Yeah, they were all young. Shaq had flashes of awesomeness, but didn't become consistently dominant until the following seasons. Also, that Georgia Tech team was their best ever at the time and they had 3 NBA 1st rounders and a 2nd rounder that were drafted from that team. Also, Dale was pretty good at blowing some big leads.

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Posted by Dlab2013

Pineville, Luzianna

Member since Jun 2013

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Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:36 pm to Big EZ Tiger

The documentary summed it up pretty good. Shaq was still green, no free throws, wanted Jackson and company to handle the O.

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Posted by Baloo

Formerly MDGeaux

Member since Sep 2003

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Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:19 am to Big EZ Tiger

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Also, that Georgia Tech team was their best ever at the time and they had 3 NBA 1st rounders and a 2nd rounder that were drafted from that team.

A million times this. Dennis Scott was the ACC Player of the Year. That team was loaded. LSU got hosed a bit on its seed. GT was 5th in the RPI and somehow got a 4-seed. They got absolutely hosed on their seeding, and took it out on LSU.

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A great team was going to lose that game. Shockingly, it was the one with two freshmen and a sophomore as its three best players. I hate how people point to this game as being some massive choke: GT was a better team. They were f'n awesome, and didn't lose until the UNLV monster took them out in the Final Four.

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Posted by timm6971463

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Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:11 pm to Big EZ Tiger

Coach Brown to you,,not calling him coach or not using his last name is an insult to one of the greatest coaches in NCAA history.

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