John Brady Basketball INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO
RESPONSIBILITY + ACCOUNTABILITY = SUCCESS REVIEW RESPONSIBILITY + ACCOUNTABILITY = SUCCESS
hree words. Three simple Now at first glance, you may games they win. Many times, words. Separately, they all wonder what those three words that's all some people care about. are important. have to do with college basketball. While winning games is very PREVIEW T But put them together in a nice But again, don't look at them as important, the job of a head coach equation and you have the very just single words. Put the first two is so much more. fundamentals that LSU men's together to come up with a In Coach Brady's first seven basketball coach John Brady solution and you see that there is a years at LSU, he has instilled in his
RECORDS stressed from the first day he big picture that involves college student-athletes a philosophy that arrived on the campus as the head basketball and so much for those carries well in their time as both
Y coach. Three words. All are who choose to come and play for students and athletes. It is a
OR important. Together, they form the John Brady at LSU. philosophy that the LSU
HIST foundation on which the As has been proven time and basketball fans also now rebuilding of the LSU program time again, coaches are often understand more fully as winning was established. judged strictly on how many has started to take place again at LSU MEDIA
8 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO John Brady Basketball
LSU on a consistent basis, bringing four post-season tournament THIS IS LSU appearances in the past five years. Conference titles and post-season appearances are all well and good. But John Brady's philosophy doesn't stop there when the players walk off the court at the end of game or practice. It can't. PL The reason it is so much more is because the players aren't just A YERS athletes, they aren't just students, they are student-athletes with a big responsibility on their shoulders. This coaching staff agrees that the team members must not only meet the demands of the
athletic program, but they must meet the demands of the CO A
classroom. CHES They must also meet the always-tough demands of life, where every eye is on them constantly because they are athletes. They must operate in a society where one little mistake in a game or REVIEW away from the campus puts them on the front page of a newspaper. It's not an easy thing to handle. It's even tougher when your team is in the national spotlight as the Tigers usually are. John Brady has shown that he is very comfortable handling all PREIVEW these roles at LSU. In fact, he sincerely believes in the basketball player as a student-athlete who must be given the opportunity to succeed on the court, in the classroom and in life. His philosophy of coaching hasn't changed since the day he took
the job at LSU. Again, it all comes down to three words. RECORDS Three simple words. Three words that mean a lot separately, but mean oh so much more when part of a collective equation that sums up the reason for the
success of the LSU basketball program. HIST OR Y
RESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIBILITY + ACCOUNTABILITY = SUCCESS + ACCOUNTABILITY = SUCCESS LSU MEDIA
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 9 Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW
THE GOAL ritical to the development of an athlete as a For each student-athlete to reach PREVIEW and receive the highest-quality student is an adequate academic facility and education and degree. C THE RESPONSIBILITY capable staff to further the athlete’s progress. The To oversee the educational development and progress toward Cox Communications Academic Center for Student- graduation for all student-athletes. RECORDS
Athletes is responsible for overseeing the educational 4Tutoring
4Career Counseling and Y development and progress toward graduation for all Development OR student-athletes. The staff acts as a liaison between the 4Time Management HIST Study Skills student-athlete and the academic communities and 4 4Insure that student-athletes insures that student-athletes comply with academic rules comply with academic rules established by the University, NCAA and SEC
LSU established by the University, NCAA and Southeastern
Conference. The staff also coordinates academic
programs designed to assist student-athletes in
acquiring a quality education. MEDIA
FACILITY BUILT BY THE TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
10 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes LSU GRADUATES UNDER JOHN BRADY GRADUATES THIS IS LSU
Reggie Tucker Brian Beshara Jermaine Williams Jason Wilson Aug. 1999 July 2001 July 2002 May 2003 Kinesiology Business-Finance Sociology General Studies
Willie Anderson Collis Temple III Collis Temple III Brian Greene PL Dec. 1999 July 2001 Dec. 2002 Dec. 2003 Kinesiology General Business Masters Sports Biological Sciences A YERS Management
Jack Warner Brad Bridgewater Pete Bozek Charlie Thompson Dec. 2000 July 2002 Dec. 2002 May 2004 Mass Comm General Studies Kinesiology General Studies Charlie Thompson CO A "The Academic Center for Student-Athletes is a ACADEMIC STAFF CHES tremendous asset to all athletes. It provides those intangibles that are necessary to STAFF achieve success in a collegiate environment. The Center provides tutors to help you
understand your course material, academic REVIEW coaches who teach you organizational skills, and time management seminars to enhance the skills needed in this society."
--Shaquille O'Neal, former LSU Basketball All-America, 1989-92 PREIVEW Dr. Roger Grooters Ted White Executive Director Sr. Associate Director RECORDS
Dr. Tommy Karam Ako Baye Stafford
Director/Communications Lab Tutorial Coordinator HIST
SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL OR HONOR ROLL Y 1987-98 2001-02 Jack Warner Brian Green 1988-99 Collis Temple III LSU Brian Beshara 2002-03 Pete Bozek Jack Warner Rachel Lassiter Brian Green 1999-00 Coordinator of Charlie Thompson Brian Beshara Supervised Study Collis Temple III 2003-04 Jeremy Comeaux Charles Thompson MEDIA Jack Warner Paul Wolfert 2000-01 Brandon Bass (Freshman) Brian Beshara Ross Neltner (Freshman) Collis Temple III Brian Green Jack Warner 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 11 Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW
aramount to the success of the “student”half of the term AMENITIES PREVIEW student-athlete is providing LSU athletes with the best 454,000 square feet of working P space possible resources to excel in the classroom. For more 475 computer workstations than 20 years, the LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes 414 private computer rooms in a state-of-the-art computer lab
RECORDS has helped to build well-rounded student-athletes. But as 4Additional study rooms and times change and technology advances, the need for further classrooms for private or group study Y improvements still exists. As a result, the Cox Communications Electronic scheduling of
OR 4 tutoring sessions Academic Center for Student-Athletes opened its doors in HIST 4A 1,000-seat auditorium for November of 2002. A $15 million renovation to the Gym classes and lectures Armory not only made it among the nation’s premier centers, but put it at the forefront. Improvements to the existing center LSU give LSU student-athletes the best opportunity for success by providing access to the latest technology, as well as an array of expanded services. MEDIA
12 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes THIS IS LSU PL A
BO CAMPBELL AUDITORIUM YERS The 1,000-seat auditorium is used through the year as a classroom and lecture hall. Each seat in the auditorium has space for a laptop and a modem hookup, providing each student unlimited learning COMPUTER STATIONS opportunities. The auditorium also contains a movie theatre size screen to aid professors with lectures and classroom activities.
Throughout the Academic Center are 75 computer stations, providing student- CO
athletes with a quiet working environment for research, writing and studying. A CHES STUDY AREA Included in the THE LIBRARY 54,000 square feet The library provides of the Academic a perfect setting for Center are individual individual study, or study areas as well REVIEW with a tutor as as 14 private group. computer rooms for student-athletes to work one-on-one with tutors or by themselves. PREIVEW COMMUNICATIONS LAB LAB
long with the success of the LSU Basketball RECORDS team, comes a great deal of media attention A and Dr. Tommy Karam, the Director of the Communications Lab, uses his lab, located on the fourth floor of the Cox Communications Academic HIST Center for Student Athletes, to work with LSU student-athletes on their interactions with the media OR Y and interview skills. Karam’s lab is a mock press conference setting to get the student-athletes used to handling themselves in front of both print and LSU electronic media. He video tapes the mock interview session and reviews it with the student-athlete to help LIGHTS, CAMERA, ANSWER them become more comfortable in an interview Dr. Karam teaches LSU’s student- athletes to interact with all phases of setting. Karam also helps the LSU players get local and national media by working one- on-one in a press conference setting. The prepared for a professional career by working closely MEDIA Communications Lab includes a working with those players on the interview process. camera for Karam to review the session with the student-athletes.
