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 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Among the first things Trent Johnson did when he arrived at LSU on Thursday was meet football coach Les Miles and take a look at the Tigers' national championship trophy from last season.
LSU may be a football school, but then, incoming athletic director Joe Alleva arrived here from basketball power Duke only days earlier. And LSU's basketball program is celebrating 100 years of history that includes all-time greats like Bob Pettit, Pete Maravich and Shaquille O'Neal.
Johnson mentioned these things as he said why he pounced on an offer to rebuild LSU's basketball program rather than remain at Stanford, where he led the Cardinal to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament this season.
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