All eyes are on College Basketball as the NCAA Tournament kicks off on Thursday while the Women's NCAA Tournament will kick off this weekend. Kim Mulkey has led the LSU Lady Tigers to yet another NCAA Tournament behind a 28-5 record which was good enough to secure LSU a 3-Seed in March Madness.
The Lady Tigers tournament opens in Baton Rouge with LSU taking on San Diego State while Florida State and George Mason will face off in the PMAC as well. While LSU is heavily expected to make it out of Baton Rouge, ESPN's Stephen A Smith has other ideas.
The NCAA Tournament released Stephen A Smith's bracket and maybe the biggest surprise is that he picked George Mason to upset LSU in Baton Rouge.
Stephen A. Smith's bracket!
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LSU will need to beat San Diego State to make it to that point while George Mason will need to upset Florida State. The notion that LSU will lose to George Mason at home is ridiculous as the Tigers have far more talent but, it is the month of March where anything could happen.
The George Mason Patriots had a great season going 27-5 finishing second in the A-10 during the regular season but, got their bid into the NCAA Tournament by winning the A-10 Tournament. The Patriots faced one elite team all season losing by ten points to Maryland early on in the season.
While George Mason has two solid scoring guards and a great forward in Zahirah Walton, the Patriots don't have the level of talent that LSU has. Aneesah Morrow and Flau'Jae Johnson are All-American Players while Mikaylah Williams was an honorable mention.
If everything plays out as expected, we will never see this matchup come to fruition but, if it does happen, the Lady Tigers talent advantage will shine through.