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 13 Campus Life INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW PREVIEW
ouisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical LSU FACTS Location: Baton Rouge, La. College has, throughout its 144-year history, Founded: January 2, 1860 L Enrollment: 31,234 served the people of Louisiana, the region, the President: Dr. William Jenkins Major Fields for Bachelor’s Degrees: 72
RECORDS nation, and the world. LSU is creating a revolution, Major Fields for Master’s Degrees: 72 Major Fields for Doctoral Degrees: 54 one of pervasive change and advancement. For the past five years, the focus of the LSU community has been an Y
OR increased commitment to excellence. Our progress has been
HIST dramatic and shows no sign of stopping. Having witnessed many of yesterday's possibilities become today's tangible realities, the LSU community set forth to capitalize on its success. The goal was to improve our standing as
LSU a nationally competitive flagship university. Following intense discussions among the LSU Board of Supervisors, campus administrators, faculty, and student leaders, the objectives required to reach this status crystallized, providing the impetus
MEDIA for LSU's National Flagship Agenda.
14 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Campus Life DIVERSITY “ THE MOST DIVERSE THIS IS LSU SCHOOL IN THE NATION.” “LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HAS A Newsweek magazine named Louisiana State University the “Most Diverse” school in the TRADITION OF GRATITUDE EXPRESSED IN nation in the Sept. 3, 2003 issue. The enrollment consists of 24 PL percent minority students. SERVICE TO COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.” A YERS CO A CHES
President George W. Bush REVIEW 2004 LSU SPRING COMMENCEMENT PREIVEW
Strong supporters of education Academy near Pineville, Louisiana. The the Louisiana Cooperative Extension throughout the state have provided institution opened January 2, 1860. When Service and International Programs. resources for a variety of innovative projects the Civil War began, the school’s first The primary mission of the LSU that are attracting world-class researchers superintendent, William Tecumseh Agricultural Center is to conduct research
and their expertise to LSU. The National Sherman, resigned to assume a command in agricultural and natural resource RECORDS Flagship Agenda is working to improve the in the Union Army. The seminary reopened development and to provide off-campus standing of the University, as well as in 1869, but was soon destroyed by fire. The extension education that disseminates strengthen its position as an economic institution moved to Baton Rouge, opening technological, economic, and management engine for the state of Louisiana. As a on Nov. 1, 1869. information to Louisiana residents. result, the University community is even In 1870, the Seminary was renamed In 1977, the Paul M. Hebert Law more determined to achieve excellence at Louisiana State University. In 1874, under Center, established as the LSU Law School every level. the United States Morrill Act, the Louisiana in 1906, was made an autonomous division LSU remains firmly focused on State Agricultural & Mechanical College of the LSU System. The Law Center HIST attaining national flagship status by 2010, was established in New Orleans. The two provides legal education characterized by
the University's 150th anniversary. The institutions were merged by the Legislature an unyielding demand for academic OR
resolve of the LSU community and the in 1877 to become Louisiana State excellence. Its unique curriculum, based on Y support of the state make these goals University and Agricultural & Mechanical civil law as well as substantial elements of attainable. And, if the last five years are any College. common law, provides law graduates with indication of success, the next phase of this Construction on the present campus qualifications and training for not one, but agenda will guarantee LSU's place in the began in 1922 and the first classes were two legal systems. The Hebert Law Center arena of national prominence. held in 1926. LSU experienced major holds membership in the Association of Because of its designation as a growth in the 1930s and 1940s, expanding Law Schools and is on the approved list of LSU doctoral/research university by the its student body, curricula, and services. the American Bar Association. Carnegie Foundation, LSU ranks in the top During the 1960s, the University began to LSU, located on more than 2,000 2 percent of the nation’s colleges and place increasing emphasis on research. acres in the southern part of Baton Rouge, universities. This designation is shared by Recognizing the importance and Louisiana, is bordered on the west by the only 59 public and 29 private universities extent of statewide agricultural activities of Mississippi River. The University’s more across the nation. LSU is also one of only units in the LSU System, the LSU Board of than 250 principal buildings are grouped
25 universities nationwide designated as Supervisors established the Center for on a 650-acre plateau that constitutes the MEDIA both a land-grant and sea-grant college. Agricultural Sciences & Rural Development main part of the campus. History and tradition began with in 1972. This unit was renamed the LSU LSU and A&M College is accredited LSU’s founding in 1853 by the General Agricultural Center in 1982. Components by the Southern Association of Colleges Assembly of Louisiana as the Louisiana of the LSU Agricultural Center include the and Schools. State Seminary of Learning and Military Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station,
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 15 Campus Life INTRO CAMPUSCAMPUS APARTMENT - THE TIGERS’ HOME AWAY APARTMENTS FROM HOME THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW PREVIEW
AMENITIES SU has 18 residence halls with architectural styles 4Dining Halls ranging from a Renaissance style typical of the older 4Weekly Housekeeping RECORDS L 4Cable Television core of the campus to modern high-rise buildings. 4High-Speed Internet 4Mail Service
Y Two of the newer additions are the highly popular East 4Card Access OR Campus and West Campus apartments. The co-ed 4Facility Repairs
HIST Security dormitories include furnished rooms with connecting 4 4Telephone Services suites and e-mail workstations in the lobby, all within a 4Furnished Washer/Dryer short walk from the dining hall. 4 4Microwave LSU MEDIA
16 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Campus Life ABOUT LSU ABOUT LSU THIS IS LSU
"LSU is my home. It was a place "Ever since I was a kid I loved LSU "Those were great years at LSU. They where I made my name and a place basketball. Coming there and were such great years. I couldn't where I was able to come here and playing basketball was absolutely have asked for anything better than have fun. It was the best three years the best situation to me." my four years at LSU. I received my of my life. While you are here, have degree in business, played the sport I fun and become a master of time loved and made so many friends." PL A
management. You need to do what Collis Temple III YERS you have to do to make it. Work hard. LSU Basketball Player I have been blessed. Baton Rouge is 2000-03 the place that helped me become who I am. I will never forget this place."
"First and foremost it's the flagship CO university in Louisiana. No other school A
in the state comes close to LSU. We all CHES know LSU is one of the best athletic and academic programs in the country and Collis wanted to be a part of that. We Shaquille O’Neal Collis Temple Jr. wanted him to be a part of a basketball Bob Pettit LSU Basketball Player LSU Basketball Player system that stressed the same LSU Basketball Player 1989-92 1972-75 priorities such as time management, 1951-1954 REVIEW discipline, organization and winning in the classroom and on the basketball floor." PREIVEW PROGRAM GOALS Educational programs for the African-American Cultural Center are the heart of the center. The scope of these programs fall into the following four categories: RECORDS
4historical/political 4artistic 4informal student advising 4community outreach BENEFITS
By creating and funding the HIST African-American Cultural Center,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER the University community OR CULTURAL CENTER benefits in the following areas: Y 4retention of African-American LSU students he African-American Cultural Center provides a multifaceted 4attract qualified African- American student applicants LSU approach to working with all students at LSU. It offers opportunities to LSU 4educate the student body and T the community about African- for people to learn about the contributions of African-American men American culture and women in the areas of literature, science and the humanities. In 4increase racial and cultural awareness of students, faculty and staff
addition, opportunities for the University community to have greater MEDIA 4assist with the recruitment exposure to art exhibits, dance troupes, theatre, poetry readings and and retention of African- American faculty and staff educational programs are provided.
