For the first time since the calendar flipped from 2024 to 2025, the Tigers (29-5) looked like a Final Four caliber team as LSU demolished San Diego State 103-48 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. LSU, the Spokane Region 1 No. 3 seed, advance to the Round of 32 and will play Florida State, the No. 6 seed, Monday evening at 5:00.

Sort of like San Diego State’s basketball team in the same city 147 years later. Hit its ceiling. And crashed. The team that began the season by losing all-conference guard Reese Waters for its entirety and instead stuttered along with one of college basketball’s youngest rotations that included six freshmen or sophomores experienced the power of gravity Tuesday night in the NCAA Tournament’s First Four,

Flau’Jae Johnson scored 22 points, Aneesah Morrow had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and LSU overwhelmed San Diego State 103-48 in the opening round of the women's NCAA Tournament.