re: Just how good was Randy Livingston in HS?

I saw him play in '93, my junior year, against my school (Catholic of NI) in our gym. He was guarded by one of my classmates who is the best white athlete I've ever seen first hand. My friend is one of those people who is almost head and shoulders above everyone around him at every sport he tried. He went on to play tennis for LSU for four years. He could have played bball for LSU and should have gone pro in Tennis, but got burnt out (IMO) as he started as a little kid.

Randy was very impressive in person. They beat us that night, but not by much. He had some sweet dunks but my boy held him in check somewhat and I believe had more points than Randy. He had also funneled a 40 of Old English in my backyard an hour before the game too (no shite I guess to calm his nerves!). That is how we rolled in the berry in the early 90s-LOL!!

I think Randy would be a great person to have back at LSU as an asst coach. He was at LSU the same time I was...heard nothing but good things about him from other athletes I knew at LSU (including my friend). Back then they all ate together in the same dining hall and seemed to know each other pretty well.

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I sincerely believe he would have led us to at least one final, probably more.

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not a chance. the supporting cast wasn't there.
henderson, ceasar, brandon, & gibson were the only other players on the 93-94 team that could score. and they were all inconsistent.
lsu didn't have an inside game at all.

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On July 4, 1993, only two months after receiving the Naismith Award as the national high school player of the year, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while playing in a pickup game.

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SI Article

JMO, but I think it will be tragic if Coach Jones doesn't give him some kind of role on the team. Would be an awesome way for him to make up for what he couldn't do as a player.

Didn't read 4 pages, but...

If Randy Livingston didn't ACL 1 then 2, he and Ronnie Henderson would have changed history IMO - LSU history. Not that we win a title or anything per se, but Randy blowing out the second ACL led to ALL the shite that's happened since.

You're correct. Saw Wallace his whole career hs up to now and as good as he was he could've been a legend. Immature as a player and sport but a fantastic person in private. Competitive sports bring out the worst in some people and Wallace was one of them.

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Chris Jackson was a better high school player

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I know it's not a popular thing to say, and I'll probably get blasted, but this is the truth.

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Didn't read 4 pages, but... If Randy Livingston didn't ACL 1 then 2, he and Ronnie Henderson would have changed history IMO - LSU history. Not that we win a title or anything per se, but Randy blowing out the second ACL led to ALL the ----- that's happened since.

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Why I truly BELIEVE Randy needs a chance to help coach the team...to help right the history of LSU.

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He dropped 50 a couple times while at LSU.remember that time we blew the doors off number 1 Kentucky to go up by 31 points i'n the second half

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Pretty sure you're talking about the time we BLEW A 31 pt lead against KY...and lost.

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February 15, 1994, is known in Kentucky as the day of the "Miracle of Mardi Gras" when Kentucky staged the second largest comeback ever in a Division IA basketball game. Unfortunately, it was LSU that blew a 31-point lead in a nationally televised game in the Maravich Assembly Center.
•LSU, 11-9 coming into the fray, led 48-32 at halftime after UK scored only 11 points in the first 11 minutes.
•Then the Tigers used an 18-0 run to gain a 68-37 advantage with 15:30 left to play.
•Then Rick Pitino's Wildcats went on a 24-4 run to slash the lead to 11 with 9:52. Later, Walter McCarty's steal and dunk cut the lead to 82-74 with 6:25 left.
•The Tigers aided the UK cause by missing 11 FT in the last 12 minutes (13-for-24). Forsaking their half-court offense, they also took bad shots, going 6 of 18 from the floor in the final 15:06.
•Kentucky shot almost exclusively 3-pointers in the second half, hitting 12 of 23.
•Finally, McCarty hit a 3-pointer with 19 seconds left to give the Wildcats a 96-95 lead, their first since 1-0.

Dale Brown called his last timeout after McCarty's basket.
•Jamie Brandon missed a layout with five seconds left.
•Tony Delk made one FT, and Travis Ford added two more to seal the 99-95 victory.
•Kentucky scored the last nine points of the game.

The triumph was UK's first in Baton Rouge after four straight losses.
•McCarty led Kentucky (19-5) with 23.
•LSU wasted a 36-point night by freshman Ronnie Henderson - including eight three-pointers - and 32 by Clarence Ceasar, who also led all rebounders with 10.
•However, Clarence undermined his sterling effort by committing four turnovers in the second half while his fellow Brandon contributed four more.

Ford, who had only 10 points but 12 assists, never doubted his team would rally.
•"I pulled everyone together and said, 'We're down 31 and we're not leaving this building without a win. We're going to win this game no matter what. I'll stay here all night.'' recalled Travis.
•"And everyone just looked at me, and everyone was so positive. And everyone said, 'You're right" and stepped up their play."

Pitino, however, hadn't been so sure.
•"When it went to 30, we just wanted to make it respectable and not lose our confidence," said Rick, who ditched his suit coat (which he almost never does). "I told them during a timeout, 'It's not going well for us, everything's going well for them. All you can do is show your character.'"
•"I said, 'I don't know if we can win this thing, but I know we can give every ounce that we have in us.' And we kept making steals and steals and steals and then we started to shoot the basketball well."
•"It was the most unbelievable thing I've ever seen."

Duke still holds the record for the largest comeback when it rallied from a 32-point deficit to defeat Tulane 74-72 on December 30, 1950 in the Dixie Classic at Raleigh NC. (Historical note: Duke's comeback was led by its star G Dick Groat, who later played SS on World Series champions in Pittsburgh and St. Louis.)

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We lost.