THE BRADY ERA | In 9th YEAR, 6 POSTSEASON TOURN., 3 WESTERN DIV. TITLES, TWO SEC TITLES LSU at NCAA Tournament Atlanta Regional Final March 25, 2006 -- Vs. Texas (CBS Sports, LSU Sports Radio Network) Dome, Atlanta, Ga. -- 4:40 p.m. EST/3:40 p.m. CST

LSU (26-8, 14-2 in SEC) Probable LSU Starters (based on the last game): G -- 22 Darrel Mitchell (5-11, 178, Sr., St. Martinville, La.) 17.2 ppg, 3.8 ppg, 4.5 apg NOVEMBER Made one of the biggest shots of his careeer when he hit the three with 3.9 seconds to beat Texas A&M in the 2nd rd. (58- 10 E. A. Sports (Exh.) W, 74-54 57) ... Against Duke had 14 points, five assists ... Had 19 points, six- game in NCAA opener vs. Iona ... Hit school 15 LSU-Shreveport (Exh.) W. 122-58 record 257 treys ... 11th all-time in scoring with 1,550 career points ... Needs 11 points to crack the top 10 in career scor- 18 Southern University W, 84-56 ing at LSU ... Hit winning three-pointers vs. #13 W. Va (11/26) in overtime and vs. Ark. (2/8) with 11 seconds to play ... 20- 21 Nicholls State W, 104-57 plus points in five SEC games and double figures in 15 straight games to close regular season ... SEC, POW (1/30). 26 at West Virginia (ESPN Regional) W, 71-68(ot) 29 Houston (FSN) L, 83-84 G -- 14 Garrett Temple (6-5, 176, Baton Rouge, La.) 5.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.8 apg DECEMBER Hit 4-of-6 treys in SEC Quarters vs. Vandy (3/10) in season high 14-point night ... Has become a rock-solid defender for 10 McNeese State (Cox Sports) W, 90-70 the Tigers and showed it in his defense against Duke ... Twice 10 points (vs. Nicholls-11/21; at Miss. St.-1/18) ... Third fam- 13 UNO (Cox Sports) W, 94-53 ily member to play hoops at LSU ... 18 combined points in two NCAA games. 17 Louisiana-Lafayette (Cox Sports) W, 81-62 19 N. Iowa (Cox Sports) (1) L, 50-54 F -- 1 Tasmin Mitchell (6-7, 230, Fr., Denham Springs, La.) 11.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.7 apg 22 Arkansas-Monticello (1) W, 75-48 Had his third double double of the year, first since Dec. 17 with 10 points and 10 rebounds ... Career high of 20 in three of 23 Cincinnati (1) L, 72-75 last seven games, including both games in SEC Tournament ... Previously had 20 at Ole Miss (1/28) ... At Auburn (2/18), 31 at Ohio State (ESPN U) L, 76-78 only took three shots, but the last one gave LSU a 63-61 lead with 30 seconds to play ... Mr. Basketball 2005 has had 21 JANUARY games scoring in double figures, including seven of the last eight.. 3 Tulane (Cox Sports) W, 75-58 7 vs. Connecticut (CBS Sports) (2) L, 66-67 11 * at Arkansas W, 63-58 F -- 12 Tyrus Thomas (6-9, 215, Fr., Baton Rouge, La.) 12.3 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 3.0 bpg 14 * Tennessee (FSN) W, 88-74 Thomas made his first start since injuring his ankle vs. UK (2/25) ... Played off the bench in first two NCAA games ... In 18 * at State W, 71-57 three NCAA games had 25 points, 24 rebounds, 11 blocks ... SEC Freshman of the Year with 13 double doubles, has led 21 * Alabama (JP Sports) W, 68-57 league in blocks and second in the league in rebounds ... SEC Freshman of Week (1/9, 1/16, 2/2) ... Shot 60.3 percent from 25 * Georgia W, 81-52 the floor (140-of-232) from the field.. 28 * at Ole Miss W, 79-73 FEBRUARY F -- 0 (6-9, 310, So., Baton Rouge, La.) 18.5 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.2 bpg 1 * Auburn W, 84-69 SEC Player of the Year ... Double doubles in 10 of the last 14 ... Twice this year vs. Kentucky (2/25) and SEC quarters vs. 4 * at Alabama (JP Sports) L, 67-62 Vandy (3/10) equaled career high of 28 points ... SEC Player of Week (2/20, 2/27) ... League best 19 double doubles ... 38 8 * Arkansas (JP Sports) W, 78-77 straight games in double figures ... 13 over 20, including 22 vs. Iona, 21 vs. A&M in NCAA ... 2005 SEC Freshman of the 11 * at Florida (JP Sports) L, 62-71 Year ... League leader in rebounds (9.8) ... Played last summer on USA U21 World Championship Team in Argentina ... 15 * Mississippi State (JP Sports) W, 72-59 Candidate for Wooden and Naismith Awards. 18 * at Auburn (FSN) W, 65-61 Injury Update 22 * at Vanderbilt W, 77-66 25 * Kentucky (CBS Sports) W, 71-67 Tack Minor surgery for torn meniscus Dec. 29 (medical redshirt). 28 * at South Carolina (ESPN) W, 64-61 MARCH LSU at The NCAA Tournament (Regional Finals): The Facts 4 * Ole Miss (JP Sports) W, 55-52 10 3-Vanderbilt (JP Sports) W, 92-73 DATE/TIME: Elite 8, Saturday, March 25, 2006/4:40 p.m. EST 11 3-Florida (JP Sports) L, 65-81 LOCATION: Georgia Dome/Atlanta, Ga. 16 4-Iona (CBS Sports) W, 80-64 TICKETS: Tickets Available 18 4-Texas A&M (CBS Sports) W, 58-57 23 5-Duke (CBS Sports) W, 62-54 TELEVISION: CBS Sports 25 5-Texas (CBS Sports) 4:40 p.m. EST RADIO: LSU Sports Radio Network (Eagle 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge and 40-plus stations around La.) * - Denotes SEC Games. Also Westwood Radio Nationally 1 - Las Vegas Holiday Classic; Dec. 19 game in BR; Dec. 22-23 games at Valley High in Las Vegas. 2 -- At Hartford, Conn. The Tournament -- LSU 22-21 (.512) overall 3 - SEC Tourn.; Gaylord Entertainment , Nashville, Tenn. Tigers three wins in 2006 brings LSU tournament record above .500 ... LSU in tournament for fourth time in 4 - NCAA Tourn; First and Second Rounds, Jacksonville, Fla. era, second straight year ... 2000 team of Brady’s also advanced to Sweet 16 in LSU’s first appearance since 1993 ... 5 - NCAA Tourn; Regional Rounds, Atlanta, Ga. Appeared in 10 consecutive NCAAs (1984-93), then a record ... LSU advanced to Final Four in Radio • LSU Sports Radio Network 1953, 1981 and 1986 ... LSU lost in national semis in 1953 to Indiana (80-67), 1981 to Indiana (67-49), 1986 to Louisville (88- 77) ... LSU has won its first game in the NCAAs and advanced 10-of-19 times ... First Elite 8 appearance since 1987, 3-2 in Jim Hawthorne and Kevin Ford call the game on Elite 8 games. LSU’s in-house network. Flagship is WDGL (Eagle 98.1 FM) in Baton Rouge ... Network includes two LSU NCAA Appearances 50,000 clear channels (WWL, New Orleans; KWKH RECORD: 26-8, 14-2 19 - 1953 (FF), 1954 (RS), 1979 (RS), 1980 (RF), Shreveport). IN NCAA: W, 80-64, Iona (3/16); W, 58-57, Tx 1981 (FF), 1984, 1985, 1986 (FF), 1987 (RF), A&M (3/18); W, 62-54 vs. Duke (3/23) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000 (RS), Television • CBS Sports RANKINGS: 18 ESPN/USA Today, 19 AP CBS will televise the Atlanta final as the first game of HEAD COACH: John Brady 2003, 2005, 2006. Saturday’s regional final doubleheader. Announcers CAREER RECORD: 255-187/15th year for the Atlanta Regional: Dick Enberg, , LSU RECORD: 166-110/9th year LSU has reached 3 FInal Fours, 2 regional Bob Wentzel. TOURN. RECORD: 5-3 finals, 3 regional semifinals.

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LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL John Brady Head Coach • Ninth Year 2 SEC Championships (2000, 2006) 3 SEC Player of the Year Selections (Swift - 2000, Bass - 2005, Davis - 2006) SEC Western Division Championships (2000, 2005, 2006) 4 SEC Freshman of the Year Selections (Bright - 2000, Bass - 2004, Davis - 2005, Thomas - 2006) 6 Postseason tournament appearances in the last seven years 12 Number of LSU players who have graduated 14 Number of SEC wins in 2006 27 Academic All-SEC honorees When John Brady first put a team on won 141 games, an average of 20 a year. players should be challenged to the fullest. the floor of the Assembly For the third time in the last seven That’s part of the reason that LSU basket- Center, his Tiger squad was undermanned, seasons, John Brady has coached the SEC ball is not only a success on the court, but THE BRADY FILE undersized and underdogs. Player of the Year and in those seven years in the classroom as well. Hours are passed Teams hated to play the Tigers then he has coached the SEC Freshman of the and posted toward graduation on a regular NAME: John Brady because John Brady coached his team Year four times, including each of the last basis by scholarship players. The team BIRTH DATE: Sept. 17, 1954 (McComb, Miss.) hard and they responded with several three years. GPA is now close to 3.0. AGE: 51 strong performances against the leagues Brady’s 162 wins in nine seasons is Brady came to LSU after six highly HOMETOWN: McComb, Miss. top teams, but not many wins. the third most wins by an LSU basketball successful seasons at Samford University This year, in his ninth year as head coach and only two LSU basketball coach- in Birmingham, Ala. WIFE: Misty coach at LSU, John Brady has coached the es have served longer tenures. In his six-year tenure (1992-97), he CHILDREN: Brittany (15), Brooke (11) LSU team as only he knows how -- with John Brady has built a program at turned the team into a consistent winner, HIGH SCHOOL: McComb HS; McComb, Miss. heart and passion, and knowledge of the LSU with a record of success that is hard to posting a record of 89-77. In Brady’s six COLLEGE: BS, Belhaven College, 1976 game that makes him one of the best at in- argue with. He has given the LSU program years at Samford, the team had three first- M. Ed., Mississippi State, 1977 game decisions. The LSU Tigers, in 2006, the direction to grow and the chance to team and five second-team all-league won the SEC regular season title with a 14- shine again. selections. 2 record and won the Western Division for When Brady arrived on campus in Now at LSU, the numbers are begin- PLAYING EXPERIENCE the second straight year. LSU has won 26 March 1997 and was given the job of ning to work for Brady both on and off the McComb High School (McComb, Miss.) SEC games the last two years, the most in rebuilding the program, make no mistake; floor. He has had 27 players earn Academic Belhaven College (Jackson, Miss.) - 3-year starter, the league in that period and LSU conclud- he knew his program would be riddled wtih Honor Roll status at LSU, plus 12 players scored over 1,000 points for career … Coach Charlie ed the 2005-06 season with 17 straight shortcomings because of NCAA-imposed who have received their degrees from LSU. Rugg … Two-time All-Southern States Conference - SEC home wins, the most in the 35-year sanctions. He knew he would have the The 51-year-old Brady is the father of history of the Maravich Assembly Center. In chance to build a foundation based on two daughters (Brittany-15, Brooke-11) and Inducted Fall 1997 into school athletic hall of fame. the process he earned his second SEC responsbility and accountability. is married to the former Misty Champagne. Coach of the Year honor. Brady’s knowledge of the game and In nine seasons, Brady has taken the COACHING EXPERIENCE LSU advanced to the NCAA his belief in discipline and responsibility for Tigers a long way. The results are a pro- 1976-77 - Graduate Assistant, Mississippi State Tournament, putting the Tigers in postsea- actions on and off the floor have made the gram that is solid both athletically and aca- 1977-82 - Head Coach, Crowley High School (Crowley, son play for the fifth straight year and the LSU program strong again, one that LSU demically. The top athletes in the country La.) - 129-49 (.725) record in five seasons … 1981 sixth time in seven seasons. LSU has had fans are proud of because they feel a part are seriously putting LSU at the top of their Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class AAA five consecutive winning seasons under of the program. lists and Brady is earning the respect of his "Coach of the Year" John Brady and only three times in the pro- Brady’s plan isn’t just taking place on peers in the league. He has reestablished 1982-90 - Assistant Coach, Mississippi State … First gram history has there been longer consec- a hardwood floor in the Maravich Center. LSU back as a player in the SEC and the four years under coach … Last four years utive years of winning. He has worked hard to show the public that work is being done to keep LSU there for as a chief recruiter for coach Richard Williams. In the last seven seasons, LSU has that athletic and academic pursuits of the years to come. 1990-91 - Assistant Coach, Univ. of New Orleans. THE JOHN BRADY RECORD 1991-97 - Head Coach, Samford University, 89-77 record in six years … left Samford as winningest /----OVERALL---/ /---CONF.---/ coach in Samford history … Team won TAAC West YEAR SCHOOL W-L PCT. W-L PCT. FINISH Division in 1996 and 1997. 1991-92 Samford 11-18 .379 7-7 .500 T-3rd March 25, 1997 - Named 18th head coach at LSU. 1999-2000 - LSU wins SEC West, SEC Championship; 1992-93 Samford 17-10 .630 7-5 .583 T-2nd NCAA Sweet 16; SEC Coach of the Year; LSWA 1993-94 Samford 10-18 .357 4-12 .250 8th Coach of the Year; NABC/USBWA District Coach of 1994-95 Samford 16-11 .592 11-5 .687 2nd the Year; Runner-up, National Coach of the Year. 1995-96 Samford 16-11 .592 11-5 .687 TAAC Western Division Champion 2001-02 - Team wins seven of last 11 games, advances 1996-97 Samford 19-9 .678 11-5 .687 TAAC Western Division Champion to the second round of the NIT. 1997-98 LSU 9-18 .333 2-14 .125 6th-West 2002-03 - LSU wins nine of the last 13 games, includ- 1998-99 LSU 12-15 .444 4-12 .250 6th-West ing seven straight, to earn second NCAA Tournament 1999-00 LSU 28-6 .823 12-4 .750 SEC Champions; NCAA Sweet 16 appearance under Brady … Named LSWA and LABC 2000-01 LSU 13-16 .448 2-14 .125 6th-West Coach of the Year. 2003-04 - LSU advances to the National Invitation 2001-02 LSU 19-15 .559 6-10 .375 4th-West; NIT Second Round Tournament, the third straight postseason berth. 2002-03 LSU 21-11 .656 8-8 .500 2nd-West; NCAA Tournament 2004-05 - LSU wins its last six regular season games to 2003-04 LSU 18-11 .621 8-8 .500 2nd-West; NIT share the Western Division of the SEC ... 2004-05 LSU 20-10 .667 12-4 .750 1st-West; NCAA Tournament 2005-06 - LSU wins the SEC Championship... Most 2005-06 LSU 26-8 .764 14-2 .875 SEC Champions league wins for school since the 16-game divisional Totals 15 Years 255-187 .577 119-115 .508 2 Conference Titles, 5 Division Titles schedule was introduced in 1992 ... Advances to the Samford Six Years 89-77 .536 51-39 .567 2 TAAC Western Division Titles NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in seven years LSU Nine Years 166-110 .601 68-76 .472 1 SEC Title, 3 West Titles, 3 NCAAs, 2 NIT and the sixth post-season tourney in seven years.

