1969–70_LSU_Tigers_men's_basketball_team

1969–70 LSU Tigers basketball
1969–70 LSU Tigers basketball
National Invitation Tournament, Fourth Place
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	22–10 (13–5 SEC)
Head coach	Press Maravich (4th season);
Home arena	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1968–69 1970–71 →

1969–70 LSU Tigers basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1969–70 LSU Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1969–70 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 22–10, 13–5 in SEC play to finish in second place. LSU received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Georgetown and Oklahoma before losing in to No. 8 Marquette in the semifinals.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Regular season
December 4*		Oregon State	W 94–72	1–0	43 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 9*		Loyola (LA)	W 100–87	2–0	45 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 11		Vanderbilt	W 109–86	3–0 (1–0)	61 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 13*		at Tulane	W 97–91	4–0	46 – Maravich	–	–	Tulane Gymnasium New Orleans, LA
December 18*	No. 15	No. 13 USC	L 98–101	4–1	50 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 20*	No. 15	at Clemson	W 111–103	5–1	49 – Maravich	–	–	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
December 22*	No. 15	at Oregon State	W 78–68	6–1	46 – Maravich	–	–	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
December 23*		at No. 2 UCLA	L 84–133	6–2	38 – Maravich	–	–	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 29*		vs. St. John's Rainbow Classic	W 80–70	7–2	53 – Maravich	–	–	Neil S. Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, HI
December 30*		vs. Yale Rainbow Classic	L 94–97	7–3	34 – Maravich	–	–	Neil S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
January 3		Alabama	W 90–83	8–3 (2–0)	55 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 10		Auburn	L 70–79	8–4 (2–1)	44 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 24		at Kentucky	L 96–106	8–5 (2–2)	55 – Maravich	17 – Sanders	–	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, Kentucky
January 26		Tennessee	W 71–59	9–5 (3–2)	29 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 31		Ole Miss	W 109–86	10–5 (4–2)	53 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
February 2		Mississippi State	W 109–91	11–5 (5–2)	49 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
February 4		at Florida	W 95–75	12–5 (6–2)	52 – Maravich	–	–	Alligator Alley Gainesville, Florida
February 7		at Alabama	L 104–106	12–6 (6–3)	69 – Maravich	–	–	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 9*		Tulane	W 127–114	13–6	49 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
February 11		Florida	W 94–85	14–6 (7–3)	38 – Maravich	–	–	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
February 14		at Vanderbilt	W 99–89	15–6 (8–3)	38 – Maravich	–	–	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
February 16		at Auburn	W 70–64	16–6 (9–3)	46 – Maravich	–	–	Beard Coliseum Auburn, Alabama
Feb 18, 1970		Georgia	W 88–86	17–6 (10–3)	37 – Maravich	–	–	John Parker Memorial Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Feb 21, 1970		No. 2 Kentucky	L 105–121	17–7 (10–4)	64 – Maravich	10 – Hester	–	John Parker Memorial Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Feb 23, 1970		at Tennessee	L 87–88	17–8 (10–5)	30 – Maravich	–	–	Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 28, 1970		at Ole Miss	W 103–90	18–8 (11–5)	35 – Maravich	–	–	Rebel Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi
Mar 2, 1970		at Mississippi State	W 97–87	19–8 (12–5)	55 – Maravich	–	–	McCarthy Gymnasium Starkville, Mississippi
Mar 7, 1970		at Georgia	W 99–88	20–8 (13–5)	41 – Maravich	–	–	Georgia Coliseum Athens, Georgia
National Invitation Tournament
Mar 15, 1970*		vs. Georgetown First Round	W 83–82	21–8	30 – Hester	–	–	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Mar 17, 1970*		vs. Oklahoma Quarterfinals	W 97–94^[1]	22–8	37 – Maravich	–	–	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Mar 19, 1970*		vs. No. 8 Marquette Semifinals	L 79–101	22–9	24 – Hester	–	–	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Mar 21, 1970*		vs. Army Third place game	L 69–75^[2]	22–10	21 – Hester	–	–	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	3	Pete Maravich	Atlanta Hawks
2	31	Dan Hester	Atlanta Hawks

1969–70_LSU_Tigers_men's_basketball_team

1969–70 LSU Tigers basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

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1970 NBA draft

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v t e	Conf				Overall
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