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Matt McMahon details his approach to postseason coaching

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LSU head coach Matt McMahon is getting ready for his first postseason tournament coaching the Tigers. But expectations are now very low for LSU as it enters the SEC Tournament.

The Tigers ended the regular season with a 13-18 record and 2-16 mark in SEC play.

“This is a unique arrival to the postseason.” McMahon said during a Monday media availability. “I think for us it just has to be about you’re zero and zero. You have nothing to lose. Let’s bring a lot of energy., play with great effort, try to do the best we can to clean up some of those defensive errors and and offensive turnovers and find a way to go 1-0 on Wednesday. That’ll need to be the approach these next 48 hours.”

LSU opens the tournament against Georgia. The Bulldogs pulled out a 65-63 victory one month ago during the Tigers’ 14-game losing streak.

With that game on the mind of LSU ahead of the game, McMahon wants to see his team try and play with confidence.

“Hopefully, (we) go into the tournament and play with confidence,” McMahon said. “Loose, I would always want us to play that way; loose and confident. But I don’t think practice today is really about trying to change a whole lot of different things. As to the first opponent, Georgia, that was the difference in the game last time. We had 19 turnovers. So, ball security will continue to be point of emphasis if we want to have a chance to win on Wednesday.”

2023 SEC Basketball Tournament opens Wednesday

Here’s a look at the final SEC standings ahead of the SEC Basketball Tournament in Nashville, Tenn.

  1. Alabama (26-5, 16-2 SEC)
  2. Texas A&M (23-8, 15-3 SEC)
  3. Kentucky (21-10, 12-6 SEC)
  4. Missouri (23-8, 11-7 SEC)
  5. Tennessee (22-9, 11-7 SEC)
  6. Vanderbilt (17-13, 10-7 SEC)
  7. Auburn (20-11, 10-8 SEC)
  8. Florida (16-15, 9-9 SEC)
  9. Mississippi State (20-10, 8-9 SEC)
  10. Arkansas (19-12, 8-10 SEC)
  11. Georgia (16-15, 6-12 SEC)
  12. South Carolina (11-20, 4-14 SEC)
  13. Ole Miss (11-20, 3-15 SEC)
  14. LSU (13-18, 2-16 SEC)

Matt McMahon’s LSU team will open the postseason in the first round of the tournament Wednesday against Georgia. The game will be at 9 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.

The winner will play Vanderbilt.