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86-87 Kentucky beat us twice in the regular season and once in the SEC Tournament. Nikita Wilson was out on grades, we were down players to chicken pox It got so bad Chris Carrier suited up. The season changed when we lost to Georgetown in a game we got hosed. On our last possession Dale told Jose Varges and Ollie Brown whatever you do do not shoot. Jose let a 17 foot rocket go and we lost. We played great the resu of the year. In the regional final Ricky Blanton out played Kenny Sky Walker and Winston Bennett. When it really counted we beat that crap team and went onto the final 4. We were a 11 seed and should have beaten Pervis Ellison and Louisville. I don't think and NCAA team went so far with so many set backs and role players. Thanks Derrick Taylor, John Williams, Ricky Blanton, Anthony Wilson, Ollie , Jose, Bernard Woodside, and my favorite the late Don Redden. And Yugos.

Absolutely my greatest memory of LSU basketball. This was Dale Brown's type of team, and proof that he was a helluva coach. He just needed the right group of overachievers to have success.

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Posted by avondale88

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 8:20 pm to 1984Tiger

Dale Brown had the right group for quite a few seasons. Dale wasn't a great coach but he was a great motivator. Dale had quite a few teams that could have won it all, but he was always out coached. I remember when Indiana was behind us at the half and Knight said that he wasn't worried when he looked across the court and saw Dale Brown was the coach. Knight and a few other coaches stated that if their teams had the talent that LSU had at the time, they would have been undefeated and won it all.

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