Tasmin Mitchell News

When you've been around as long as Tasmin Mitchell has at LSU, you tend to know what you're talking about when it comes to Tigers basketball.

When LSU guard Alex Farrer suffered a dislocated left kneecap Nov. 8, the best-case scenario was the senior would be back after six weeks.

BATON ROUGE, La. a ' Bo Spencer knocked down a long three-pointer from the top of the key with 2:46 to play to push LSU back in front 60-57, and spark the decision run of the game as the Tigers held off a determined Western Kentucky University squad 71-60 in front of 8,220 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La.

BATON ROUGE - Frank Sinatra made a surprising appearance at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Tuesday night.

Bo Spencer scored a career-high 28 points and made a tie-breaking 3-pointer as LSU defeated Western Kentucky 71-60 on Tuesday night.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Storm Warren had his second double-double in as many games as LSU defeated Indiana State 56-45 on Monday night.

What you don't want to run into when you are a young team trying to develop, LSU coach Trent Johnson said, is a team that runs precision patterns designed to exploit mistakes.

Former high school national player of the year Greg Monroe scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 35 minutes as Georgetown beat Tulane Friday night 74-58. Monroe, who prepped at Helen Cox high school on the west bank, was 7 of 14 from the field.

BATON ROUGE - Margin of error - zero. That's how LSU basketball coach Trent Johnson described his team last month at media day as it prepared to open the season with nine active scholarship players.

LSU men's basketball coach Trent Johnson didn't have to spend much time cultivating leadership out of senior forward Tasmin Mitchell .

One look at a list of the nation's best small forwards reveals why this should be a season of resurgence for the Big Ten and SEC.

Patrick Patterson dunked for his 2 of 4 points against Campbellsville's Shawn Savage.

LSU senior forward Tasmin Mitchell was a unanimous choice on the coaches All-SEC team released by the league Monday.

Junior point guard Bo Spencer, left, goes up for a shot as sophomore forward Garrett Green attempts to defend him Wednesday in the PMAC during the Tigersa Purple and Gold Scrimmage.

LSU senior forward Tasmin Mitchell was named one of the 50 players on the 2009-10 Naismith Award preseason watch list, according to an announcement from the Atlanta Tipoff Club today.

Familiar faces were lacking as was a familiar style of play at the the LSU men's basketball scrimmage Wednesday night at the Maravich Assmebly Center.

The 2008-09 men's basketball season turned into a nightmare for the Southeastern Conference.

SEC basketball coaches, players and fans are ready to put last season in the rear-view mirror, and a more experienced league should help.

Yesterday afternoon, the SEC media selected its top teams and players in its annual preseason awards list.

Kentucky 's John Calipari raved about the development of highly touted freshman guard John Wall on Thursday morning during media day for the Southeastern Conference.