Tasmin Mitchell News

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.

LSU men's basketball coach Trent Johnson said at Southeastern Conference media day Thursday that the league is young but good.

HANCEVILLE, Ala., Oct. 14 -- Wallace State Community College issued the following news release: Wallace State's basketball program is receiving some national attention weeks before the season opens.

The LSU men's basketball team has been picked to finish fourth in the SEC West Division in a recent poll of SEC media who cover the teams.

Trent Johnson inherited a quite favorable situation last year in his first year as head coach of the LSU Tigers.

Trent Johnson realizes it may be unrealistic to expect his second season as LSU's head coach to be as charmed as his first.

There won't be a sophomore jinx, but there will be some seconds of reality. In 2008-09, first-year LSU men's basketball coach Trent Johnson had about as good a freshman campaign as anyone could hope for.

As LSU prepares for the start of men's basketball practice Thursday, the Tigers find themselves at No.

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Mitchell was a first-team all-SEC choice in 2009, leading the Tigers to a regular-season crown with a 27-8 record, including a 13-3 mark in the conference.

Indiana State men's basketball coach Kevin McKenna admitted that the initial prospects he was looking at for the Sycamores' participation in a 2009 non-exempt tournament tilted toward competition that was "a little softer." Then he got an invitation he couldn't refuse.