Pete Maravich Assembly Center

It was known as the place Pete built, so it was probably fitting that the LSU Assembly Center was renamed the Pete Maravich Assembly Center shortly after the superstar's tragic passing in 1988. Now into its fourth decade as the venue for the LSU men's basketball team, it is a building full of memories and magical moments.

Some are distant, some seem just like yesterday. It still remains one of the premier venues in the South to watch college basketball. In 1999-2000, as the Tigers drove for the SEC championship, the Deaf Dome atmosphere was again at its height. Tickets for SEC games were hard to get, the student body was joined by the rest of the crowd in creating an atmosphere that could only be described as "raucous."

That atmosphere was there in 2003 as LSU defeated top-ranked Arizona and made a late season run to the NCAA Tournament. Last year, large vocal crowds watched the Tigers beat Alabama and nearly upset nationally-ranked Kentucky. This will mark the 34th season of play for the Tigers in the Assembly Center during the 2004-2005 season where total paid attendance has topped the five million mark.