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 17 CHAMPS INTRO What is CHAMPS? The CHAMPS/Life Skills program was developed by the NCAA to help
THIS IS LSU prepare student-athletes for the challenges of life beyond the playing field. Through workshops, service projects, and social events, CHAMPS, an acronym for Challenging Athletes
YERS Minds for Personal Success, brings A LSU student-athletes information PL that will prepare them for the biggest game of all - the game of life! HOW CAN CHAMPS HELP? By focusing on "real life" skills and
CHES personal development, the CHAMPS A Program not only assists the student-
CO athletes with meeting daily challenges, but also enhances student-athlete's growth in their college years and beyond. CHAMPS at LSU The CHAMPS/Life Skills program at REVIEW LSU is operated out of the Academic Center for Athletes, and the focus of the program is on five commitments viewed as critical to personal growth:
COMMUNITY OUTREACH 4Academic Excellence The Community Service aspect does not only serve to enhance a student- 4Athletic Excellence Career Development PREVIEW athletes college experience, but also serves to expand character. Players not 4 only gain a strong sense of self-worth, but also experiences personal 4Personal Development satisfaction and growth from volunteering and community service activities. 4Community Service More importantly are the benefits that the community receives. It enables the community to gain an enormous advantage in feeling that they have a "partnership" with LSU student-athletes. LSU student-athletes participate in a variety of community service projects including reading in schools, nursing home visits, hospital pediatric RECORDS ward visits, speaking engagements and more in East Baton Rouge Parish. Y
OR Mike Mallet Director for the
HIST CHAMPS/Life Skills program LSU
Stacie Wentz Assistant Director for the CHAMPS/Life Skills program MEDIA
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INTRO Career Development THIS IS LSU PL A YERS CO A CHES REVIEW PREIVEW
JOB EXPERIENCE eing a part of the LSU men’s basketball program involves more than Student-athletes at LSU take full simply playing a couple of games a week during the winter. LSU advantage of their summers by B developing skills in their field of basketball provides an opportunity to achieve athletics success while also
study. Football players spend RECORDS most of their summer getting a head start on the most important game of all -- the game of life. participating in jobs that relate to their major like working at ... The LSU men’s basketball program has a longstanding internal summer 4Hospitals jobs program that aggressively seeks opportunities to help lace its players 4Physical Therapy centers
4Public Relations firms in career-developing positions within the community. Every LSU HIST Building Contractors 4 basketball player that wants to get a leg up on their future has the OR 4Restaurant Management Y 4Engineering firms opportunity to work during the summer with the goal to help players earn 4Accounting offices valuable experience.
LSU basketball players are expected to be extremely active in utilizing the LSU career development resources readily available to them. MEDIA
LSU junior Darrel Mitchell works at a local hospital.
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 19 City of Baton Rouge INTRO
BATON ROUGE FACTS POPULATION: Baton Rouge...... 227,818 East Baton Rouge Parish...... 412,852
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES: THIS IS LSU High ...... 81.3 Low ...... 52.5 Average...... 67.5 YERS A PL CHES A 4The average annual temperature
CO in Baton Rouge is 68 degrees and the city features a semi-tropical climate highlighted by mild winter months. ospitality and comfort are a Southern The state capitol building of Louisiana, located tradition practiced to perfection around in Baton Rouge, is REVIEW H the tallest capitol Baton Rouge. Minutes from the city, ancient building in the nation at 34 stories. moss-draped oaks, fragrant honeysuckle, formal gardens and the finest examples of Southern architecture await. Combine this with the excitement of the mighty Mississippi River, cajun PREVIEW music and a gourmet meal that is topped with freshly brewed cafe-au-
lait at one of Baton Rouge’s fine restaurants. Mix in an LSU athletic 4Baton Rouge is just an hour away from the French Quarter in New event, and Baton Rouge becomes one of the most attractive cities for Orleans and even closer to the million-acre Atchafalaya Swamp,
RECORDS living, entertainment and education in the South. which is called one of the biggest fishing ponds in the country. Y
OR DISTANCE CHART FROM BATON ROUGE HIST (BASED ON 70 MPH SPEED): Atlanta, Ga...... 7 hours Biloxi, Miss...... 2 hours Birmingham, Ala...... 6 hours Dallas, Texas ...... 6 1/2 hours Houston, Texas ...... 4 hours
LSU Jackson, Miss...... 21/2 hours Jacksonville, Fla...... 8 1/2 hours Little Rock, Ark...... 5 hours Mobile, Ala...... 3 hours Monroe, La...... 2 1/2 hours New Orleans, La...... 1 hour Orlando, Fla...... 10 hours THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI Pensacola, Fla...... 4 hours
MEDIA Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana, sits on the banks of Shreveport, La...... 4 hours the Mississippi River.
20 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO State of Louisiana
LOUISIANA FACTS Nickname: ...... The Pelican State
Admitted to Union: ...... April 30, 1812 THIS IS LSU State Colors: ....Gold, white and blue State Bird: ...... Brown Pelican State Dog: ..Catahoula Leopard Dog State Tree: ...... Bald Cyprus State Flower: ...... Magnolia Climate: ...... Subtropical
4Foods like boiled crawfish, PL
jambalaya, shrimp etouffee, and A
gumbo make the cajun and creole YERS cuisine of Louisiana the envy of the nation. CO A CHES
4Last year, an estimated 23.5 million U.S. resident visitors came ouisiana, one of America’s most culturally to Louisiana. and geographically diverse states, is
L REVIEW LOUISIANA LAGNIAPPE located in the heart of the Deep South. 4Atchafalaya: \a-chaff-a-LIE-a\ n. Adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and dotted with Louisiana’s famed undeveloped wetland. hundreds of lakes and bayous, Louisiana is home to all types of terrain from swamps and 4Beignet: \ben-YAY\ n. A tasty
French doughnut without the PREIVEW hole. marshes to lush forests and gentle hills. The state is known for its charm and friendly 4Boudin: \BOO-dan\ n. Hot, spicy pork mixed with onions, cooked people, and still maintains the stately rice and herbs and stuffed in BATON ROUGE sausage casing. antebellum plantations and majestic oaks of its NEW ORLEANS
early days. The atmosphere is elegant, yet RECORDS 4Etouffee: \ay-too-FAY\ n. Crawfish or shrimp in a relaxed and casual. delightfully spicy red sauce.
The East 4Gumbo: \GUM-boe\ n. A delicacy of South Louisiana. A thick, Brown Pelican robust soup with thousands of is Louisiana’s variations, only a few of which State Bird. are Shrimp Gumbo, Chicken HIST Gumbo, and File' Gumbo. OR
4Krewe: \crew\ n. An organization Y that puts on Mardi Gras balls and parades.
4Lagniappe: \LAHN-yap\ n. A little
something extra. LSU
4Po-Boy: - n. A sandwich extravaganza of either shrimp, oyster, roast beef, etc., that's served on a crispy-crusted loaf bread called French Bread. SPORTSMAN PARADISE UNIQUE CULTURE Louisiana offers some of the finest Louisiana is home to Mardi Gras, a two-week party that includes hunting, fishing and boating more than 60 parades and millions of visitors from around the MEDIA 4Vieux Carre’: \vyuh-kah-RAY\ n. The French name for the French opportunities in the country. world. All year long New Orleans Jazz, Creole culture, stately Quarter meaning “Old Square.” riverboats and some of the finest cuisine in the world is mixed into the diverse and renowned culture of Louisiana.
