Yes, the LSU team refused to take the court for the national anthem.
here is what the coach of LSUmsaid. We aways hit the locker room with 12 minutes to go. We had no indication when the anthem would be played. After warm ups i need to settle the team a little in the locker room. We never intended an insult or did anything on purpose to avoid the anthem.
My feeling is one of the asst coaches should have known when the anthem would be played, if you care about it.