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2005–06 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

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2005–06 LSU Lady Tigers basketball
SEC Regular season champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Final Four
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 5
Record31–4 (13–1 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center
Seasons
2005–06 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 LSU 13 1   .929 31 4   .886
No. 6 Tennessee 11 3   .786 31 5   .861
No. 12 Georgia 10 4   .714 23 9   .719
Kentucky 9 5   .643 22 9   .710
Florida 8 6   .571 21 9   .700
Vanderbilt 8 6   .571 21 11   .656
South Carolina 7 7   .500 17 12   .586
Ole Miss 5 9   .357 17 14   .548
Arkansas 5 9   .357 13 15   .464
Auburn 4 10   .286 14 15   .483
Alabama 3 11   .214 9 19   .321
Mississippi State 1 13   .071 6 22   .214
2006 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


The 2005–06 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers, were led by second-year head coach Pokey Chatman, played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center, and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 31–4, 13–1 in SEC play to finish atop the conference regular season standings. As the one seed in the SEC women's tournament, they lost in the championship game to Tennessee. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament as the No. 1 seed in the San Antonio (SAN) region. The Lady Tigers defeated Florida Atlantic, Washington, DePaul, and Stanford to reach the Final Four for the third straight season. LSU was beaten in the National semifinals by Duke.

Roster

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2005–06 LSU Tigers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 4 Katie Antony 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Anacoco
Vanderbilt
Anacoco, LA
G 5 Erica White 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Ribault Jacksonville, FL
G 10 Khaliah Mitchell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So St. Mary's New Orleans, LA
G 12 RaShonta LeBlanc 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Memorial Port Arthur, TX
G 15 Quianna Chaney 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Southern Lab Baton Rouge, LA
F 22 Florence Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Miami Edison Miami, FL
G 24 Marian Whitfield 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Glenn Hills Augusta, GA
G 32 Scholanda Dorrell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Miami Edison Miami, FL
G 33 Seimone Augustus 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Capitol Baton Rouge, LA
C 34 Sylvia Fowles 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Miami Edison Miami, FL
F 44 Kristen Morris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Detroit Country Day Lathrup Village, MI
F 54 Ashley Thomas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Stephenson Stone Mountain, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 2, 2005*
Everyone's Internet W 84–66 
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 7, 2005*
Henderson State W 107–50 
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Regular season
Nov 13, 2005*
No. 3 at No. 13 Texas Tech
State Farm Tip-Off Classic
W 76–68  1–0
United Spirit Arena 
Lubbock, TX
Nov 22, 2005*
No. 3 Southern W 107–39  2–0
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 25, 2005*
No. 3 vs. Nebraska
Miami Thanksgiving Classic
W 74–55  3–0
Ransom Everglades HS 
Miami, FL
Nov 26, 2005*
No. 3 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Miami Thanksgiving Classic
W 74–45  4–0
Ransom Everglades HS 
Miami, FL
Dec 12, 2005*
No. 3 New Orleans W 72–41  5–0
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 15, 2005*
No. 3 at No. 4 Ohio State W 64–48  6–0
St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH
Dec 18, 2005
No. 3 at Kentucky W 66–36  7–0
(1–0)
Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
Dec 20, 2005*
No. 3 Tulane W 89–60  8–0
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 28, 2005*
No. 3 No. 10 Michigan State W 72–52  9–0
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 30, 2005*
No. 3 South Florida W 87–44  10–0
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 1, 2006*
No. 3 North Carolina A&T W 99–35  11–0
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 4, 2006
No. 3 at Auburn W 65–38  12–0
(2–0)
Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum 
Auburn, AL
Jan 7, 2006*
No. 3 No. 15 Minnesota W 66–45  13–0
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 12, 2006
No. 3 South Carolina W 79–46  14–0
(3–0)
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 16, 2006*
No. 3 at No. 5 Connecticut L 48–51  14–1
Gampel Pavilion 
Storrs, CT
Jan 19, 2006
No. 3 Alabama W 79–43  15–1
(4–0)
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 22, 2006
No. 3 at No. 13 Georgia W 65–64  16–1
(5–0)
Stegeman Coliseum 
Athens, GA
Jan 26, 2006
No. 4 No. 22 Vanderbilt W 75–53  17–1
(6–0)
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 30, 2006*
No. 3 No. 10 Baylor W 88–57  18–1
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 2, 2006
No. 3 at Arkansas W 93–59  19–1
(7–0)
Bud Walton Arena 
Fayetteville, AR
Feb 5, 2006
No. 3 Ole Miss W 78–63  20–1
(8–0)
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 9, 2006
No. 3 at No. 5 Tennessee W 72–69  21–1
(9–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena 
Knoxville, TN
Feb 12, 2006
No. 3 No. 13 Georgia W 68–61  22–1
(10–0)
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 16, 2006
No. 2 at Florida L 78–79 OT 22–2
(10–1)
Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, FL
Feb 19, 2006
No. 2 Arkansas W 64–42  23–2
(11–1)
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 23, 2006
No. 3 at Alabama W 86–61  24–2
(12–1)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
Feb 26, 2006
No. 3 Mississippi State W 62–48  25–2
(13–1)
Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
SEC Women's Tournament
March 3, 2006*
(1) No. 3 vs. (8) Ole Miss
Quarterfinals
W 91–73  26–2
Alltel Arena 
Little Rock, AR
March 4, 2006*
(1) No. 3 vs. (4) Kentucky
Semifinals
W 79–52  27–2
Alltel Arena 
Little Rock, AR
March 5, 2006*
(1) No. 3 vs. (2) No. 8 Tennessee
Championship game
L 62–63  27–3
Alltel Arena 
Little Rock, AR
NCAA Tournament
March 18, 2006*
(1 SAN) No. 5 vs. (16 SAN) Florida Atlantic
First round
W 72–48  28–3
Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, TN
March 20, 2006*
(1 SAN) No. 5 vs. (9 SAN) Washington
Second round
W 72–49  29–3
Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, TN
March 25, 2006*
(1 SAN) No. 5 vs. (4 SAN) No. 13 DePaul
Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen
W 66–56  30–3
AT&T Center 
San Antonio, TX
March 27, 2006*
(1 SAN) No. 5 vs. (3 SAN) No. 13 Stanford
Regional Final – Elite Eight
W 62–59[1]  31–3
AT&T Center 
San Antonio, TX
Apr 2, 2006*
(1 SAN) No. 5 vs. (1 BPT) No. 4 Duke
National Semifinal – Final Four
L 45–64[2]  31–4
TD Garden 
Boston, MA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SAN=San Antonio Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Source:[3]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
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Week
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References

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  1. ^ "Augustus, LSU Women Join Men in Final Four". The Washington Post. March 27, 2006. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "Finally, Duke Gains Spot in Title Game". The Washington Post. April 2, 2006. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "2005-06 Women's Basketball Schedule". Retrieved July 4, 2024.