LSU Tigers basketball

LSU Tigers basketball
2016–17 LSU Tigers basketball team
University	Louisiana State University
Conference	SEC
Location	Baton Rouge, LA
Head coach	Johnny Jones (5th year)
Arena	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (Capacity: 13,472)
Nickname	Tigers
Colors	Purple and Gold[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA Tournament champions
1935
NCAA Tournament Final Four
1953, 1981, 1986, 2006
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1953, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 2006
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1953, 1954, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2006
NCAA Tournament appearances
1953, 1954, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2015
Conference tournament champions
1980
Conference regular season champions
1935, 1953, 1954, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1991, 2000, 2006, 2009

The LSU Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I men's college basketball. The team is coached by Johnny Jones. LSU has enjoyed recent success, including a Final Four run in the 2005–06 season. Past coaches include Trent Johnson, John Brady, Press Maravich, Dale Brown and Harry Rabenhorst. They play their home games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The team participates in the Southeastern Conference.

Championships

National championships

LSU retroactively claims a national championship for the 1934–35 season, but not on the basis of any determination by an external selector or outcome of any contest purporting to determine a national champion.

Year	Coach	Record	Result
1934–35	Harry Rabenhorst	14–1	LSU 41 Pittsburgh Panthers 37 (American Legion Bowl)
Total national championships:	1

Final Fours

LSU has played in 4 Final Fours in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament. The Tigers are 0-6 all-time in the Final Four, losing the third place game in 1953 and 1981. The third place game was discontinued after LSU's 78-74 loss to Virginia in 1981.

Year	Coach	Record
1952–53	Harry Rabenhorst	22–3
1980–81	Dale Brown	31–5
1985–86	Dale Brown	26–12
2005–06	John Brady	27–9
Total Final Fours:	4

Conference championships

LSU has won a total of ten conference championships and one conference tournament championship since becoming a founding member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 1933.

Year	Conference	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record
1935	SEC	Harry Rabenhorst	14–1	12–0
1952–53	SEC	Harry Rabenhorst	22–3	13–0
1953–54	SEC	Harry Rabenhorst	20–5	14–0
1978–79	SEC	Dale Brown	23–6	14–4
1979–80	SEC Tournament	Dale Brown	26–6	14–4
1980–81	SEC	Dale Brown	31–5	17–1
1984–85	SEC	Dale Brown	19–10	13–5
1990–91	SEC	Dale Brown	20-10	13–5
1999–2000	SEC	John Brady	28–6	12–4
2005–06	SEC	John Brady	27–9	14–2
2008–09	SEC	Trent Johnson	27–8	13–3
Total conference championships:			11

History

Early history (1909–1957)

The 1935 Tigers – coached by Harry Rabenhorst, and keyed by the play of first LSU All-American Sparky Wade – finished the season at 14–1, defeating a Pittsburgh Panthers team that shared the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference championship and finished with an 18–6 overall record in the American Legion Bowl by a score of 41–37 in their final game of the season. LSU's lone defeat came to the Southwest Conference co-champion Rice Owls by a score of 56–47 in Houston in one of LSU's three road games.^[2] LSU has claimed a national championship for the 1935 season (pre-NCAA Tournament), but not on the basis of any determination by an external selector.^[3] (LSU is the only school that officially claims a national championship on the basis of a win in the American Legion Bowl, an event that made no claim to determine a national champion.^[4] The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively named the 19–1 NYU Violets its national champion for the 1934–35 season. The retroactive Premo-Porretta Power Poll also ranked the Violets as its 1935 national champion. The Premo-Porretta poll ranked LSU fifth, behind second-ranked Richmond (20–0), third-ranked Duquesne (18–1), and fourth-ranked Kentucky (19–2); the poll ranked Pittsburgh—LSU's final opponent–16th nationally.^[5])

Rabenhorst also led the Tigers to the 1953 Final Four with a team that finished 22–3 overall and 13–0 in conference play, and which included future NBA Hall of Famer Bob Pettit. Rabenhorst's 1953–54 Tigers repeated as SEC champions—again finishing undefeated in conference play at 14–0, and at 20–5 overall—and played in the Sweet Sixteen game of the 1954 NCAA Tournament, falling 78–70 to eventual national third-place Penn State.

