LSU Tigers women's basketball
The LSU Tigers ladies' b-ball group addresses Louisiana State College in NCAA Division I ladies' school ball. The group's lead trainer is Kim Mulkey, the previous lead trainer at Baylor College, who was employed on April 25, 2021 to supplant Nikki Fargas, who had been lead trainer since the 2011-2012 season. The group plays its home games in the Pete Maravich Get together Center situated on the LSU grounds in Cudgel Rouge, Louisiana.
| LSU Tigers women's basketball | ||||
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| University | Louisiana State University | |||
| Founded | 1975 | |||
| Athletic director | Scott Woodward | |||
| Head coach | Kim Mulkey (2nd season) | |||
| Conference | SEC | |||
| Location | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||
| Arena | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (Capacity: 13,472) | |||
| Nickname | Lady Tigers | |||
| Colors | Purple and gold[1] | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| NCAA Tournament Champions | ||||
| 2023 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2023 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1986, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2023 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1984, 1986, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2023 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | ||||
| 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023 | ||||
| AIAW Tournament Runner-up | ||||
| 1977 | ||||
| AIAW Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1977 | ||||
| AIAW Tournament Appearances | ||||
| 1977 | ||||
| Conference Tournament Champions | ||||
| 1991, 2003 | ||||
| Conference Regular Season Champions | ||||
| 2005, 2006, 2008 | ||||
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| Pete Maravich Assembly Center |
History
Through the 2018-2019 season, LSU has made 27 AIAW/NCAA competition appearances including 14 Sweet Sixteens, eight Tip top Eights, and six Last Fours. The Woman Tigers have brought home the SEC standard season title multiple times and the SEC Competition title two times.
The LSU ladies' b-ball group began play in 1975 as the "Ben-Ladies," with mentor Jinks Coleman. In their second time of play, the group came to the AIAW public title game prior to losing to highest level Delta State, 68-55. Coleman ventured down in the center of the 1978-1979 season and was supplanted by Barbara Swanner, who thus drove the group for three and a half seasons. The 1981-1982 season saw the NCAA become the overseeing group of university ladies' b-ball. LSU didn't play in the primary NCAA competition.
Sue Gunter time
Future Lobby of Notoriety mentor Sue Gunter was recruited to supplant Swanner. Gunter would lead the Woman Tigers for the following 22 seasons. Gunter drove the Woman Tigers to 14 NCAA competition appearances. Despite the fact that she just came out on top for three standard season championships, for the vast majority of her residency the SEC was overwhelmed by public powers Tennessee, Reddish-brown and Ole Miss. Gunter took a clinical time away in the center of the 2003-04 season. Her top partner, Pokey Chatman, who had played for Gunter in the last part of the 1980s and mid 1990s and filled in as an associate mentor since the finish of her playing days, took over as break mentor and drove the Tigers to their most memorable Last Four. Be that as it may, Gunter was still authoritatively lead trainer, and LSU credits the whole season to her. Gunter resigned after the season, and Chatman was named her super durable replacement.
Pokey Chatman time
Pokey Chatman drove the group to two additional sequential Last Four appearances and was profoundly viewed as mentor. Notwithstanding, during the 2006-2007 season, only before the NCAA Competition, Chatman surrendered after claims of ill-advised direct with a previous player surfaced. She was supplanted on a break premise by long-lasting right hand Bounce Starkey, who instructed the group during the 2007 NCAA competition, driving them to a fourth back to back Conclusive Four.
Van Chancellor time
Van Chancellor, the previous lead trainer for Ole Miss and the Houston Comets, was employed toward the finish of the 2006-2007 season as a long-lasting substitution. In his most memorable year as mentor, Chancellor drove the Woman Tigers to the SEC customary season title. The Woman Tigers were sprinter up in the 2008 SEC ladies' b-ball competition and made the NCAA Last Four for a fifth sequential year. LSU joined UConn as the main two schools ever to arrive at five sequential Last Fours.
Nikki Fargas time
On April 2, 2011, LSU recruited Nikki Caldwell, later Nikki Fargas, to supplant Chancellor as lead trainer of the Woman Tigers. Fargas played as Nikki Caldwell at the College of Tennessee under Corridor of Popularity mentor Pat Summitt. During her residency as lead trainer at LSU, Fargas drove the Woman Tigers to five NCAA Division I ladies' b-ball competition appearances in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017.