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL LSU NCAA RECORDS 2005-06 LSU Men's Basketball Roster No. Name CL. Pos. HT. WT. EXP. Hometown/Last School Team 0 Glen Davis So. F 6-9 310 1VL Baton Rouge, La/University HS Most Pts - 100, vs. Lamar, 3-14-81, Austin, Texas 1 Tasmin Mitchell Fr. F 6-7 230 HS Denham Springs, La./Denham Spr. HS 98, vs. Alcorn, 3-9-80, Denton, Texas 4 Ben Voogd Fr. G 6-1 175 HS Florence, Ore./Siuslaw HS 10 David Fleshman So. G 6-0 184 1VL Baton Rouge, La./The Dunham School Most Pts. Allowed - 94, by Georgia Tech, 3-17-90, Knoxville 12 Tyrus Thomas Fr F 6-9 215 HS Baton Rouge, La./McKinley HS 88, three occasions 14 Garrett Temple Fr. G 6-5 180 HS Baton Rouge, La./University HS 15 Magnum Rolle Fr. F 6-10 215 HS Freeport, Bahamas/Laurinburg Prep FG Att. - 78, vs. Purdue, 3/13//86, Baton Rouge 21 Chris Johnson Fr. C 6-11 190 HS Washington, D.C./Laurinburg Prep 77, vs. Ga. Tech, 3/17/90, Knoxville FG Made - 45 , vs. Lamar, 3/14/81, Austin 22 Darrel Mitchell Sr. G 5-11 178 3VL St. Martinville, La./St. Martinville HS 41, vs. Alcorn St., 3/9/80, Denton, Texas 30 Alex Farrer ** Fr. G 6-5 205 HS Phoenix, Ariz./St. Mary’s HS FG Pct. - .639 (39-61), vs. Wichita St., 3-22-81, N.O 35 Darnell Lazare Jr. F 6-8 240 2VL Baton Rouge, La./Woodlawn HS .608 (45-74), vs. Lamar, 3/14/81, Austin ** redshirt, but will dress for games; FT Att. - 42, vs. Indiana, 3/17/53, Kansas City 34, vs. Holy Cross, 3/14/53, Raleigh HEAD COACH: John Brady (Belhaven, 1976), 9th year at LSU FT Made 23, vs. Indiana, 3/17/53, Kansas City ASSOC. HEAD COACH: Butch Pierre (Mississippi State, 1984), 9th year at LSU 21, three times ASST. COACH: John Treloar (Belhaven, 1979), 2nd year at LSU FT Pct. - .923 (12-13), vs. Indiana, 3-21-92, Boise .875 (7-8), vs. UTEP, 3-17-89, Tucson ASST. COACH: Nikita Johnson (West Georgia, 1989), 2nd year at LSU ADM. ASSISTANT: Scott Soprych (Indiana, 2004), 2nd year at LSU 3PT FGA 31, vs. UAB, 3/17/05, Boise 26, vs. Purdue, 3/21/03, Birmingham, Ala. 3PT FGM 9, vs. Ga. Tech, 3/13/87, Rosemont, Ill. Tipoff Notes and Numbers 7, two occasions 3 PT FG PCT .588 (9-17), vs. Ga. Tech, 3/13/87, Rosemont, Ill. 2000 Last year LSU won the SEC Championship under John Brady prior to 2006 .500 three times 2000 Last year LSU advanced to the Sweet 16 1987 Last year LSU advanced to the Elite 8 Rebounds 51 vs. Ga. Tech, 3/17/90, Knoxville 47 vs, Villanova, 3/15/90, Knoxville 1986 Last year LSU advanced to the Final Four. 1981 Last year LSU won more games than LSU did in conference play in 2006 (14 in 2006; 17 in 1981) Assists 29 vs. Lamar, 3/14/81, Austin, Texas 23 twice 17 Number of consecutive wins at home in SEC games, dating back to last game of 2003-04 season 98 Season of LSU basketball in 2005-06 Victory Margin: 22 vs. Lamar, 3/14/81, Austin 1,328 Number of on-court basketball wins for LSU in its history 16 twice 9 The number of Southeastern Conference championships the Tigers have won in history Defeat Margin 24 vs, Purdue, 3/21/03, Birmingham, Ala. 2 Number of SEC Championships won by John Brady 23 vs, Navy, 3/15/85, Dayton, Ohio 3 Number of SEC Western Division titles won by John Brady, most of any active coach in the Western Division. ‘00, ‘03, ‘05 Other years LSU advanced to the NCAA Tournament under John Brady. Individual 3 Number of times since 1979 LSU was a four seed as this year, joining 1985 and 2000 Points 36, Bob Petit, vs. Washington, 3/18/53, Kansas 18 Number of 20 win seasons for LSU, including 2005 and 2006 CIty 36, Shaquille O’Neal, vs. Indiana, 3/21/92, Boise t3 Rank all-time in school history of LSU’s win total in LSU history -- 26 257 School record number of three-pointers Darrel Mitchell has now made in career (old mark, 237, Torris Bright). FG Att 22 - three occasions 35 Number of players now over 1,000 career points at LSU after Darrel Mitchell joined the club 11/26 at WVU. FG Made 14, Bob Pettit, vs. Washington, 3/18/53, Kansas City 400 Number of wins at Maravich Center (35th season), 400th comes in season finale vs. Ole Miss (3/4). 13, three occasions 55-210 LSU record against teams ranked in the AP Top 25 since the start of the 1948-49 season. FG Pct. .800 (8-10), vs. UAB, 3/17/05 Boise 38 Consecutive games scoring in double figures for Glen Davis Min. 10 Att. .800 (8-10), Jordy Hultberg, vs. Louisville, +8.6 LSU margin, leads SEC 3/16/80, Houston, Texas .800 (8-10), Nikita Wilson, vs. Temple, 3/5/87, 262 Number of games LSU had at least one three-point FG before going 0-8 at Arkansas (1/11) Rosemont, Ill. 58 Number of consecutive wins over Louisiana opponents at home (started Dec. 8, 1988) 19 League leading double doubles by Glen Davis. FT Att 12, Brandon Bass, vs. UAB, 3/17/05, Boise 12, Shaquille O’Neal, vs. Indiana, 3/21/92, Boise 8 Number of times since 1961 an LSU player has led league in rebounding (Glen Davis present leader). FT Made 12, Shaquille O’Neal, vs. Indiana, 3/21/92, Boise 177 Total number of appearances in AP poll 9, Brandon Bass, vs. UAB, 3/17/05, Boise 7 Number of appearances this season in AP poll 9, Bob Pettit, vs. Indiana, 3/17/53, Kansas City 11-3 Record as a ranked team this season FT Pct. 1.000 (12-12), Shaquille O’Neal, vs. Indiana, Min. 8 Att. 3/21/92, Boise, Idaho 3 Number of times LSU has beaten a sitting No. 1 team in the AP poll. .875 (7-8), twice

3PT Att 10, Antonio Hudson, vs. UAB, 3/17/05, Boise Transactions 9, Anthony Wilson, vs. three 1987 teams Tack Minor out until the end of the fall semester because of a school-related rules violation, returned against Northern 9, Darryl Joe, vs. Georgia Tech, 3/13/87, Iowa ... Minor left meniscus tear, surgery, 12/29 ... Junior forward Kentrell Gransberry elected to leave the team, Nov. 14 ... Rosemont Freshman Alex Farrer has elected to redshirt this season ... Terry Martin, Jr., has transferred from Texas Tech and enrolled 3PT FG Made 7, Darryl Joe, vs. Georgia Tech, 3/13/87, Rosemont at LSU. He will be eligble at the end of the Fall 2006 semester, but began practice with the team on Jan. 19. 3, several times 3 PT FG Pct. .778 (7-9) Darryl Joe, vs. Ga. Tech, 3/13/87, The Records Min. 5 att. Rosemont .600 (3-5) Anthony Wilson, vs. Temple, 3/15/87, RECORD HOME ROAD NEUTRAL OVERTIME Rosemont, Ill. Overall: 26-8 14-2 7-4 5-2 1-0 Rebounds 19, Durand Macklin, vs. Alcorn, 3-9-80, Denton Non-Conference: 12-6 6-2 1-2 5-2 1-0 16 twice SEC Overall: 14-2 8-0 6-2 Assists 12, Ethan Martin, vs. Lamar, 3/14/81, Austin, SEC Eastern Division: 5-1 3-0 2-1 10, Ethan Martin, vs. Wichita St, 3/22/81, NO SEC Western Division: 9-1 5-0 4-1 Blocks 11, Shaquille O’Neal, vs. BYU, 3/19/92, Boise SEC Tournament: 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 6, twice NCAA Tournament: 3-0 3-0 Steals 6, Clarence Ceasar, vs. BYU, 3/19/92, Boise 5, three times

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Last Time Out -- NCAA Tournament Recap First Round -- LSU 80, Iona 64 (March 16, Jacksonville, Fla.) SEC STANDINGS (Final conf.) LSU is down at the half by five, 37-32, but goes to its inside power game to outscore the Gaels, 48-27, in the second half to get its first victory in the NCAA Tournament since the second round of the 2000 tournament ... LSU shoots 52.9 percent from Eastern Division the field (27-of-51) and 5-of-10 from the arc to go with 77.8 percent (21-27) from the stripe ... Glen Davis has 22 TEAM SEC OVERALL points, 13 rebounds for his 19th double double of the year with a career high six blocks ... Darrel Mitchell has 19 points and Tennessee 12-4 21-6 six assists, Tasmin Mitchell 11 points and a career high six assists and Darnell Lazare 10 points ... Tyrus Thomas returns to Florida 10-6 24-6 play for the Tigers for the first time since Feb. 25 and plays 20 minutes off the bench with nine points, eight rebounds and three blocks ... LSU out rebounds the Gaels, 39-29, and holds them to 37.7 percent from the floor (23-of-61) and 3-of-18 from the Kentucky 9-7 19-11 arc. Vanderbilt 7-9 16-11 South Carolina 6-10 15-14 Second Round -- LSU 58, Texas A&M 57 (March 18, Jacksonville, Fla.) Georgia 5-11 15-14 For the third time this season, Darrel Mitchell hit a decisive three-pointer, this time from 24 feet away with the game clock Western Division winding down to give LSU the win in the defensive struggle ... Mitchell’s three came with 3.9 seconds to play and then LSU kept A&M in the back court not allowing a shot to try to defeat the Tigers, who advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time since TEAM SEC OVERALL 2000 ... Neither team was entirely effective from the field as LSU shot 35.2 percent and A&M 41.5 percent, but the Aggies coun- LSU (SEC Champ) 14-2 22-7 tered by making 6-of-13 three-point shots ... But LSU’s free-throw shooting continued to help, hitting 18-of-23 (78.3 percent) Alabama 10-6 17-11 for the game as Texas A&M out rebounded LSU, 36-35 ... The game was tied, 29-29, at the half after each team had a series Arkansas 10-6 21-8 of runs over the course of the first 20 minutes ... LSU led 53-46 with 3:31 to go before A&M scored the next nine points to take Mississippi State 5-11 15-14 a 55-53 lead with 1:09 to play ... Glen Davis scored to tie the game at 55-55 wtih 42 seconds left before A&M’s Acie Law scored Auburn 4-12 14-15 with 18 seconds left to put A&M up two to set up the finish ... Davis had another 20 point night for the Tigers with 21 points, Ole Miss 4-12 12-15 while Darrel Mitchell had 16 points as LSU had just two players in double figures for only the third time all season.