Tough times (1957–1966)

From 1957–1966, LSU was coached by Jay McCreary (1957–1965) and Frank Truitt (1965–66 season). They combined for a record of 88–135. Significant players included George Nattin, Jr.^[6]

Maravich era (1966–1972)

Press Maravich was head basketball coach from 1966–1972. He had an overall record of 76–86 at LSU. He led the team to three winning seasons, but did not win an SEC championship or make an NCAA tournament appearance. His 1969–70 team advanced to the NIT Final Four. This era is best known for the exploits of Press Maravich's son, Pete "Pistol Pete" Maravich whom he coached from 1967–1970. Pete dominated at the collegiate level averaging 44.2 points per game and was named National Player of the Year in 1970.

Dale Brown era (1972–1997)

Dale Brown was head LSU basketball coach for 25 years from 1972–1997. During his time at LSU, he led the basketball team to two final fours, four elite 8, five sweet sixteen and thirteen NCAA tournament appearances. He also led the Tigers to four regular season SEC championships and one SEC Tournament championship.

In 1996–97, Dale Brown signed Baton Rouge high school phenom Lester Earl. Earl played just 11 games at LSU before he was suspended and transferred to the University of Kansas soon afterward. While at Kansas, Earl said that an LSU assistant coach gave him money when he was at LSU. The NCAA quickly began an investigation. It found no evidence that Brown or his assistants paid Earl. However, it did find that a former booster paid Earl about $5,000 while he was attending LSU. The basketball team was placed on probation in 1998.

In September 2007, Lester Earl issued an apology to Brown, then-assistant head coach Johnny Jones, and LSU in general for his role in the NCAA investigation. Earl now claims that the NCAA pressured him into making false claims against Dale Brown or else he would lose years of NCAA eligibility. Earl said, "I was pressured into telling them SOMETHING. I was 19 years old at that time. The NCAA intimidated me, manipulated me into making up things, and basically encouraged me to lie, in order to be able to finish my playing career at Kansas. They told me if we don't find any dirt on Coach Brown you won't be allowed to play but one more year at Kansas. I caused great harm, heartache and difficulties for so many people. I feel sorriest for hurting Coach Brown. Coach Brown, I apologize to you for tarnishing your magnificent career at LSU."

The NCAA has declined any new comments on the situation. However, Brown says that he has forgiven Earl. "The most interesting journey that a person can make is discovering himself. I believe Lester has done that, and I forgive him." Collis Temple from Kentwood, La played a major role in Dale's coaching seeing his resilience prove to me that I could do the job.

John Brady era (1997–2008)

In 1997, John Brady replaced the legendary Dale Brown as head coach at LSU. When Brady arrived, the program was under probation and stinging from a recruiting scandal. Brady's first two years were rough.

In 2000, the Tigers broke through, posting a 28–6 record and a NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance. However, due to the loss of Stromile Swift and Jabari Smith to the 2000 NBA Draft, the Tigers could not carry their momentum to the next year, going 13–16 in 2001.

Brady's team entered the 2005–06 season unranked, but were coming off a solid season in which they went 20–10 and made the NCAA Tournament. Led by Glen "Big Baby" Davis and Tyrus Thomas, the Tigers won their first outright SEC regular season championship since 1985, and earned a #4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. After wins over Iona and Texas A&M, LSU defeated the #1 seed Duke and #2 seed Texas to make it to their first Final Four since 1986. Set at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana, the 2006 Final Four was the first since 1980 to feature no #1 seeds (LSU, #2 UCLA, #3 Florida and #11 George Mason). Facing the #2 seed Bruins in the national semifinals, the Tigers were unable to solve UCLA's defense, losing 59–45, dropping LSU to 0–6 all-time in the men's Final Four (and 0–11 in all Final Four games, including an 0–5 mark in the women's Final Four). Despite the loss, the 2005–06 season will be remembered as one of the most successful in LSU men's basketball history. John Brady was fired in the middle of his 11th season as LSU's head basketball coach and just two seasons after the Tigers' latest Final Four appearance.

