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2009 SEC CHAMPIONS -- 10 OVERALL SEC TITLES (SECOND MOST IN THE SEC), 4 NCAA FINAL FOURS -- 1953, 1981, 1986, 2006 MEN’S BASKETBALL (9-12, 0-7) vs. # 14/14 Tennessee (16-4, 4-2) Pete Maravich Assembly Center * Baton Rouge, La. * February 4, 2010 * ESPN2 2009-10 Schedule Projected Starters (based on last game): OPPONENT TIME N13 ULM W, 82-62 G 11 Bo Spencer (6-2, 186, Jr., Baton Rouge, La.) 14.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.9 apg Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Pre-Season Tipoff 14th in the league in scoring ... Fifth in SEC in free throw percentage (81.7 percent, 67-of-82) ... Starting PG 2009 SEC Championship N16 &INDIANA STATE W, 56-45 team ... Hit three conseuctive threes late in the Mississippi State game (1/30), looking to get shooting touch back. N17 &WESTERN KY. W, 71-60 N25 &&Connecticut (ESPN2) L, 55-81 G 12 Aaron Dotson (6-4, 205, Fr., Seattle, Wash.) 3.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, N27 &&Arizona State (ESPN2) L, 52-71 Started and played 11 minutes against State (1/30) with one point ... Has started 15 games this season.. D1 UL-LAFAYETTE (CST) W, 66-58 D12 NORTHWESTERN STATE W, 73-62 G 14 Chris Beattie (6-4, 189, Jr., Slidell, La.) 2.1 ppg, 0.4 rpg D14 SOUTHEASTERN W, 77-60 In last 3 games, has played 36 minutes, was 4-of-7 from the floor, 3-of-3 from three-point range and scored 11 points ... Effort and D17 NICHOLLS STATE (CST) W, 63-60. fundamental play has gained the walk-on more minutes and his first career start against MIss. State. (1/30, where he scored 5. D19 RICE (CST) W, 65-61 D22 vs. Washington St.(at Seattle)(CBSCS) L, 70-72 (OT) F 1 Tasmin Mitchell (6-7, 238, Sr., Denham Springs, La.) 17.9 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 1.9 apg D29 At Xavier (Ohio) (ESHPU) L, 64-89 Big night vs. Auburn (1/20) with 38 points, 10 rebounds, second highest scoring game in career ... Hit 15-of-22 field goals with four J2 UTAH (CSS live; Cox Sports TV-TD) L, 59-61 treys ... Scored 26 at Miss. State with 10 rebounds (1/30) .... Four straight games of 10 or more reobunds .... Second in league in J4 MCNEESE STATE W, 83-60 scoring average, third in rebounds .... 8th all-time on LSU scoring list with 1,843 points ... Needs just 12 to move to seventh on the J9 *ALABAMA (FSN) L, 49-66 school scoring list ... Trying to get 2,000 career pts at LSU by seasons end ... Only two players at LSU have done that in history. J13 *At South Carolina (SEC Network) L, 58-67 J16 *At Florida (FSN) L, 58-72 J20 *AUBURN (SEC Network) L, 80-84 F 24 Storm Warren (6-7, 230, So., Monroe, La.) 12.8 ppg, 8.0 J23 *OLE MISS (SEC Network) L, 63-73. Has eight double-doubles, all at home ... Struggled of late, scoring just 11 points last week in two games ... Tied for 27th in scoring J27 *At Alabama (SEC Network) L, 38-57 average, 4th in the league in rebounds ... 10th in the league in block average (1.4) J30 *At Miss State (SEC Network) L, 51-67 F4 *TENNESSEE (ESPN2) 8 p.m. F6 *KENTUCKY (SEC Network) 3 p.m. F10 *At Arkansas (SEC Network) 7 p.m. Nationally-Ranked Teams Come To BR This Week F13 *At Vanderbilt (SEC Network) 12:47 p.m. The Tigers are back at home for two games this straight game hit a trey; Daron Populist who came in F20 *MISS. STATE (SEC Network) 3 p.m. week, but the task of finding an SEC victory gets a and played 22 minutes at point guard; and, freshman F24 *ARKANSAS (SEC Network) 7 p.m. tougher as LSU must face two SEC teams ranked in Eddie Ludwig, who recorded 24 minutes versus State. F27 *At Auburn (FSN) 6 p.m. the nation’s top 25 teams. M4 *At Ole Miss (ESPN) 8 p.m. Thursday night, the Tigers host Tennessee on Special LSU Basketball Memories This Week M6 *GEORGIA (FSN) 4 p.m. ESPN2 at 8 p.m., the No. 14 team i both polls and On the heels of last year’s Jan. 31st celebration M11-14 SEC TOURNAMENT (SEC Network, ABC) then on Saturday afternoon, the Tigers will host No. of the 100th anniversary of LSU’s first intercolle- 3/4 Kentucky in a 3 p.m. tilt on the SEC Network. giate basketball game, this past Sunday, the school *Denotes SEC Games. SEC Tournament in Nashville. LSU’s last win over a ranked team at home & Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off, Baton Rouge remembered the 40th anniversary of the game in came against No. 3 Florida on Feb. 24, 2007. &&Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off, New York City which Pete Maravich broke the Division I career