Regional Semifinals -- LSU 62, Duke 54 (March 23, Atlanta, Ga.) The Tigers maybe pull off its biggest win ever in the NCAA Tournament in the Sweet 16 at the Georgia Dome as LSU COMPUTER RANKINGS knocks off a sitting No.1 in the AP poll for only the third time as LSU wins over Duke to advance to the Elite 8 ... LSU’s defense held Duke to its lowest point total since 1996 ... LSU shot 53.6 percent in the first half (15-of-28), but only 27.3 percent in the Past RPI Ratings at End of Year second half (9-33), but managed to get the lead back after falling behind 45-40 with 8:47 to play ... The Tigers held Duke to 2005 -- 31 (NCAA); 2004 -- 43 (NIT); 2003-- 39 just 27.7 percent shooting, 7-of-33 in the second half, and just 19.2 percent from the arc (5-of-26) ... LSU out rebounded Duke (NCAA); 2002--68 (NIT Second Round); 2001 -- 104; 45-44 ... Glen Davis and Darrel Mtichell had 14 points each, with Tasmin Mitchell getting his third double double with 10 points 2000 -- 12 (NCAA Sweet 16); 1999 -- 122; 1998 -- and 10 rebounds and Darnell Lazare, sparking in the first half when both Davis and Tyrus Thomas were on the bench with foul 161; 1997-- 113; 1996 -- 122; 1995 -- 94; 1994 -- 105. trouble, had 10 points ... Thomas had 13 rebounds. 2005-06 Rankings LSU vs. Texas Listed with ranking and date -- The Tigers and Longhorns have played 28 previous times with LSU holding an 18-10 lead in a series that began back in Sagarin -- Preseason-36; 58 (11/22); 20 (11/28); 51 1911 in Baton Rouge … The last meeting between the two came in the second round of the 2000 NCAA Tournament in Salt (11/29); 69 (12/10), 77 (12/14), 76 (12/16), 70 Lake City, with LSU getting a 72-67 win to advance the Tigers to what was its last Sweet 16 appearance prior to this year … (12/18), 79 (12/26), 70 (1/1), 66 (1/4), 45 (1/9), 41 LSU has won nine of the last 11 meetings and hold a 4-2 advantage the six times the teams place played on the neutral court (1/12), 21 (1/16), 22 (1/19), 14 (1/23), 13 (1/26), 11 … John Brady is 2-1 against the Longhorns. (1/30), 11 (2/1), 14 (2/6), 14 (2/9), 14 (2/13) 14, (2/16), 16 (2/20), 16 (2/23), 12 (2/26), 10 (3/1), 10 More NCAA Tournament Notes (3/6), 12 (3/13), 8 (3/19) LSU is making its 19th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the third most appearances of any Southeastern Conference school ... Only Kentucky (47) and Arkansas (27) have made more tournament appearances ... LSU's 22 wins in Official NCAA RPI -- 19 (2/1), 28 (2/8), 15 (2/14), the tournament is also the third best among league schools ... LSU's most famous run to the NCAA Final Four may have come 16 (2/21), 10 (12/28), 12 (3/13) in 1986 when as an 11th seed -- the lowest seed ever to make the Final Four -- the Tigers went through the number one, two and three seeds in the region to make the national semifinals ... Three coaches have been responsible for all of LSU's NCAA Tournament visits -- Harry Rabenhorst (2 -- 1953, 1954); (13 -- 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, College RPI.com -- 120 (11/22), 92 (11/28), 183 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993); and John Brady (4 -- 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006). (12/5), 154 (12/12), 196 (12/19), 138 (1/2), 92 (1/9), 44 (1/18), 32 (1/26), 21 (1/30) , 21 (2/2), 21 (2/6), Buzzer Beater, Regional in Atlanta, Beats ACC Team and Top Seed ... It Seems Familiar 15 (2/13), 16 (2/20), 16 (2/23), 10 (3/6), 13 (3/6) Less than a month ago, LSU's last Final Four team was back in Baton Rouge for a weekend reunion as part of the SEC Throwback Weekend as the Tigers played Kentucky ... It was 20 years ago in 1986 that the Tigers became the lowest seed- CBS Sportsline RPI -- 159 (11/22), 93 (11/28), 180 ed team in the history of the NCAA (11) to reach the Final Four, a mark that still exists today ... That year to get out of the sec- (12/5), 137 (12/12), 166 (12/14), 177 (12/16), 190 ond round, Anthony Wilson hit a buzzer beater to beat Memphis ... That win sent the Tigers to the regional semifinals in Atlanta (12/18), 154 (12/26), 118 (12/31), 108 (1/4), 81 where LSU beat an ACC team in Georgia Tech to advance to the Elite 8 game in the now non-existent Omni Arena. (1/9), 52 (1/12), 38 (1/16), 29 (1/19), 26 (1/23), 24 Now, is some of that 1986 magic rubbing off on the 2006 Tigers ... LSU won its second-round game thanks to some late (1/26), 20 (1/30), 21 (2/2), 19 (2/6), t12 (2/9), 13 game heroics of Darrel Mitchell who scored just 3.9 second shy of the buzzer in the 58-57 win over Texas A&M ... The win (2/13), t15 (2/16), 14 (2/18), 16 (2/20), 11 (2/23), 10 sends the Tigers to ... Atlanta ... for another Sweet 16 against a No. 1 seed, Duke, an ACC team. (2/26), 10 (3/1), 9 (3/6), 11 (3/13)

LSU All-Time Record Against Atlanta Regional Schools Mike Greenfield’s RPI -- 193 (12/5), 174 (12/12), Duke -- Duke leads, 5-2 208 (12/15), 197 (12/18), 193 (12/26), 147 (1/1), Texas -- LSU leads, 18-10 119 (1/4), 71 (1/9), 69 (1/12), 24 (1/16), 32 (1/19). West Virginia -- Series Tied, 1-1 30 (1/23), 27 (1/26), 20 (1/29), 23 (2/2), 23 (2/6), 16 (2/9), 18 (2/14), 18 (2/16), 17 (2/20), 17 (2/23), 10 Elite 8 Games (2/26), 11 (3/6), 13 (3/13) This will be the sixth time LSU has played in an Elite 8 game with three wins and two losses in the games since LSU's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1953: CBN-RPI -- 138 (1/1), 93 (1/9), 44 (1/16), 31 (1/23), 1953 -- LSU 81, Holy Cross 73 21 (1/29), 20 (2/6), 15 (2/12), 15 (2/19), 10 (2/26), 1980 -- Louisville 86, LSU 66 11 (3/6), 13 (3/13) 1981 -- LSU 96, Wichita State, 85 1986 -- LSU 59, Kentucky 57 ESPN -- 93 (1/9), 67 (1/12), 43 (1/16), 34 (1/19), 31 1987 -- Indiana 77, LSU 76 (1/23), 27 (1/26), 20 (1/30), 23 (2/2), 20 (2/6), 20 (2/9), 15 (2/14), 19 (2/16), 16 (2/20), 13 (2/23), 10 (2/26), 11 (3/4), 13 (3/13)

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL THE STATISTICS Against A Higher Seed The last time LSU won a game against a higher seed, prior to Thursday's win against Duke came in 1987 when the Tigers Overall Statistics LSU won three games against higher seeds before losing in the Round of 8 to Indiana ... The 10th-seeded Tigers beat seventh- seed Georgia Tech in the first round, then second seed Temple and third-seed DePaul in the Sweet 16 … In LSU's last run to Scoring Average 74.1 the Final Four in 1986, LSU beat a No. 2 (Georgia Tech ) and No. 1 seed (Kentucky) in the Atlanta Regional semis and finals. Opp. Scoring Averaage 64.1 Scoring Differential +9.9 At The Georgia Dome This will not be an unfamiliar venue for the Tigers as the Georgia Dome has in recent years become the semi-permanent home of the Southeastern Conference post-season tournament ... The end zone setting of the Georgia Dome has hosted the FG Percentage 47.0 conference tournament seven times since 1995 and will again be the host site for the SEC 12 team event in 2007 and 2008 Opp. FG Percentage 40.2 before the show goes on the road again. LSU is 5-7 in the building over all in the building. 3PT FG Percentage 33.5 Tigers Win SEC Alone For First Time Since 1985 Opp. 3PT FG Percentage 34.6 The LSU Tigers have captured the first outright SEC title for the school since the 1984-85 team won the title alone ... LSU 3PT FGs per Game 4.2 shared the crown in both 1991 and 2000 ... The title is LSU's ninth SEC title in school history, placing it second all-time in league history behind Kentucky in regular-season conference crowns and it marks the second in the John Brady era, having FT Percentage 69.8 also won the 2000 title. Brady, among active coaches, is now tied with of Florida with two titles behind only of Kentucky with five crowns. Brady has won three SEC Western Division titles and that is the best among active Western Division Rebound Average 40.4 coaches at present. Opp. Rebound Average 31.8 Rebound Differential +8.6 Tigers Win With The Local Guys If there is such a thing as home advantage, then maybe LSU has cornered the market ... To find a player in the top six in minutes on the LSU team, one has to only look no further than 60 miles away because the rest are all Baton Rouge city and Assist Average 15.4 a suburb natives ... Darrel Mitchell hails from St. Martinville, while Glen Davis, Garrett Temple, Tyrus Thomas and Darnell Lazare are from Baton Rouge with freshman Tasmin Mitchell one more exit down I-12 in Denham Springs. Most of the Baton Rouge guys have competed against each other since they were kids and for the LSU team the Turnover Average 15.6 Louisiana products have scored 95 percent of the points, giving LSU the greatest percentage of points from any players with- in 60 miles of campus of any team in the six major conferences. Blocks Average 6.5 Brady Up For Jim Phelan National Coach Award LSU men's basketball coach John Brady is one of 15 finalists announced by Collegeinsider.com for the 2006 Jim Phelan Steals Average 8.3 national coach of the year award ... Previously known as the Collegeinside.com national coach of the year, the award was renamed in 2003 to honor Mount St. Mary's legendary coach, Jim Phelan, who coached more games than anyone in the his- NCAA Game Stats LSU Duke tory of . Scoring Average 66.7 Joining Brady as finalists for this year award are: , Connecticut; , Pittsburgh; , Gonzaga; John Giannini, LaSalle; , Alabama; , George Washington; , UCLA; Mike Opp. Scoring Averaage 58.7 Krzyzewski, Duke; , Ohio State; , Tennessee; John Thompson III, Georgetown; , Illinois; Scoring Differential +8.3 Roy Williams, North Carolina; and, , Villanova ... Previous winners of the award include Tubby Smith (Kentucky, 2005), (St. Joseph's, 2004) and (Mercer, 2003) ... A 20-member panel, chaired by Phelan, selects FG Percentage 42.2 the winner. ESPN's Jay Bilas and former All-American headline the panel. All final ballots will be cast by March 12 and the winner will be announced at the NCAA Final Four. Opp. FG Percentage 35.2 Brady Named SEC Coach of the Year 3PT FG Percentage 31.0 The coaches have voted on their coach of the year and the ballots give it to the outright champions of the SEC in 2006 Opp. 3PT FG Percentage 24.6 -- John Brady of LSU ... For Brady, it's his second SEC Coach of the Year honor, joining his consensus choice as coach in 2000 (also an SEC Championship season). 3PT FGs per Game 3.0 Other Championship Notes FT Percentage 69.9 Through the 2005 and 2006 SEC seasons, the Tigers have won 26 games, the second best number of wins in league play over a two-year period in school history … The best is the 1980 and 81 seasons when LSU won 31 SEC games back in the 18-game conference seasons … With 14 wins in the league, LSU's win total has been surpassed by only two teams in the Rebound Average 39.7 divisional era … Kentucky went 16-0 in 1996 and 2003 and South Carolina won 15 games in 1997 ... The Tigers 26 SEC wins Opp. Rebound Average 36.3 over the past two seasons is the best of anyone in the SEC ... Among the leaders: Rebound Differential +3.3 LSU -- 26 (12, 14) Kentucky -- 23 (14, 9) Assist Average 11.7 Florida -- 22 (12, 10) Alabama -- 22 (12, 10) Turnover Average 15.3 Tennessee -- 18 (6, 12) Arkansas -- 16 (6, 10).

