Opponents INTRO The LSU Louisiana Classic Louisiana-Lafayette The Maravich Assembly Center POSSIBLE OPPONENT, NOV. 21, LSU CLASSIC, MARAVICH CENTER, 12:30 or 3 p.m. (Cox Sports TV) will host its second tournament in KEEPING IN TOUCH three years to open the season as Sports Information Director: LSU hosts the Louisiana Classic. Daryl Cetnar Two years ago, the Hispanic Basketball Contact: Matt Hebert THIS IS LSU SID Office Phone: (337) 482-6330 College Funds Classic was the first Hebert's Cell Phone: (337) 654-6932 regular season men's tournament WHO’S WHO Basketball Office: (337) 262-3865 Press Row Phone: (337) 265-2284 in the Maravich Center since 1987. President: Dr. Ray P.Authement SID Mailing Address: University of Athletic Director: Three times in the 1980s, LSU hosted four-team Louisiana at Lafayette, Sports Nelson J. Schexnayder YERS Information Office, 201 Reinhardt tournaments primarily of Louisiana schools. The Head Coach: Robert Lee A Drive, Lafayette, LA 70506 tournament schedule (all games will be televised on Cox Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater): PL Best Time to Call Coach Lee: Rennie Bailey (Louisiana Tech, '85), Sports Television): Contact SID Carlin Hartman (Tulane, '94), SID Fax: (337) 482-6649 Jason Kennemer Hebert's E-mail: (Louisiana-Lafayette, '98) Louisiana Tech [email protected] FAST FACTS Web site: www.RaginCajuns.com Nov. 19, 5:30 p.m. Location: Lafayette, La. THE SERIES CHES Founded: 1900 A Overall: LSU leads, 32-10 Enrollment: 15,343 At Baton Rouge: LSU leads, 27-7 CO Nickname: Ragin' Cajuns Louisiana Lafayette At PMAC: LSU leads, 1-0 Conference: Sun Belt At Lafayette: LSU leads, 5-3 Home Court (Capacity): John Brady vs. Louisiana-Lafayette: 1-1 Cajundome (11,550) Consolation, Nov. 21, 12:30 p.m. Championship, Nov. 21, 3 p.m. Colors: Vermilion & White LSU ABOUT THE RAGIN' CAJUNS Head Coach: Robert Lee Alma Mater: Nicholls State, 1991 REVIEW Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Career Record: First Season At Louisiana-Lafayette: First Season Tulane 2003-04 record: 20-9 PREVIEW Tulane Louisiana Tech FRIDAY, NOV. 19, LSU CLASSIC, MARAVICH CENTER, 8 P.M. (Cox Sports TV) POSSIBLE OPPONENT, NOV. 21, LSU CLASSIC, MARAVICH CENTER, 12:30 or 3 p.m. (Cox Sports TV) S KEEPING IN TOUCH KEEPING IN TOUCH Sports Information Director: ORD Media Relations Director: Malcolm Donna Turner Butler Basketball Contact: John Sudsbury REC Basketball Contact: T. Scott SID Office Phone: (504) 865-5506 WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO Boatright Sudsbury's Home Phone: (504) President: Dr. Scott Cowen President: Dr. Daniel Reneau MRD Office Phone: (318) 257-3144 452-8016 Athletic Director: Rick Dickson Athletic Director: Jim Oakes Boatright's Home Phone: (318) Basketball Office: (504) 865-5505 Head Coach: Shawn Finney Head Coach: Keith Richard 254-8992 Press Row Phone: (504) 862-8122 Y Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater): Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater): Basketball Office: (318) 257-4111 SID Mailing Address: Tulane Mark Dannhoff (Wisconsin- Kevin Caballero (UL-Monroe, '89), Press