LSU basketball accepting season ticket deposits

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Athletic Ticket office is accepting deposits for new men’s basketball tickets for the 2011-12 season.

 

The deposit is $50 and the deposit will be applied toward the full payment for the 2011-12 season tickets.

 

 

The men’s basketball home schedule is expected to include in non-conference play: Marquette, which went to the 2011 NCAA Sweet 16, Boise State (a semifinalist in the CBI post-season tourney), Virginia and UC-Irvine. In league play, the Tigers will play all five other Western Division team including 2011 NIT finalist Alabama and Kentucky (NCAA Final Four), Georgia and

Tennessee from the Eastern Division.

 

 

The Tigers return almost their entire team from last year head with seniors Chris Bass, Garrett Green, Storm Warren and Malcolm White. Sophomore Ralston Turner is also back after being named to the 2011 All-SEC Freshman team and leading the team in scoring a year ago.

 

 

LSU will have four new additions to the team in 2011-12 including 6-11 Justin Hamilton, who practiced with the team all year after transferring from Iowa State. He will be eligible to play beginning this season and have two years of eligibility left.

 

 

 

The Tigers have signed three players including All-American forward Johnny O’Bryant of Cleveland, Miss. He will be joined by John Isaac of Pickering (La.) High School and the team’s latest signee, Anthony Hickey, Jr., who was named Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball.

 

 

All season ticket locations will be assigned at a later date using LSU Philanthropic Priority Point rankings. Aug. 31 is the deadline to place a deposit and receive priority consideration.

 

 

Ticket renewals for existing season ticket holders will be available beginning in July with a deadline of Aug. 31