Blocks Average 8.7 Tigers Win 26 Games LSU's wins in the NCAA Tournament gives LSU 26 wins this season, the second best total of wins in the Brady era ... It Steals Average 6.3 is the second consecutive year the Tigers have won at least 20 games ... The 26 wins by this LSU team is now tied for the third most wins by any LSU team in history:

1. 31 -- 1980-81 2. 28 -- 1999-00 3. 26 -- 2005-06 3. 26 -- 1985-86 3. 26 -- 1979-80

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Saturday's game will mark the 35th game of the season for LSU, the most games any John Brady team has played in his nine years at LSU and it will mark the fourth longest season in LSU history … The Tigers have won 20 games or more four TIGER TRENDS times in the last seven seasons of the John Brady era (2000 -- 28; 2003 -- 21; 2005 -- 20; 2006 -- 23) ... Over the last seven LSU RECORD... 05-06 BRADY ERA years, the Tigers have won a total of 145 games, a 20-win a year average (20.7 per year) and that includes the 2001 season In November 3-1 31-6 when injuries left LSU with just five scholarship players for the SEC season and LSU won 13 games. In December 4-3 44-11 In January 7-1 34-40 LSU 17 Straight SEC Home Wins In February 7-2 33-37 LSU with the win against Ole Miss (3/4) was able to pull off back-to-back 8-0 SEC slates after going 8-0 against the In March 6-1 25-16 league last year and 7-0 this year … Throw in the final home game of the 2003-04 season and the Tigers have won their last 17 SEC games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center … The last time a team was undefeated at home in the league was the 1981 NCAA Final Four team that was 9-0 at home in an 18-game conference season … LSU all-time in this the 35th year of LSU vs. AP Ranked Opponents play in the Maravich Center, is 196-106 (64.9 percent) against SEC schools ... LSU is 27-5 (84.3 percent) since the start of the At home 9-14 2002-03 season ... The 17 straight SEC home wins is the third longest league home winning SEC streak in school history and On the road 1-3 3-24 now the longest in the 35-year history of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center: Neutral 1-1 6-4

1. 26 -- Feb. 13, 1933 to Jan. 31, 1936 LSU’s Record in Games... 2. 20 -- Jan. 14, 1952 to Feb. 22, 1954 Decided by 5 pts or less 8-6 46-36 *** 3. 17 -- March 3, 2004 to present *** Decided by 10 pts or less 10-7 66-62 4. 15 -- Jan. 3, 1981 to Feb. 10, 1982 5. 12 -- Jan. 14, 1984 to Jan. 26, 1985 Decided by 11 pts or more 16-1 100-48 At night 21-3 121-68 Neutral Court Games During the day 5-5 44-42 The Tigers are 5-2 on neutral courts this year, having played games in Atlanta (Duke), Las Vegas (W, Arkansas- Decided in Overtime 1-0 6-5 Monticello; L, Cincinnati), Nashville (W, Vandy; L, Florida); and Jacksonville, Fla. (W, Iona; W, Texas A&M) ... LSU is 24-17 in Televised 17-7 71-65 neutral court games in the nine years of Coach John Brady and the program in its 98-year history is 117-110. LSU’s Record When Scoring... Glen Davis Continues The Trend -- SEC Player of the Year Less than 60 points 2-1 10-48 For the 10th time, and for the second straight year, LSU will have the Player of the Year in the SEC in Baton Rouge 60-69 points 5-4 40-41 sophomore Glen Davis ... Davis was named the POY by the league coaches ... It also marks the third time in the John Brady 70-79 points 9-2 54-19 era that LSU has had the Player of the Year and all three were sophomores -- in 2000, Brandon Bass in 2005 80-89 points 6-1 38-2 and now Glen Davis in 2006 ... Davis joins a distinguished group of LSU athletes to be named league player of the year: 90-99 points 3-0 20-0 100 or more points 1-0 5-0 1968 -- Pete Maravich (AP, UPI) 1969 -- Pete Maravich (AP, UPI) 1970 -- Pete Maravich (AP, UPI) LSU’s Record When Allowing... 1989 -- Chris Jackson (AP, Coaches) Less than 60 points 13-1 83-12 1990 -- Chris Jackson (AP, Coaches) 60-69 points 8-2 59-33 1991 -- Shaquille O'Neal (AP, Coaches, UPI) 70-79 points 5-3 21-34 1992 -- Shaquille O'Neal (AP, Coaches, UPI) 80-89 points 0-2 4-26 2000 -- Stromile Swift (AP) 90-99 points 0-3 2005 -- Brandon Bass (AP, Coaches) 100 or more points 1-1 2006 -- Glen Davis (AP, Coaches)

MORE ON GLEN DAVIS LSU’s Record When... Leading at the half 21-4 134-21 SEC Player of the Week (2/20) Losing at the half 4-3 28-83 LSWA Player of the Week (2/21) Tied at the half 1-1 5-5 SEC Player of the Week (2/27) Lead 10 minutes left 22-3 139-18 NABC All-District 8 First Team Losing 10 minutes left 4-4 26-88 SEC Player of the Year, 2006 (AP, Coaches, Collegeinsider.com) Tied 10 minutes left 0-1 1-3 SEC All-Tournament Team, 2006 Lead 5 minutes left 23-2 142-14 All-American, 2006 (Collegeinsider.com) Losing 5 minutes left 3-5 19-91 Davis has been on a real roll with 10 double doubles in the last 13 games: Tied 5 minutes left 0-1 5-4 At Alabama (2/4) -- 18 pts, 11 reb. Arkansas (2/8) -- 19 pts, 16 reb. LSU’s Record When Shooting... At Florida (2/11) -- 16 pts, 15 reb. 50% or higher 10-2 80-13 Miss. State (2/15) -- 19 pts, 13 reb. Less than 50% 16-6 86-97 At Auburn (2/18) -- 24 pts, 11 reb. Better than opponent 20-3 137-27 At Vandy (2/22) -- 16 pts, 11 reb. Worse than opponent 6-5 29-83 Kentucky (2/25) -- 28 pts, 15 reb. Even Shooting 0-1 At South Carolina (2/28) -- 24 pts, 10 reb. More 3PT FGs than opp. 6-0 75-29 Vandy (SECQ) (3/10) -- 28 pts, 13 reb. Iona (NCAA1) (3/16) -- 22 pts, 13 reb. LSU’s Record When... Outrebounding opp. 21-5 126 -51 In the streak of eight double doubles from Feb. 4 to Feb. 28, Davis averaged 20 points and 13.1 rebounds and five of the double doubles in the streak came on the road. Outrebounded by opp. 5-1 37-51 The sophomore enters the Saturday game averaging 18.5 points per game and 9.8 rebounds a game where he leads Equal rebounds 0-2 2-8 the league in rebounding … He is trying to become just the second LSU player since Geert Hammink in 1993 to average dou- ble figure rebounds in a season. LSU’s Record When Committing... Davis' string of eight straight double figure rebound games was stopped against Ole Miss (3/4) when Davis had nine Fewer TO than opp. 15-2 86-25 boards ... The last player to have more consecutive double figure rebound games was Shaquille O'Neal who had double fig- More TO than opp. 11-6 70-79 ure boards in the last 10 games of his college career in 1992 ... Davis now has 19 double doubles this season and 29 for his Equal TO 0-1 10-6 two-years at LSU … Davis' 28 points against Kentucky (2/25) which he followed with the same number in the quarterfinals of 15 or fewer TO 14-4 95-42 the SEC against Vanderbilt, equaled his career high set during his freshman year ... With two 20-plus point games in the

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL NCAAs, he now has 13 20-plus point games this year and 17 games of 20 or more in his career ... For the second straight COACHING MISCELLANEOUS year, Davis is shooting well from the field, having made 49.9 percent of his shots (234-of-469) and that is fourth best in the conference … One more rebounding note -- Davis leads the SEC in offensive rebounds per game average at 4.09 and in con- Coaching Tenure in SEC ference play he is the champion of regular season conference game boards at 10.2 a game ... No where was his offensive 1. Tubby Smith, Kentucky 11th season board skills more pronounced than in the Florida game (2/11) as he grabbed nine offensive rebounds, the first LSU player to 2. Billy Donovan, Florida 10th season grab nine offensive rebounds since Shaquille O'Neal in 1992 ... Davis has started every game of his college career except for 3. John Brady, LSU 9th season the first game of his freshman season, 62-of-63 games. 4. , MSU 8th season The Baton Rouge University High product changed his number this season to "0" and changed his look as well. Davis 4. , Ole Miss 8th season worked out extensively in the off-season to drop his weight to approximately 310 pounds and had the chance to experience 4. Mark Gottfried, Ala. 8th season his first international competition this past summer, as a member of the United States Under 21 team that traveled to Argentina 7. , Vandy 5th season for the world championships where the U.S finished fifth. 7. , USC 5th season Davis averaged 13.5 points and 8.8 rebounds a game last year and was second in the league in rebounds … Davis has 9. , Arkansas 4th season had 55 games in double figures, including 38 straight dating back to last year, the longest streak of double figure scoring games 10. Dennis Felton, UGA 3rd season since Ronald Dupree ran off 29 straight scoring in double figures in the 2002-03 season. 11. , Auburn 2nd season 12. Bruce Pearl, Tennessee 1st season TYRUS THOMAS SEC Freshman of the Week, 1/9 Coaching Tenure at LSU SEC Freshman of the Week, 1/16 1. Harry Rabenhorst 29 seasons Rivals.com National Freshman of the Week, 1/16 2. Dale Brown 25 seasons SEC Freshman of the Week, 2/20 3. John Brady 9 seasons NABC All-District 8 second team 4. Jay McCreary 8 seasons SEC Freshman of the Year -- 2006, Coaches, AP 5. Dr. C. C. Stroud 6 seasons 5. 6 seasons SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year -- 2006, Coaches All-SEC Second Team -- 2006, Coaches, AP Coaching Wins at LSU All-SEC Freshman Team (Unanimous) -- 2006, Coaches 1. Dale Brown 448 Collegeinsider.com Freshman All-America Team -- 2006 2. Harry Rabenhorst 340 LSU freshman Tyrus Thomas returned in the NCAA Tournament games after sitting out two weeks with a high left ankle 3. John Brady 165 sprain suffered in the Kentucky game (2/25) ... Thomas played 20 minutes in each game versus Iona and Texas A&M, scor- 4. Dr. C. C. Stroud 82 ing nine against Iona and seven against the Aggies ... Against Duke, he returned to the starting lineup for the 19th time this 4. Jay McCreary 82 season, scoring nine points and pulling down 13 rebounds, one shy of his season high, with five blocks … In the three games, Thomas has hit a combined 9-of-13 field goals and 7-of-11 free throws with 24 rebounds and 11 blocks … Thomas enters Active Coaching Wins in SEC Saturday's game averaging 12.3 points per game, 9.2 blocks per game and 3.1 blocks per game. Thomas earned a rare honor (1/16) by being named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week in back-to-back (through play on March 23) 1. Tubby Smith, UGA, UK 286 weeks ... Thomas, who earned the honor Jan. 9 for his play against Tulane and Connecticut, put together another good week 2. Billy Donovan, Fla. 222 as the Tigers opened 2-0 in league play at Arkansas on Jan. 11 and at home versus Tennessee on Jan. 14 ... Thomas scored 13 points and had 14 rebounds, his ninth double double of the season against the Razorbacks ... Thomas played 35 minutes 3. John Brady, LSU 166 in the game, hitting 6-of-11 shots and one-of-two free throws as LSU won, 63-58 ... Against Tennessee, Thomas just missed 4. Rick Stansbury, MSU 164 a triple double with 17 points, nine rebounds and a season best nine blocked shots ... Thomas was 7-of-7 from the field and 5. Mark Gottfried, Ala. 161 3-of-3 from the free throw line. LSU played 32 minutes in the game as LSU won, 88-74. 6. Rod Barnes, Ole Miss 141 Thomas added two more double doubles with a 14 point, 10 rebound effort at Mississippi State (1/18) and then, despite 7. Kevin Stallings, Vandy 121 not scoring for the first 30 minutes, had his 11th double double with 10 points and 12 boards in the Alabama win (1/21) ... While 8. Dave Odom, USC 98 not doubling up, Thomas posted his 10th consecutive double figure scoring game against Georgia (1/25) ... He was held below 9. Stan Heath, Arkansas 61 double figures against Ole Miss scoring eight points (1/28), but came back against Auburn (2/1) with 17 points and for the sec- 10. Dennis Felton, UGA 38 ond time in SEC play, was 7-of-7 from the field. 11. Jeff Lebo, Auburn 26 Thomas got his 12th double double of the year in the home game against Mississippi State (2/15) with 16 points and 13 12. Bruce Pearl, Tennessee 22 rebounds and clinched his third freshman of the week honors at Auburn (2/18) with 14 points, eight boards and four blocks ... Double double No. 13 was at Vandy where he equaled his high of 14 rebounds to go with 15 points. All-Time Coaching Wins--SEC In his first SEC Freshman of the Week award, he also had some great stats ... Against Tulane (Jan. 3, a 75-58 LSU win), (through play on March 23) Thomas had 20 points and nine rebounds while shooting 6-of-8 from the field and a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe. 1. , UK 875 Thomas added two assists, four blocks and two steals in 27 minutes of playing time ... Thomas also came up big in the one- 2. Dale Brown, LSU 448 point, 67-66, loss at No. 2 Connecticut (1/7), posting a double-double of 15 points and 13 rebounds to go along with his sec- 3. C. M. Newton, UA/VU 340 ond blocks. 3. Harry Rabenhorst, LSU 340 The Baton Rouge redshirt freshman moved into the starting lineup prior to the Cincinnati game (12/23) after coming off 5. Joe B. Hall, Kentucky 297 the bench the first nine games … Thomas' percentage of 60.3 percent is presently the ninth best for an LSU single 5. , Georgia 297 season, minimum 100 attempts ... Fans got a brief look at this McKinley freshman in November, 2004 when he made a short 7. Tubby Smith, UGA/UK 286 appearance in one exhibition game … What they saw was a lanky, athletic player who could seemingly sky with and for the 8. , Tennessee 278 basketball … But a pre-season neck injury was aggravated and he was granted a medical redshirt and fans would have to wait 8. , Vanderbilt 278 a year to see him officially in action.

