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re: Daddy Dale has outlived Bobby Knight
Posted on 11/2/23 at 10:45 am to Tiger Ugly
Posted on 11/2/23 at 10:45 am to Tiger Ugly
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Knight had a much more talented team than us and we were up 9 late in a game we had no business being in much less winning. Alas, Dale went to the 4-corners and quit getting the ball to Nikita who Indiana could not stop. That and some no calls on fouls and missed free throws by Fess and we lose a heartbreaker.
All true. But it should be pointed out Dale went to the four corners in the three games we won earlier in that tourney against Ga tech, Temple and DePaul as well. Now when Dale ate away the last couple minutes of the first half in the 81 Final Four going into the four corners when Isiah Thomas was on the bench in foul trouble, that was coaching ineptitude at its worst and likely was why Bobby Knight felt about Dale like he did. But there is also little doubt Dale outcoached him in 87 and almost beat him with a significantly less talented team and an absolute shite show from the referees.
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Posted on 11/2/23 at 11:10 am to LSUgrad88
I remember the game but cannot remember the refs being bad; but am sure they were. All I remember is that Brown played at the end not to lose and then lost.
Posted on 11/2/23 at 12:31 pm to LSUgrad88
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But it should be pointed out Dale went to the four corners in the three games we won earlier in that tourney against Ga tech, Temple and DePaul as well.
That is true - it worked out in those games but I never found it to be a very good strategy, especially being at that time there was a shot clock albeit a 45 second clock.
I always found it odd that you outplay a team all night, get a lead and then quit doing what you were doing to get the lead. Never made sense to me.
But Indiana could not find a good matchup for Nikita and Nikita was hot that night. As the SI article on the game stated, LSU's Nikita Wilson was unstoppable, until LSU stopped getting him the ball.
I can't speak for the other games they won in regard to the 4-corners and whether it was necessary or effective, but the decision for this Indiana game, IMHO it was an egregious error.
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