Fargas surrendered as lead trainer on April 24, 2021, to become leader of the WNBA's Las Vegas Experts.
Kim Mulkey period
On April 25, 2021, LSU reported the marking of Kim Mulkey to supplant Fargas as lead trainer. Mulkey played at Louisiana Tech, where she likewise proceeded to be a right hand and partner lead trainer for a very long time. Before tolerating the proposal to mentor LSU, she was the lead trainer for Baylor College, where she came out on top for three public titles in 21 seasons.[2]
On December 2, 2021, Mulkey drove the group to their most memorable success versus a positioned group by overcoming #14 Iowa State 69-60 in the Maravich Center giving the group a 7-1 record for the year.
On April 2, 2023, LSU would overcome the Iowa Hawkeyes, by the score of 102-85, to bring home their very first public title; the game likewise denoted the most elevated scoring title game in ladies' NCAA history.[3]
Titles
Last Fours
LSU has played in six Last Fours in the NCAA Ladies' Division I B-ball Title competition.
| Year | Coach | Record | |||
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| 2003–04 | Sue Gunter | 27–7 | |||
| 2004–05 | Pokey Chatman | 33–3 | |||
| 2005–06 | Pokey Chatman | 31–4 | |||
| 2006–07 | Pokey Chatman | 30–8 | |||
| 2007–08 | Van Chancellor | 31–6 | |||
| 2022–23 | Kim Mulkey | 32–2 | |||
| Total Final Fours: 6 | |||||
Conference championships[edit]
LSU has won three regular-season conference championships and two conference tournament championships in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
| Year | Conference | Coach | Overall Record | Conference Record | ||||||||
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| 1990–91 | SEC tournament | Sue Gunter | 24–7 | 5–4 | ||||||||
| 2002–03 | SEC tournament | Sue Gunter | 30–4 | 11–3 | ||||||||
| 2004–05 | SEC | Pokey Chatman | 33–3 | 14–0 | ||||||||
| 2005–06 | SEC | Pokey
Year by year results[edit]Chatman | 31–4 | 13–1 | ||||||||
| 2007–08 | SEC | Van Chancell | ||||||||||
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | Coaches' poll | AP poll | ||
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| Jinks Coleman (Independent) (1975–1979) | |||||||||
| 1975–76 | Jinks Coleman | 17–14 | – | AIAW Regional | |||||
| 1976–77 | Jinks Coleman | 29–8 | – | AIAW Second Place | 11 | ||||
| 1977–78 | Jinks Coleman | 37–3 | – | AIAW Regional | 10 | ||||
| 1978–79 | Jinks Coleman | 8–7 | – | ||||||
| Jinks Coleman: | 91–32 | – | |||||||
| Barbara Swanner (Independent, SEC) (1979–1983) | |||||||||
| 1979 | Barbara Swanner | 5–5 | – | AIAW Regional | |||||
| 1979–80 | Barbara Swanner | 17–17 | – | AIAW Regional | |||||
| 1980–81 | Barbara Swanner | 17–15 | – | AIAW Regional | |||||
| 1981–82 | Barbara Swanner | 18–13 | – | ||||||
| Barbara Swanner: | 57–50 | – | |||||||
| Sue Gunter (SEC) (1982–2004) | |||||||||
| 1982–83 | Sue Gunter | 20–7 | 6–2 | T-1st (SEC West) | 20 | ||||
| 1983–84 | Sue Gunter | 23–7 | 5–3 | T-2nd (SEC West) | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 8 | |||
| 1984–85 | Sue Gunter | 20–9 | 4–4 | 3rd (SEC West) | NWIT Champions | ||||
| 1985–86 | Sue Gunter | 27–6 | 6–3 | T-2nd | NCAA Elite Eight | 8 | 9 | ||
| 1986–87 | Sue Gunter | 20–8 | 6–3 | T-4th | NCAA Second Round (Bye) | 19 | 14 | ||
| 1987–88 | Sue Gunter | 18–11 | 6–3 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1988–89 | Sue Gunter | 19–11 | 5–4 | T-4th | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 14 | |||
| 1989–90 | Sue Gunter | 21–9 | 4–5 | T-6th | NCAA First Round | 23 | |||
| 1990–91 | Sue Gunter | 24–7 | 5–4 | 4th# | NCAA Second Round (Bye) | 18 | 8 | ||