14. , Florida 232 DARREL MITCHELL 15. Billy Donovan, Fla. 222 SEC Player of the Week (11/28) 16. , UK 219 LSWA Player of the Week (1/23) 17. , Auburn 214 SEC, LSWA Player of the Week (1/30) 18. Don DeVoe, Tennessee/Fla. 211 NABC All-District 8 First Team All-SEC First Team -- 2006, Coaches 25. Babe McCarthy, Miss. State 169 25. Emmett Lowery, Tennessee 169 All-SEC Second Team -- 2006, AP The senior from St. Martinville has made the most of his final season highlighted by the 24-footer that was the difference 27. John Brady, LSU 166 with 3.9 seconds to play in the 58-57 second round win Saturday against Texas A&M ... It was the third time this year he has 28. Rick Stansbury, MSU 164 come up with the winning three-point field goal in the final seconds … He continues to extend his career with the Duke win, 29. Mark Godfried, Alabama 161 getting 14 points and five assists in 38 minutes. 30. Bonnie Graham, Ole Miss 144 Mitchell's three with 12 seconds to go was the difference in a 71-68 win over No. 13 West Virginia (11/26) after making 31. Sam McAllister, Auburn/Florida 143 a three late to force overtime at Morgantown, W.Va., and then against Arkansas in the Maravich Assembly Center (2/8), 32. Rod Barnes, Ole Miss 141 Mitchell's top of the arc three was the difference in a one-point win over the Razorbacks.

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Now the all-time leader in three-point career field goals with 257, Mitchell has answered the late game call more than once in his career. SCORING BREAKDOWN Darryl Mitchell earned his second SEC Player of the Week honor after his stellar play against Georgia (1/25) and at Ole CLASS PTS PCT. Miss (1/28) … Against Georgia, in 29 minutes, Mitchell had 24 points, six rebounds, eight assists, a and three steals, while hitting 9-of-13 shots, including 5-of-7 three-pointers … He followed that up with a 40-minute effort at Ole Miss, scoring Freshmen 1033 42.1 the third highest point total of his career with 28 points, hitting 8-of-12 shots (again 5-of-7 three-pointers) and 7-7 from the free Sophomores 615 25.0 throw line. Juniors 237 9.6 The week before he was named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Player of the Week for his play at Mississippi Seniors 571 23.2 State (1/18) and Alabama (1/21) … Since going 0-for-4 from the arc in the first two SEC games, Mitchell came back in the next SCORING PTS PCT. seven SEC games to hit 27-of-49 from the arc, with six games of 50 percent or better from the arc in that span … Mitchell's Starters 2097 85.4 27 versus Arkansas (2/8) capped off a night in which he made a career high 10 field goals and was 5-of-7 from the arc for the third time in the last five games … His 21 against Florida (3/11) in the SEC semifinals against Florida, gave him his sixth 20- Bench 359 14.6 plus point game against an SEC team this season: POINTS IN PAINT PTS APG LSU 1124 34.1 Vs. Georgia (1/25) -- 9-13 FG, 5-7 3FG, 1-2 FT -- 24 points Opponents 849 24.2 At Ole Miss (1/28) -- 8-12 FG, 5-7 3 FG, 7-7 FT -- 28 points POINTS OFF TURNOVERS PTS APG Auburn (2/1) -- 8-11 FG, 2-4 3FG, 9-9 FT -- 27 points Arkansas (2/8) -- 10-14 FG, 5-7 3FG, 2-3 FT -- 27 points LSU 598 18.1 Vandy (2/22) -- 6-14 FG, 3-7 3FG, 6-8 FT -- 21 points Opponents 534 16.2 Florida (SECSF) (3/11) -- 6-14 FG, 3-9 3FG, 6-7 FT -- 21 points BENCH SCORING PTS APG LSU 359 10.9 Mitchell's three consecutive 20-point games in SEC play was the first time a Tiger has done that since Maurice Carter in Opponents 594 18.0 January 1997 when he had 28 vs. Auburn, 28 at Alabama and 24 vs. Mississippi State … Mitchell has 32 double figures scor- FT% LAST 5 MINUTES PCT ing games this season and 83 in his LSU career ... Against West Virginia (11/26), Mitchell became the 35th player in LSU his- tory to score 1,000 career points and he is now 11th with 1,550 career points and with the chance to play Saturday, he needs LSU (80-103, 77.7, SEC) 118-162 72.8 just 11 points to tie for the 10th spot at 1,561 points … His present average of 17.2 points per game ranks Opponents (38-49, 77.6, SEC) 65-97 67.0 him third in the conference ... Mitchell is having his best season at the arc with 81 treys after hitting 67 each of the past two FG% LAST 5 MINUTES PCT years ... For his career, Mitchell has made 257-of-642 three-pointers or 40 percent, fifth best all-time at LSU. LSU (53-93, 57.0, SEC) 111-219 50.7 Mitchell earned his first SEC Player of the Week honors in November, based primarily on his West Virginia effort, but he Opponents (54-134, 40.3, SEC) 116-269 43.1 also had 13 points and nine assists against Nicholls State (11/21). 3FG% LAST 5 MINUTES PCT Mitchell has inherited another role in his career with LSU in his final season, playing primarily at the point guard position … For the first year plus at LSU, Mitchell came off the bench for the Tigers and was thought of as one of the best sixth man LSU (6-14, 42.9, SEC) 17-51 33.3 candidates in the Southeastern Conference. He moved into the starting lineup in mid-season of his sophomore year, a posi- Opponents (21-55, 38.2, SEC) 37-99 37.4 tion he has secured since then, but mainly played primarily the off-guard in a three-guard offense. W-L RECORDS OF STARTING LINEUPS (G, G, F, F, F) Mitchell has 149 assists and is fourth in the league in assist average at 4.52 ... His career total of 215 steals is fourth on 13-4 -- D. Mitchell, Temple, T. Mitchell, Thomas, Davis -- W -- Tul; at the all-time LSU steals list and his 2005-06 average of 1.94 is sixth best in the SEC ... Also, Mitchell, now has 361 career Ark, UT, Miss. St.., Ala., UGA;, at Miss; AU; Ark. Miss. St., at AU, at Vandy, UK, Duke; L -- Ohio St., UConn, at Ala; at UF. assists and that is seventh all-time on LSU's list. 12-3 -- D. Mitchell, Temple, T. Mitchell, Lazare, Davis -- W -- SU, Mitchell is 195-of-440 from the field (44.3 pct., ninth in the league) and 75 percent from the charity stripe (114-of-152), Nicholls, at WVU, McNeese; UNO; ULL, UAM, at SC, OM, sixth in the league ... The St. Martinville, La., native is 81-of-199 from the arc or 40.7 percent, the fifth best in the league in VU (SECQ), Iona (NCAA1), A&M (NCAA 2). L -- Houston, N. three-point percentage ... Mitchell, in a new stat being kept this year, is second in the league in minutes played per game, Iowa, UF (SECSF) averaging 36.45 minutes per game ... Mitchell has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.60 (154 assists, 97 turnovers), again con- 0-1 -- D. Mitchell, Voogd, T. Mitchell, Thomas, Davis -- L -- Cinn tinuing a trend that dates back to the arrival of point guard Torris Bright in 2000 of LSU's primary point guard having more LEADING SCORERS -- assists than turnovers ... Mitchell's ratio is eighth best in the league. 18 -- Glen Davis -- MSU (21), UNO (20), ULL (20), Cinn (21), OSU (25), Tenn (24), Miss. St (17), at Ala (18), at UF (16), Miss. St. (19), at AU (24), UK (28), SC (24), OM (15), VU (28), TASMIN MITCHELL Iona (22), A&M (21), Duke (14) SEC Freshman of the Week (11/21) 12 -- Darrel Mitchell -- WVU (26); UH (25), UNI (22), UAM (18), UConn (21), Ala. (19), UGA (24); At Miss (28), AU (27), SEC All-Freshman Team (unanimous) -- 2006, Coaches Ark (27), at VU (21), Duke (14). Collegeinsider.com Freshman All-America Team -- 2006 3 -- Tasmin Mitchell -- Southern (19), at Ark (19), UF (20) Mitchell had his first double double since Dec. 17 against Duke Thursday with 10 points and 10 rebounds as he played 2 -- Tyrus Thomas -- Nicholls (22), Tulane (20) the full 40 minutes, hitting 5-of-10 field goals. 1 -- Darnell Lazare -- UNO (20) The freshman from Denham Springs has been a good go-to guy in SEC play and showed his ability at Ole Miss (1/28), LEADING REBOUNDERS -- hitting the go-ahead for good three-pointer in the final two minutes to wrap up a season-high of 20 points (7-of-15 from the 19 -- Glen Davis -- Nicholls (13), WVU (14), McNeese (10), UNO (16), ULL (12), Tulane (10), UT (10), AU (9), at Ala field, 2 treys) … The number now seems to be a good one for him as in three of the last seven games, Mitchell has stepped (11), Ark (16), UF (15), Miss. St. (13), at Aub (11), UK (15), up with 20 points on his scoring ledger: SC (10), OM (9), VU (13), Iona (13), A&M (8) 15 -- Tyrus Thomas -- UH (12), McNeese (10), UNI (7), UAM (10), At South Carolina (2/28) -- 7-11 FG, 1-3 3FG, 5-7 FT, 20 points Cinn. (13), Ohio St. (11), UConn (13), at Ark (14), Miss. St. Vanderbilt (SECQ) (3/10) -- 8-12 FG, 3-3 3FG, 1-2 FT, 20 points (10), Ala. (12), at Miss (7), AU (9), Miss. St. (13), at VU (14), Duke (13) Florida (SECSF) (3/11) -- 8-14 FG, 2-6 3FG, 2-2 FT, 20 points 4 -- Tasmin Mitchell -- SU (12), UNI (7), UGA (8), UF (9)

Mitchell has been in double figures in 12 of the last 21 games, including seven of the last eight ... Mitchell's game came LEADING ASSISTS -- alive in the second half of the Arkansas game (1/11), scoring 16 second half points as he scored 19 points in leading Tiger 20 -- Darrel Mitchell -- SU (7), NSU (9), MSU (6), UNO (6), ULL (8), scorers in the opening night road league win ... He followed that up in the Tennessee game (1/14) with a 13-point performance Cinn (5), Ala (4), UGA (8), AU (8), at Ala (6), Ark (3), at UF (4); Miss. St. (6), at AU (4), at VU (5), UK (8), VU (4), UF (6), (with four assists), the first time this season with three consecutive double figure scoring games ... Against Alabama (1/21), he Iona (6), Duke (5) hit 5-of-10 shots and had his season high with three treys as he finished with 14 points and four assists against the Crimson 10 -- Tasmin Mitchell -- WVU (5), UH (7), OSU (5), Miss. St. (5), Ala Tide. (4), Ark. (3), OM (5), VU (4), Iona (10), A&M (2) The freshman has 21 double figure games this season … In the opening game of his college career, Mitchell hit 8-of-15 6 -- Garrett Temple -- TU (5), at Ark (4). at Miss (5), Ark (3), SC (5), field goals, including two treys to finish with a game-high 19 points. In addition he had 12 rebounds for a college double-dou- VU (4) 4 -- Glen Davis -- UNI (3), UConn (4), at Ark. (4), Ark (3) ble in his first game … Mitchell's 12 rebounds included four offensive rebounds and added four steals ... For his game, he was 2 -- Ben Voogd -- UAM (6); VU (4) named the first SEC Freshman of the Week by the league office. 1 -- Tyrus Thomas -- Ark (3); 1 -- Darnell Lazare -- Ark (3) Against Nicholls State, he was in double figures again with 11 rebounds in 20 minutes ... Mitchell had his second straight double figure scoring game against McNeese (12/10) with 13 points, hitting 6-of-13 field goals to go with five assists ... Mitchell TOTAL DUNKS -- is averaging 11.6 points per game and 5.6 rebounds, 17th best in the SEC … In the league played minutes list, Mitchell stands 61 -- Tyrus Thomas seventh at 34.39. 12 -- Darnell Lazare Mitchell was a Mr. Basketball selection by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association following his outstanding career at 11 -- Darrel Mitchell; 8 -- Magnum Rolle 7 -- Garrett Temple; 4 -- Glen Davis; 4 -- Tasmin Mitchell Denham Springs High School. 2 -- Chris Johnson

