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LSU Basketball: 3 reasons why the Tigers can win the SEC in 2018-19

By Brian Rauf

BATON ROUGE, LA - JANUARY 28: Fans of the LSU Tigers celebrate following a victory over the Kentucky Wildcats at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on January 28, 2014 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU won the game 87-82. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LA - JANUARY 28: Fans of the LSU Tigers celebrate following a victory over the Kentucky Wildcats at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on January 28, 2014 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU won the game 87-82. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /
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LAHAINA, HI – NOVEMBER 21: Head coach Will Wade of the LSU Tigers discusses a call with an official during the second half of the game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center on November 21, 2017 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo by Darryl Oumi/Getty Images)
LAHAINA, HI – NOVEMBER 21: Head coach Will Wade of the LSU Tigers discusses a call with an official during the second half of the game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center on November 21, 2017 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo by Darryl Oumi/Getty Images) /

LSU Basketball is expected to have a breakout season in head coach Will Wade’s second season with the program. Here’s why that may result in an SEC championship.

For the second time in four seasons, LSU enters the college basketball season with expectations. Like, serious expectations.

It didn’t go so well for the Tigers last time as Ben Simmons couldn’t carry them to the NCAA Tournament, and that debacle ultimately led to the firing of former head coach Johnny Jones one year later.

Will Wade took over the program last season following Jones’ departure and has quickly put the program back on the right path as he has the Tigers poised to have the breakout year that never happened in 2015-16.

The SEC is expected to be as deep as ever and projects to be extremely strong at the top. Both of last season’s co-champions, Auburn and Tennessee, return virtually everyone while Kentucky has been dubbed the preseason No. 1 team in the country by many outlets. All three will be in the preseason top 10.

Yet LSU has the potential to finish higher than all three of them – and other quality teams like Florida and Mississippi State. Here’s why the Tigers can win their first SEC regular-season title since 2009:

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