re: How didn’t LSU win the NCAA Championship in 89/90?

If we beat Georgia Tech that year we for sure go to the final four.

That team got Dale Brown’d.

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Dale Brown and tex winter was no longer on staff

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prplhze, you do realize LSU had been running Tex's offense for years before he came and coached as an assistant?

And would run it long years after, the game changer is Chris, we had to change the offense to fit his style of play and do not forget all those time outs Dale had to call to tell Chris to shoot more.

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CJ's doctor changed CJ's meds that week

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This is totally true and overlooked.

Lethal weapon 3 was the real deal, however even with Chris healthy GT still had that shooters chance. We just had a really crappy draw and ran into a hot 3 point shooting team, it happens.

otowntiger, I am guessing then that Dean Smith is the worse coach in NCAA history.

As North Carolina was loaded and favorited to win years on end only to lose more times than they were favorited to win it all?

And remember LSU was never favored to win it all.

Parade All American teams 1988 and 1989


1988 Kenny Anderson Archbishop Molloy Eric Anderson St. Francis de Sales Arron Bain Flint Hill Damon Bailey Bedford-North Lawrence
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LaPhonso Ellis Lincoln Milton Bell John Marshall Mark Baker Dunbar Harold Boudreaux Cecilia
Chris Jackson Gulfport Christian Laettner Nichols Elmer Bennett Bellaire Antoine Davison Collins
Jim Jackson Macomber-Whitney Don MacLean Simi Valley Todd Day Hamilton Jamal Faulkner Christ the King
Shawn Kemp Concord Jerrod Mustaf DeMatha Marc Dowdell Christian Brothers Academy Robert Horry Andalusia
Darrick Martin St. Anthony Anthony Peeler Paseo Litterial Green Moss Point Bobby Hurley St. Anthony
Chris Mills Fairfax Stacey Poole Forrest Donald Hodge Coolidge Chris Jent Sparta
Alonzo Mourning Indian River César Portillo Miami Senior Zan Mason Westchester Adam Keefe Woodbridge
Billy Owens Carlisle Matt Steigenga South Christian Conrad McRae Brooklyn Tech Lee Mayberry Will Rogers
Stanley Roberts Lower Richland Everick Sullivan Hillcrest Crawford Palmer Washington Lee Mike Peplowski De La Salle
Malik Sealy St. Nicholas of Tolentine Robert Werdann Archbishop Molloy Chris Smith Kolbe Cathedral Orlando Vega Oak Hill Academy
Kenny Williams Northeastern David Young Greenville Bryant Stith Brunswick Greg Woodward McQuaid Jesuit
1989 Kenny Anderson Archbishop Molloy Adrian Autry St. Nicholas of Tolentine Shawn Bradley Emery County Anthony Douglas East
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Arron Bain Flint Hill Prep Damon Bailey Bedford-North Lawrence Mitchell Butler Oakwood Mike Hughes Peoria
Doug Edwards Miami Senior Darryl Barnes Franklin K. Lane Deryl Cunningham St. Joseph Lee Mayberry Cheyenne East
Darrin Hancock Griffin Carroll Boudreaux Cecilia Travis Ford Madisonville North Hopkins Billy McCaffrey Central Catholic
Allan Houston Ballard Jamie Brandon Martin Luther King Shaun Golden Riverside Eric Mobley Salesian
Bobby Hurley St. Anthony Calvin Byrd St. Joseph Notre Dame Greg Graham Warren Central Dwayne Morton Central
Jim Jackson Macomber-Whitney Jamal Faulkner Christ the King Orlando Lightfoot Chattanooga Lloyd Mumford Lexington
Ed O'Bannon Artesia Michael Tate Oxon Hill Malcolm Mackey Brainerd Chris Reynolds Peoria Central
Shaquille O'Neal Robert G. Cole Jeff Webster Carl Albert Zan Mason Westchester James Robinson Murrah
Deon Thomas Simeon Matt Wenstrom Mayde Creek Conrad McRae Brooklyn Tech Tony Tolbert St. Martin DePorres

That’s a lot of mess

Here’s a link to the Parade AA teams, Harold is on the 1988 team, second name on the last column of the team list.

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Madking That is the 4th team Harold was rated right at 25th best in 1988 and that is from memory, Carol was a top 12 type player who had the issue out of high school that hit most Louisiana players at the time, so was dropped in rankings.

Bob Gibbons had him as high as 8th best at one time and his brother as high as 14th. But dropped both down late in the season when the issues started to show up in the papers.

I worked for Bob on the side back in those days.

Consistently inconsistent. We'd play or beat LMU UNLV! then lose on the road to friggin Vanderbilt.

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Georgia Tech was well balanced and more seasoned.

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Caught fire at the right time. Also beat 1 seed Mich State, and only lost to Champion Unlv.

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CJ was so damn good.

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He had the best crossover jump shot I’ve ever seen. Such a pure shooter.