| 1991–92 | Sue Gunter | 16–13 | 4–7 | T-7th | |||||
| 1992–93 | Sue Gunter | 9–18 | 0–11 | 12th | |||||
| 1993–94 | Sue Gunter | 11–16 | 2–9 | T-10th | |||||
| 1994–95 | Sue Gunter | 7–20 | 1–10 | T-10th | |||||
| 1995–96 | Sue Gunter | 21–11 | 4–7 | T-8th | NWIT Third Place | ||||
| 1996–97 | Sue Gunter | 25–5 | 9–3 | T-3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 12 | 9 | ||
| 1997–98 | Sue Gunter | 19–13 | 7–7 | T-6th | WNIT Semifinals | ||||
| 1998–99 | Sue Gunter | 22–8 | 10–4 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 21 | 21 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Sue Gunter | 25–7 | 11–3 | 3rd | NCAA Elite Eight | 8 | 15 | ||
| 2000–01 | Sue Gunter | 20–11 | 8–6 | T-4th | NCAA Second Round | 20 | 18 | ||
| 2001–02 | Sue Gunter | 18–12 | 8–6 | T-4th | NCAA Second Round | 22 | 22 | ||
| 2002–03 | Sue Gunter | 30–4 | 11–3 | 2nd# | NCAA Elite Eight | 5 | 3 | ||
| 2003–04 | Sue Gunter | 27–7 | 10–4 | 2nd | NCAA Final Four | 3 | 19 | ||
| Sue Gunter: | 442–220 | 132–111 | |||||||
| Pokey Chatman (SEC) (2004–2007) | |||||||||
| 2004–05 | Pokey Chatman | 33–3 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA Final Four | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Pokey Chatman | 31–4 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Final Four | 4 | 5 | ||
| 2006–07 | Pokey Chatman | 30–8 | 10–4 | T-3rd | NCAA Final Four | 4 | 12 | ||
| Pokey Chatman: | 94–15 | 37–5 | |||||||
| Van Chancellor (SEC) (2008–2012) | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | Van Chancellor | 31–6 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA Final Four | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2008–09 | Van Chancellor | 19–11 | 10–4 | T-2nd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | Van Chancellor | 21–10 | 9–7 | T-3rd | NCAA Second Round | 25 | 21 | ||
| 2010–11 | Van Chancellor | 19–13 | 8–8 | T-5th | |||||
| Van Chancellor: | 90–40 | 41–19 | |||||||
| Nikki Fargas (SEC) (2011–2021) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Nikki Caldwell | 23–11 | 10–6 | T-4th | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Nikki Caldwell | 22–12 | 10–6 | 6th | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2013–14 | Nikki Fargas | 21–13 | 7–9 | T-6th | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2014–15 | Nikki Fargas | 17–14 | 10–6 | T-4th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Nikki Fargas | 10–21 | 3–13 | 13th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Nikki Fargas | 20–12 | 8–8 | 7th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Nikki Fargas | 18–7 | 10–4 | 3rd | 24 | 30 | |||
| 2018–19 | Nikki Fargas | 16–13 | 7–9 | 6th | Turned down NIT Bid | ||||
| 2019–20 | Nikki Fargas | 20–10 | 9-7 | 7th | Tournament Cancelled Due to Covid-19 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Nikki Fargas | 9–13 | 6–8 | 8th | |||||
| Nikki Fargas: | 176–126 | 80–76 | |||||||
| Kim Mulkey (SEC) (2021–present) | |||||||||
| 2021–22 | Kim Mulkey | 26–6 | 13–3 | 2nd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Kim Mulkey | 34–2 | 15–1 | 2nd | NCAA National Champions | 9 | 6 | ||
| Kim Mulkey: | 60–8 | 27–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 1,008–491 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
Conference tournament winners noted with #
Source: [4]
Postseason[edit]
NCAA Tournament history & seeds[edit]
| Years | '84 | '86 | '87 | '88 | '89 | '90 | '91 | '97 | '99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '17 | '18 | '22 | '23 |