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 21 Maravich Center INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW
“You don’t get the feel for college basketball at other places PREVIEW the way you do at the Deaf Dome at LSU.....” –Dick Vitale, ESPN/ABC commentator
t was known as the place Pete built, so it was probably fitting that the LSU Assembly Center was renamed the Pete Maravich Assembly RECORDS ICenter shortly after the superstar’s tragic passing in 1988. Now into its fourth decade as the venue for the LSU men’s basketball team, it is a Y
OR building full of memories and magical moments. Some are distant, some seem just like yesterday. It still remains one of the premier venues in the HIST South to watch college basketball. In 1999-2000, as the Tigers drove for the SEC championship, the Deaf Dome atmosphere was again at its height. Tickets for SEC games were hard to get, the student body was joined by
LSU the rest of the crowd in creating an atmosphere that could only be described as “raucous.” That atmosphere was there in 2003 as LSU defeated top-ranked Arizona and made a late season run to the NCAA Tournament. Last year, large vocal crowds watched the Tigers beat Alabama and nearly upset nationally-ranked Kentucky. This will mark the MEDIA 34th season of play for the Tigers in the Assembly Center during the 2004- 2005 season where total paid attendance has topped the five million mark.
22 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Maravich Center THIS IS LSU PL A YERS CO A CHES REVIEW PREIVEW MARAVICHFACTS ABOUT THE MARAVICH CENTER CENTER RECORDS
• Seats 14,164 spectators • $11.5 million building, one of the most visible structures on campus • Site of two NCAA Regional basketball tournaments: 1976, 1986 • Site of five NIT events: 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 2002
• East-to-West, you can put a football field and still have almost 33 yards of space left. HIST
• North-to-South, you can put another gridiron and have about 13 yards extra. OR
• There are over one-fifth of a million square feet enclosed and over one-quarter of a million square feet through out for a total of Y 3,113,380 cubic feet. • A total of 1,750 tons of air conditioning keeps the interior at year-round comfort. LSU MEDIA
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 23 Maravich Center INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW
The Maravich Center WHAT’S NEW
PREVIEW 4 It's a renovation that began two years ago with new television lighting Under New Management that can be turned on and off to allow for more freedom with player introductions and special ceremonies.
4 It continued last season with a RECORDS brand new roof surface that will serve for many years in the future, continuing the bright look the building had in the 1970s and 1980s.
Y Also the outside windows of the
OR building now feature the Tiger mascot running around the building which can be seen for miles as people enter HIST the city on the Mississippi River Bridge. n July 1, 2004, the management of the Pete Maravich Center 4 This year, basketball fans will see a completely redesigned concourse came under the direction of the with video and graphic displays, LSU O renovated concession stands and LSU Athletics Department. The building, video kiosks showcasing the best of the sports that play in the building - preparing to host its 34th season of men's men's and women's basketball, volleyball and gymnastics. basketball, is now under going a multi-year refurbishing to continue it as one of the
MEDIA great basketball venues in the South.
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INTRO Maravich Center THIS IS LSU PL A YERS CO A CHES
The concourse had been divided into four quadrants: REVIEW Pete Maravich Pass The Walk of Champions Heroes Hall Midway of Memories PREIVEW ARENAMARAVICH CENTER EXCITEMENT RECORDS
4 Pete Maravich Pass - Skip Bertman said this about this particular quadrant: “This building has been named after Maravich for over 16 years, but there has been little else done in recognition of his many accomplishments. In the Pete Maravich Pass you will see photographs - some of which have never before been seen by the public - you will
read about him and you will see video of him in action.” HIST OR
4 The other three quadrants feature the All-Americans, the Y championships and the great memories that have occurred in the sports that occupy the building. There is a special kiosk where every “L” Club member is recognized at the touch of a button. There's a new Fan Zone from where the promotions department LSU will initiate more fan friendly events to make a night at the Maravich Center a fast-paced family experience.
4 There is still more to come. At the close of this basketball season, the seats in the arena will be replaced, the acoustical paneling
around the top of the arena will be replaced and handicap MEDIA accessible seating is added at new locations. Also planned are upgraded restroom facilities and updates to the heating and air conditioning system.
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 25 National Spotlight INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW PREVIEW
ON THE COVER
RECORDS MAGAZINE COVERS Y OR HIST LSU
LSU's Pistol Pete Maravich Freshman Chris Jackson He was a sophomore at the The Tigers are featured on graced the cover of Sports was making national time SI came to Baton the cover of one of the many Illustrated in the college headlines for his scoring Rouge to profile Shaquille preseason magazines out basketball preview issue prowess when he graced the O'Neal, calling him the Real prior to the 2004-05 season. prior to the 1968-69 season cover (Feb. 20, 1989). Deal (Jan. 21, 1991). (Dec. 1, 1969). MEDIA
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INTRO National Spotlight
IN THE NEWS MEDIA ATTENTION THIS IS LSU
LSU is one of the most widely recognized programs on the national forefront. It is among PL A the most frequently-covered YERS programs in the nation, while also being the largest media draw in the state of Louisiana. CO
With its constant national A CHES visibility, millions of college basketball fans throughout the country see, read and hear about LSU basketball on a REVIEW daily basis. PREIVEW RECORDS HIST OR Y LSU
Dick Vitale enjoying a pre-game workout. Joe Dean Jr. and Tim Brando MEDIA call the action on Jefferson Pilot.
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 27 Locker Room INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO
SU’s dressing room area ranks among basketball season. The spacious locker room Lsome of the finest in college basketball. features wide dressing areas with mirrors for
REVIEW The project started prior to the 1997-98 season each player, including a locker and storage bin.
and was completed in time for the 1998-99 Fully carpeted and well-lit, the locker room is
immediately adjacent to the shower room,
training facility and the squad room. PREVIEW The locker room, located downstairs in the
Maravich Assembly Center, includes a big
screen television to review video tapes of RECORDS practice and upcoming opponents as well as a
wall-mounted marking board for messages and Y
OR strategy sessions. HIST LSU MEDIA
28 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Deumite-McKay Squad Room THIS IS LSU
he Norman Deumite-Matt McKay Squad TRoom gives the LSU basketball program one of the finest basketball meeting rooms in the
country. Located adjacent to the team dressing PL A YERS room in the Maravich Assembly Center, the
Deumite-McKay Squad Room has seating for 20
student-athletes. The room features plush CO A individual seating in a comfortable theater-like CHES
atmosphere. In addition, the room has all of the
audio and visual accompaniments necessary for REVIEW meetings, reviewing of game tapes and lectures.
The addition to the Maravich Assembly Center and
the LSU athletic physical plant was made possible
in large part by Norman Deumite and Matt PREIVEW
McKay, who made a sizeable financial contribution
for the purpose of building the facility. RECORDS HIST
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2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 29 Strength and Conditioning INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW PREVIEW he LSU strength and conditioning facility was built in AMENITIES T 1997 and features the latest in both strength training 428 multi-purpose power stations and cardiovascular training equipment. Measuring 10,000- 436 assorted selectorized machines
square feet, LSU has one of the finest strength and 410 dumbbell stations with 2 sets of
RECORDS 5-180 pound free weights conditioning facilities in the nation. LSU strength and 4Custom made equipment by Body conditioning team took a new direction in 2000 under Masters and Eleiko Y strength coach Tommy Moffitt. Moffitt, who was named the OR 1999 Collegiate Football Strength and Conditioning Coach HIST of the Year by the Professional Football Strength and conditioning Coaches Society, is in charge of the LSU strength and conditioning facility, located in Tiger Stadium.
