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1986 Final Four
Posted on 2/25/15 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 2/25/15 at 6:13 pm
What was LSU seeded when they made their improbable run to the Final Four in 1986? Wasn't like #11 or something? Isn't that the lowest seed to make it to the Final Four? Do you see where I am going with this?
I can still remember when LSU beat Kentucky in the Elite Eight game. What I remember most was Ricky Blanton's exuberance while running down the court after making a key basket near the end of the game.
I can still remember when LSU beat Kentucky in the Elite Eight game. What I remember most was Ricky Blanton's exuberance while running down the court after making a key basket near the end of the game.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 6:16 pm to gumbeaux
I believe george mason was an 11 as well
Posted on 2/25/15 at 6:16 pm to gumbeaux
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1986 Final FourWhat was LSU seeded when they made their improbable run to the Final Four in 1986? Wasn't like #11 or something? Isn't that the lowest seed to make it to the Final Four? Do you see where I am going with this?
Yes #11 but that kind of season will never happen again. They will never let a team host a regional like that again.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 6:44 pm to gumbeaux
quote:11 Seed.
What was LSU seeded when they made their improbable run to the Final Four in 1986? Wasn't like #11 or something? Isn't that the lowest seed to make it to the Final Four?
VCU tied this accomplishment in 2011.
quote:Sure do.
Do you see where I am going with this?
ETA: George Mason also made it to the Final Four as an 11 seed.
This post was edited on 2/25/15 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 2/25/15 at 6:45 pm to gumbeaux
quote:I was there in the Omni. The thing I remember most is us getting away with mugging Kenny "Sky" Walker as he tried to get off a game-winning shot at the end, like he had against us earlier in the year.
I can still remember when LSU beat Kentucky in the Elite Eight game
Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:00 pm to johnnydrama
I THINK i STILL HAVE THE "BUTTON" FROM THE TOURNAMENT, WILL HAVE TO LOOK..OOPS
Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:11 pm to gumbeaux
If Nikita were eligible for the second half of the season we'd have won it all.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:33 pm to johnnydrama
Kenny Walker didnt take the last shot. Ed Davender threw up a half court heave. After John Williams missed the front end of a 1 and 1 with 3 seconds left.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:03 pm to gumbeaux
That team was actually really good. Started 14-0 and then the wheels fell off a bit . Had John Williams, Derrick Taylor, Anthony Wilson, Ricky Blanton. Derrick Taylor shot lights out from the top of the key and there was no 3 point shot yet. That wouldn't come till the next year.
That was a good team. Had lots of heart, too. Lots.
That was a good team. Had lots of heart, too. Lots.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:14 pm to AlaTiger
Wasn't there a rash of injuries and/chicken pox that crept up at sometime during the season? Like others have said, I think that talent wise that team was MUCH better than an 11 seed. It was just some wierd circumstances that put them in that spot
Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:30 pm to cmacatl13
quote:Are you sure about that? I just don't understand how I could have been wrong about that.
Kenny Walker didnt take the last shot. Ed Davender threw up a half court heave. After John Williams missed the front end of a 1 and 1 with 3 seconds left.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:41 pm to johnnydrama
Chicken Pox.
I was the the mini-tourney LSU had with SELA, NLU, and Southern. Southern actually had a very good team that year and gave LSU a decent game.
There's your difference maker in the Louisville game had he been eligible. LSU was horribly thin, scoring wise, off the bench. Nikita was 2nd to J Williams, only, in offensive output.
But yep...1986 PMAC is the reason no one gets to host anymore. Dana Kirk and Memphis State...
I was the the mini-tourney LSU had with SELA, NLU, and Southern. Southern actually had a very good team that year and gave LSU a decent game.
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Nikita Wilson
There's your difference maker in the Louisville game had he been eligible. LSU was horribly thin, scoring wise, off the bench. Nikita was 2nd to J Williams, only, in offensive output.
But yep...1986 PMAC is the reason no one gets to host anymore. Dana Kirk and Memphis State...
Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:43 pm to cmacatl13
I almost forgot about Hot Plate Williams. He was going to be the next Magic Johnson.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:44 pm to dukke v
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Yes #11 but that kind of season will never happen again. They will never let a team host a regional like that again.
Yeah, that was totally unfair that we had to beat Georgia Tech at the Omni in Atlanta in the Sweet 16.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:57 pm to Choupique19
Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:23 pm to TBoy@LSU
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This post was edited on 2/25/15 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 2/25/15 at 11:26 pm to Tubedog13
Was this the year the Tigers beat Purdue,and Memphis state at the pmac ?
Posted on 2/25/15 at 11:50 pm to joe68
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Was this the year the Tigers beat Purdue,and Memphis state at the pmac ?
Yes. LSU took out 6 seed Purdue and beat 3 seed Memphis on a last second buzzer beater.
LSU went on to beat 2 seed Georgia Tech in Atlanta at the Omni. Then beat 1 seed Kentucky to go to the final four.
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