2005–06 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

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.

2005–06 LSU Lady Tigers basketball
SEC Regular season champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 5
Record	31–4 (13–1 SEC)
Head coach	Pokey Chatman (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Bob Starkey Christie Sides Carla Berry
Home arena	Pete Maravich Assembly Center

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

Roster

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 Pokey Chatman (LSU) Assistant coach(es) Bob Starkey Christie Sides Carla Berry Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

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	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	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.

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Rankings

Main article: 2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	5	5	Not released
Coaches	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	4