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL Pierre A Vitale Choice As Top "Second Lieutenant" CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES ESPN and ABC analyst recently in USA Today named LSU Associate Head Basketball Coach Butch Pierre GLEN DAVIS (29) one of the "top second lieutenants" in college basketball ... Vitale listed six assistant coaches "waiting for an offer to coach a big-time program."... Pierre is in his ninth year as a member of Head Coach John Brady's staff after a career highlighted by a Game Date Pts Reb long tenure at Louisiana-Lafayette. The Louisiana native was at the UNC Charlotte before coming to Baton Rouge. Tulane 11-19-04 16 13 Joining Pierre on Vitale's list was Johnny Dawkins of Duke, Barry Rohrssen of Pittsburgh, Fred Hill, Jr., of Rutgers, Bill S. Carolina 1-12-05 28 14 Grief of Gonzaga, and, of Florida. Ohio State 1-15-05 15 11 Arkansas 1-19-05 26 18 Against Ranked Teams Ole Miss 1-26-05 13 10 LSU had every opportunity to be 3-0 against ranked teams early in the year, holding an advantage at No. 21 Ohio State Georgia 2-2-05 12 11 for much of the game (12/31) before losing 78-76 at Columbus, Ohio, and having the same situation of leading much of the Tennessee 2-5-05 17 13 way at Hartford (1/7) against No. 2 Connecticut, before the Huskies prevailed, 67-66. Alabama 2-21-05 11 13 On Nov. 26, the Tigers defeated West Virginia at the WVU Coliseum, 71-68 in overtime, with the Mountaineers standing Kentucky 3-12-05 11 10 at No. 13 in the Associated Press poll. UAB 3-17-05 18 11 The Ohio State loss stopped LSU's three game straight regular season win streak over an AP ranked team, beating 14th- Southern 11-18-05 18 10 ranked Alabama (61-59) and No. 24 Florida (74-71) in Baton Rouge last February to go with November's West Virginia win ... Nicholls State 11-21-05 19 13 The most astonishing thing about the West Virginia game is the fact that the win over West Virginia marked the first time in West Virginia 11-26-05 23 14 the history of the AP poll, that LSU had defeated a non-SEC ranked AP team on its home floor ... WVU was the highest-ranked McNeese State 12-10-05 21 10 foe the Tigers knocked off since beating No. 7 Florida, 65-61, in the 2003 SEC Tournament ... The victory was the first by UNO 12-13-05 20 16 LSU on the road over a ranked team since the Tigers beat Florida, when the Gators were ranked No. 22, 73-70, in Gainesville ULL 12-17-05 20 12 on Feb. 14, 2004 ... The WVU win was the third win for a John Brady Tiger team against a ranked team on the road ... Overall, Tulane 1-03-06 10 10 LSU is now 55-210 against ranked teams in the AP poll after the Duke win, 2-4 this year. Arkansas 1-11-06 12 10 Tennessee 1-14-06 24 10 Beating No. 1 In AP Poll Alabama 2-5-06 18 11 LSU's first meeting with a team ranked No. 1 in the AP poll since Dec. 21, 2002, when LSU knocked off No. 1 Arizona, Arkansas 2-8-06 19 16 66-65, at the Maravich Center proved fruitful as LSU has now beaten No. 1 two straight times with a 62-54 win over Duke Florida 2-11-06 16 15 Thursday … LSU has now beaten the sitting No. 1 team in the AP poll three times … The other win over an AP top team was Miss. State 2-15-06 19 13 Feb. 11, 1978 when LSU beat No. 1 Kentucky, 95-94 in Baton Rouge ... LSU is now 3-11 against teams ranked first in the AP Auburn 2-18-06 24 11 poll. Vanderbilt 2-22-06 16 11 Kentucky 2-25-06 28 15 Against No. 9 in AP South Carolina 2-28-06 24 10 LSU is 3-12 all-time against teams ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press poll … LSU has six wins now against top 10 Vandy (SECQ) 3-10-06 28 13 teams in the AP poll in the John Brady era with the Duke win on Thursday. Iona (NCAA1) 3-16-06 22 13 More Scoring Numbers The 58 second-half points against Tennessee (1/14) marked the third most LSU has scored in a half in the John Brady TYRUS THOMAS (13) era and the most against an SEC team during his nine years ... LSU's 50-19, 31-point advantage at the half marked the fourth Game Date Pts Reb biggest halftime lead for LSU in the John Brady era and the biggest since LSU had a 30-point lead on Arkansas (2/22/03). Nicholls State 11-21-05 22 12 The Tigers have had great success under John Brady when scoring 80 points or more in his career at LSU and that's Houston 11-29-05 21 12 another thing the made the Houston (11/29) loss so unusual ... The 84-83 loss to the Cougars marked only the second time McNeese State 12-10-05 11 10 in 64 games that LSU has lost a game in the Brady era when scoring 80 or more points ... The Tigers remain undefeated (25- UNO 12-13-05 11 10 0) when scoring 90 or more points in the John Brady era ... LSU scored just 64 points in winning vs. Duke, making the Tigers UAM 12-22-05 16 10 5-4 this year when scoring between 60-69 points and 40-41 in the Brady era … Making the win against Texas A&M in the Cincinnati 12-23-05 12 13 NCAA Tournament even more important is that the 58-57 win was only the 10th in 51 games in which LSU scored under 60 Ohio State 12-31-05 14 11 in the Brady era. UConn 1-7-06 15 13 LSU is 21-4 this year when leading at the half, 134-21 in the Brady era ... LSU came from five down at the half against Arkansas 1-11-06 13 14 Kentucky, six down at South Carolina (2/28) and five down against Iona, making LSU 4-3 when losing at the half and 28-83 Miss. State 1-18-06 14 10 in the Brady era when trailing at intermission. Alabama 1-21-06 10 12 Miss. State 2-15-06 16 13 Field Goal Percentage Vanderbilt 2-22-06 15 14 In the Duke game, LSU shot below 40 percent for the eighth time this year and LSU is 8-0 this year when shooting below 40 percent in games … In the last three regular season SEC games, LSU shot 39.2 percent vs. Kentucky (20-51), 39.6 per- cent at South Carolina (21-53) and 35.6 percent vs. Ole Miss (16-of-45), but the Tigers still managed to find a way to win. The Tigers posted their best percentage of the season against Tennessee (1/14), when they made 31-of-48 attempts for TASMIN MITCHELL (3) 64.6 percent in the 88-74 victory ... Ironically, it was just under two years ago (2/4/04), also against Tennessee, that the Tigers Game Date Pts Reb last hit 60 percent from the floor (60.4 percent, 29-of-48) ... Against Auburn in the first meeting (2/1) LSU hit over 70 percent Southern 11-18-05 19 12 in the second half from the field for the second time this season ... LSU was 15-of-21 from the floor in the half (71.4 percent) ULL 12-17-05 16 11 with 12 assists that led to 63 percent for the game (29-of-46) ... The Iona game in the NCAA first round marked the 12th time Duke (NCAARS) 3-23-06 10 10 this year in which the Tigers shot 50 percent or better from the floor. LSU has out shot 23 opponents this year (with a 20-3 record) ... The Tigers have won 137-of-164 games in the Brady era in which it has out shot the opponent from the field ... LSU is 80-13 in the Brady era when making better than half of their shots … LSU through the end of the regular season is shooting 47.2 percent … The Tigers best percentage in the Brady era was in 2000 when LSU shot 47.7 percent from the field … Just for the record, the 1978-79 team holds the school record for season field goal percentage of 52.0 percent.

Free Throws One of the keys for the Tigers in their late season success has been a free throw percentage that has been to LSU's advantage ... Not only are the Tigers getting to the line, but they are making their free throws ... In the last 10 games prior to the Duke game (LSU was 9-1 over that period with the only loss to Florida in the SEC semis), LSU was 191-of-258 or 74 per- cent from the line, compared to 85-of-140 for the opponents, shooting 60.7 percent ... LSU was 39-of-50 (78.0 percent) in the first two NCAA games before hitting just 12-of-23 against Duke (52.2 percent).

Block Party The blocks came from every angle during the Tennessee game (1/14) as LSU blocked 13 shots, the first time LSU

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL blocked more than 10 shots in a game since Jan. 3, 1995 when LSU blocked 11 shots against Florida ... Twice before this year (against New Orleans and Tulane) LSU had 10 blocked shots in a game ... LSU had a good block night against Iona in LSU PLAYERS/TEAM IN SEC STATS the first round of the NCAA Tournament with 11 blocks, led by Glen Davis' career high of six ... The school record is 16 blocked Players in All Game SEC Top 10 Stats (3/20) shots versus Texas on Jan. 2, 1990. Scoring LSU and UConn combined for 21 blocks (1/7), with LSU getting 10 blocks for the second time this season (19 in the last 1. Glen Davis, 18.6 ppg two games combined) ... UConn's 11 marked the most against an LSU team since Alabama blocked 11 LSU shots on Feb. 3. Darrel Mitchell, 17.3 ppg 17, 1996. The Tigers have blocked 222 shots, best in the league at 6.53 per game, the second best single season in school his- Rebounding tory ... This LSU team Saturday has a chance to pass the school record in blocks of 225 set by the 1989-90 team led by 1. Glen Davis, 10.0 rpg Shaquille O'Neal and Stanley Roberts. 2. Tyrus Thomas, 9.1 rpg Tyrus Thomas leads the league in blocked shots at 3.1 and his 93 blocks is the fifth best single season block total in Field Goal Percentage school history … The only people ahead of him are Stromile Swift (1999-2000) with 95 and the three 100-plus years of 4. Glen Davis, 231-of-457, 50.5 pct. Shaquille O'Neal ... Thomas, although his injury changed this, was on pace to become the fourth LSU player in history to block 9. Darrel Mitchell, 189-of-424, 44.6 pct. 100 shots in a season and could still reach 100 before it is all done. 3PT Field Goal Percentage GARRETT TEMPLE 5. Darrel Mitchell, 80-of-197, 40.6 pct. The underestimated and underappreciated star of the Tigers in 2006, Temple has become the defensive presence that this LSU team has needed a lot of times this season … But he has also been able to hit key buckets to keep the Tigers mov- 3PT FGs Made 4. Darrel Mitchell, 2.42 3fgpg ing forward. The redshirt freshman stepped up against Vanderbilt in the SEC quarterfinals Free Throws when Darrel Mitchell was slowed by a bad ankle by hitting 4-of-6 three-pointers to score a season high 14 points ... It was 6. Darrel Mitchell, 113-of-150, 75.3 pct. Temple's third time in double figures this season ... Temple started the first nine games at the off-guard position for LSU, before coming off the bench in the Cincinnati game (12/23) to play 15 minutes ... He returned to the starting lineup since that point. Assists So far he is averaging almost 32 minutes a game, averaging 5.2 points per game, 2.7 rebounds a game and 2.8 assists 4. Darrel Mitchell, 4.52 apg a contest ... In the two NCAA Tournament games, Temple scored a combined 18 points with nine rebounds. Temple started his first game after a hard-working redshirt season and the freshman played 28 minutes, scoring six Steals points, including a three-pointer. He followed that up with the Nicholls State game where he scored in double figures with 10 6. Darrel Mitchell, 1.94 spg points, five assists and just one turnover ... Against Tennessee (1/14), Temple had his season rebound high of eight. Blocked Shots In the Southern game (11/18), Temple became the third member of his family to start a basketball game for LSU. His 1. Tyrus Thomas, 3.03 bpg father, Collis Temple, Jr., played for Coach Dale Brown in the 1970s, and, his older brother, Collis Temple III was a fixture for John Brady's team earlier in the decade. His father also made note for not only his play on the court, but the fact he was the Minutes Played Average first African-American to play basketball for LSU. 2. Darrel Mitchell, 36.45 mpg 7. Tasmin Mitchell, 34.39 mpg DARNELL LAZARE When the chronicles of the LSU basketball season are written, certainly someone is going to have to take a look at what Team in All Game SEC Statistics Darnell Lazare has meant for this team. Whether in practice or in the games, Lazare comes and does what he needs to do Scoring Offense -- 3rd -- 74.4 to help this team be successful ... Against Duke, with Glen Davis and Tyrus Thomas in foul trouble, Lazare took over the inside Scoring Defense -- 3rd -- 64.4 ppg Scoring Margin -- 2nd -- +10.0 ppg game and scored 10 points to help LSU to a four-point halftime advantage. Field Goal Percentage -- 2nd -- 47.2 pct. The work ethic and ability of Darnell Lazare shown throughout the preseason practice schedule of LSU and paid off with Opp.FG Percentage -- 2nd -- 40.6 pct. his return to the starting lineup for the first nine games this season for his first starts since he started eight games in place of 3PT FG Percentage -- 10th -- 33.6 pct. Jaime Lloreda during his freshman season ... For three weeks, he was back in the starting lineup in place of Tyrus Thomas Opp. 3PT FG Percentage -- 7th -- 35.3 pct. and against Vanderbilt (3/10) in the SEC Tournament, he racked up his best numbers ever against SEC competition with 16 Free Throw Percentage -- 3rd -- 70.4 pct. points on 6-of-9 shooting with three steals ... In the NCAA Tournament, he scored 10 points against Iona and equaled his sea- Rebounding -- 1st -- 40.2 rpg Opponents Rebounds -- 1st -- 31.4 rpg son high for rebounds with seven. Rebounding Margin -- 1st -- +8.8 rpg Lazare posted two career highs in scoring during the season ... Against McNeese (12/10), he made 7-of-11 field goals Blocked Shots -- 1st -- 6.45 bpg in a 19-point effort in 23 minutes and against UNO (12/13) despite not scoring the first 14 minutes and only four first-half Assists -- 3rd -- 15.48 apg points, he finished with 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting in 27 minutes ... Add in a 12 point night against ULL (12/17) and for Steals -- 4th -- 8.30 spg those three games, Lazare was 20-of-37 from the field and 11-of-16 at the charity stripe. Lazare is averaging 7.0 points per game and 3.4 rebounds per game … For the season, he is averaging 19 minutes per Players in SEC Game Only Statistics game. Scoring 1. Glen Davis, 18.6 ppg BEN VOOGD 6. Darrel Mitchell, 16.9 ppg The freshman from the Oregon coast got a chance to start for the first time in front of several members of his family and Rebounding friends against Cincinnati (12/23) … In the two Las Vegas games (12/22-23), Voogd had 10 combined assists and played 38 1. Glen Davis, 10.2 rpg minutes, 17 in the start against Cincinnati … Voogd, who played 25 minutes against Vandy in the tournament, is averaging 3. Tyrus Thomas, 8.9 rpg 1.1 points per game and 1.9 assists a contest … Against Georgia (1/25), Voogd played 19 minutes and while not scoring, had a season best seven assists with no turnovers with a block and a steal ... He has a 1.1 assist-to-turnover ratio with 62 assists Field Goal Percentage and 55 turnovers ... He had a season scoring high of five against UNO (12/13), hitting his first three-pointer of his LSU career 6. Glen Davis, 108-of-218, 49.5 pct. ... Voogd filled in when Darrel Mitchell got in foul trouble against Tennessee (1/14) and had four points and three assists in 20 Free Throw Percentage minutes. 8. Darrel Mitchell, 59-of-78, 75.6 pct.

