Women's Basketball

Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical

P.O. Box 25095 - Baton Rouge, LA - 70894
Team Office: Tel: (225) 578-6643 Fax: (225) 578-1861
Team website: www.lsusports.net/

Founded in 1860, LSU offers more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programs as well as 54 doctoral programs. It is the flagship institution of the state. Aside from the usual majors offered, LSU provides degrees in Environmental Science, Family, Child and Consumer Sciences, Forestry, Nutritional Science, International Trade, Wildlife and Fisheries, and Women's Studies. US News 2008 report on America's best colleges ranked LSU in the third tier among national universities.

The campus is located on more than 2000 acres in the southern part of Baton Rouge (pop.225k), bordered on the west by the Mississippi River.

School website
www.lsu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

31,000

Getting In:

Difficult: ACT 25/75: 23-27

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$11,000
Out-of-State: ~$19,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Engineering

Misc. Information

Head coach Van Chancellor enters his first season in 2007-08. Chancellor takes over from Pokey Chatman, who over four years, produced a 109-19 winning record and made four consecutive final four appearances. Chancellor, who coached at Mississippi for 19 years and produced a 439-154 record, comes to LSU after most recently coaching the WNBA Houston Comets for 10 years. During his tenure there, he led his teams to the playoffs nine times while winning 4 WNBA championships. In 2006-07, the Lady Tigers went 30-8 and made it to the Final 4 before falling to Rutgers. It was the program's fourth consecutive Final 4 appearance.

Team Name	Lady Tigers
Colors	Purple and Gold
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	553-286 (.659)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	30-8	31-3	33-3	120-42 (.741)
Conference	10-4	13-1	14-0	45-22 (.671)
Conf. Finish	3	1	1	2, 2, 4, 4, 3
Post Appear.	Final 4	Final 4	Final 4	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#12	#5	#3	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Van Chancellor
	Birthday: 1943-09-27
Started at Louisiana St (LSU)	2007-08
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	439-154 (.740)
Record at Louisiana St (LSU)	0-0
Coaching Awards	SCC COTY 3x, WNBA COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Bob Starkey, Travis Mays, Yolanda Wells-Broughton

Recruiting Coordinator

Travis Mays, Ph. (225) 578-6643, maystc@lsu.edu

Conference and Schedule

LSU plays in the Southeastern Conference (www.secsports.com). The conference is made up of 12 teams from nine states and is split into two divisions, east and west. LSU plays in the west. Currrently, LSU plays a 14 game schedule. League play commences after January 1. The season concludes with the SEC tourney with the winner of the 11-game tournament receiving the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The tournament seeds and conference champion are determined by the 14-game regular-season SEC schedule. The top four seeds earn a first-round bye.

Conference Opponents

East: Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt. West: Mississippi St., Auburn, Alabama, Arkansas, and Missisippi.

Facilities

Pete Maravich Center
Capacity: 14,200. Attendance:

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, LSU was ranked #5 in scoring defense, limiting opponents to 53.3 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #1at 49 ppg.