BATON ROUGE - LSU, along with five other college basketball teams, was hand-selected to honor the late Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi.

Vanessa Bryant, Kobe's wife, hand-picked LSU to be a "Mamba Program" for the 2023-24 basketball season. Duke, Kentucky, Oregon, UConn, and USC were also selected. 

Vanessa Bryant has handpicked six CBB teams to be honored as "Mamba Programs" for the 2023-24 season:

• Duke
• Kentucky
• LSU
• Oregon
• UConn
• USC

The teams will wear Kobe and Gigi’s Nike shoes and may have the Nike Kobe 'Sheath' logo on their jerseys in the future. pic.twitter.com/OwjpoXnUtw

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) September 6, 2023

The Mamba Programs will wear Kobe and Gigi's Nike shoes and, according to Front Office Sports, may wear the Kobe Sheath logo on their jerseys in the future.