU defeated Western Kentucky 71-60 on Tuesday night.

LSU knocks off Indiana State 56-45 Eds: APNewsNow. LSU 56, Indiana State 45. BATON ROUGE, La.

One of the spoils of LSU's Southeastern Conference basketball championship last season was a spot in the NIT Season Tipoff Tournament .

When we last saw LSU on a basketball court, the Tigers had put a scare into the best team in college basketball in its home state.