LSU Strength and conditioning can be the heart and soul of an athletic program’s success, and LSU has taken great strides to improve its strength program and facilities. MEDIA
FACILITY BUILT BY THE TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
30 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Strength and Conditioning THIS IS LSU PL A YERS CO A CHES REVIEW PREIVEW STRENGTHSTRENGTH RECORDS HIST OR Y LSU
POWER MEDIA POWER FACILITY BUILT BY THE TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 31 Dr. Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW PREVIEW
SU boasts the largest and most complete athletic training AMENITIES 423,000 square foot athletic facility in all of collegiate athletics. Focused on aggressive training facility
L On-site x-ray room rehabilitation, the Broussard Center for Athletic Training is 4 RECORDS furnished with the latest in technology and equipment. Some of 4In-house full-service pharmacy the features of the 23,000-square foot facility include an on-site x-
Y 4In-house dental and vision centers OR ray room, an in-house pharmacy, as well as state of the art
4A Hydrotherapy pool HIST hydrotherapy pools. The Broussard Center for Athletic Training is equipped with the largest hydrotherapy pools in both collegiate and professional sports and is one of the few collegiate training centers with a full-service pharmacy, as well as on-site x-ray room. LSU LSU is also the only school in college athletics with a training
room equipped with a full-service vision center. The facility is named in honor of legendary trainer Dr. Martin J. Broussard, who
MEDIA served as LSU’s athletic trainer for over 40 years.
FACILITY BUILT BY THE TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
32 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Dr. Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training
VISION CENTER THIS IS LSU Dr. Don Peavy conducts eye exams for LSU’s student-athletes in a convenient location in the Broussard Center for Athletic Training. PL A YERS
HYDROTHERAPY POOL CO The training center has several pool areas for use in athletic rehabilitation. A CHES
PHARMACY REVIEW The LSU Athletic Training Pharmacy is the only one of its kind in college athletics. Staffed by pharmacist Kevin Denoux, the LSU Athletic Training Pharmacy provides the Tigers with first- class service in a convenient location. PREIVEW RECORDS
DENTAL CENTER A fully functional dental center is located inside the Broussard Center for Athletic Training Dr. Martin J. Broussard with running back Billy Cannon in 1959
DR. MARTIN BROUSSARD HIST OR
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LSU’s multi-million dollar athletic training facility is named in honor of Dr. Martin J. Broussard, the legendary trainer whose career spanned over 40 years at LSU, having been appointed to the position of head athletic trainer in 1948. Following his semi-retirement from the day-to-day work as LSU trainer in 1993, he continued to serve the LSU as an Assistant to the Athletic Director through 2001 giving him well over 50 years of service to the Athletic Department. Among his many accomplishments was the formulation of "Quick Kick", an isotonic drink used to replace liquids, vitamins and the electrolytes lost through sweating. He was a trainer for the Pan American Games in 1955 and the U.S. MEDIA Olympic team in 1960. In 1963, the Rockne Foundation named him Trainer of the Year. In 1978, Broussard was named to the REHABILITATION NATA Hall of Fame followed by the Louisiana Athletic Trainer's LSU’s Broussard Center for Athletic Training boasts some of the most Hall of Fame in 1982. technologically advanced equipment to aid the recuperation and rehabilitation of LSU’s student-athletes. 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 33 Jack and Priscilla Andonie Museum INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW
AMENITIES 51 separate displays PREVIEW he Jack and Priscilla Andonie Museum is home to LSU’s 4 12 large wall-mounted Athletics history. The museum, located at the Lod Cook 4 T television screens Alumni Center on LSU’s campus, is full of artifacts and 413,000 LSU artifacts and memorabilia from the Andonie’s personal collection gathered by memorabilia
RECORDS the couple over the past three decades that total about 13,000 4Numerous kiosk displays pieces. The museum features 51 separate displays that include at
Y least one area in the room for each of LSU’s sports. There are also MUSEUM HOURS: OR 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Monday - Friday displays featuring LSU’s five retired jerseys, the “Early Years”of LSU 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Saturday’s *
HIST 8 a.m - 12 p.m. • Sunday’s * athletics, the Tiger Band and Golden Girls, cheerleaders and Mike * Only the weekend of home football games
the Tiger. The center piece of the museum, that will change at least $3 - Adults $2 - Seniors once a year, features “The Road to the National Championship,” $1 - LSU employees and high school or college students LSU game-by-game recap of the 2003 LSU football team’s national championship season. Included in the display is a replica of the ADT National Championship trophy, coach Nick Saban’s sideline headset, and an official game ball signed by the team. MEDIA
34 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Jack and Priscilla Andonie Museum THIS IS LSU PL A YERS CO A CHES REVIEW
Each of LSU’s athletic programs are featured in their PREIVEW own area with a large photo gallery spanning the history of the sport. There are also six large wall-mounted television sets placed throughout the room that air footage of past and present LSU events and a history of
the formation of the museum. Large banners are hung RECORDS around the museum for each of LSU's championships,
PISTOL PETE HIST
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2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 35 Championship Basketball INTRO
52 First Team All-SEC Selections 37 Academic All-SEC Honors
THIS IS LSU 7 First Team All-Americans 21 Postseason Appearances 3 NCAA Final Four Appearances YERS A 1
PL NIT Final Four Appearance 1 National Title NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 8 Southeastern Conference Titles
CHES 1935 11 NBA First-Round Draft Picks A
CO SEC CHAMPIONS 1 NBA No. 1 Pick 2 1935 NBA No. 2 Picks 2 NBA No. 3 Picks 1953 3 Members NBA at 50 Team REVIEW 1954 2 College National Players of the Year 1979
1981 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 1985 1953 1988 PREVIEW 1991 1954 1989 2000 1979 1990 NCAA FINAL FOUR
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HIST NIT FINAL FOUR 1985 2000 1970 1986 2003 LSU LSU 1987Champions MEDIA
36 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Championship Basketball THIS IS LSU PL A YERS CO A CHES REVIEW
1991 1981 1970 National Player of the Year National Coach of the Year National Player of the Year PREIVEW Shaquille O’Neal Dale Brown Pete Maravich RECORDS HIST OR Y LSU
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2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 37 Tigers in the NBA INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL
Ronald Dupree (above) as a member of the Chicago Bulls. Stromile Swift (left), a member of the CHES
A Memphis Grizzlies, was the second
CO pick in the 2000 NBA Draft. REVIEW PREVIEW
he LSU basketball program has FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES SINCE 1990 1970), Chris Jackson (3rd pick, a lasting legacy in the history of Denver - 1990), and Shaquille O’
RECORDS T the National Basketball Association 1990 Neal (1st pick, Orlando-1992). and that fact has been well Chris Jackson In all, LSU has had 11 first round documented by two separate Denver Nuggets (3rd pick) NBA draft picks. Others besides
Y 1991 occurrences in the last 10 years. O'Neal, Swift, Pettit, Maravich and
OR Stanley Roberts First in 1992, Shaquille O'Neal Jackson include: 1952 -- Joe Dean, Orlando Magic
HIST was taken as the first overall pick in Indianapolis; 1983 -- Howard 1992 the draft by the Orlando Magic. He Shaquille O’Neal Carter, Denver; 1985 -- Jerry was the first Southeastern Reynolds, Milwaukee; 1986 -- John Orlando Magic (1st pick) Conference player taken as the top 1993 Williams, Washington; 1991 -- overall pick in the NBA draft. Geert Hammink Stanley Roberts, Orlando; 1993 --
LSU Then in June 2000, Stromile Orlando Magic Geert Hammink, Orlando. Swift was taken as the second 2000 Since 1952, 44 LSU players have overall pick in the draft by the Stromile Swift been chosen by teams in the NBA Vancouver (now Memphis) Vancouver Grizzlies (2nd pick) draft. Plus there are countless Grizzlies. It marked the fifth time a others who have and are presently Tiger player had been chosen in the playing for teams abroad. In all, a
MEDIA top three picks in the draft, joining Bob Pettit (2nd pick, total of 28 players have logged regular season minutes in Milwaukee - 1954), Pete Maravich (3rd pick, Atlanta - either the NBA or the ABA.