Row Phone: (318) 257-3144 OR University, Athletic Media LaCrosse), Ryan Cross (Buffalo, '95), MRD Mailing Address: PO Box Relations, James W. Wilson Jr. Jeff Reynolds (UNC-Greensboro, Johnny Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 3166 TS, Ruston, LA 71272 Center, Ben Weiner Drive, New '78), '84) HIST Best Time to Call Coach Richard: 8 Orleans, LA 70118 Steve Snell (Radford, '88) a.m. - noon weekdays Best Time to Call Coach Finney: FAST FACTS MRD Fax: (318) 257-3757 Contact SID FAST FACTS Location: Ruston, La. Boatright's E-mail: SID Fax: (504) 865-5512 Location: New Orleans, La. Founded: 1894 [email protected] Sudsbury's E-mail: Founded: 1834 Enrollment: 11,975 Web site: www.latechsports.com [email protected] Enrollment: 12,381 Nickname: Bulldogs Web site: Nickname: Green Wave Conference: Western Athletic THE SERIES www.TulaneGreenWave.com Conference: Conference USA Home Court (Capacity): Thomas Overall: LSU leads, 9-1 LSU Home Court (Capacity): Fogelman THE SERIES Assembly Center (8,000) At Baton Rouge: LSU leads, 6-1 Arena (3,600) Colors: Red & Blue At PMAC: Louisiana Tech leads, 1- Overall: LSU leads, 121-83 Colors: Olive Green & Sky Blue 0 At Baton Rouge: LSU leads, 67-33 ABOUT THE BULLDOGS At Ruston: LSU leads, 3-0 At PMAC: LSU leads, 10-1 ABOUT THE GREEN WAVE Head Coach: Keith Richard John Brady vs. Louisiana Tech: First At New Orleans: LSU leads, 51-48 Head Coach: Shawn Finney Alma Mater: Louisiana-Monroe, Meeting At Neutral Sites: LSU leads, 3-2 Alma Mater: Fairmont State, 1985 1982 John Brady vs. Tulane: 2-0 Career Record: 50-68 (4 seasons) Career Record: 106-69 (6 seasons) At Tulane: 50-68 (4 seasons) At Louisiana Tech: 106-69 (6 MEDIA 2003-04 record: 11-17 seasons) 2003-04 record: 15-15 112 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE IN Opponents TRO Florida State Nokia Sugar Bowl Basketball Classic Dec. 30, 2004, New Orleans Arena SUGAR BOWL CLASSIC, DEC 30, NEW ORLEANS ARENA, 9 P.M. (FOX SPORTS NET) THIS IS LSU KEEPING IN TOUCH Mississippi State vs. Virginia Tech, 6:30 p.m. Sports Information Director: LSU vs. Florida State, 9 p.m. Rob Wilson Basketball Contact: Chuck Walsh SID Office Phone: (850) 644-1077 The Sugar Bowl Basketball Classic has spanned six decades and WHO’S WHO Walsh's Home Phone: (850) 385-8466 brought the city of New Orleans some outstanding college Basketball Office: (850) 644-1461 President: Dr. T.K. Wetherell basketball. Since 1999, the event has featured two Southeastern SID Mailing Address: Florida State Athletic Director: Dave Hart, Jr. Conference teams, including LSU, against some of the nation's University, Sports Information Head Coach: Leonard Hamilton PL Office, P.O. Box 2195, Tallahassee, top teams.Through the first five years of this format in the New Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater): A FL 32306 Orleans Arena, the SEC is 9-1 against teams from the Big 12, Mike Jaskulski (St. Norbert, '76), YERS Best Time to Call Coach Hamilton: Stan Jones (Memphis, '84), Conference USA, the Pac 10 and the Big East. Contact SID Tony Sheals (Bethune-Cookman, '76) SID Fax: (850) 644-3820 1999 FAST FACTS SID