# 2008–09 LSU Tigers basketball team

The 2008-09 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University in the sport of basketball during the 2008-09 college basketball season. The Tigers competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by 1st year head coach Trent Johnson, and played their home games at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the university's Baton Rouge, Louisiana campus.

## Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Chris Bass PG | Lee, Maine | Lee Academy | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Jun 13, 2008 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76 ||||||
| Delwan Graham PF | Dunwoody, Georgia | Dunwoody High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Sep 19, 2007 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Dennis Harris PF | Jonesboro, Georgia | Mundy's Hill High School | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Sep 12, 2007 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76 ||||||
| Storm Warren PF | Monroe, Louisiana | Richwood High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Nov 9, 2007 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: Not Ranked Rivals: Not Ranked ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "LSU Commit List for 2008". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 11, 2011. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved July 11, 2011. "College Basketball Recruiting Schools". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 11, 2011. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved July 11, 2011. "2008 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 11, 2011. ||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 2008/11/15* 1:00 p.m. | | Jackson State | W 79–65 | 1–0 | Maravich Center (11,511) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2008/11/20* 7:00 p.m. | | Alcorn State LSU Invitational | W 77–45 | 2–0 | Maravich Center (8,475) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2008/11/23* 2:00 p.m. | | Northwestern State LSU Invitational | W 91–60 | 3–0 | Maravich Center (8,322) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2008/11/28* 7:00 p.m. | | Centenary LSU Invitational | W 64–58 | 4–0 | Maravich Center (8,419) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2008/11/30* 6:00 p.m. | | Troy | W 92–57 | 5–0 | Maravich Center (7,804) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2008/12/2* 7:00 p.m., FSN | | Cal State Fullerton | W 84–63 | 6–0 | Maravich Center (9,043) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2008/12/13* 7:00 p.m. | | Grambling State | W 87–41 | 7–0 | Maravich Center (8,340) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2008/12/17* 7:00 p.m., CST | | Nicholls State | W 68–56 | 8–0 | Maravich Center (8,284) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2008/12/20* 4:00 p.m. | | at Texas A&M | L 61–72 | 8–1 | Toyota Center (17,074) Houston, Texas |
| 2008/12/22* 7:00 p.m., CST | | McNeese State | W 62–59 | 9–1 | Maravich Center (8,604) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2008/12/27* 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | Washington State | W 64–52 | 10–1 | Maravich Center (10,585) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2008/12/31* 1:30 p.m., CST | | Louisiana-Lafayette | W 81–79 | 11–1 | Maravich Center (9,030) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/1/03* 7:00 p.m. | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 90–61 | 12–1 | Maravich Center (9,310) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/1/06* 8:00 p.m. | | at Utah | L 61–91 | 12–2 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (9,170) Salt Lake City |
| 2009/1/11 12:30 p.m., LFS | | at Alabama | L 59–65 | 12–3 (0–1) | Coleman Coliseum (10,711) Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| 2009/1/14 7:00 p.m., CST | | South Carolina | W 85–68 | 13–3 (1–1) | Maravich Center (11,393) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/1/17 3:00 p.m., LFS | | at Mississippi | W 83–51 | 14–3 (2–1) | Tad Smith Coliseum (7,674) Oxford, Mississippi |
| 2009/1/21 7:00 p.m. | | Mississippi State | W 81–57 | 15–3 (3–1) | Maravich Center (11,709) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/1/24* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | No. 15 Xavier | L 70–80 | 15–4 | Maravich Center (13,839) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/1/28 7:00 p.m., LFS | | at Tennessee | W 79–73 | 16–4 (4–1) | Thompson–Boling Arena (18,526) Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 2009/1/31 4:00 p.m., FSN | | Arkansas | W 79–69 | 17–4 (5–1) | Maravich Center (12,698) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/2/4 6:30 p.m. | | at Georgia | W 80–62 | 18–4 (6–1) | Stegeman Coliseum (6,659) Athens, Georgia |
| 2009/2/8 12:00 p.m., LFS | | Alabama | W 76–62 | 19–4 (7–1) | Maravich Center (10,578) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/2/11 7:00 p.m. | | at Mississippi State | W 97–94 | 20–4 (8–1) | Humphrey Coliseum (9,226) Starkville, Mississippi |
| 2009/2/14 6:00 p.m., FSN | | Mississippi | W 73–66 | 21–4 (9–1) | Maravich Center (11,425) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/2/18 7:00 p.m. | No. 23 | at Arkansas | W 72–69 | 22–4 (10–1) | Bud Walton Arena (16,079) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 2009/2/21 7:00 p.m. | No. 23 | Auburn | W 79–72 | 23–4 (11–1) | Maravich Center (11,871) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/2/24 8:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 18 | Florida | W 81–75 | 24–4 (12–1) | Maravich Center (13,345) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/2/28 3:00 p.m., CBS | No. 18 | at Kentucky | W 73–70 | 25–4 (13–1) | Rupp Arena (24,411) Lexington, Kentucky |
| 2009/3/4 7:00 p.m., CST | No. 12 | Vanderbilt | L 67–75 | 25–5 (13–2) | Maravich Center (13,249) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2009/3/7 3:00 p.m., LFS | No. 12 | at Auburn | L 53–69 | 25–6 (13–3) | Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum (11,007) Auburn, Alabama |
| SEC Tournament ||||||
| 2009/03/13 12:00 p.m., LFS | No. 20 | vs. Kentucky SEC Conference tournament | W 67–58 | 26–6 | St. Petersburg Times Forum (13,306) Tampa, Florida |
| 2009/03/14 12:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 20 | vs. Mississippi State SEC Conference tournament | L 57–67 | 26–7 | St. Petersburg Times Forum (10,387) Tampa, Florida |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 2009/03/19 11:20 a.m., CBS | No. 21 (8) | vs. No. 22 (9) Butler First Round | W 75–71 | 27–7 | Greensboro Coliseum (20,226) Greensboro, North Carolina |
| 2009/03/21 4:45 p.m., CBS | No. 21 (8) | vs. No. 2 (1) North Carolina Second Round | L 70–84 | 27–8 | Greensboro Coliseum (22,479) Greensboro, North Carolina |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time. ||||||