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INTRO Tigers in the NBA THIS IS LSU PL A ANNIVERSARYNBA’S 50th ANNIVERSARY TEAM TEAM YERS CO A CHES REVIEW PREIVEW RECORDS
Pete Maravich Bob Pettit Shaquille O’Neal
LSU was one of just two colleges to have three players named to the NBA’s 50th
anniversary team.The three players have all had a profound influence on the pro game, HIST much like their college careers which can be found on pages 195-197 of this book. OR
In the pro game, Pettit, also named to the league’s 25th and 35th annivesary Y teams was the NBA Rookie of the Year and an 11-time All-Star. He was a four-time All-Star MVP and twice (1956, 1959) league MVP. Maravich never won an NBA championship, but his magical play dazzled fans LSU and opponents alike. He led the NBA in scoring in 1977 with 31.1 ppg. He averaged over 24 points in 10 NBA seasons. O’Neal was the first LSU and SEC player to ever be drafted No. 1 by Orlando. He then played for the L.A. Lakers where he has led the Lakers to the 2000, 2001,
and 2003 NBA championships. This Season he will play for the Miami Heat. MEDIA
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 39 Retired Jerseys INTRO
he five individuals on this page are the only men to have their jerseys retired by LSU. Basketball Thas retired the No. 23 for Pete Maravich, No. 50 for Bob Pettit, Jr., and No. 33 for Shaquille O’Neal. Football’s only retired jersey is the No. 20 worn by Billy Cannon, while baseball retired the No. 15 THIS IS LSU in honor of longtime coach and current athletics director Skip Bertman. YERS A PL
BOB PETE CHES A PETTIT MARAVICH CO 50 23
REVIEW Led LSU to its first NCAA Final Four in 1953 “Pistol Pete,” Maravich still holds the NCAA and he later became the first player in NBA record for career points with 3,667 and for history to exceed the 20,000-plus point career scoring average with 44.2 points a barrier. Pettit is a member of the NBA Hall of game. He was selected the National Player of Fame and in 1997 he was named as one of the the Year in 1970 after leading the Tigers to the top 50 players in NBA history. NIT Final Four. He scored 50+ points an amazing 28 times. He went on to a 10-year professional career and was selected as one PREVIEW of the NBA’s 50 greatest players in 1997. RECORDS
SHAQUILLE BILLY SKIP Y O’NEAL CANNON BERTMAN OR HIST 33 20 15
Was the first pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. He One of the true legends of college football in A legend in the college baseball ranks, was named MVP of the league in 2000 and the South, Cannon was the 1959 Heisman Bertman created a dynasty at LSU, guiding LSU was a three-time NBA Finals MVP after Trophy winner and helped the Tigers to the the Tigers to five national titles in a 10-year leading the Los Angeles Lakers to three World 1958 national title. Cannon’s most memorable stretch from 1991-2000. He also skippered Championships. At LSU, O’Neal averaged 21.6 performance came in 1959 against Ole Miss the United States to a bronze medal at the points and 13.6 rebounds for his career, and in when No. 1 LSU trailed No. 3 Ole Miss 3-0 in 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and was an 1991, he was named the World’s Amateur the fourth quarter. He fielded a punt, broke assistant on the gold medal-winning U.S. Athlete of the Year as well as SEC Athlete of seven tackles and returned it 89 yards for the squad in Seoul, Korea in 1988. Bertman the Year and National Player of the Year. In 7-3 victory. He went on to a successful 11-year retired from coaching following the 2001
MEDIA 1997, he was named as one of the top 50 professional career. season and is currently the LSU athletic players in NBA history. director.
40 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO LSU Greats
PAT HENRY
Led the LSU track and field program to 27 THIS IS LSU national championships and 19 SEC titles. LSU’s Success in each of its 20 sports is The only coach to win both men’s and evident with this outstanding list of Tigers. women’s titles in the same year and became the first to accomplish the feat of winning both the men’s and women’s indoor national titles in the same season in 2004. PL A
ESTHER JONES NICKI ARNSTAD YERS A 21-time All-American while a LSU, Jones The 2002 NCAA Floor Exercise Co- won a gold medal as a member of the Champion, Arnstad became the first LSU United States' 4x100-meter relay team at gymnast to win a national title. She was a the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. two-time All-American and won the NCAA Central Regional Floor and All-Around Championships. CO A CHES
PETA-GAYE DOWDIE BRITNI SNEED A 19-time All-American. Dowdie was a One of three four-time first-team All-SEC member of three NCAA Championship selections in conference history, Sneed REVIEW teams during her time at LSU and went on was a two-time SEC Player of the Year and to compete for her native Jamaica at the was a three-time NFCA All-American, 2000 Sydney Olympics. leading the Tigers to the Women’s College World Series in 2001. PREIVEW
WALTER DAVIS DAVID TOMS An Olympian in 2000, Davis helped LSU to The two-time SEC Player of the Year, Toms national titles in 2001 and 2002. The SEC has gone on to a successful career on the Male Athlete of the Year in 2002, he won PGA Tour. Among his PGA Tour victories six NCAA titles and earned a school- was a thrilling win at the PGA
record nine All-America honors. Championship in August of 2001. RECORDS
MARIE FERDINAND TODD WALKER
The eighth pick overall in the 2001 WNBA Capped his LSU career as the SEC’s all- HIST draft by the Utah Starzz. A Kodak All- time leader in hits, runs, RBIs, and total
American in 2000-01 who helped the Lady bases. Walker, who is a member of the All- OR Tigers to the Elite Eight in 2000 and to the Time College World Series Team, led LSU Y NCAA Tournament three times. She is a to the national title in 1993. two-time WNBA all-star selection. LSU MEREDITH DUNCAN BEN MCDONALD The nation’s top collegiate golfer in 2002, Named National Player of the Year in 1989 Duncan left LSU as the schools best and he was later the first player chosen in female golfer. She earned first-team All- the Major League Baseball Draft by the America honors as a senior in 2002 and Baltimore Orioles. won the United States Women’s Amateur MEDIA Championship in 2001.