Magnum Rolle 3PT FG Percentage Rolle, who was part of the prep school national championship team last year at Laurinburg (NC), has played in 31 games 5. Darrel Mitchell, 40-of-98, 40.8 pct. off the bench this season, and after scoring six points against Vandy (3/10) in 15 minutes, is averaging 2.2 points per game Assists and 2.4 rebounds a contest ... In the regular season game at Vanderbilt (2/22) in nine minutes, he equaled his career high in 7. Darrel Mitchell, 4.25 apg scoring with eight points on 3-of-4 field goal shooting and two free throws ... He played 16 minutes off the bench at Florida (2/11) scoring six points on 2-of-4 shooting with two free throws ... Against Auburn on the road (2/18), Rolle had four points Steals and four boards … He had four points and six rebounds with two blocks in 16 minutes off the bench in the Georgia (1/25) win t4. Darrel Miitchell, 1.88 spg ... Rolle had double figure rebounds (10) against Nicholls State (11/21) and also hit 4-of-8 field goals in that game for his sea- t10. Tasmin Mitchell, 1.56 spg son high of eight points … Rolle has 20 blocks, including two against Duke. Blocks 1. Tyrus Thomas, 3.00 bpg After The Game For the Louisiana media, the plan for LSU is to return to Baton Rouge after the game on its charter flight ... How soon Minutes Played the flight will leave after the game remains to be determined by the charter company ... If LSU advances, any credential 2. Darrel Mitchell, 37.44 mpg changes must be in to the LSU SID office by 8 a.m. Monday morning.

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL CAREER RECORDS 3 Point Field Goals Made 1. Darrel Mitchell 2002-present 257 2. Torris Bright 2000-03 237 3. Ronnie Henderson 1993-96 189 4. Clarence Ceasar 1991-95 175 5. Antonio Hudson 2001-05 174

3PT FG Percentage (Min. 75 Attempts) 1. Justin Anderson 1991-92 .489 2. Jamie Brandon 1991-93 .438 3. Anthony Wilson 1986-87 .421 4. Ricky Blanton 1987-89 .411 5. Darrel Mitchell 2002-present .400

Career Blocks 1. Shaquille O’Neal 1989-92 412 2. Stromile Swift 1998-00 130 3. Brandon Bass 2003-present 104 4. Jose Vargas 1984-88 100 5. Lionel Green 1975-79 94 6. Tyrus Thomas 2005-present 93 7. Jaime Lloreda 2002-04 89 8. Leonard Mitchell 1980-84 82 9. Glen Davis 2004-present 81 10. Nikita Wilson 1983-87 77

Career Scoring Leaders 1. Pete Maravich 1967-70 3,667 2. Durand Macklin 1976-81 2,080 3. Howard Carter 1979-83 1,942 4. Shaquille O’Neal 1989-92 1,941 5. Bob Pettit 1951-54 1,916 6. Kenny Higgs 1974-78 1,896 7. Chris Jackson 1988-90 1,854 8. Ronald Dupree 1999-03 1,726 9. Derrick Taylor 1981-82; 83-86 1,590 10. Ronnie Henderson 1993-96 1,561 11. Darrel Mitchell 2003-present 1,550

Career Steals 1. Clarence Ceasar 1991-95 310 2. Ethan Martin 1977-81 279 3. Torris Bright 2000-03 246 4. Darrel Mitchell 2003-present 215

Career Assists 1. Kenny Higgs 1974-78 645 2. Ethan Martin 1977-81 638 3. Torris Bright 2000-03 544 4. Pete Maravich 1967-70 425 5. Derrick Taylor 1981-82; 83-86 401 6. Mike Darnell 1972-75 399 7. Darrel Mitchell 2003-present 361 Career Rebounds 1. Durand Macklin 1976-81 1,276 2. Shaquille O’Neal 1989-92 1,217 3. Al Sanders 1969-72 1,268 4. Bob Pettit 1951-54 1,039 --- 20. Jerry Reynolds 1982-85 613 21. Collis Temple Jr. 1971-74 607 22. Wayne Sims 1987-90 603 23. Ralph Jukkola 1966-69 601 24. Glen Davis 2005-present 597 Career Minutes Played 1. Howard Carter 1979-83 4,276 2. Torris Bright 2000-03 4,250 3. Rudy Macklin 1976-81 3,965 4. Derrick Taylor 1981-82; 83-86 3,835 5. Leonard Mitchell 1980-84 3,832 6. Darrel Mitchell 2003-present 3,810

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL SINGLE SEASON RECORDS Blocked Shots 1. Shaquille O’Neal 1991-92 157 2. Shaquille O’Neal 1990-91 140 3. Shaquille O’Neal 1989-90 115 4. Stromile Swift 1999-00 95 5. Tyrus Thomas 2005-06 93

Team Blocked Shots 1. 1989-90 225 2. 2005-06 222 3. 1991-92 206 4. 1990-91 198 5. 1999-00 180

Field Goal Pct. (Min. 100 att.) 1. David Ramsden 1968-69 .674 2. Ralph Jukkola 1967-68 .637 3. Shaquille O’Neal 1990-91 .627 4. Rudy Macklin 1980-81 .624 5. Rudy Macklin 1977-78 .621 6. Shaquille O’Neal 1991-92 .615 7. Stromile Swift 1999-00 .608 8. Rudy Macklin 1979-80 .605 9. Tyrus Thomas 2005-06 .603 10. Al Sanders 1971-72 .595

3-Point Field Goals Made 1. Anthony WIlson 1986-87 95 2. Chris Jackson 1989-90 88 3. Chris Jackson 1988-89 84 4. Darrel Mitchell 2005-06 81 5. Torris Bright 2001-02 76 5. Ronnie Henderson 1993-94 72 7. Maurice Carter 1998-99 71 8. Ronnie Henderson 1994-95 68 9. Darrel Mitchell 2003-04 67 9. Darrel Mitchell 2004-05 67

Assists 1. Kenny Higgs 1976-77 239 ---- 6. Kenny Higgs 1975-76 173 7. Randy Livingston 1994-95 151 8. Torris Bright 2002-03 150 8. Ethan Martin 1978-79 150 10. Darrel Mitchell 2005-06 149

Free Throws Made 1. Pete Maravich 1969-70 337 2. Pete Maravich 1968-69 282 3. Pete Maravich 1967-68 274 ----- 6. Two tied 163 8. Glen Davis 2005-06 156

Rebounds 1. Al Sanders 1969-70 474 2. Bob Pettit 1953-54 432 ---- 9. Danny Hester 1969-70 345 10. Glen Davis 2005-06 334

Minutes Played 1. Derrick Taylor 1985-86 1342 2. Anthony Wilson 1986-87 1338 --- 5. Darrel Mitchell 2005-06 1241

Players in Double Figure Scoring By Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 or more 312163

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL CAREER SPECIALTY NUMBERS

CAREER DOUBLE-FIGURE GAMES Darrel Mitchell 83 Glen Davis 53 Tack Minor 27 Tasmin Mitchell 21 Tyrus Thomas 18 Darnell Lazare 13 Garrett Temple 3

CAREER DOUBLE-FIGURE REBOUNDS Glen Davis 31 Tyrus Thomas 14 Tasmin Mitchell 4 Tack Minor 1 Magnum Rolle 1

CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES Glen Davis 29 Tyrus Thomas 13 Tack Minor 4 Tasmin Mitchell 3

CAREER THREE-POINTERS Darrel Mitchell 257 Tack Minor 70 Tasmin Mitchell 27 Garrett Temple 27 Glen Davis 8 Ben Voogd 2 Darnell Lazare 1 Tyrus Thomas 1

Tigers in the Polls ESPN/ AP USA Today Preseason RV RV Nov. 14, 21 RV RV Nov. 28 25 25 Dec. 4, 11, 19 RV RV Dec. 26, Jan. 2, Jan. 9 ------Jan. 16 RV RV Jan. 23 RV RV Jan. 30 RV 24 Feb. 6 RV RV Feb. 13 25 25 Feb. 20 24 24 Feb. 27 21 21 March 6 17 18 March 13 18 19 Tigers Opponents in Polls ESPN/USA AP Ranking at Time of Game Today At W. Va. (W, 71-68 ot) 13 13 Northern Iowa (L, 50-54) RV RV Cincinnati (L, 72-75) RV ---- Ohio State (L, 76-78) 20 21 UConn (L, 66-67) 2 2 Arkansas (W, 63-58)(1/11) RV --- Tennessee (W, 88-74) RV RV Alabama (W, 68-57)(1/21) ---- RV Florida (L, 62-71)(2/11) 6 7 Kentucky (W, 71-67) ---- RV Florida (L, 65-81)(3/11) 10 16 Duke (W, 62-54) 1 1 Texas (3/25) 9 9

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL #0 GLEN DAVIS

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs 1. 28 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/11/06 POINTS 28 three times POINTS 28 twice 1. 28 vs. Kentucky, 2/25/06 REBOUNDS 18 vs. Arkansas, 1/19/05 REBOUNDS 16 twice 1. 28 vs. South Carolina, 1/12/05 FIELD GOALS MADE 12 vs. S. Carolina, 1/12/05 FIELD GOALS MADE 10 three times 4. 27 vs. Southern Miss, 12/18/04 FIELD GOAL ATT. 20 at West Virginia, 11/26/05 FIELD GOAL ATT. 20 at West Virginia, 11/26/05 3 PT FGM 1 eight times 3 PT FGM 1 five times 5. 26 vs. Arkansas, 1/19/05 3PTFGA 3 three times 3 PT FGA 3 twice 6. 25 at Ohio State, 12/31/05 FREE THROWS MADE 10 twice FREE THROWS MADE 10 twice 7. 24 at S. Carolina, 2/28/06 FREE THROW ATT. 13 twice FREE THROW ATT. 13 vs. Duke, 3/23/06 7. 24 at Auburn, 2/18/06 ASSISTS 4 four times ASSISTS 4 three times 7. 24 vs. Tennessee, 1/14/06 BLOCKS 6 vs. Iona (NCAA1), 3/16/06 BLOCKS 6 vs. Iona (NCAA1), 3/16/06 7. 24 vs. Auburn-SEC, 3/11/05 STEALS 5 vs. ULL, 12/17/05 STEALS 5 vs. ULL,12/17/05 MINUTES PLAYED 42 vs. Arkansas, 1/19/05 MINUTES PLAYED 40 at West Virginia, 11/26/05

#1 TASMIN MITCHELL

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs 1. 20 vs. Florida (SECSF), 3/11/06 POINTS 20 four times POINTS 20 four times 1. 20 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/10/06 REBOUNDS 12 vs. Southern, 11/18/05 REBOUNDS 12 vs. Southern, 11/18/05 1. 20 at South Carolina, 2/28/06 FIELD GOALS MADE 8 five times FIELD GOALS MADE 8 five times 1. 20 at Ole Miss, 1/28/06 FIELD GOAL ATT. 15 twice FIELD GOAL ATT. 15 twice 5. 19 at Arkansas, 1/11/06 3 PT FGM 3 twice 3 PT FGM 3 twice 5. 19 vs. Southern, 11/18/05 3PTFGA 6 vs. Florida (SECSF), 3/11/06 3 PT FGA 6 vs. Florida (SECSF), 3/11/06 7. 18 vs. Houston, 11/29/05 FREE THROWS MADE 5 three times FREE THROWS MADE 5 three times 8. 16 vs. ULL, 12/17/05 FREE THROW ATT. 8 vs. Kentucky, 2/25/06 FREE THROW ATT. 8 vs. Kentucky, 2/25/06 9. 14 at Florida, 2/11/06 ASSISTS 6 vs. Iona (NCAA1), 3/16/06 ASSISTS 6 vs. Iona (NCAA1), 3/16/06 BLOCKS 2 at South Carolina, 2/28/06 BLOCKS 2 at South Carolina, 2/28/06 9. 14 at Alabama, 2/4/06 STEALS 4 three times STEALS 4 three times 9. 14 vs. Alabama, 1/21/06 MINUTES PLAYED 42 at West Virginia, 11/26/05 MINUTES PLAYED 42 at West Virginia, 11/26/05