On February 8, 2008, Brady was fired from LSU. Earlier news reports stated that he would coach the Tennessee game on February 9, but LSU officials stated that his termination is immediate. Brady's assistant coach, Butch Pierre, took over as the interim head coach.^[7][8]

In 10 and a half seasons at LSU, Brady compiled a 192–139 record, including two SEC titles and four NCAA tournament appearances.

Trent Johnson years (2009–2012)

On April 10, 2008, Trent Johnson was officially named the 20th head coach of the LSU Tigers men's basketball team. With the hiring, Johnson became the first African-American head coach of a men's sports team at LSU. In his first season at LSU, Johnson led the Tigers to 27 wins, tied for the third most wins in a season in LSU history. The Tigers won the SEC regular season championship with a record of 13–3. LSU returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006. In the opening round, LSU defeated nationally ranked Butler one year prior to the Bulldogs starting their run of two straight trips to the NCAA Championship game. They advanced to the second round before falling, 84–70, to North Carolina. LSU had a second-half lead on the Tar Heels and the game was still in the balance entering the final eight minutes.

Johnson was named the 2009 consensus SEC Coach of the Year and was a finalist for four national coach of the year honors as he became the first LSU men's basketball coach to win the league title and take the team to post-season play in his first year at the school.^[9] The next two seasons were not nearly as successful, as the Tigers won a combined 5 conference games and went 11–20 in consecutive years.

LSU improved to 18–15 in 2011–12 and earned a berth to the NIT, losing 96–76 in the first round at Oregon. Johnson resigned as LSU coach on April 8, 2012, in expectation of taking the same position at TCU.

Johnny Jones era (2012–present)

On April 13, 2012, Johnny Jones was officially named the 21st head coach of the LSU Tigers men's basketball team. He has an overall record of 61–37 in three seasons at LSU. In the 2014–15 season, Jones led LSU to its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since the 2008–09 season, where the Tigers fell to North Carolina State in their opening game, 66–65. In the 2015–16 season, Jones led the Tigers to a disappointing 19–14 overall record, including 11–7 in conference play. LSU was ranked 21st in the AP and 19th in the USA Today Coaches poll to start the season. Much of the hype was centered around a top 10 recruiting class which included the No. 1 overall recruit, Ben Simmons. LSU failed to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament, and declined to participate in any postseason play. Following the season, Simmons announced he would leave for the NBA draft.

Traditions

Bengal Brass

A group of 60 members selected from the ranks of the band constitute the Bengal Brass Basketball Band, often simply referred to as Bengal Brass.^[10] This group of all-brass musicians (and percussionist on a trap set) is often split into two squads—purple and gold—and performs at LSU select home volleyball matches, many home gymnastics meets, all home men's basketball, and all home women's basketball games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Bengal Brass also travels with the men's and women's basketball teams during postseason play.

LSU Cheerleaders

The LSU cheerleaders consist of both male and female cheerleaders that perform at men's and women's basketball games. The cheerleaders lead the crowd in numerous cheers during game play and breaks. The cheerleaders are located along the baseline for home basketball games. LSU's cheerleaders also compete against other universities cheerleading squads in competitions sanctioned by the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA). The 1989 Tiger cheerleaders won the UCA National Championship.^[11]

LSU Tiger Girls

The LSU Tiger Girls were established as a danceline for the LSU men's and women's basketball teams. The all-female squad performs during all home games and other university and non-university sponsored functions. The Tiger Girls also compete against other universities dance teams in competitions sanctioned by the Universal Dance Association (UDA)^[12]