E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.seminoles.com Kentucky 70, Missouri 53 Location: Tallahassee, Fla. LSU 63, Oklahoma St. 53 Founded: 1851 THE SERIES Enrollment: 37,328 CO Overall: Series tied, 2-2 Nickname: Seminoles At Baton Rouge: LSU leads, 2-0 2000 A Conference: Atlantic Coast CHES At Tallahassee: Florida State leads, 1-0 Home Court (Capacity): Tallahassee Florida 103, Tulane 85 At Neutral Sites: Florida State leads, 1-0 Leon County Civic Center (12,100) John Brady vs. La. Lafayette: LSU 78, Oregon State 68 Colors: Garnet & Gold First Meeting ABOUT THE SEMINOLES 2001 Head Coach: Leonard Hamilton Alabama 79, Notre Dame 76 Alma Mater: Tennessee-Martin, 1971 Career Record: 233-239 (16 seasons) Miami 68, LSU 61 REVIEW At Florida State: 33-29 (2 seasons) 2003-04 record: 19-14 2002 Mississippi State 54, Oklahoma 45 LSU 74, Tulane 62 2003 2004-05 SCHEDULE 2003-04 RESULTS PREIVEW DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT SCORE Mississippi State 72, Tulane 50 Nov. 19 Texas Southern Nov. 21 Maine W, 69-49 LSU 78, Alabama Birmingham 62 Nov. 22 Texas A&M Corpus Christi Nov. 24 Georgetown College W, 81-67 Nov. 24 Shawnee State Nov. 26 Nicholls State W, 99-54 Nov. 27 Kent State at * Nov. 28 South Carolina State W, 81-46 Nov. 28 TCU at * Dec. 1 Northwestern W, 71-53 This year, the Atlantic Coast Conference provides the Nov. 30 at Minnesota Dec. 3 Ole Miss W, 66-60 opposition, as Mississippi State and LSU will represent the SEC Dec. 4 at Ole Miss Dec. 6 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 83-46 Dec. 12 Florida International Dec. 14 Miami, Fla. W, 67-58 for the third straight year. Dec. 16 South Alabama Dec. 18 Wagner W, 83-62 Dec. 19 at Maryland Dec. 20 Chicago State W, 47-42 Dec. 21 Jacksonville Dec. 22 Pittsburgh L, 63-56 The 1999 doubleheader drew a Sugar Bowl Classic record RECORDS Dec. 23 Stetson Dec. 28 Maryland W, 79-75 Dec. 30 LSU (at New Orleans) Dec. 30 Stetson W, 87-72 attendance of 12,341, while the 2002 event posted an Jan. 2 Florida Jan. 3 Florida L, 87-73 attendance of 11,177. Jan. 8 Virginia Tech Jan. 11 North Carolina State L, 58-53 Jan. 12 Clemson Jan. 13 Clemson L, 53-48 Jan. 15 at Miami, Fla. Jan. 18 Virginia L, 76-67 Jan. 18 Wake Forest Jan. 22 North Carolina W, 90-81 For many years, prior to 1994, the event was a two-night Jan. 22 Duke Jan. 25 Wake Forest W, 75-70 tournament that LSU participated in many times. LSU's first Jan. 26 at North Carolina State Jan. 29 Duke L, 56-49 Feb. 2 at Georgia Tech Feb. 1 Savannah State W, 88-73 appearance came in Dec. 1935 in a rematch of the mythical Feb. 6 North Carolina Feb. 3 Georgia Tech W, 81-65 national championship game from earlier in the year as HIST Feb. 9 at Virginia Feb. 8 Maryland L, 73-62 Feb. 12 at Wake Forest Feb. 10 North Carolina State L, 75-59 Pittsburgh beat LSU, 52-47. LSU won the tournament title in Feb. 15 at Massachusetts Feb. 14 Clemson W, 65-52 1952, while losing the championship game in 1953, 1961 and Feb. 20 Georgia Tech Feb. 17 Virginia W, 76-57 OR Feb. 22 Miami, Fla. Feb. 21 North Carolina L, 78-71 1981. Bob Pettit was the Sugar Bowl's outstanding player in Feb.