1969β70 LSU Tigers basketball | |
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National Invitation Tournament, Fourth Place | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Record | 22β10 (13β5 SEC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum |
1970β71 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Kentucky | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 26 | – | 2 | .929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 9 | .640 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 15 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 8 | – | 18 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 18 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1969β70 LSU Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University as a member of the: Southeastern Conference during theββ1969β70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Press Maravich, in his fourth season at LSU. They played their home games at the John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Tigers finished the season 22β10, 13β5 in SEC playββto finish in second place. LSU received an invitationββto the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Georgetown. And Oklahoma before losing in to No. 8 Marquette in the "semifinals."
Rosterβ»
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Schedule and resultsβ»
Date time, TV |
Rank | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site city, state | |||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
December 4* |
Oregon State | W 94β72 | 1β0 |
43 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
December 9* |
Loyola (LA) | W 100β87 | 2β0 |
45 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
December 11 |
Vanderbilt | W 109β86 | 3β0 (1β0) |
61 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
December 13* |
at Tulane | W 97β91 | 4β0 |
46 β Maravich | β | β | Tulane Gymnasium New Orleans, LA | ||||
December 18* |
No. 15 | No. 13 USC | L 98β101 | 4β1 |
50 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||
December 20* |
No. 15 | at Clemson | W 111β103 | 5β1 |
49 β Maravich | β | β | Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC | |||
December 22* |
No. 15 | at Oregon State | W 78β68 | 6β1 |
46 β Maravich | β | β | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon | |||
December 23* |
at No. 2 UCLA | L 84β133 | 6β2 |
38 β Maravich | β | β | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||
December 29* |
vs. St. John's Rainbow Classic |
W 80β70 | 7β2 |
53 β Maravich | β | β | Neil S. Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, HI | ||||
December 30* |
vs. Yale Rainbow Classic |
L 94β97 | 7β3 |
34 β Maravich | β | β | Neil S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI | ||||
January 3 |
Alabama | W 90β83 | 8β3 (2β0) |
55 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
January 10 |
Auburn | L 70β79 | 8β4 (2β1) |
44 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
January 24 |
at Kentucky | L 96β106 | 8β5 (2β2) |
55 β Maravich | 17 β Sanders | β | Memorial Coliseum Lexington, Kentucky | ||||
January 26 |
Tennessee | W 71β59 | 9β5 (3β2) |
29 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
January 31 |
Ole Miss | W 109β86 | 10β5 (4β2) |
53 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
February 2 |
Mississippi State | W 109β91 | 11β5 (5β2) |
49 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
February 4 |
at Florida | W 95β75 | 12β5 (6β2) |
52 β Maravich | β | β | Alligator Alley Gainesville, Florida | ||||
February 7 |
at Alabama | L 104β106 | 12β6 (6β3) |
69 β Maravich | β | β | Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama | ||||
February 9* |
Tulane | W 127β114 | 13β6 |
49 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
February 11 |
Florida | W 94β85 | 14β6 (7β3) |
38 β Maravich | β | β | John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
February 14 |
at Vanderbilt | W 99β89 | 15β6 (8β3) |
38 β Maravich | β | β | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee | ||||
February 16 |
at Auburn | W 70β64 | 16β6 (9β3) |
46 β Maravich | β | β | Beard Coliseum Auburn, Alabama | ||||
Feb 18, 1970 |
Georgia | W 88β86 | 17β6 (10β3) |
37 β Maravich | β | β | John Parker Memorial Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
Feb 21, 1970 |
No. 2 Kentucky | L 105β121 | 17β7 (10β4) |
64 β Maravich | 10 β Hester | β | John Parker Memorial Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
Feb 23, 1970 |
at Tennessee | L 87β88 | 17β8 (10β5) |
30 β Maravich | β | β | Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Feb 28, 1970 |
at Ole Miss | W 103β90 | 18β8 (11β5) |
35 β Maravich | β | β | Rebel Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi | ||||
Mar 2, 1970 |
at Mississippi State | W 97β87 | 19β8 (12β5) |
55 β Maravich | β | β | McCarthy Gymnasium Starkville, Mississippi | ||||
Mar 7, 1970 |
at Georgia | W 99β88 | 20β8 (13β5) |
41 β Maravich | β | β | Georgia Coliseum Athens, Georgia | ||||
National Invitation Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 15, 1970* |
vs. Georgetown First Round |
W 83β82 | 21β8 |
30 β Hester | β | β | Madison Square Garden New York, New York | ||||
Mar 17, 1970* |
vs. Oklahoma Quarterfinals |
W 97β94 | 22β8 |
37 β Maravich | β | β | Madison Square Garden New York, New York | ||||
Mar 19, 1970* |
vs. No. 8 Marquette Semifinals |
L 79β101 | 22β9 |
24 β Hester | β | β | Madison Square Garden New York, New York | ||||
Mar 21, 1970* |
vs. Army Third place game |
L 69β75 | 22β10 |
21 β Hester | β | β | Madison Square Garden New York, New York | ||||
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
Rankingsβ»
Awards and honorsβ»
- Pete Maravich – National Player of the Year, Consensus First-team All-American (3x), NCAA Scoring Leader (3x), SEC Player of the Year (3x), All-time single-season NCAA scoring average (44.5 ppg), All-time NCAA scoring leader (3,667 points)
1970 NBA draftβ»
Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
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1 | 3 | Pete Maravich | Atlanta Hawks |
2 | 31 | Dan Hester | Atlanta Hawks |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "L.S.U. and Marquette Fives Gain N.I.T. Semifinals Before 19500 at Garden". New York Times. March 18, 1970. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "Marquette Beats St. John's, 65β53, "in N." I. T. Final; U.C.L.A. Tops Jacksonville, 80β69, "for N."C.A.A. Title". New York Times. March 22, 1970. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "1969β70 LSU Tigers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "2019-20 LSU Men's Basketball Record Book". Louisiana State University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "1970 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.