Dates and times are pending, but the Lady Tigers will open the season in November in a nationally televised game by the Lifetime Network against either Texas Tech, North Carolina or UCLA in the Four in the Fall Classic from Lubbock, Texas.

LSU, which reached the Sweet 16 last year, will host the SEC-Big Ten Challenge in late December with ESPN2 providing live national coverage. LSU will also play Tulane on New Year's Eve afternoon at Fogelman Arena.

The Louisiana Bayou Beast have set up the "Chris Beard Fund" at Hibernia Bank in Baton Rouge to benefit the former LSU player seriously injured in a game Saturday night.