[30] It also features 2 treadmills, 4 stationary bikes, 2 elliptical cross trainers, a stepper and stepmill. Timeout entertainment was ok--band was great and cheerleaders were peppy. With the addition of jumbotrons, club seating and enhanced technology in the modern era, it can be easy to forget the oldest arena in college basketball has been standing for almost 110 years. The Maravich Center's neighbor, Tiger Stadium is known as "Death Valley".[3]. The arena sat 12,000 people for basketball. Brady's first two years were rough. On April 10, 2008, Trent Johnson was officially named the 20th head coach of the LSU Tigers men's basketball team. . On March 20, 2017, Will Wade was officially named the 22nd head coach of the LSU Tigers men's basketball team. In addition, the Boston Celtics of the NBA, concerts, presidential rallies and even boxing matches have also taken place at Matthews. ", The NCAA has declined any new comments on the situation. I think this year or last year, they moved to new bulbs, which are brighter and more fluorescent, but I still think we need MORE lighting to match that Big 10 “NBA” feel. The second floor provided space for locker rooms and a trophy room. LSU's lone defeat came to the Southwest Conference co-champion Rice Owls by a score of 56–47 in Houston in one of LSU's three road games. WINNING makes fans LOUD. LSU has won a total of 11 conference championships and one conference tournament championship since becoming a founding member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 1933. The big fella was Player of the Year in 1992, the year he left to pursue a career in the NBA, where he won four NBA titles. "The Barn" contains one of the more compelling courts in college basketball with its floor raised two feet above the benches and scorers table. 35 jersey", "Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge", Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training, Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees, Red Stick International Animation Festival, Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LSU_Tigers_basketball&oldid=971379797, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The Tigers started the 2016–17 season 8–2, but finished the season with a 1–17 slide, ending 2–16 in SEC play and 10–21 overall. The LSU Gym/Armory was completed in 1930 and was the home gymnasium of the LSU basketball team until 1937 when the John M Parker Agricultural Coliseum was completed, though for several years both the Gym/Armory and the coliseum were used for LSU's basketball games. Seats were very tight together and no room to move around. LSU failed to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament, and declined to participate in any postseason play. In 1997, John Brady replaced the legendary Dale Brown as head coach at LSU. ALL-TIME: The winningest college basketball coaches of all time. On March 8, 2019 the LSU Athletic Department suspended Will Wade after Wade refused to meet with university officials to discuss his role in conversations he is alleged to have had with a federally convicted college hoops middleman. [5], The LSU Basketball Practice Facility is the practice facility for the LSU Tigers basketball and LSU Lady Tigers basketball teams. Keep but re-model the PMAC. Brady's assistant coach, Butch Pierre, took over as the interim head coach.[10][11]. [14] During his second season at LSU, Wade coached the 2018–19 team to an outright Southeastern Conference regular season championship.