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Stadium:
Pete Maravich Assembly Center
Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,472-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972. It is home to the Louisiana State University Tigers and Lady Tigers basketball teams. It was originally known as the LSU Assembly Center, but was renamed in memory of Pete Maravich, a Tiger basketball legend, shortly after his death in 1988. It also hosted the Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament in that year. The assembly center is known to locals as "The PMAC" or "The House that Pete Built," or by its more nationally-known nickname, "The Deaf Dome," coined by Dick Vitale. The slightly oval building is located directly to the north of Tiger Stadium, and its bright white roof can be seen in many telecasts of that stadium. The concourse includes Pete Maravich Pass, an area dedicated to the life and accomplishments of the famous LSU alumnus, and other memorablilia pertaining to the history of LSU Basketball. Prior to the building of the Assembly Center, LSU played its games at John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum (aka, the "Cow Palace").

Team History:
In the days before the NCAA Tournament the Tigers won the 1935 mythical national championship under head coach Harry Rabenhorst. While this championship is not officially recognized by the NCAA since it did not sanction a tournament, LSU officially claims this championship and displays a banner in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Rabenhorst also led the Tigers to the 1953 Final Four with a team that included future NBA Hall of Famer Bob Pettit.

Season Preview:
Last season, only one team beat national champion Florida. Only two teams beat Sugar Bowl champion LSU, and one of them was Florida. The other factor in that equation was an Auburn team that finished 11-2 and ranked No. 8 in the final coaches' poll. Yet for all that success, the Tigers seemed to spend little time celebrating those big wins and more time focusing on home losses to Arkansas and Georgia. "We were good enough to compete with anybody, but we just weren't quite good enough to get over the top in those two losses," Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said. "We had to play about as good we could play every week. We did that most of the time. In two games we didn't.''

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