1986 Final Four team honored

"G-Man".

He's a special needs guy who was a "staff" member for Brown throughout his time at LSU.

We’re so far from a Final Four program today.

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Only made the tournament 5x since the last final four in 2006

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I still count 2020 as we were 12-6 conference absolutely would have made the tournament easily that year. So I would say 6.

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We’re so far from a Final Four program today.

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Today? Yes. But the good news is that can be flipped very, very quickly with the right coach.

Iowa St was 2-22 (0-18) in 20-21. With a new HC and largely new roster, they reached the Sweet 16 the very next year (you'll remember their first-round opponent). Since then they have been a perennial tournament team and, until two road losses last week, reached No. 2 in the polls.

Texas Tech was declining after Beard left. 16-16 in 2023. New HC comes in and they are in the top 1/3 of the Big 12 immediately and reached the Elite 8 last year. Contrary to what people want to believe, LSU (as a program) has as much POTENTIAL as Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee, Vandy, etc, etc,. You just have to get the right HC...which is MUCH easier said than done.

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Might as well claim a natty that year too then

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The season was cancelled during the conf. tournaments. In fact, some small conf. teams had already secured NCAAT bids. I think's it's reasonable to "claim" LSU would have been in the NCAA Tournament field given there were only 3-4 more days left in the season before selection Sunday. That's a much different discussion than "claiming" a NC.

Cut the BS James. LSU was in the tournament EASILY during the panicdemic year.

Now we could have lost in the first round, won it all, or anything in between, but we were in that tournament if it's played.

We would have also been in each one since then with Wade. Instead we have our current LOSER.

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Anyone know who the white dude dressed in the purple pimp suit was out on the court with the team when announced? I missed his name, was he a former player on the team or a staffer?

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Student Trainers/Managers – Gregg Francis, Fabian Roussel; Robert Vitanza; Gerry “GMan” Gandy

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Trainer or Manager - Geryy "GMan" Gandy

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Might as well claim a natty that year too then

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Why, one would not have happened and one 100% would have. Not analogous at all.

Those teams in the eighties were exciting to watch. Fond memories watching LSU basketball with my dad during those years.

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Claiming a tournament appearance for a tournament that never happened would be ridiculous, but none of this has anything to do with 1986 FF team

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C'mon man you know as well as anyone we would have been in. I'm not asking the NCAA to count it but I'm saying I count it because it's a fact. That was a tournament team 100% no doubt.