Table of Conents/Credits INTRO THIS IS LSU TIGERS COACHES REVIEW PREVIEW RECORDS HISTORY LSU MEDIA Intro The Tigers Preview History 2 Quick Facts 58 Alex Farrer 109 EA Sports Maui Invitational 147 Yearly Records/Milestones 3 2007-08 Schedule/2006-07 Results 59 Chris Johnson 110 Non-Conference Opponents 148 Home-Away-Neutral 4 2007-08 Rosters 61 Terry Martin 113 SEC Office 149 Year-by-Year Results 5 Roster Breakdown 63 Dameon Mason 114 SEC TV Schedule/LSU on TV 158 Series Records 6 2007-08 Season Preview 65 Tasmin Mitchell 115 Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida 168 Championship Teams 68 Garrett Temple 116 Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, 170 Record vs. Conferences This is LSU 71 Greg Terrebonne Miss. State 171 LSU in the Postseason 72 Garrett Green/Anthony Randolph 117 South Carolina, Tennessee, 173 LSU in the APPoll 8 Player Development 73 Bo Spencer/Marcus Thornton Vanderbilt, Series Records vs. 2007- 177 SEC Championships 10 Championship Basketball 74 Quintin Thornton 08 SEC Opp. 178 Brady Era Statistics 12 Cox Communications Academic 75 Returning Player Stats 118 Postseason Dates, Travel Plans 180 100-Point Games Center 76 Radio/TV Roster 119 SECTournament 181 Overtime Games 16 Campus Life 182 Pete Maravich Assembly Center 19 Campus Apartments 184 All-SEC Teams 20 Giving Back Coaches Records 187 Harry Rabenhorst 21 Career Development/CHAMPS 77 Coaches of the SEC Era 121 School Records 188 Dale Brown 22 City of Baton Rouge 78 All-Time Coaching Records 124 Maravich CenterRecords 189 Lettermen 23 State of Louisiana 79 Head Coach John Brady 125 Miscellaneous Records/Stat Trends 192 LSU By The Numbers 24 Pete Maravich Assembly Center 86 Associate Head Coach Butch Pierre 127 Individual Career Records 194 Louisiana Awards 27 Practice Facility Design 87 Assistant Coach Chad Dollar 128 Individual Single-Season Records 28 National spotlight/Gameday 88 Assistant Coach John Treloar 129 Individual Single Game Leaders 30 Tiger Travels 89 Jeff Clapacs/Support Staff 130 Yearly Leaders LSU 32 Locker Room 90 Training/Strength and Conditioning 132 1,000-Point Club 196 President Lombardi/Board of 33 Deumite-McKay Squad Room 91 Sixth Man Club 135 500-Rebounds Club Supervisors 34 Strength and Conditioning 137 Team Single-Season Records 197 Chancellor O’Keefe/Ken Carpenter 36 Broussard Training Room Review 138 Records by Class 198 Athletics Director Skip Bertman 38 NCAA Final Four Legacy 139 Opp. Game Highs/Season Highs 199 Athletics Administration 92 2006-07 Season Review 39 1935 National Champions 140 60-50-40-30 Club 200 Championship Tradition 94 2006-07 Box Scores 40 All-Americans, SEC Players of the Year 143 SEC/NCAA Statistical Leaders 99 2006-07 Season Statistics 41 First Team All-Americans 144 SEC Tournament Records 100 2006-07 Scoreboard Media 43 Bob Pettit 145 NCAA Tournament Records 101 2006-07 Superlatives 202 Media Guidelines 44 Pete Maravich 146 NIT Records 102 2006-07 Game-by-Game Statistics 203 Credentials/Media List 45 Shaquille O’Neal 103 Sr. Farewell/2006-07 Starting 204 LSU Sports Information 46 Tigers in the NBA Lineups 205 LSU Sports Properties 49 Mike The Tiger 104 SEC Review 206 LSU Sports Radio Network 50 LSU Greats 105 SEC Postseason Honors 207 LSU Sports TV Network 52 LSU Alumni 106 SEC Team Statistics 208 Tiger Athletic Foundation 54 Andonie Sports Museum 107 SEC Individual Statistics 55 Athletic Facilities 108 NCAA Statistics 56 