LSU Tournament Resume

LSU (20-9, 12-4, T-1st SEC West, T-2nd SEC Overall)
Seed: #6 Chicago Regional
How they got here: At-large bid
Against the Field (5-5):
W LA-LaFayette 83-69
L W. Virginia 69-84
L @Utah 55-69
L @Alabama 58-73
L @Kentucky 58-89
W Mississippi St. 69-62
W @Mississippi St. 80-72
W Florida 77-73
W Alabama 61-59
L (N) Kentucky 78-79

The good: A tale of two seasons. Started 6-5. Ended 14-4. Started the SEC 6-4, Ended the SEC regular season 6-0. 4 straight losses against tourney teams, 4-0 against the next 4 tourney teams. Came on strong at the end of the season to earn a solid bid. Played Kentucky well in the SEC tourney. Gets the easiest of the 11 seeds in UAB. Will get a chance to prove UAB critics right. 3 straight wins against the RPI top 50 at the end of the season. All starters scoring average in double digits. Could be a real sleeper if the real LSU team is the one that finished the season.

The bad: Still does not have a winning record against tourney teams. 7-8 Road/Neutral record. Scoring margin only 4.4 PPG. Which is the real LSU team? The team at the beginning of the season or the one that finished strong?