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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3250032, member: 2117"] Ferdinand was a stud. LSU had some really potent teams back in the day. Obviously the "glory era" was from 2005-2008 when they had several championship caliber teams but couldn't get the job done: 2004-lost on last minute bucket to Tennessee 2005-#1 overall seed, lost a 15? point lead in the semis to eventual champion, Baylor. Lineup had POY Augustus, Fowles and Temeka Johnson 2006-Had Fowles/Augustus and were a #1 seed that eeked into the Final Four over a good Stanford team. Got throttled by Duke in the Final Four. 2007-Was the Fowles show and she dominated the regional finals vs. UCONN. Got throttled in the Final Four to a hot Rutgers team. 2008-Made the Final Four once again, lost on a last second putback by Tennessee's Alexis Hornbuckle. Tennessee went on to handily beat Stanford. IIRC, LSU graduated all notable players after that year besides Hightower and it was downhill after that. Going forward I think LSU is in a tough spot since Mississippi State and Baylor have emerged as elite programs and both can compete regionally for recruits. A lot can change but I don't see LSU becoming an elite team anytime soon. [/QUOTE]