Southeastern Conference 57 Tiger Girls/Cheerleaders The 2007-2008 LSU Men’s Basketball Media Guide is a production of the LSU Sports Information Office. EDITOR Kent Lowe LAYOUT & DESIGN Jason Feirman, Krystal Bennett, Peter Hoang, Ashley Durand COVER DESIGN Peter Hoang ASSISTANT EDITORS Michael Bonnette, Bill Franques, Laurie Cannon, Brian Miller, Alex Restrepo, Melissa Reynaud PHOTOGRAPHY Steve Franz, Jason Feirman, Neil Brake, Jim Zeitz, Bill Feig, LSUsports.net Musemeche Photography, Dennis Hodges, Alex Restrepo, Jim As the Official Web Site of LSU Athletics, Hawthorne, NBAPhotos (Andrew Berstein, Sam Forencich, Glenn LSUsports.net provides complete and James, Kim Stallknecht, Steve Waltman, Jeff Vinnick) up-to-the-minute information about all PRINTING 20 of LSU’s varsity athletic teams to both EBSCO Media - Birmingham, Ala. fans and media around the nation. 2007-2008 LSUBASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 1 Quick Facts INTRO LSU Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff THIS IS LSU NAME POSITION ALMA MATER YEAR AT LSU TIGERS John Brady Head Coach Belhaven, ‘76 11th COACHES Butch Pierre Associate Head Coach Mississippi State , ‘84 11th Chad Dollar Assistant Coach Milligan, ‘96 1st REVIEW John Treloar Assistant Coach Belhaven, ‘79 4th PREVIEW Jeff Clapacs Director of Operations Wooster, ‘07 1st RECORDS HISTORY LSU MEDIA BASKETBALL FACTS SPORTS INFORMATION Head Coach: John Brady Associate AD/SID: Michael Bonnette (LSU, '93) Alma Mater/Year: Belhaven, '76 Senior Associate SID: Kent Lowe (LSU-Shreveport, '79) Career Record: 273-203 Associate SID: Brian Miller (Northeastern (Ma.), ‘96) Years as Head Coach: Entering 17th year Associate SID: Bill Franques (LSU, '85) Record at LSU: 184-126 Associate SID: Melissa Foley (LSU, '97) Years at LSU: Entering 11th year Associate SID: Laurie Cannon (Utah State, '00) 2007 Record: 17-15; 5-11 in SEC Publications Director: Jason Feirman (LSU, '00) Associate Head Coach: Butch Pierre Graphic Design Coordinator: Peter Hoang (LSU, '05) Assistant Coaches: Chad Dollar, John Treloar Graphic Design Coordinator: Krystal Bennett (LSU, '06) Director of Operations: Jeff Clapacs Photography Coordinator: Steve Franz (LSU, '93) Graduate Assistant: Will Stafford, (LSU, '06) U NIVERSITY FACTS Administrative Secretary: Pat Fredericks Location: Baton Rouge, La. Founded: 1860 MEDIA INFORMATION Enrollment: 29,317 Men's Basketball SID: C. Kent Lowe Nickname: Tigers or Fighting Tigers SID Office Phone: 225-578-8226 Colors: Purple and Gold Lowe's Office Phone: 225-578-1864 Print specifications: Purple-PMS 268, Gold-PMS 123 SID Fax: 225-578-1861 Mascot: Mike VI (live Bengal tiger) Lowe's Home Phone: 225-761-1734 Arena: Pete Maravich Assembly Center Lowe's Cell Phone: 225-241-4360 Capacity: 13,215 Lowe's E-Mail Address: [email protected] Year Opened: 1972 LSU website: www.LSUsports.net All-time Record in PMAC: 414-139 (36 years) Press Row Phone: 225-578-8226 Playing Floor: Portable Wood SID Mailing Address: P. O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894- Conference: Southeastern (West Division) 5095 Band: Bengal Brass Basketball Band Overnight Address: Fifth floor, Athletics Administration Building Nicholson Drive and North Stadium Drive UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION Baton Rouge, La. 70894 President: Dr. John Lombardi (Columbia, ‘64) Chancellor: Sean O'Keefe (Loyola, '77) LSU SPORTS RADIO NETWORK Faculty