The team played its home games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is a member of the Southeastern Conference.

Trent Johnson completed his first season as head coach of the Tiger men's basketball team in 2009.

The Tigers were awarded the #8 seed in the South bracket for the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

In the opening round of the tournament, LSU squared off against the #9 seed Butler, who finished the regular season 26–5.

Mitchell was recently named to watchlist for the 2009–10 Naismith Award,[3] as well as being rated the #4 small forward in college basketball by Rivals.com.