National award winners

National Player of the Year

Year	Player	Position
1970	Pete Maravich	G
1991	Shaquille O'Neal	C

National Coach of the Year

Year	Coach	Position
1981	Dale Brown	Head Coach

National Freshman of the Year

Year	Player	Position
1990	Chris Jackson	G
2016	Ben Simmons	F

Prominent players and coaches

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees

Player	Position	Career	Induction
Bob Pettit	PF	1950–54	1971
Pete Maravich	G	1966–70	1987
Shaquille O'Neal	C	1989–92	2016

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees

Player	Position	Career	Induction
Bob Pettit	PF	1950–54	2006
Pete Maravich	G	1966–70	2006
Shaquille O'Neal	C	1989–1992	2014
Dale Brown	Head Coach	1972–1997	2014

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Career	Year No. Retired
23	Pete Maravich [13]	G	1967–70
33	Shaquille O'Neal [13][14]	C	1989–92	2000
40	Rudy Macklin [13]	SF	1976–81	2009
50	Bob Pettit [13]	PF	1950–54	1954

SEC Player of the Year

Player	Year(s)
Pete Maravich	1968, 1969, 1970
Rudy Macklin	1981
Chris Jackson	1989, 1990
Shaquille O'Neal	1991, 1992
Stromile Swift	2000
Brandon Bass	2005
Glen Davis	2006
Marcus Thornton	2009

SEC Freshman of the Year

Player	Year(s)
Brandon Bass	2003–04
Glen Davis	2004–05
Tyrus Thomas	2005–06
Ben Simmons	2015–16

LSU's All-Americans

Player	Position	Year(s)	Selectors
Malcolm "Sparky" Wade	Guard	1935†	Converse Yearbook
Bobby Lowther	Forward	1946†	Helms Athletic Foundation
Bob Pettit (3)	Forward	1952, 1953†, 1954†	Converse Yearbook, Helms Athletic Foundation, Associated Press, UPI, NABC, International News Service, Look Magazine, Colliers (Basketball coaches), Newspapers Enterprise Association, Tempo Magazine
Roger Sigler	Forward	1956	Helms Athletic Foundation
"Pistol Pete" Maravich (3)	Guard	1968†, 1969†, 1970†	Converse Yearbook, Helms Athletic Foundation, Associated Press, UPI, NABC, International News Service, Sporting News, Newspapers Enterprise Association, United States Writers Basketball Association
Al Green	Guard	1979	Converse Yearbook
Durand "Rudy" Macklin (2)	Forward	1980†, 1981†	Converse Yearbook, Sporting News, United States Writers Basketball Association, UPI, Basketball Times, John R. Wooden Award
Ethan Martin	Guard	1981	Converse Yearbook
Howard Carter	Guard	1982, 1983	Converse Yearbook
Chris Jackson (2)	Guard	1989†, 1990†	United States Basketball Writers Association, Associated Press, UPI, Sporting News, Basketball Times, NABC, John R. Wooden Award
Shaquille O'Neal (2)	Center	1991†, 1992†	United States Basketball Writers Association, Associated Press, UPI, Sporting News, Basketball Times, NABC, John R. Wooden Award
Stromile Swift	Forward	2000	United States Basketball Writers Association, Basketball Times, NABC
Glen Davis	Forward	2006†	Associated Press, John R. Wooden Award, CollegeBasketballInsider.com
Marcus Thornton	Guard	2009	Rivals.com
Ben Simmons	Forward	2016†	Sporting News, United States Basketball Writers Association
Source:2013-14 LSU Men's Basketball Media Guide | url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=209748372 | title=LSU Tigers All-Americas | publisher=LSU Tigers | accessdate=2015-01-10 small> †: First-team All-American

National team members

Player	Position	Years at LSU	Country	Year
Zoran Jovanović	C	1984–87	Yugoslavia	1990, 1991
Shaquille O'Neal	C	1989–92	USA	1994, 1996