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 41 Prominent LSU Alumni INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO REVIEW
SHAQUILLE O’NEAL Three-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal joined the long list of prominent LSU alumni when he earned his
PREVIEW degree in General Studies in December 2000. O’Neal returned to LSU to speak to student-athletes in Sept. 2004. hile LSU EDUARDO AGUIRRE, JR. KEVIN FAULK continues to Named the first Director of U.S. Excelled in both the classroom W Citizenship and Immigration and on the playing field as he make its mark Services (USCIS), a department graduated in just 3 years. Faulk under the Department of is currently a member of the RECORDS on the playing field, Homeland Security. President Super Bowl Champion New George W. Bush appointed him to England Patriots. this position, in February 2003. winning 43 national Y
OR titles the state‘s DR. JAMES ANDREWS CARLOS ROBERTO FLORES A world-renowned orthopedic Currently president of
HIST flagship University surgeon. Andrews is a 1963 Honduras, a position to which graduate of LSU and a 1967 he was elected in 1997. Flores is continues to be a graduate of LSU Medical married to the former Mary School. While at LSU, Andrews Carol Flake, also an alumnus of won the SEC indoor and outdoor LSU. breeding ground for titles in the pole vault.
LSU some of the greatest LOD COOK JIM FLORES minds in the world Graduated from LSU with a Graduated from LSU and bachelor’s degree in currently is the Vice Chairman Mathematics in 1955 and then of Ocean Energy, the World’s past and present. earned his Master’s degree in Leader in Oil Exploration, based Petro Engineering in 1955. Cook in Houston, Texas. served as CEO of ARCO for nine MEDIA years.
42 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Prominent LSU Alumni PROMINENT LSU ALUMNI UNIVERSITY ALUMNI THIS IS LSU
Donald R. Anderson - Diplomat. Rufus William (Bill) Harp - Carolyn Bennett Patterson - Television Set decorator. Former senior editor, National Larry Arthur - AIDS researcher. Geographic. Walter Hitesman - Former president, Reader's Digest. J. Howard Rambin - CEO, Texaco. Elizabeth Ashley - Actress. PL A
Hubert Humphrey - U.S. vice Rex Reed - Drama critic, YERS John Ed Bradley - Sports president (1965-69). syndicated columnist. Illustrated writer and novelist. W. Vernon Jones - Branch Maj. Gen. Thomas Rhame - Led John Breaux - U.S. Senator Division Chief, NASA headquarters 1st Infantry Division against Iraq (1987-present) and U.S. during Persian Gulf War. Congressman (1972-86) from CO Bill Conti - Oscar-winning Russell Long - U.S. Senator from Louisiana. A composer who has written theme Louisiana, 1948-87. Thomas O. Ryder - President, CHES music for several well-known American Express Publication Corp. Don Clayton - President and CEO, movies, including Rocky and its and magazine publisher. Meridian Oil Co. James Malmberg - President, sequels, The Karate Kid and For CEO, Piccadilly. Your Eyes Only. "Lightning Joe" Lawton Dolores Spikes - President of Ray Marshall - Secretary of the University of Maryland-Eastern
Collins - Chief of Staff for REVIEW Labor under President Carter. Shore. President Truman. Maxime A. Faget - Designed Mercury and Gemini spacecrafts. Grover Murray - President Ray Strother - Author, political Eric Arture Delvalle - Former emeritus of Texas Tech University. consultant. president of Panama. Mary Carol Flake Flores - First Lady of Honduras. Edwin Newman - TV journalist Joanne Woodward - Academy A. Wright Elliott - Executive vice and commentator. Award-winning actress. president, Chase Manhattan Bank. Julie Giroux - Emmy Award- PREIVEW winning composer. Graves Erskine - U.S. Marine Corps General in WWII.
REINOSUKE HARA EDDIE J. JONES
Researched at LSU in the 1950s President of the NFL's Miami RECORDS and then later received the Dolphins franchise. The 36-year honorary Doctorate of Science veteran of the NFL currently degree from LSU in 1992. serves on the NFL's Employee Currently is Vice-Chairman of Benefits Committee. Seiko Instruments. HIST MARY L. LANDRIEU MARTY SIXKILLER OR Became the first woman from Senior Technical Director for Louisiana elected to a full term PDI/DreamWorks' movies Y in the United States Senate in "Antz", "Shrek", and "Shrek 2." 1997. LSU
HARRY J. LONGWELL JAMES CARVILLE Graduated from LSU in 1963 Received both a Bachelor’s degree and Law with a Bachelor’s degree in degree from LSU. Carville gained fame in the Petroleum Engineering and
1990's as the chief campaign strategist for MEDIA currently is Executive Vice Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Carville also penned President of ExxonMobil. a best-selling memoir titled All’s Fair: Love, War and Running for President.
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 43 Athletic Facilities INTRO THIS IS LSU YERS A PL CHES A CO
REVIEW COME ONE, COME ALL LSU TEAMS DRAW SOME OF THE LARGEST CROWDS IN ALL OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS PREVIEW Fans passed through the gates of LSU home sporting events in 2003-04 for 1,196,724 the 10 sports in which official attendance records are kept. The 1.19 million fans breaks the previous school record of 1.18 million set in 2002-2003. RECORDS Y OR HIST LSU MEDIA
44 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO Athletic Facilities THIS IS LSU
BERNIE MOORE TRACK STADIUM TIGER STADIUM PL
Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Football A YERS Built - 1969 • Capacity - 5,680 Built - 1924 • Capacity - 91,600 Largest Crowd - 3,947 on June 1, 2001 (NCAA Championships) Largest Crowd - 92,251 (vs. Georgia,9-20-03) CO A CHES REVIEW
ALEX BOX STADIUM TIGER PARK Baseball Softball Built - 1938 • Capacity - 7,760 Built - 1996 • Capacity - 1,000 Largest Crowd - 8,683 vs. Houston on March 6, 2004 Largest Crowd - 1,506 vs. Southern Miss on May 22, 1999 (NCAA Regional) PREIVEW RECORDS
W.T. “DUB” ROBINSON STADIUM SOCCER COMPLEX Men’s and Women’s Tennis Women’s Soccer HIST Built - 1970 • Capacity - 550 Built - 1996 • Capacity - 1,500 Largest Crowd - 911 vs. Tennessee, Sept. 13, 1996 OR Y LSU MEDIA UNIVERSITY CLUB NATATORIUM Men’s and Women’s Golf Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Built - 1998 Built - 1985 • Capacity - 2,200
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 45 LSU Basketball and Louisiana INTRO 54,321
At the Superdome on Jan. 28, 1989, LSU downed Georgetown 82- THIS IS LSU 80. A then record turnstile crowd for a college basketball game of 54,321 and a national television audience looked on as the under- manned Tigers knocked off the second-ranked Hoyas on Ricky Blanton's layup with one second to play. YERS A PL 12,341 CHES A The Tigers began appearing in the Arena setting for the Sugar Bowl CO Classic in December 1999 when before a nationally televised 68,112 audience and a Sugar Bowl basketball record crowd of 12,341, LSU upset nationally ranked Oklahoma State.
