re: Hurricane Katrina's effect on basketball recruiting

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It did not start with Brady. LSU has historically been unable to lure almost all major recruits from New Orleans metro area regardless of whether the coach was Maravich, Brown, Brady or Trent. Among those missed- Rick Robey, Dwayne Bryant, Augustine, Greg Monroe, Craig Victor, Kerry Kittles, Jaren Jackson, Perry McDonald, Donald Royal, Shan Foster, Eugene Edgerson, Neil Reed, Melvin Simon, Hollis Price, Greedy Daniels Duane Spencer ( transferred to LSU for last two years)

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tigersbb appears to know his 80's/90s New Orleans area basketball...I can tell you first hand, as much love there is for Dale Brown, he and his staff did not make consorted effort to recruit the premier talent in the New Orleans metro effort..H.S. Coaches in the area resented it and opened the door for Big East and Big Ten coaches to woe talent out of the state...