LSU Lady Tigers basketball
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| University | Louisiana State University | |||
| Conference | Southeastern Conference | |||
| Location | Baton Rouge, LA | |||
| Head coach | Nikki Fargas (4th year) | |||
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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 | ||||
| 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1986, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1984, 1986, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||
| AIAW Tournament runner-up | ||||
| 1977 | ||||
| AIAW Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1977 | ||||
| AIAW Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1977 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1991, 2003 | ||||
| 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 has been led by head coach Nikki Fargas since the 2011-2012 season. The team plays its home games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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. Although she only won three regular season titles, for most of her tenure the SEC was dominated by national powers Tennessee, Auburn and Ole Miss. Gunter took a medical leave of absence in the middle of the 2003-04 season. Her top assistant, 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, took over as interim coach and led the Tigers to their first Final Four. However, Gunter was still officially head coach, and LSU credits the entire season to her. Gunter retired after the season, and Chatman was named her permanent successor.
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