LSU Lady Tigers basketball
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| University | Louisiana State University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conference | SEC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Coach | Van Chancellor (1st year) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arena | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (Capacity: 13,472) |
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| Nickname | Lady Tigers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colors | Purple and Gold
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conference Tournament Champions | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conference Regular Season Champions | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005, 2006, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||
The LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I women's college basketball. The team is currently coached by Hall-of-Famer[1] Van Chancellor[2] and has enjoyed recent success, including five straight Final Four trips in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Past coaches include Barbara Swanner, Jinks Coleman, Hall-of-Famer Sue Gunter, and Pokey Chatman. They play their home games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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[edit] History
The LSU women's basketball team started play in 1975 as the "Ben-Gals," with coach Jinks Coleman. In just their second season of play, the team made it to the AIAW national championship game before losing to top-ranked Delta State, 68-55. Coleman stepped down in the middle of the 1978-1979 season and was replaced by Barbara Swanner, who in turn led the team for three and a half seasons. The 1981-1982 season saw the NCAA become the governing body of collegiate women's basketball. LSU did not play in the first NCAA tournament.
Future Hall of Fame coach Sue Gunter was hired to replace Swanner. Gunter would lead the Lady Tigers for the next 22 seasons. Gunter led the Lady Tigers to 14 NCAA tournament appearances, including one Final Four in her last season as head coach. (Gunter was unable to be with the team during their run to the Final Four, as she was recovering from an illness and about to retire for health reasons, but was still the official head coach of the team.)
Pokey Chatman, who had played for Gunter in the late 1980s and early 1990s and served as an assistant coach since the end of her playing days, was hired to take over for Gunter. Chatman led the team to two more consecutive Final Four appearances and was highly regarded as coach. However, during the 2006-2007 season, just prior to the NCAA Tournament, Chatman resigned after allegations of improper conduct with a former player surfaced. She was replaced on an interim basis by longtime assistant Bob Starkey, who coached the team during the 2007 NCAA Tournament, leading them to a fourth consecutive Final Four. Van Chancellor was hired at the end of the season as a permanent replacement.
In his first year as coach, Chancellor led the Lady Tigers to the SEC regular season championship. The Lady Tigers were runner's up in the 2008 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament and made the Final Four for a fifth straight time.
[edit] Prominent Players
| Player | Position | Years @ LSU |
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| Seimone Augustus | G | 2003-2006 |
| Temeka Johnson | PG | |
| Pokey Chatman | PG | |
| Marie Ferdinand | ||
| Joyce Walker | ||
| Sylvia Fowles | C | 2005-2008 |
| Scholanda Hoston | ||
| Elaine Powell | ||
| Katrina Hibbert | ||
| April Brown | ||
| Doneeka Hodges | ||
| Roneeka Hodges | ||
| Erica White | ||
| Quianna Chaney |
[edit] Head Coaches
| Name | Years | Record |
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| Jinks Coleman | 1975-1979 | 91-32 |
| Barbara Swanner | 1979-1982 | 57-50 |
| Sue Gunter | 1982-2004 | 442-221 |
| Pokey Chatman | 2004-2007 | 90-14 |
| Bob Starkey (interim) | 2007 | 4-1 |
| Van Chancellor | 2007-Present | 31-6 |
[edit] Year-by-Year Results
| Season | Coach | Record | Notes |
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| 1975-1976 | Jinks Coleman | 17-14 | |
| 1976-1977 | Jinks Coleman | 29-8 | AIAW National Runner-Up |
| 1977-1978 | Jinks Coleman | 37-3 | |
| 1978-1979 | Jinks Coleman (first 15 games) Barbara Swanner (last 10 games) |
13-12 | |
| 1979-1980 | Barbara Swanner | 17-17 | |
| 1980-1981 | Barbara Swanner | 17-15 | |
| 1981-1982 | Barbara Swanner | 18-13 | |
| 1982-1983 | Sue Gunter | 20-7 | |
| 1983-1984 | Sue Gunter | 23-7 | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1984-1985 | Sue Gunter | 20-9 | WNIT Champions |
| 1985-1986 | Sue Gunter | 27-6 | Elite Eight |
| 1986-1987 | Sue Gunter | 20-8 | NCAA Tournament |
| 1987-1988 | Sue Gunter | 18-11 | NCAA Tournament |
| 1988-1989 | Sue Gunter | 19-11 | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1989-1990 | Sue Gunter | 21-9 | NCAA Tournament |
| 1990-1991 | Sue Gunter | 24-7 | SEC Tournament Champions; NCAA Tournament |
| 1991-1992 | Sue Gunter | 16-13 | |
| 1992-1993 | Sue Gunter | 9-18 | |
| 1993-1994 | Sue Gunter | 11-16 | |
| 1994-1995 | Sue Gunter | 7-20 | |
| 1995-1996 | Sue Gunter | 21-11 | NWIT Appearance |
| 1996-1997 | Sue Gunter | 25-5 | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1997-1998 | Sue Gunter | 19-13 | WNIT Final Four |
| 1998-1999 | Sue Gunter | 22-8 | SEC Tournament Runner-Up; Sweet Sixteen |
| 1999-2000 | Sue Gunter | 25-7 | Elite Eight |
| 2000-2001 | Sue Gunter | 20-11 | NCAA Tournament Second Round |
| 2001-2002 | Sue Gunter | 18-12 | NCAA Tournament Second Round |
| 2002-2003 | Sue Gunter | 30-4 | SEC Tournament Champions; Elite Eight |
| 2003-2004 | Sue Gunter | 27-8 | Final Four |
| 2004-2005 | Pokey Chatman | 33-3 | SEC Regular Season Champions; Final Four |
| 2005-2006 | Pokey Chatman | 31-4 | SEC Regular Season Champions; Final Four |
| 2006-2007 | Pokey Chatman (first 33 games) Bob Starkey (last 5 games) |
30-8 | SEC Tournament Runner-Up; Final Four |
| 2007-2008 | Van Chancellor | 31-6 | SEC Regular Season Champions; SEC Tournament Runner-Up; Final Four |
