They played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center as members of the Southeastern Conference.

They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to NC State.

Junior forward Johnny O'Bryant III, the team leader in scoring and rebounding, elected to forgo his senior season and enter the 2014 NBA draft, where he was selected in the second round by the Milwaukee Bucks.

[1] In a somewhat surprising move, LSU chose not to renew the scholarship of point guard Anthony Hickey, who led the team in assists and steals, for the 2014–15 season.

The Tigers also signed a strong recruiting class, which included Elbert Robinson, one of the top-rated centers in the country,[3] and Josh Gray, a junior college transfer at guard who led the NJCAA in scoring in 2013-2014 with 34.7 points per game.