LSU and the NBA

LSU Tigers players drafted first overall in NBA draft

Year drafted	Player	Position	Career
1992	Shaquille O'Neal	C	1989-92
2016	Ben Simmons	PF	2015-16

Arenas

Pete Maravich Assembly Center

The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972 and is home of the LSU Tigers basketball team. It was originally known as the LSU Assembly Center, but was renamed in honor of Pete Maravich, a Tiger basketball legend, shortly after his death in 1988. The Maravich Center is known to locals as "The PMAC" or "The Palace that Pete Built", or by its more nationally known nickname, "The Deaf Dome", coined by Dick Vitale.^[15]

The slightly oval building is located directly to the north of Tiger Stadium, and its bright-white roof can be seen in many telecasts of that stadium. The arena concourse is divided into four quadrants: Pete Maravich Pass, The Walk of Champions, Heroes Hall and Midway of Memories. The quadrants highlight former LSU Tiger athletes, individual and team awards and memorabilia pertaining to the history of LSU Tigers and LSU Lady Tigers basketball teams.^[16]

John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum

The John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum or John M. Parker Agricultural Center opened in 1937 and was home of the LSU Tigers Basketball team from its opening until 1971. The arena sat 12,000 people for basketball. The Coliseum was host to the Pete Maravich-led teams of the late 1960s, and it was his prominence that led to the construction of the LSU Assembly Center which now bears his name.

LSU Gym/Armory

The LSU Gym/Armory was completed in 1930 and was the home gymnasium of the LSU basketball team until 1937 when the John M Parker Agricultural Coliseum was completed, though for several years both the Gym/Armory and the coliseum were used for LSU's basketball games. The main floor was the gymnasium and the lower floor was the armory. Both floors were located on ground level. The gymnasium had a stage at one end and could be converted into an auditorium. When not set up as an auditorium, it provided an open space for basketball games and other events. The second floor provided space for locker rooms and a trophy room.

State Field

State Field was the home court for the LSU basketball team from 1908 to 1924. The court was located outside on a grass surface built on the old downtown campus of LSU. It was located south of the Pentagon Barracks and slightly southwest of the site of the current Louisiana State Capitol Building adjacent to the Hill Memorial Library and George Peabody Hall.^[17] The field was later moved to a site with bleachers that was north of the campuses experimental garden, and next to the old armory building.^[18] The field was known on the campus simply as the "athletic field" and was also used for LSU's baseball and football teams.

Practice and Training facilities

LSU Basketball Practice Facility

The LSU Basketball Practice Facility is the practice facility for the LSU Tigers basketball and LSU Lady Tigers basketball teams. The facility is connected to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center through the Northwest portal. The facility features separate, full-size duplicate gyms for the women's and men's basketball teams. They include a regulation NCAA court in length with two regulation high school courts in the opposition direction. The courts are exact replicas of the Maravich Center game court and have two portable goals and four retractable goals. The gymnasiums are equipped with a scoreboard, video filming balcony and scorer's table with video and data connection. The facility also houses team locker rooms, a team lounge, training rooms, a coach's locker room and coach's offices.^[19]

The building also includes a two-story lobby and staircase that ascends to the second level where a club room is used for pre-game and post-game events and is connected to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center concourse. The lobby includes team displays and graphics, trophy cases and memorabilia of LSU basketball. A 900-pound bronze statue of LSU legend Shaquille O'Neal is located in front of the facility.^[19]

LSU Strength and Conditioning facility

The LSU Tigers basketball strength training and conditioning facility is located in the LSU Strength and Conditioning facility. Built in 1997, it is located adjacent to Tiger Stadium.^[20] Measuring 10,000-square feet with a flat surface, it has 28 multi-purpose power stations, 36 assorted selectorized machines and 10 dumbbell stations along with a plyometric specific area, medicine balls, hurdles, plyometric boxes and assorted speed and agility equipment.^[21] It also features 2 treadmills, 4 stationary bikes, 2 elliptical cross trainers, a stepper and stepmill.^[22]

