1969–70 LSU Tigers basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Sex:	none
Year:	1969–70
Team:	LSU Tigers
Sport:	basketball
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:	SEC
Record:	22–10
Conf Record:	13–5
Head Coach:	Press Maravich
Hc Year:	4th
Arena:	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum
Tourney:	National Invitation Tournament
Tourney Result:	Fourth Place

The 1969–70 LSU Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Press Maravich, in his fourth season at LSU. They played their home games at the John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Tigers finished the season 22–10, 13–5 in SEC play to finish in second place. LSU received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Georgetown and Oklahoma before losing in to No. 8 Marquette in the semifinals.

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style=|Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| National Invitation Tournament^[1] ^[2]

Pete Maravich - National Player of the Year, Consensus First-team All-American (3x), NCAA Scoring Leader (3x), SEC Player of the Year (3x), All-time single-season NCAA scoring average (44.5 ppg), All-time NCAA scoring leader (3,667 points)

1	3		Atlanta Hawks
2	31		Atlanta Hawks

Web site: 1969–70 LSU Tigers Schedule and Results. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
Web site: 2019-20 LSU Men's Basketball Record Book . . November 22, 2020 . September 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200907053834/https://lsusports.net/sports/2019/11/6/2019-20-mbb-record-book.aspx?path=mb . dead .
Web site: 1970 NBA Draft. Basketball-reference.com. November 22, 2020.