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| Seeds | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
NCAA Division I[edit]
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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| 1984 | #5 | First Round Sweet Sixteen | #4 Missouri #1 Louisiana Tech | W 92-82 L 67-92 |
| 1986 | #2 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #10 Middle Tenn #3 Ohio State #4 Tennessee | W 78-65 W 81-80 L 65-67 |
| 1987 | #4 | Second Round | #5 Southern Illinois | L 56-70 |
| 1988 | #9 | First Round | #8 Stephen F. Austin | L 62-84 |
| 1989 | #4 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #5 Purdue #1 Louisiana Tech | W 54-53 L 68-85 |
| 1990 | #9 | First Round | #8 Southern Miss | L 65-75 |
| 1991 | #2 | First Round | #10 Lamar | L 73-93 |
| 1997 | #4 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #13 Maine #12 Marquette #1 Old Dominion | W 88-79 W 71-58 L 49-62 |
| 1999 | #4 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #13 Evansville #5 Notre Dame #1 Louisiana Tech | W 78-69 W 74-64 L 52-73 |
| 2000 | #3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #14 Liberty #11 Stephen F. Austin #2 Duke #1 UConn | W 77-54 W 57-45 W 79-66 L 71-86 |
| 2001 | #6 | First Round Second Round | #11 Arizona State #3 Purdue | W 83-66 L 70-73 |
| 2002 | #6 | First Round Second Round | #11 Santa Clara #3 Colorado | W 84-78 L 58-69 |
| 2003 | #1 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #16 Texas State #8 Green Bay #5 Louisiana Tech #2 Texas | W 86-50 W 80-69 W 69-63 L 60-78 |
| 2004 | #4 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four | #13 Austin Peay #12 Maryland #1 Texas #3 Georgia #1 Tennessee | W 83-66 W 76-61 W 71-55 W 62-60 L 50-52 |
| 2005 | #1 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four | #16 Stetson #9 Arizona #13 Liberty #2 Duke #2 Baylor | W 70-36 W 76-43 W 90-48 W 59-49 L 57-68 |
| 2006 | #1 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four | #16 Florida Atlantic #9 Washington #4 DePaul #3 Stanford #1 Duke | W 72-48 W 72-49 W 66-56 W 62-59 L 45-64 |
| 2007 | #3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four | #14 UNC Asheville #11 West Virginia #10 Florida State #1 Connecticut #4 Rutgers | W 77-39 W 49-43 W 55-43 W 73-50 L 35-59 |
| 2008 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four | #15 Jackson State #7 Marist #3 Oklahoma State #1 North Carolina #1 Tennessee | W 66-32 W 68-49 W 67-52 W 56-50 L 46-47 |
| 2009 | #6 | First Round Second Round | #11 Green Bay #3 Louisville | W 69-59 L 52-62 |
| 2010 | #7 | First Round Second Round | #10 Hartford #2 Duke | W 60-39 L 52-60 |
| 2012 | #5 | First Round Second Round | #12 San Diego State #4 Penn State | W 64-56 L 80-90 |
| 2013 | #6 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #11 Green Bay #3 Penn State #2 California | W 75-71 W 71-66 L 63-73 |
| 2014 | #7 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #10 Georgia Tech #2 West Virginia #3 Louisville | W 98-78 W 76-67 L 47-73 |
| 2015 | #11 | First Round | #6 South Florida | L 64-73 |
| 2017 | #8 | First Round | #9 California | L 52-55 |
| 2018 | #6 | First Round | #11 Central Michigan | L 69-78 |
| 2022 | #3 | First Round Second Round | #14 Jackson State #6 Ohio State | W 83–77 L 64–79 |
| 2023 | #3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship | #14 Hawai'i #6 Michigan #2 Utah #9 Miami (FL) #1 Virginia Tech #2 Iowa | W 73–50 W 66–42 W 66–63 W 54–42 W 79–72 W 102–85 |
AIAW Division I[edit]
The Lady Tigers made one appearance in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 3–1.
