LSU guard Justice Hill plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal
LSU guard Justice Hill plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, according to a report from The Athletic’s Tobias Bass on Tuesday night. Hill averaged 5.6 points, 2.7 assists and 1.6 rebounds per game in his lone season with the Tigers.
Hill joined LSU’s program after Matt McMahon left Murray State, where Hill was First Team All-Ohio Valley Conference in 2021-22 with McMahon leading him. He made 17 starts in 30 games played for LSU this season.
McMahon took over LSU last spring and the Tigers sputtered to one of the worst seasons in recent history. LSU finished just 2-16 in Southeastern Conference play with a 14-19 overall record.
LSU led off SEC play with a home win over Top 10 Arkansas, but then lost 13 straight league games before beating Vanderbilt at home Feb. 22. LSU beat Georgia in the SEC Tournament before falling to the Commodores on March 9 to end the first campaign under McMahon.
“I think clearly disappointed in the overall result of the season,” McMahon said after the loss to Vanderbilt. “You asked me, one of your first questions when I was blessed to get to take to job, What are your goals? My goal is the same every year: I want to help our players and team max out and become the best we’re capable of being. Whether that’s 15 wins, 18 wins, 31 wins… I don’t think we were able to get that accomplished this year. That’s clearly my responsibility. But there’s the reality, also, I’m well aware. I’m not an excuse-maker. I don’t blame anybody or complain.
“The reality is we didn’t take over the 22-win LSU team that went to the NCAA tournament. We took over a program in crisis, zero players, zero signees. Really had to start at ground zero and try to put a team together and do our best moving forward. Unfortunately wasn’t able to get it done at the level I would have liked to in January and February. Take quite a few positives from the year.”
