The 2000s

Brandon Bass – F – 2004‐05 – SEC Freshman of the Year, 2004 … SEC Player of the Year, 2005 … SEC All‐Tournament team, 2005 … Averaged 12.8 points and 7.4 rebounds as a freshman in 2004 … Averaged 17.3 points and 9.1 rebounds in 2005 … Career average of 8.2 rebounds … Shot 54 percent from the field for his two years at LSU.

Brian Beshara – F – 1999‐01 – Played three years after transferring from Rice … Just missed being a member of the 1,000 point club and the 500 club at LSU with 983 points and 485 rebounds … Started 88 of 89 career games at LSU … Averaged 11.0 points per game, consistently (all three years) … and made 122‐of‐328 three‐pointers in his career (37.2 percent), ninth best total in school history.

Torris Bright – G – 2000‐03 – SEC Freshman of the Year, 2000 … AP 3rd team, 2000 … Primary point guard for LSU his entire career … Started 128 of 129 career games … 16th all‐time in scoring with 1,463 points (11.3 scoring average) …. Averaged 10.0 points in 2000, 10.8 in 2001, 13.4 in 2002 and 11.3 in 2003 … Second all‐time in career three‐pointers with 237, including a best of 76 in 2002 … Third all‐ time in assists with 544 … Second all‐time in minutes played with 4,250.

Glen Davis – F – 2004‐06 – SEC Freshman of the Year, 2005 … SEC Player of the Year 2006 … AP and Coaches 2nd team 2005 … Consensus 1st team All‐SEC … Wooden Award All‐American, 2006 … Coaches, AP 1st team All‐SEC, 2007 … 10th all‐time in scoring with 1,587 points (95 games, 16.7 average) … Member of the 2006 NCAA Final Four team … Averaged 18.6 points in 2006, 17.7 in 2007 … Seventh all‐time in rebounds with 613 (9.3 average) … Averaged 10.4 in 2007.

Ronald Dupree – F – 2000‐03 – AP 2nd team, Coaches 3rd team All‐SEC in 2001 … AP, Coaches 2nd team in 2002 … AP, Coaches 2nd team in 2003 … Scored over 1,550 points in last three years averaging 17.3 points in 2001, 16.2 in 2002, 15.8 in 2003 … 8th all‐time in scoring with 1,726 points (13.4 average) and 8th in rebounds (908, 7.0 average) … Averaged 8.8 in 2001, 8.5 in 2002.

Antonio Hudson – G – 2002‐05 – Twice made All‐SEC Tournament at the Georgia Dome (2002, 2005) … 26th all‐time in career scoring with 1,269 points (124 games, 10.2 average) … Best season was his senior year in 2005, averaging 13.1 points per game … Finished career with 174 three‐point field goals, fifth best all‐time at LSU … Made 36 percent of three‐point attempts.

Jaime Lloreda – F – 2003‐04 – Played a little less than two seasons at LSU … AP 1st Team All‐SEC, Coaches 2nd Team, 2004 … Averaged 14.3 over the course of 52 games, including 12.3 in 2003 and 16.9 in 2004 … 31st in career rebounds with 525, a 10.1 average, including 11.6 in 2004 when he won the SEC rebounding title … Career rebound average of 10.1 is the ninth best for a career in LSU history.

Darrel Mitchell – G – 2003‐06 ‐‐ Member of the 2006 NCAA Final Four team … Coaches 1st Team All‐SEC, AP 2nd team, 2006 … Made three‐pointer in the final 10 seconds of Texas A&M game to send LSU to the regional semifinals in 2006 … 11th all‐time in scoring at LSU with 1,569 … Played 127 games with a career average of 12.4 points … Averaged 13.1 points in 2005 and 16.8 in 2006 … Finished career with school record 258 three‐pointers, including fourth‐best single season total at LSU of 82 in 2006 … Averaged 4.4 assists per game in 2006, moving to the point guard position.

Tasmin Mitchell – F – 2006‐active – Member of the 2006 NCAA Final Four team … Named to the SEC All‐Freshman team, 2006 … Collegeinsider.com Freshman All‐American, 2006 … 2007 NABC All‐ District 8 First Team … Averaged 11.4 points per game as a freshman with 5.6 rebounds and 100 assists in 2006 and 14.5 points per game with 5.9 rebounds in 2007 … Started every game of his career (71 games) before 2007‐08 season ended in the third game with a stress fracture in his left ankle that required surgery.

Anthony Randolph – F ‐‐ 2008‐active – One of the top freshman in the SEC … Averaging 14.1 points per game and 8.6 rebounds ... 2.5 blocks … 2nd in the league in blocks, top 20 nationally … third in the league overall in rebounds … first among freshman … five double doubles

Lamont Roland – G – 2000‐01 – Came from junior college as a prolific scorer and became a defensive specialist before tearing an ACL and ending his career mid‐2001 … Averaged 10.9 points per game in 2000 as LSU won the conference title and 10.2 points in 2001 … Had 56 steals in 2000 and 80 in a 45 game career … 4.4 rebound average.

Jabari Smith – C – 1999‐2000 – Coaches 2nd team All‐SEC, 2000 … 35th all‐time in rebounds at LSU in two years at 502, an average of 8.2 a game … Started 58 of 61 career games at LSU … Averaged 12.7 points in 1999, 12.5 in 2000 … 65 career blocks … Shot 53.2 percent from the field.

Stromile Swift – F – 1999‐2000 – AP SEC Player of the Year, 2000 … Consensus All‐SEC, 2000 … Averaged 16.2 points in only full season in 2000 and led the team in rebounds at 8.2 boards a game … Blocked 35 shots in 16 games in 1999 and averaged 2.8 blocks, blocked 95 shots in 2000, fourth best LSU total for a single season … 2000 percentage of 60.8 tied for seventh best for a single season.

Garrett Temple – G – 2006‐active – Member of the NCAA Final Four team, 2006 ... Presently starting at point guard for the Tigers … Known primarily for defensive abilities, held J. J. Reddick in check during LSU’s upset win of No. 1 Duke during the regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament … Already in top 10 on school list of assists and blocks, soon to be in the steals top 10 … Led team in 2007 in assists (4.3 avg), blocks, steals and minutes played.

Collis Temple III – G – 2000‐03 ‐‐ 27th all‐time in scoring at LSU with 1,173 points … In last three seasons, averaged 14.3 points in 2001, 13.4 in 2002, 10.8 in 2003 … Career average for 115 games was 10.2 points a game … Seventh on three‐pointers at 171 for his career.

Tyrus Thomas – F – 2006 – Member of the 2006 NCAA Final Four team – SEC Freshman of the Year, 2006 … SEC Co‐Defensive Player of the Year … AP, Coaches 2nd team All‐SEC … 99 blocks, fourth best for a season at LSU … 60.8 field goal percentage tied for second at LSU … Averaged 12.3 points per game.

Marcus Thornton – G – 2008‐active – Junior college transfer had the biggest game in 13 years in an SEC vs. SEC game on Jan. 30 at Auburn when he scored 38 points to lead the Tigers to a win at Auburn … Hit eight treys, the third most for a single game at LSU since the three‐point shot was initiated … On pace to crack top 10 at LSU in single season treys before end of season … Could be first player to average over 20 points in a season since 1996 … Is trying to become first LSU player to win the league scoring title since 2006.