Representative: Dydia DeLyser (Syracuse, ‘98) Director of Broadcasting: Jim Hawthorne (Northwestern St., '67) ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT LSU SPORTS TELEVISION NETWORK Athletics Director: Stanley "Skip" Bertman (Miami, '61) Director of Television: Kevin Wagner (LSU, '80) Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA: Judy Southard (Coker, '70) Assistant Director: John Schiebe (Oklahoma St., '86) Sr. Assoc. AD/Operations: Verge Ausberry (LSU, '90) Television Producer: Dave Landry (LSU, '90) Sr. Assoc. AD/External Affairs: Herb Vincent (LSU, '83) Sr. Assoc. AD/Business: Mark Ewing (LSU, ‘78) LSUSPORTS.NET Associate AD/Internal Relations: Bo Bahnsen (LSU, '82) Intera ctive Manager: Todd Politz (LSU, ‘99) Associate AD/Compliance: Bo Kerin (Tennessee, ‘96) Associate AD/Operations: Eddie Nunez (Florida, '98) ATHLETICS PHONE DIRECTORY (225 AREA CODE) Associate AD/Student Services: Miriam Segar (LSU, '97) Athletics Department: 578-8100 Associate AD/Facility Services: Ronnie Haliburton (LSU, ‘90) Athletics Director: 578-3600 Senior Woman Administrator: 578-1888 Student Services: 578-4100 Marketing and Promotions: 578-6629 Internal Operations: 578-6603 Business Office: 578-6783 Ticket Office: 578-2184 Men's Basketball Office: 578-8217 2 2007-2008 LSU BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE Schedule/Results 2007-08 LSU Basketball Schedule INTRO DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME THIS IS LSU Nov. 1 Belhaven (Exhibition) Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. TIGERS Nov. 6 EA Sports/Global Sports (Exhibition) Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. Nov. 12 Southeastern Louisiana (CST) Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. COACHES Nov. 14 McNeese State (CST) Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. REVIEW EA Sports Maui Invitational PREVIEW Nov. 19 Oklahoma State (ESPN2) Lahaina, Hawaii 4 p.m. Nov. 20 Chaminade/Marquette (ESPNU/ESPN) Lahaina, Hawaii 12:30/6 p.m. RECORDS Nov. 21 TBD (ESPN) Lahaina, Hawaii TBA HISTORY Nov. 28 Nicholls State (CST) Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. Dec. 1 Southern University Baton Rouge, La. 1 p.m. LSU Dec. 6 Villanova (ESPN) (Pizza Hut Big East/SEC Invitational) Philadelphia, Penn. 8:30 p.m. MEDIA Dec. 15 Northwestern State Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. Dec. 19 At Wichita State Wichita, Kan. 7 p.m. Dec. 22 Oregon State (CST) Baton Rouge, La. 2 p.m. Dec. 29 Washington (FSN) Baton Rouge, La. 2 p.m. Jan. 2 At Tulane (New Orleans Arena) New Orleans, La. 7 p.m. Jan. 5 At Texas A&M (ESPNU) College Station, Texas 7 p.m. Jan. 9 *Mississippi State Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. Jan. 12 *At Ole Miss (FSN) Oxford, Miss. 5 p.m. Jan. 16 *Auburn Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. Jan. 19 *Vanderbilt (LF Sports) Nashville, Tenn. Noon Jan. 26 *Arkansas (ESPN Classic) Baton Rouge, La. 8 p.m. Jan. 30 *At Auburn Auburn, Ala. 7 p.m. Feb. 2 *At Alabama (LF Sports) Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2 p.m. Feb. 9 *Tennessee (LF Sports) Baton Rouge, La. 2 p.m. Feb. 13 *At Florida (LF Sports) Gainesville, Fla. 7 p.m. Feb. 16 *Kentucky (LF Sports) Baton Rouge, La. Noon Feb. 20 *At Arkansas (LF Sports) Fayetteville, La. 7 p.m. Feb. 23 *Ole Miss (FSN) Baton Rouge, La. 5 p.m. Feb. 27 *South Carolina Columbia, S.C. 6:30 p.m. March 2 *Georgia (LF Sports) Baton Rouge, La.