Tigers, Longhorns Meet In SEC/Big 12 Challenge Game

BATON ROUGE – After two years away from the event, the LSU Tigers return to the SEC/Big 12 Basketball Challenge Saturday when they travel to Austin, Texas to take on the University of Texas at the Frank Erwin Center.

The game, part of 10 pairings between Southeastern Conference and Big 12 teams, will tip at just after 1 p.m. CT on ESPN (Paul Sunderland and Fran Fraschilla) and will be broadcast on the affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network (Guaranty Media Flagship in BR Eagle 98.1 FM) with the "Voice of the Tigers Chris Blair and former basketball coach John Brady.

This will mark the 31st time the teams have met but the first time since Dec. 10, 2006 in Houston when Texas was a 76-75…