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On this date in 1980 LSU won its only SEC Tournament Title
Posted on 3/1/21 at 10:52 am
Posted on 3/1/21 at 10:52 am
80-78 over Kentucky. In those days, LSU vs Kentucky was on par nationally with Duke-North Carolina. LSU won 65-60 in Lexington and Kentucky won, 76-74 in overtime to win the regular season title. Kentucky was AP #2 and LSU was AP #5 for the SEC Tournament Title. Both teams were awarded One Seeds the following day in year two of seeding.
Here is the box score with quite a few "who's who" of that era. A freak snow storm that morning limited attendance to basically those who had hotel rooms across the street from the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.
Box Score for LSU vs Kentucky
Here is the box score with quite a few "who's who" of that era. A freak snow storm that morning limited attendance to basically those who had hotel rooms across the street from the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.
Box Score for LSU vs Kentucky
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Posted on 3/1/21 at 10:58 am to I-59 Tiger
Wasn't our 1980 team basically the same core as the team in 1981 that made the Final Four, except we lost Rudy Macklin?
Posted on 3/1/21 at 11:02 am to Eat Your Crow
Mack Lin was on the 1981 team.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 11:02 am to Eat Your Crow
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except we lost Rudy Macklin?
DeWayne Scales.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 11:02 am to I-59 Tiger
Considering the then, it is depressing to consider how little has been achieved as a basketball program.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 11:03 am to dukke v
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Mack Lin
Jeremy's dad?
Posted on 3/1/21 at 11:03 am to Eat Your Crow
We lost Scales but picked up Leonard Mitchell.
Also lost Jordy Hultberg who was a great shooter of the bench and Rick Mattick, a 7-footer off the bench.
The 1980 team is still my favorite all-time LSU BB team. 1981 is second.
Also lost Jordy Hultberg who was a great shooter of the bench and Rick Mattick, a 7-footer off the bench.
The 1980 team is still my favorite all-time LSU BB team. 1981 is second.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 11:03 am to I-59 Tiger
Damn phone..... 
Posted on 3/1/21 at 11:05 am to Manswers
Scales was a beast.... they called him the “Spaceman”.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 11:12 am to I-59 Tiger
Posted on 3/1/21 at 12:07 pm to dukke v
quote:
Mack Lin was on the 1981 team.
You're right! Not sure what I was thinking, then.
Man, those teams were good.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 12:13 pm to I-59 Tiger
One of my all-time favorite sports memories, I was there for the Finals in Birmingham...my sister let me tag along with her last minute and we flew in Saturday morning. I was just 14 years old at the time.
Scales went off on the Cats, Cookie Man totally intimidated Bowie. Only 8 assists on 33 made FG's though so...….:)
Scales went off on the Cats, Cookie Man totally intimidated Bowie. Only 8 assists on 33 made FG's though so...….:)
This post was edited on 3/1/21 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 3/1/21 at 12:31 pm to I-59 Tiger
quote:
except we lost Rudy Macklin?
quote:
DeWayne Scales.
....and I think we lost Scales to "hardship". I am going from memory, but I think Scales was a junior and left a year early (which was very uncommon at the time).
Posted on 3/1/21 at 12:56 pm to dukke v
Astronaut was Scales nickname, not spaceman.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 2:01 pm to KC Tiger
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....and I think we lost Scales to "hardship". I am going from memory, but I think Scales was a junior and left a year early (which was very uncommon at the time).
That's correct. Think about how good that 1981 team would have been with Scales as a senior. We likely win it all even with Macklin's broken finger. Scales and Macklin complemented each other so well. When one was off, the other would score 30 points. He had a great game against DePaul that year when Macklin was injured on the first play of the game. He an Hultberg almost pulled out that game on the road against #1 DePaul. He also had a dominant game in that 1980 SEC Championship game. The fact that he laid an egg in the NBA makes it even more painful to think about what might have been in '81. Mitchell and Sims coming off the bench with an extra 6'9" starter that could grab the top of the backboard and could score 30 on any given night.
This post was edited on 3/1/21 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 3/1/21 at 2:06 pm to dukke v
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Scales was a beast.... they called him the “Spaceman”.
I thought they called him the "ASTRONAUT".
Posted on 3/1/21 at 2:08 pm to Manswers
1980-1981 was my freshman year. If you didn't get in line two hours before they opened the gates, not tipoff, you probably weren't getting into the Assembly Center.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 7:34 pm to dukke v
“Astronaut” not “ Spaceman”...
Posted on 3/1/21 at 8:01 pm to dukke v
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Spaceman
I thought it was Astronaut
Posted on 3/1/21 at 8:15 pm to Miketheseventh
Astronaut, because he umps so high gets burned on reentry.
If he does not go hardship, we win the championship in '81.
If he does not go hardship, we win the championship in '81.
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