Head coaches

Name	Years	Record	Pct.
Edgar Wingard	1909	5–2	(.714)
John W. Mayhew	1909–1911	11–4	(.733)
F.M. Long	1911–1913	6–9	(.400)
C. C. Stroud	1913–1918	63–19	(.768)
R.E. Edmonds	1918–1919	1–0	(1.000)
C. C. Stroud	1919–1920	19–2	(.905)
Branch Bocock	1920–1921	19–4	(.826)
Frank "Tad" Gormley	1921–1923	25–11	(.694)
Moon Ducote	1923–1924	8–12	(.400)
Hugh E. "Gob" Wilson	1924–1925	10–7	(.588)
Harry Rabenhorst	1925–1942	181–134	(.575)
Dale Morey	1942–1944	28–19	(.596)
Jesse Fatheree	1944–1945	11–7	(.611)
A.L. Swanson	1944–1945	4–2	(.667)
Harry Rabenhorst	1945–1957	159–130	(.550)
Jay McCreary	1957–1965	82–115	(.416)
Frank Truitt	1965–1966	6–20	(.231)
Press Maravich	1966–1972	76–86	(.469)
Dale Brown	1972–1997	448–301	(.598)
John Brady	1997–2008	167–111	(.601)
Butch Pierre	2008 (interim)	5–5	(.500)
Trent Johnson	2008–2012	67–64	(.511)
Johnny Jones	2013–present	61–37	(.622)

