LSU-Loyola Marymount basketball game

Top 2 ever played at PMAC

Played a loaded UNLV team as well. Still can't believe GT knocked tgat LSU team out of the tourney in the first round.

I was lucky enough to have camped out for tickets for it

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Any evidence LM people (including former players) also consider that a significant game? Anyone seen any interviews or articles on this?

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Unfortunately, Hank Gathers’ untimely death took a lot of the wind out of the sails of the LMU program. I’m not sure there’s really the mass following of the program today or any ties back to the Westhead days to make that connection. Given that it was a road game that they lost against a team that didn’t go far in the NCAA tournament, I’m not sure there’d be a lot of reason for the game to be considered an all-time great for their program even if there were a lot of long-time followers. The high scoring nature of the game wasn’t that unique for LMU in that time period.

With all the “Dale Brown sucks” sentiment on this site, it gets lost that his teams produced a lot (and I mean A LOT) of memorable games. Dozens and dozens of them (if not more).

I would agree, that among those dozens, the LM game was near the top.

unfortunately the youth of today does not realize that during those days of college basketball we actually got to watch players as freshman and get to know them. Watching Shaq and Chris Jackson that had all the god given talent and how they matured into greatness and then players like Wayne Sims and Vernel Singleton complete the pieces on some of those great teams. I mean as LSU fans we know players like Anthony Wilson, Derrick Taylor, Oliver Brown because we watched them over four years and those were totally team players under Dale Brown. One thing Dale was good at was getting lesser players to step up in big moments but also I don't think Dale knew how to handle superstars all on one team. The Loyola Marymount, UNLV, Duke, Navy (David Robinson), Georgetown games were all very memorable games in the Hayday of the LSU basketball under Dale in the 1980's. I like the direction that the LSU basketball program is going and hopefully we can get back to where we expect to be in the tournament every year again. LFG

I was at this game. Still have the game program. It’s a 2 game program with the UNLV team roster added. The UNLV game was just a few days before LMU. .

I was a student and courtside for this one. This game has a legitimate case for being the greatest regular season game in NCAA history. Two teams going full throttle with scoring points… the star power… the intensity of overtime… the crowd going nuts. One of the peak moments of college basketball in the regular season.

Pretty sure you can watch the whole game on YouTube

Bo Kimble and the late Hank gathers