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship | Western Washington Baylor Immaculata Delta State | W, 91–53 W, 71–64 W, 74–68 L, 55–68 |
Player awards[edit]
National awards[edit]
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SEC Awards[edit]
- Player of the Year Award
- Seimone Augustus - 2005, 2006
- Sylvia Fowles - 2008
Prominent players[edit]
Retired numbers[edit]
| No. | Member | Position | Career | Year No. Retired |
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| 33 | Seimone Augustus | SG | 2002–2006 | 2010 |
| 34 | Sylvia Fowles | C | 2004–2008 | 2017 |
LSU All-Americans[edit]
| Player | Position | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Seimone Augustus | G | 2004, 2005 (National Player of the Year), 2006 (National Player of the Year) |
| Pokey Chatman | G | 1991 |
| Marie Ferdinand | G | 2001 |
| Sylvia Fowles | C | 2007, 2008 |
| Julie Gross | F | 1978 |
| Joyce Walker | G | 1983, 1984 |
Field
Pete Maravich Gathering Center
Fundamental article: Pete Maravich Gathering Center
Pete Maravich Get together Center
The Pete Maravich Gathering Center is a 13,215-seat multi-reason field in Rod Rouge, Louisiana. The field opened in 1972 and is home of the LSU Woman Tigers ball group. It was initially known as the LSU Get together Center, yet was renamed to pay tribute to Pete Maravich, a Tiger ball legend, soon after his demise in 1988. The Maravich Center is referred to local people as "The PMAC" or "The Royal residence that Pete Fabricated," or by its all the more broadly known moniker, "The Hard of hearing Arch," begat by Dick Vitale.[5]
The marginally oval structure is found straightforwardly toward the north of Tiger Arena, and its brilliant white rooftop should be visible in many broadcasts of that arena. The field concourse is separated into four quadrants: Pete Maravich Pass, The Stroll of Champions, Legends Lobby and Halfway of Recollections. The quadrants feature previous LSU Tiger competitors, individual and group grants and memorabilia relating to the historical backdrop of LSU Woman Tigers and LSU Tigers b-ball teams.[6]
Practice and Preparing offices
LSU B-ball Practice Office
LSU B-ball Practice Office
Principal article: LSU B-ball Practice Office
The LSU Ball Practice Office is the training office for the LSU Woman Tigers b-ball and LSU Tigers b-ball groups. The office is associated with the Pete Maravich Get together Center through the Northwest entry. The office highlights isolated, standard size copy gyms for the ladies' and men's b-ball groups. They incorporate a guideline NCAA court long with two guideline secondary school courts in the resistance course. The courts are definite reproductions of the Maravich Center game court and have two convenient objectives and four retractable objectives. The recreation centers are outfitted with a scoreboard, video recording overhang and scorer's table with video and information association. The office likewise houses group storage spaces, a group relax, preparing rooms, a mentor's storage space and mentor's offices.[7]
The structure likewise incorporates a two-story entryway and flight of stairs that rises to the second level where a club room is utilized for pre-game and post-game occasions and is associated with the Pete Maravich Gathering Center concourse. The hall incorporates group showcases and designs, prize cases and memorabilia of LSU ball. A 900-pound bronze sculpture of LSU legend Shaquille O'Neal is situated before the facility.[7]
LSU Strength and Molding office
Fundamental article: LSU Strength and Molding office
The LSU Tigers ball strength preparing and molding office is situated in the LSU Strength and Molding office. Worked in 1997, it is found nearby Tiger Stadium.[8] Estimating 10,000-square feet with a level surface, it has 28 multi-reason power stations, 36 grouped sectorized machines and 10 free weight stations alongside a plyometric explicit region, medication balls, obstacles, plyometric boxes and grouped speed and dexterity equipment.[9] It likewise includes 2 treadmills, 4 exercise bikes, 2 circular cross mentors, a stepper and step mill.[10]
Lead trainers
| Name | Years | Record | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jinks Coleman | 1975–1979 | 91–32 | (.740) |
| Barbara Swanner | 1979–1982 | 57–50 | (.533) |
| Sue Gunter | 1982–2004 | 442–221 | (.667) |
| Pokey Chatman | 2004–2007 | 90–14 | (.865) |
| Bob Starkey (interim) | 2007 | 4–1 | (.800) |
| Van Chancellor | 2007–2011 | 90–40 | (.692) |
| Nikki Fargas | 2011–2021 | 148–106 | (.583) |
| Kim Mulkey | 2021–present | 60-8 | (.882) |
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