BATON ROUGE - LSU head basketball Coach Will Wade spoke Wednesday, giving media members and fans updates on the team's practice a month out from the beginning of the season.nbsp;Wade's news conference began at 1 p.m.Watch here:nbsp;Will Wade speaking with the media as practice ramps up ahead of the 2026-27 season. Wade says they are practicing with 15 players, some of them dealing with eligibility issues. #LSU Says he wonrsquo;t/canrsquo;t speak on certain player situations in regards to eligibility. pic.twitter.com/RhHpvsmGJ5mdash; Brie (@briannaandras) September 23, 2026The LSU men's basketball team returns to the court with an Oct. 2 exhibition against McNeese State, where Wade previously coached after being fired from LSU in 2022, in Lake Charles. The season properly starts on Nov. 3 against the recently renamed LSU New Orleans.The full schedule can be found here.Permalink| Comments ...read more read less