Year-by-year results

Season	Coach	Overall record	Conference record	Post-season results
Southern Intercollegiate Athletics Association (SIAA)
1909	Edgar Wingard	5–2	2–0
1910	John W. Mayhew	3–1	2–0
1911	John W. Mayhew	8–3	6–1
1912	F.M. Long	4–6	2–3
1913	F.M. Long	2–3	1–3
1913–14	C. C. Stroud	7–5	0–4
1914–15	C.C. Stroud	10–1	3–1
1915–16	C.C. Stroud	14–10	6–7
1916–17	C.C. Stroud	20–2	11–0
1917–18	C.C. Stroud	12–1	3–0
1919	R.E. Edmonds	1–0	0–0
1919–20	C.C. Stroud	19–2	8–2
Southern Conference (SoCon)
1921	Branch Bocock	19–4	5–2
1922	Frank "Tad" Gormley	15–1	3–1
1922–23	Frank "Tad" Gormley	10–10	0–6
1924	"Moon" Ducote	8–12	0–7
1925	Hugh E. "Gob" Wilson	10–7	1–4
1926	Harry Rabenhorst	9–9	4–5
1927	Harry Rabenhorst	7–9	3–5
1928	Harry Rabenhorst	14–4	7–3
1929	Harry Rabenhorst	8–13	5–9
1930	Harry Rabenhorst	10–11	6–7
1931	Harry Rabenhorst	7–8	4–4
1932	Harry Rabenhorst	11–9	8–8
Southeastern Conference (SEC)
1933	Harry Rabenhorst	15–8	13–7
1934	Harry Rabenhorst	13–4	13–3
1935	Harry Rabenhorst	14–1	12–0	SEC Champions; National Champions†
1935–36	Harry Rabenhorst	10–10	9–6
1936–37	Harry Rabenhorst	13–7	7–6
1937–38	Harry Rabenhorst	10–10	7–6
1938–39	Harry Rabenhorst	13–7	10–5
1939–40	Harry Rabenhorst	10–8	8–4
1940–41	Harry Rabenhorst	9–9	7–5
1941–42	Harry Rabenhorst	8–7	8–3
1942–43	Dale Morey	18–4	11–2
1943–44	Dale Morey	10–15	0–4
1944–45	Jesse Fatheree (first 18 games) A.L. Swanson (last 6 games)	15–9	3–3
1945–46	Harry Rabenhorst	18–3	8–0
1946–47	Harry Rabenhorst	17–4	8–2
1947–48	Harry Rabenhorst	8–18	4–8
1948–49	Harry Rabenhorst	15–10	7–6
1949–50	Harry Rabenhorst	13–12	5–8
1950–51	Harry Rabenhorst	10–14	7–8
1951–52	Harry Rabenhorst	17–7	9–6
1952–53	Harry Rabenhorst	22–3	13–0	SEC Champions; NCAA Final Four
1953–54	Harry Rabenhorst	20–5	14–0	SEC Champions; NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1954–55	Harry Rabenhorst	6–18	3–11
1955–56	Harry Rabenhorst	7–17	5–9
1956–57	Harry Rabenhorst	6–19	1–13
1957–58	Jay McCreary	7–18	3–11
1958–59	Jay McCreary	10–15	2–12
1959–60	Jay McCreary	5–18	3–11
1960–61	Jay McCreary	11–14	6–8
1961–62	Jay McCreary	13–11	7–7
1962–63	Jay McCreary	12–12	5–9
1963–64	Jay McCreary	12–13	8–6
1964–65	Jay McCreary	12–14	7–9
1965–66	Frank Truitt	6–20	2–14
1966–67	Press Maravich	3–23	1–17
1967–68	Press Maravich	14–12	8–10
1968–69	Press Maravich	13–13	7–11
1969–70	Press Maravich	22–10	13–5	NIT Final Four
1970–71	Press Maravich	14–12	10–8
1971–72	Press Maravich	10–16	6–12
1972–73	Dale Brown	14–10	9–9
1973–74	Dale Brown	12–14	6–12
1974–75	Dale Brown	10–16	6–12
1975–76	Dale Brown	12–14	5–13
1976–77	Dale Brown	15–12	8–10
1977–78	Dale Brown	18–9	12–6
1978–79	Dale Brown	23–6	14–4	SEC Champions; NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1979–80	Dale Brown	26–6	14–4	SEC Tournament Champions; NCAA Elite Eight
1980–81	Dale Brown	31–5	17–1	SEC Champions; NCAA Final Four
1981–82	Dale Brown	14–14	11–7	NIT First Round
1982–83	Dale Brown	19–13	10–8	NIT First Round
1983–84	Dale Brown	18–11	11–7	NCAA First Round
1984–85	Dale Brown	19–10	13–5	SEC Champions; NCAA First Round
1985–86	Dale Brown	26–12	9–9	NCAA Final Four
1986–87	Dale Brown	24–15	8–10	NCAA Elite Eight
1987–88	Dale Brown	16–14	10–8	NCAA First Round
1988–89	Dale Brown	20–12	11–7	NCAA First Round
1989–90	Dale Brown	23–9	12–6	NCAA Second Round
1990–91	Dale Brown	20–10	13–5	SEC Champions; NCAA First Round
1991–92	Dale Brown	21–10	12–4	NCAA Second Round
1992–93	Dale Brown	22–11	9–7	NCAA First Round
1993–94	Dale Brown	11–16	5–11
1994–95	Dale Brown	12–15	6–10
1995–96	Dale Brown	12–17	4–12
1996–97	Dale Brown	10–20	3–13
1997–98	John Brady	9–18	2–14
1998–99	John Brady	12–15	4–12
1999–2000	John Brady	28–6	12–4	SEC Champions; NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2000–01	John Brady	13–16	2–14
2001–02	John Brady	19–15	6–10	NIT Second Round
2002–03	John Brady	21–11	8–8	NCAA First Round
2003–04	John Brady	18–11	8–8	NIT First Round
2004–05	John Brady	20–10	12–4	NCAA First Round
2005–06	John Brady	27–9	14–2	SEC Champions; NCAA Final Four
2006–07	John Brady	17–15	5–11
2007–08	John Brady (first 21 games) Butch Pierre (last 10 games)	8–13 5–5	1–6 5–5
2008–09	Trent Johnson	27–8	13–3	SEC Champions; NCAA Second Round
2009–10	Trent Johnson	11–20	2–14
2010–11	Trent Johnson	11–21	3–13
2011–12	Trent Johnson	18–15	7–9	NIT First Round
2012–13	Johnny Jones	19–12	9–9
2013–14	Johnny Jones	20–14	9–9	NIT Second Round
2014–15	Johnny Jones	22–11	11–7	NCAA Second Round

† LSU retroactively claims a national championship for the 1934–35 season, but not on the basis of any determination by an external selector or outcome of any contest purporting to determine a national champion.