scor- ing total of Oscar Robertson. Effort There; Scoring A Struggle That occasion will be honored on court Thursday On the Air LSU’s primary mantra to its team as it tries to with a special appearance from the wife of the late find a way to record its first SEC win of the year is LSU superstar, Jackie, and her son Josh. TELEVISION -- ESPN2 “win the possession.” Play hard each offensive and Play-by-Play: Rece Davis Also Wednesday was the 20th anniversary of defensive possession. LSU put together one its best the 148-141 game with Loyola-Marymount that fea- Analyst: Hubert Davis “effort” games Saturday against Mississippi State, tured Shaq, Stanley Roberts and Chris Jackson going but for the last four games LSU is shooting 37.4 per- against LMU’s Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble. RADIO * LSU Sports Radio Network cent compared to 48.4 percent for opponents. The big event comes this Saturday when Play-by-Play: Jim Hawthorne LSU has found some of that needed effort from Durand “Rudy” Macklin, will have his jersey hung Analysts: former player Ricky Blanton, Kevin Ford its younger players like walk-on Chris Beattie who from the PMAC rafters at the LSU-Kentucky game. started the game against State and for the third Series History Team Facts All-Time: UT leads, 56-43 LSU TENNESSEE Last Game: W, 79-69, Knoxville, 1/28/09 RECORD: 9-12, 0-7 RECORD: 16-4, 4-2 At Baton Rouge: LSU leads, 25-21 LAST GAME: L, 51-67, at Miss. State, 1/30/10 LAST GAME: W, 61-60, vs. Florida, 1/31/10 At Knoxville: UT leads, 29-15 RANKINGS: NA RANKINGS: #14 AP, #14 ESPN/USA Today Neutral Sites: UT leads, 6-3 HEAD COACH: Trent Johnson HEAD COACH: Bruce Pearl Tigers won last year in Knoxville, 79-69 ... Tigers last defeated CAREER RECORD: 195-141 (11th season) CAREER RECORD: 431-125 (18th year) UT in Baton Rouge in 2006 ... Tigers are 4-3 since 2003 when LSU LSU RECORD: 36-20 (2nd season) UT RECORD: 114-41 (5th year) broke an eight-game winning streak by UT. VS. TENNESSEE: 1-1 VS. LSU: 2-3 LSU Sports Information Basketball Contact: C. Kent Lowe Phone - 225.578.8226 PO Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 www.LSUsports.net Fax - 225.578.1861 Who to Contact Media Services LSU Sports Information Office (225) 578-8226 Asst. AD/Sports Info. Director Trent Johnson Interview Opportunities Michael Bonnette - [email protected] Coach Trent Johnson is usually be announced, in the curtain Network affiliates. Sr. Associate SID (Basketball) available in his office for early room across from the LSU C. Kent Lowe - [email protected] morning appointments and dressing room ... Once SEC play Inside LSU Basketball Asst. Men’s Basketball Contacts phone interviews. Please con- begins the normal media ses- with Coach Trent Johnson Kristen Chighizola -- [email protected] tact Basketball SID Kent Lowe sions will be on Monday and Coach Johnson’s weekly TV Elizabeth Stuart -- [email protected] (225-578-1864, [email protected]) Thursday afternoons ... Some show is on a state-wide net- at least 24 hours in advance travel and scheduling issues work ... WBRZ-TV, Channel LSU Sports Television Network for scheduling. may change the time and day 2, airs the show at 10:35 p.m. (225) 578-1797 so media should contact the Sunday ... The show resumes Sports Information Office to SEC Teleconference Jan. 10 and will continue DIrector of Television confirm start time. The 12 SEC coaches are fea- throughout the season, con- Kevin Wagner - [email protected] tured on a teleconference cluding on March 7 ... The show Manager/Television each Monday, January through The Trent Johnson Show, can also be seen on Cox Cable John Schiebe -- [email protected] March through the confer- Presented by Capital One 4 in Baton Rouge Mondays at Producer/Television ence season. The conference Bank on The LSU Sports 9:30 p.m. and on Cox Sports starts at 10 a.m. (CST). Coach David Landry -- [email protected] Radio Network Television (Ch. 37 on Cox Cable) Johnson is on at 10:28 a.m. on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. The weekly call-in show takes LSU Sports Radio Network CST. To access the media only ... Other markets are KLAX- place Mondays at 7 p.m. from (225) 578-1882 number contact Kent Lowe or TV in Alexandria, Cox Channel the Southeastern Conference Walkon’s Bistro at the corner Director of Radio of Nicholson and Burbank ... 8 in Lake Charles, KEJB-TV in Media Relations Office (205- Monroe, KWBJ in Mogan City, Jim Hawthorne - [email protected] 458-3010).