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LSU Gymnastics Facilities
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Published: December 29, 2011, 12:00 AM (CT)
Updated: October 03, 2012, 08:48 AM (CT)
by LSUsports.net (@LSUsports), LSU Sports Interactive

Paramount to the success of an intercollegiate program is a first-class facility, and the Tigers have just that in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

For 37 years the "PMAC" has been home to some of the finest gymnastics competitions in the nation, and LSU has been nearly unbeatable in the facility as the Tigers have earned a 238-53-3 record since the program first started in 1975 for a winning percentage of 81 percent. The Tigers finished 2-3 inside the Maravich Center in 2011, but LSU went undefeated at home in 2010 with a 6-0 record, including a victory over then No. 1-ranked Alabama.

The Maravich Center has served as the host site for three SEC Championships and nine NCAA Regional Championships, the last of which came in 2008 and helped propel LSU to its first ever NCAA Super Six. 

Tiger fans have come out in droves to the Maravich Center to catch some LSU gymnastics as LSU's home attendance has ranked in the top 10 nationally for eight consecutive seasons, including a ninth-place finish in 2011 with an average of 2,990 fans a meet.

Four of the top five most attended meets in the Maravich Center have come in the last five seasons as the Tigers have reached new heights with back-to-back NCAA Super Six appearances in 2008 and 2009 and five NCAA individual national titles since 2008.

Seating 13,215 spectators, the massive $11.5 million building has competed with neighboring Tiger Stadium as the most visible structure on the LSU campus since its completion in 1971.

Originally named, "The Assembly Center," in 1988 Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer signed legislation changing the official name of the building to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in honor of the former LSU basketball legend who had died earlier that same year.

The Maravich Center also serves as home to both the LSU men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the volleyball program.

In addition to the normal seating configuration, a proscenium stage can be lowered into place at the north end allowing some 4,500 seats for theatrical productions. An additional 1,000 seats can be placed on the floor for graduations, convocations, lectures, concerts or other special events.

Several renovations have recently been completed to keep the Maravich Center as one of the top facilities in the Southeastern Conference. In 2004, the upper concourse was remodeled to include exhibits, displays and interactive kiosks documenting LSU sports history in the PMAC. In 2008, a new multi-million dollar high definition video replay system was installed in the scoreboard, and in 2006 and again in 2010 new seating was installed to make fans more comfortable and bring them closer to the action.

LSU Gymnastics Practice Facility

The LSU gymnastics team moved into the renovated training area in the LSU Field House in the fall of 2000. Located in the midst of LSU's state-of-the-art athletics complexes, the gymnastics facility includes a locker room, squad room and 18,143 square feet of training space. There is an equipment room, sound room and conditioning/aerobic room.

Large glass windows allow onlookers from the practice facility to view the Bernie Moore Track Stadium, legendary Tiger Stadium, the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and the beautiful landscaping of the LSU campus.

Amenities

  • 18,143 square feet of training space
  • Private locker room
  • Squad meeting room
  • Self-contained training areas for each apparatus
  • Trench bar
  • 2 sets of uneven bars
  • Tramp-bar
  • Foam pit landing from uneven bars
  • Conditioning/Aerobic room

LSU Gymnastics Home Attendance Records

Rank

Attendance

Opponent

Date

Result

Score

1.

7,717

Alabama

2/22/08

L

196.300-196.125

2. 6,170 NC State

3/7/09

W

197.150-195.725
3. 5,641 Oregon St.

3/5/10

W

196.925-195.525
4. 5,076 Georgia

2/24/95

L

197.095-196.175
5. 4,460 Georgia

2/18/11

L

196.500-196.350
6. 4,369 Georgia

1/16/09

L

196.850-195.950

7.

4,170

Alabama

1/23/04

L

197.600-196.750

8.

4,155

Alabama

2/18/94

T

194.925-194.925

9.

4,122

Georgia

1/24/97

T

196.425-196.425

10.

4,088

Centenary

3/18/05

W

196.900-190.375

11.

4,022

Kentucky

1/23/98

W

194.975-192.775

12.

4,012

Georgia

2/11/05

W

196.375-195.525

13.

4,003

Florida

2/7/97

L

195.475-195.500

14.

3,932

Ill.-Chicago/UNH/WMU

3/4/05

1st

196.175 (1st)

15. 3,764 Georgia

2/2/07

L

197.425-196.450

16.

3,646

Super Six Challenge

1/6/06

4th

193.900 (LSU)

17. 3,590 Florida

1/21/11

L

196.425-194.000
18. 3,343 Washington

3/7/08

W

196.550-195.175
19. 3.320 Florida

2/23/07

L

197.200-197.050

20.

3,248

Georgia

1/29/93

L

194.900-190.800

21. 3,127 Florida

2/6/09

W

196.800-195.825

22.

3,048

Alabama

2/4/00

W

196.325-196.250

23. 3,045 Arkansas

2/27/09

W

196.150-195.800

24.

3,012

NCAA Central Regional

4/2/04

1st

197.500 (LSU)

25. 2,963 Auburn/West Virginia

2/8/08

1st

197.050 (LSU)

26.

2,918

Kentucky

3/5/94

W

192.250-191.425

27.

2,910

SEC Championships

3/21/98

3rd

196.450 (LSU)

28.

2,855

NCAA Central Regional

4/7/06

2nd

195.825 (LSU)

LSU Gymnastics Year-by-Year Home Record

Year Meets Record Pct.
1975 3 5-0 1.000
1976 4 8-0 1.000
1977 5 6-0 1.000
1978 5 7-0 1.000
1979 5 11-1 .917
1980 6 9-0 1.000
1981 4 7-1 .875
1982 5 5-0 1.000
1983 3 3-0 1.000
1984 3 3-0 1.000
1985 6 2-4 .333
1986 5 8-1 .889
1987 5 6-0 1.000
1988 6 11-1-1 .846
1989 6 8-1 .889
1990 5 5-0 1.000
1991 5 2-3 .400
1992 6 4-8 .333
1993 5 9-3 .750
1994 3 3-0-1 .875
1995 5 5-2 .714
1996 5 8-4 .667
1997 5 3-1-1 .700
1998 6 8-3 .727
1999 6 11-2 .846
2000 5 5-0 1.000
2001 5 7-1 .875
2002 7 12-0 1.000
2003 4 2-2 .500
2004 6 10-1 .909
2005 6 8-0 1.000
2006 8 9-7 .563
2007 6 4-2 .667
2008 7 11-1 .917
2009 5 5-1 .833
2010 6 6-0 1.000
2011 5 2-3 .400
2012      
Totals 192 238-53-3 .814

 

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