#3 TACK MINOR

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs 1. 23 vs. Florida State, 12/30/04 POINTS 23 vs. Florida State, 12/30/04 POINTS 6 vs. Cincinnati, 12/23/05 2. 17 vs. Auburn, 2/5/09 REBOUNDS 10 vs. Alabama, 2/22/05 REBOUNDS 1 vs. Northern Iowa, 12/19/05 2. 17 vs. Ohio State, 1/15/05 FIELD GOALS MADE 8 vs. Florida State, 12/30/04 FIELD GOALS MADE 3 vs. Cincinnati, 12/23/05 2. 17 vs. Southern Miss, 12/18/04 FIELD GOAL ATT. 18 vs. Florida State, 12/30/04 FIELD GOAL ATT. 5 vs. Cincinnati, 12/23/05 3 PT FGM 5 vs. Florida State, 12/30/04 3 PT FGM 2. 17 vs. West Virginia, 11/27/04 3PTFGA 10 vs. Utah, 1/3/05 3 PT FGA 1 vs. Ark-Monticello, 12/22/05 6. 16 vs. Alabama, 2/22/05 FREE THROWS MADE 7 vs. Northwestern St., 12/11/04 FREE THROWS MADE 2 vs. Ark-Monticello, 12/22/05 7. 15 vs. Auburn, 12/28/04 FREE THROW ATT. 10 vs. Northwestern St., 12/11/04 FREE THROW ATT. 2 vs. Ark-Monticello, 12/22/05 7. 15 vs. UAB-NCAA, 3/17/05 ASSISTS 10 twice ASSISTS 3 vs. Cincinnati, 12/23/05 9. 14 at Arkansas, 2/12/05 BLOCKS 1 three times BLOCKS 10. 13 three times STEALS 4 at Auburn, 2/26/05 STEALS 2 vs. Cincinnati, 12/23/05 MINUTES PLAYED 42 vs. Ohio State, 1/15/05 MINUTES PLAYED 14 twice

#4 BEN VOOGD

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs 1. 5 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 POINTS 5 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 POINTS 5 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 2. 4 vs. Ole Miss, 3/4/06 REBOUNDS 4 vs. Southern, 11/18/05 REBOUNDS 4 vs. Southern, 11/18/05 2. 4 vs. Tennesseee, 1/14/06 FIELD GOALS MADE 2 twice FIELD GOALS MADE 2 twice 2. 4 vs. Ark-Monticello, 12/22/05 FIELD GOAL ATT. 3 four times FIELD GOAL ATT. 3 four times 3 PT FGM 1 twice 3 PT FGM 1 twice 5. 3 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 3PTFGA 2 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 3 PT FGA 2 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 6. 2 eight times FREE THROWS MADE 2 three times FREE THROWS MADE 2 three times FREE THROW ATT. 4 vs. Ole Miss, 3/4/06 FREE THROW ATT. 4 vs. Ole Miss, 3/4/06 ASSISTS 7 vs. Georgia, 1/25/06 ASSISTS 7 vs. Georgia, 1/25/06 BLOCKS 1 vs. Georgia, 1/25/06 BLOCKS 1 vs. Georgia, 1/25/06 STEALS 3 vs. Tulane, 1/3/06 STEALS 3 vs. Tulane, 1/3/06 MINUTES PLAYED 29 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 MINUTES PLAYED 29 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL #10 DAVID FLESHMAN

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs POINTS POINTS REBOUNDS 1 twice REBOUNDS 1 twice FIELD GOALS MADE FIELD GOALS MADE FIELD GOAL ATT. 2 vs. Niicholls State, 12/21/05 FIELD GOAL ATT. 2 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 3 PT FGM 3 PT FGM 3PTFGA 3 PT FGA FREE THROWS MADE FREE THROWS MADE FREE THROW ATT. FREE THROW ATT. ASSISTS ASSISTS BLOCKS BLOCKS STEALS STEALS MINUTES PLAYED 4 vs. Niicholls State, 12/21/05 MINUTES PLAYED 4 vs. Nicholls State, 12/21/05

#12 TYRUS THOMAS

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs 1. 22 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 POINTS 22 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 POINTS 22 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 2. 21 vs. Houston, 11/29/05 REBOUNDS 15 at Vandy, 2/22/06 REBOUNDS 14 at Vandy, 2/22/06 3. 20 vs. Tulane, 1/3/06 FIELD GOALS MADE 10 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 FIELD GOALS MADE 10 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 4. 18 vs. Southern, 11/18/05 FIELD GOAL ATT. 14 at Ohio State, 12/31/05 FIELD GOAL ATT. 14 at Ohio State, 12/31/05 3 PT FGM 1 vs. Houston, 11/29/05 3 PT FGM 1 vs. Houston, 11/29/05 5. 17 vs. Auburn, 2/1/06 3PTFGA 1 vs. Houston, 11/29/05 3 PT FGA 1 vs. Houston, 11/29/05 5. 17 vs. Tennessee, 1/14/06 FREE THROWS MADE 9 at Vandy, 2/22/06 FREE THROWS MADE 9 at Vandy, 2/22/06 7. 16 vs. Miss. State, 2/15/06 FREE THROW ATT. 11 vs. Houston, 11/29/05 FREE THROW ATT. 11 vs. Houston, 11/29/05 7. 16 vs. Arkansas-Monticello, 12/26/05 ASSISTS 4 twice ASSISTS 4 twice 9. 15 at Vandy, 2/22/06 BLOCKS 9 vs. Tennessee, 1/14/06 BLOCKS 9 vs. Tennessee, 1/14/06 9. 15 at Connecticut, 1/7/06 STEALS 4 at Ohio State, 12/31/05 STEALS 4 at Ohio State, 12/31/05 MINUTES PLAYED 36 at Ohio State, 12/31/05 MINUTES PLAYED 36 at Ohio State, 12/31/05

#14 GARRETT TEMPLE

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs 1. 14 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/10/06 POINTS 16 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/10/06 POINTS 16 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/10/06 2. 10 at Miss. State, 1/18/06 REBOUNDS 8 vs. Tennessee, 1/14/06 REBOUNDS 8 vs. Tennessee, 1/14/06 2. 10 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 FIELD GOALS MADE 5 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 FIELD GOALS MADE 5 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 4. 9 vs. Tennessee, 1/14/06 FIELD GOAL ATT. 9 three times FIELD GOAL ATT. 9 three times 3 PT FGM 4 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/10/06 3 PT FGM 4 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/10/06 4. 9 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 3PTFGA 6 twice 3 PT FGA 6 twice 6. 8 vs. TxA&M (NCAA2), 3/18/06 FREE THROWS MADE 4 vs. TxA&M (NCAA2), 3/18/06 FREE THROWS MADE 4 vs. Tx A&M (NCAA2), 3/18/06 6. 8 vs. Arkansas, 2/8/06 FREE THROW ATT. 5 vs. TxA&M (NCAA2), 3/18/06 FREE THROW ATT. 5 vs. Tx A&M (NCAA2), 3/18/06 6. 8 at Alabama, 2/4/06 ASSISTS 6 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 ASSISTS 6 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 6. 8 vs. Auburn, 2/1/06 BLOCKS 3 vs. Tulane, 1/3/06 BLOCKS 3 vs. Tulane, 1/3/06 6. 8 vs. Alabama, 1/21/06 STEALS 4 vs. Alabama, 1/21/06 STEALS 4 vs. Alabama, 1/21/06 MINUTES PLAYED 40 five times MINUTES PLAYED 40 five times

#15 MAGNUM ROLLE

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs 1. 8 at Vandy, 2/22/06 POINTS 8 twice POINTS 8 twice 1. 8 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 REBOUNDS 10 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 REBOUNDS 10 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 3. 6 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/10/06 FIELD GOALS MADE 4 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 FIELD GOALS MADE 4 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 3. 6 vs. Ole Miss, 3/4/06 FIELD GOAL ATT. 8 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 FIELD GOAL ATT. 8 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 3 PT FGM 3 PT FGM 3. 6 at Florida, 2/11/06 3PTFGA 3 PT FGA 3. 6 vs. Southern, 11/18/05 FREE THROWS MADE 2 five times FREE THROWS MADE 2 five times 7. 4 at Auburn, 2/18/06 FREE THROW ATT. 3 vs. Ark.-Monticello, 12/22/05 FREE THROW ATT. 3 vs. Ark.-Monticello, 12/22/05 7. 4 vs. Georgia, 1/25/06 ASSISTS 1 twice ASSISTS 1 twice 7. 4 vs. Ark.-Monticello, 12/22/05 BLOCKS 3 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 BLOCKS 3 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 10. 2 seven times STEALS 3 vs. Georgia, 1/25/06 STEALS 3 vs. Georgia, 1/25/06 MINUTES PLAYED 19 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 MINUTES PLAYED 19 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05

LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL #21 CHRIS JOHNSON

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs 1. 6 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 POINTS 6 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 POINTS 6 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 2. 2 vs. Georgia, 1/25/06 REBOUNDS 1 five times REBOUNDS 1 five times 2. 2 vs. Tulane, 1/3/06 FIELD GOALS MADE 3 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 FIELD GOALS MADE 3 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 2. 2 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 FIELD GOAL ATT. 7 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 FIELD GOAL ATT. 7 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 5. 1 vs. McNeese State, 12/10/05 3 PT FGM 3 PT FGM 3PTFGA 4 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 3 PT FGA 4 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 FREE THROWS MADE 1 vs. McNeese State, 12/10/05 FREE THROWS MADE 1 vs. McNeese State, 12/10/05 FREE THROW ATT. 2 vs. McNeese State, 12/10/05 FREE THROW ATT. 2 vs. McNeese State, 12/10/05 ASSISTS 1 twice ASSISTS 1 twice BLOCKS 2 twice BLOCKS 2 twice STEALS 1 twice STEALS 1 twice MINUTES PLAYED 10 twice MINUTES PLAYED 10 twice

#22 DARREL MITCHELL

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs 1. 32 vs. Ohio State, 1/15/05 POINTS 32 vs. Ohio State, 1/15/05 POINTS 28 at Ole MIss, 1/28/06 2. 28 at Ole Miss, 1/28/06 REBOUNDS 7 four times REBOUNDS 7 four times 3. 27 vs. Arkansas, 2/8/06 FIELD GOALS MADE 10 vs. Arkansas, 2/8/06 FIELD GOALS MADE 10 vs. Arkansas, 2/8/06 3. 27 vs. Auburn, 2/1/06 FIELD GOAL ATT. 17 twice FIELD GOAL ATT. 17 vs. Ark.-Monticello, 12/22/05 3 PT FGM 6 twice 3 PT FGM 5 four times 5. 26 at West Virginia, 11/26/05 3PTFGA 10 twice 3 PT FGA 10 twice 6. 25 vs. Houston, 11/29/05 FREE THROWS MADE 12 vs. Ohio State, 1/15/05 FREE THROWS MADE 9 vs. Auburn, 2/1/06 7. 24 vs. Georgia, 1/25/06 FREE THROW ATT. 13 vs. Ohio State, 1/15/05 FREE THROW ATT. 9 vs. Auburn, 2/1/06 8. 22 vs. Northern Iowa, 12/19/05 ASSISTS 9 vs. Niicholls State, 11/21/05 ASSISTS 9 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 8. 22 vs. Tennessee, 2/4/04 BLOCKS 2 vs. Ole Miss, 3/3/04 BLOCKS 1 10 times 10. 21 three times STEALS 6 vs. McNeese State, 12/10/05 STEALS 6 vs. McNeese State, 12/10/05 MINUTES PLAYED 46 vs. Ohio State, 1/15/05 MINUTES PLAYED 45 at West Virginia, 11/26/05

#35 - DARNELL LAZARE

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES Career Highs Season Highs 1. 20 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 POINTS 20 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 POINTS 20 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 2. 19 vs. McNeese State, 12/10/05 REBOUNDS 9 vs. South Carolina, 3/12/04 REBOUNDS 7 twice 3. 16 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/10/06 FIELD GOALS MADE 8 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 FIELD GOALS MADE 8 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 3. 16 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05 FIELD GOAL ATT. 14 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 FIELD GOAL ATT. 14 vs. UNO, 12/13/05 3 PT FGM 1 vs. Auburn, 2/1/06 3 PT FGM 1 vs. Auburn, 2/1/06 5. 13 vs. Southern, 11/21/03 3PTFGA 1 vs. Auburn, 2/1/06 3 PT FGA 1 vs. Auburn, 2/1/06 6. 12 vs. Tulane, 1/3/06 FREE THROWS MADE 6 twice FREE THROWS MADE 6 twice 6. 12 vs. ULL, 12/17/05 FREE THROW ATT. 8 vs. Tulane, 1/3/06 FREE THROW ATT. 8 vs. Tulane, 1/3/06 8. 11 vs. Auburn, 3/6/04 ASSISTS 3 vs. Arkansas, 2/8/06 ASSISTS 3 vs. Arkansas, 2/8/06 9. 10 five times BLOCKS 2 five times BLOCKS 2 twice STEALS 3 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/10/06 STEALS 3 vs. Vandy (SECQ), 3/10/06 MINUTES PLAYED 36 vs. Southern, 11/21/03 MINUTES PLAYED 36 vs. Nicholls State, 11/21/05

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