Postseason

NCAA Tournament history & seeds

The Tigers have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 21 times. Their combined record is 24–24.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Results
1953		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	Lebanon Valley Holy Cross Indiana Washington	W 89–76 W 81–73 L 67–80 L 69–88
1954		Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Penn State Indiana	L 70–78 L 62–73
1979	#3	Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	#6 Appalachian State #2 Michigan State	W 71–57 L 71–87
1980	#1	Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#8 Alcorn State #5 Missouri #2 Louisville	W 98–88 W 68–63 L 66–86
1981	#1	Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	#8 Lamar #5 Arkansas #6 Wichita State #1 Indiana #1 Virginia	W 100–78 W 72–56 W 96–85 L 49–67 L 74–78
1984	#7	Round of 48	#10 Dayton	L 66–74
1985	#4	Round of 64	#13 Navy	L 55–78
1986	#11	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#6 Purdue #3 Memphis State #2 Georgia Tech #1 Kentucky #2 Louisville	W 94–87 2OT W 83–81 W 70–64 W 59–57 L 77–88
1987	#10	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#7 Georgia Tech #2 Temple #3 DePaul #1 Indiana	W 85–79 W 72–62 W 63–58 L 76–77
1988	#9	Round of 64	#8 Georgetown	L 63–66
1989	#10	Round of 64	#7 UTEP	L 74–85
1990	#5	Round of 64 Round of 32	#12 Villanova #4 Georgia Tech	W 70–63 L 91–94
1991	#6	Round of 64	#11 Connecticut	L 62–79
1992	#7	Round of 64 Round of 32	#10 BYU #2 Indiana	W 94–83 L 79–89
1993	#11	Round of 64	#6 California	L 64–66
2000	#4	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	#13 SW Missouri State #5 Texas #8 Wisconsin	W 64–61 W 72–67 L 48–61
2003	#8	Round of 64	#9 Purdue	L 56–80
2005	#6	Round of 64	#11 UAB	L 68–82
2006	#4	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#13 Iona #12 Texas A&M #1 Duke #2 Texas #2 UCLA	W 80–64 W 58–57 W 62–54 W 70–60 OT L 45–59
2009	#8	Round of 64 Round of 32	#9 Butler #1 North Carolina	W 75–71 L 63–77
2015	#9	Round of 64	#8 NC State	L 65–66

The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.

Years →	'79	'80	'81	'84	'85	'86	'87	'88	'89	'90	'91	'92	'93	'00	'03	'05	'06	'09	'15
Seeds →	3	1	1	7	4	11	10	9	10	5	6	7	11	4	8	6	4	8	9

Prior to seeding LSU appeared in the 1953 and 1954 NCAA Tournaments.

The 1986 team is the lowest-seeded team ever to advance to the Final Four, along with George Mason in 2006 and Virginia Commonwealth in 2011.

NIT results

The Tigers have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) seven times. Their combined record is 4–8.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1970	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Georgetown Oklahoma Marquette Army	W 83–82 W 97–94 L 79–101 L 68–75
1982	First Round	Tulane	L 72–83
1983	First Round	New Orleans	L 94–99
2002	First Round Second Round	Iowa Ball State	W 63–61 L 65–75
2004	First Round	Oklahoma	L 61–70
2012	First Round	Oregon	L 76–96
2014	First Round Second Round	San Francisco SMU	W 71–63 L 67–80

See also

• LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers
• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball programs

References

External links

• Official website