The 1990 game with Notre Dame ranked until last season as the largest paid attendance for a regular season game – 68,112. The game was a “Hoops to Help” benefit for the homeless, co-sponsored by Comic Relief. REVIEW
The LSU Tigers will continue The SEC is 9-1 in the first five LSU vs. LOUISIANA their role as the host team for the years of the event. LSU has Nokia Sugar Bowl for the sixth defeated Oklahoma State of the straight year as part of a Dec. 30 Big 12, Oregon State of the Pac-10 PREVIEW televised doubleheader in the New and Tulane and Alabama- Orleans Arena. 47 Birmingham of Conference USA, The Tigers began appearing in while losing to Miami, then of the the Arena setting for the Sugar The Tigers enter the 2004-05 Big East. Bowl Classic in December 1999, When you say New Orleans and season having won 47 when before a national television Tigers basketball, there is a big consecutive home games against
RECORDS audience and a Sugar Bowl presence in the Crescent City. Fans basketball record crowd of 12,341, colleges and universities from the will talk about the big attendance LSU upset nationally ranked state of Louisiana. The streak is promotions that LSU sponsored in Oklahoma State. 25 games in the John Brady era the Louisiana Superdome in the Y Last year, the Tigers downed as head coach. The last time LSU 1980s and early 1990s. Three times OR Alabama-Birmingham of lost to a Louisiana school at the since Jan. 1988, LSU has defeated Conference USA to run LSU's Maravich Assembly Center goes teams ranked in the top three in HIST record in the event to 4-1 since the all the way back to Dec. 6, 1988, New Orleans, once at the 1999 renewal. when Louisiana Tech beat LSU, Superdome and twice at Lakefront This year, the Southeastern 111-109, in overtime. The present Arena where LSU hosted games Conference will take on teams on the UNO campus. streak started two nights later, from the Atlantic Coast LSU has won 25 of its last 30 Conference, as Mississippi State, Dec. 8, when LSU defeated games in New Orleans (83.3 LSU back for a third consecutive McNeese State, 91-89. percent) and is 20-5 (80 percent) appearance, will face Virginia Tech in the Superdome/New Orleans at 6:30 p.m., followed by LSU and LSU's all-time record against Louisiana Arena venues. In all, the Tigers are Florida State. Fox Sports Net, as it colleges and universities since the program 82-60 in games played in New has every year since 1999, will began is 293-127 (69.8 percent). Orleans since 1911. again televise the doubleheader. MEDIA
46 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO The Southeastern Conference
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO THIS IS LSU JUDGE WHICH CONFERENCE IS THE BESTin the PL A NATION? YERS CO hroughout the history of men's college basketball, the HOME SWEET HOME A
Southeastern Conference has captured eight NCAA Southeastern Conference teams had a 147-42 (.778) record at CHES TChampionships and three NIT titles putting the SEC as one home last season. of the nation's top basketball conferences. The SEC had another solid season in 2003-04, advancing at least SEC IN STRENTH OF SCHEDULES half of the SEC's member institutions to the postseason for the The SEC had 10 of the 40 toughest schedules in the country, 26th consecutive year. according to CollegeRPI.com, entering the NIT and NCAA Tournaments. REVIEW SIX TEAMS DANCING AGAIN The SEC tied its conference record for NCAA Tournament bids SEC STILL AMONG FINAL FOUR LEADERS last season with six bids for the sixth straight season, tied with the In the last 12 NCAA Tournaments (1993-2004), the SEC's nine ACC, Big East and Conference USA in number of bids for the 2004 Final Four appearances are behind on the ACC's 12 for the most by NCAA Tournament.The league tied the record set in 1987 that was any conference during that span. again accomplished in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. With Florida returning to the Final Four in the 200 season, the
The SEC closed the season with seven wins in the 2004 NCAA SEC has had a total of four different teams to make the national PREIVEW Tournament, tied for fourth in the nation. The SEC did not have a semifinals, two behind the Big Ten's six and tied with the ACC. team reach the Final Four for just the fourth time in the last 12 Florida's Final Four showing gave the SEC its 19th all-time years, when Alabama was eliminated in the Elite Eight. appearance (24th including five appearances by Arkansas prior to 2004 also marked the 15th straight year the SEC had at least one joining the SEC).The Gators' win over Oklahoma State in the 2000 team advance to the Sweet 16 (Alabama and Vanderbilt) and the East Regional Final was the league's 39th all-time appearance in a 10th time in 12 years that the conference had a team advance to regional final (44th including five trips by Arkansas prior to joining the Elite Eight.
the SEC). RECORDS
SPREADING THE WEALTH SEC SECOND IN NCAA TOURNEY WINS Since the 1980-81 season, each of the 12 SEC schools has With a 7-6 record in the 2004 NCAA Tournament, the SEC ranks captured either an SEC divisional, overall or tournament title and second among all conferences in wins in the "Big Dance" since the 11 different schools have won or shared the SEC Championship 1994 season. since the league's inception in 1933. The Southeastern Conference has amassed 93 victories since the The wealth was truly shared last year as Alabama and Georgia 1994 NCAA Tournament.
joined the ranks of SEC Divisional Champions. All 12 schools have HIST now won or shared a division title. CLOSE CALLS OR EVERYBODY DANCE Winning conference games was not easy this season as evidenced by some tight games decided by the slimmest of Y Every team in the SEC has made at least one NCAA Tournament margins. appearance in the last four editions of the "Big Dance," which Of the 96 conference games played last season, 33 were decided shows the balance in the league over the past few seasons. by six points or less, including six overtime games. Meaning 34.4 percent or league games were won in the final minutes. HOW SWEET IT IS LSU In 2004, two SEC teams made the Sweet 16 with Alabama and Vanderbilt advancing. The Crimson Tide and the Commodores became the 10th and 11th SEC teams since 1996 to advance to the Sweet 16. The SEC leads the nation with 11 of its 12 members reaching the Sweet 16 since 1996. Next in line behind the Southeastern Conference are
the Big East (10), Big Ten (9), Big XII (7), Pac 10 (7) and ACC (5). MEDIA
SEC HAD BEST RECORD AMONG TOP CONFERENCES The SEC led the nation with a 29-15 record against the Top 8 RPI basketball conferences, entering the NIT and NCAA Tournaments.
2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 47 Tiger Girls/Cheerleaders INTRO
Front Row (L to R): Julie Arbo, Denise Dicharry, Ashley Landry Second Row (L to R): Jamie Montegut, Aimee Pitre, Kristen Hebert, Leanne Ricciardi Third Row: Rachal Delouche, Kristin Loup, Sabrina Bauggue, Ronnie Burke, Mary Alice Milford Fourth Row: Janeen Bridges, Alisha THIS IS LSU Captain, Lacy Goree, Megan Lucy, Tallie Adra YERS A PL CHES A CO 2004-05 Tiger Girls - The popular men’s basketball dance group is in its eighth year of performing at the Assembly Center. The Tiger Girls won the 2000 National Dance Team Championship and finished second in 2004.
Front Row (L to R Sitting): Natalie Cohn, REVIEW Ernie Stokes, Amanda Newport, Erin Hains, Tommy Griffin, Brooke Ladner Second Row (L to R): Pauline Zernott (Spirit Coordinator), Chico Garcia, Brittany Robb, Katie Prechter, Michelle Soileau, Megan Prescott, Jason Amadeo, Kim LeBoeuf (Coach), Lauren Keller (Graduate Assistant) Third Row: Mike Melito, Scott Watkins, PREVIEW Jimmy Gravois, Stephanie Hickman, Jennifer Farris, Codi Trahan, Kaley McKenna, Landon McCoy, Liza Boyer, Kate Stone, Jordan Arce, Hunter Louviere, Shane Womanck, Jeff McDonald Back Row (L to R): Evan Payne, Ryan Krenek, Kenny Daenen, Toby Garcia, Rusty Secrist,
RECORDS Jamie Pylant, Drew Woodward, Fred Billizon, Lance Laurent, Derrick Townsend, 2004-05 Tiger Cheerleaders - The Tiger Cheerleaders are routinely among the tops in the Daniel Anderson country in annual competitions, having placed in the top five two of the last three years. (not pictured: Kelley Walker) Y OR HIST LSU MEDIA
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