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Posted on 2/13/25 at 5:15 pm to HoopyD
1979-1981 and not even close. Sweet 16, Elite 8, then Final 4. 2 SEC championships and one tourney champ.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 5:22 pm to JW
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87' is up there .... a few free throws and a phone slamming induced tech from making it to back to back Final Fours.
Indiana got so lucky that game, I think it was Calloway who made the shot in the last seconds to win them the game. Gotta make free throws and close, love Knight but he should've gotten a T for that whether it made a huge difference in the outcome can be argued but still have to close regardless.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 7:33 pm to Ironeagle5879
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Best the years with Shaq, Cj, Maurice Williamsom, Stanely, and Vernell were also fun to watch.
You forgot Wayne Sims baw
Posted on 2/13/25 at 7:55 pm to TigerDCC11
Yep. Lost in the first round against Navy in 1985.
It completely ruined the rest of the tournament for me. But then we had the two magical years up next.
It completely ruined the rest of the tournament for me. But then we had the two magical years up next.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 8:08 pm to HoopyD
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Those four seasons the PMAC was rocking, basketball was fun and alive, and the team starters and bench were really talented and a delight to watch.
This guy knows!! LSU basketball, possibly college basketball in general, will top the 1979_1990 era.
You could make a case for about 78-95 perhaps, but these were the absolute golden years for LSU basketball. They had at that time, the SEC game of the week. JP sports. Midweek game. And it was absolutely packed no matter who was playing. We all looked forward to that one night each week.
This post was edited on 2/13/25 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 2/13/25 at 8:29 pm to Ironeagle5879
79-81..........Scales, Macklin, Carter, Martin, Sims, Hultberg, Cook. 
Posted on 2/13/25 at 8:38 pm to Alt26
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Still, if LSU basketball became a consistent winner like Alabama and Auburn are today (and weren't at any time before hitting on the right HCs), the PMAC would be just as raucous as it was 30-40 years ago.
That 92 game when we hosted no. 1 Duke has to go down as among the loudest in that building's history, all the fish stories I hear about that game with the chants and all that, too bad we lost that game
Posted on 2/13/25 at 8:43 pm to TigerDCC11
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higher ranked Georgia Tech
John Salley and Mark Price, that Georgia Tech team opened that year ranked no. 1 in the country
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Kentucky in Atlanta
top seed, only lost ONE SEC game going into that game (and 3 overall). What people forget is 2 of the 3 prior times we played Kentucky that season, we gave the Cats good games. We knew how to compete with them, just needed to actually close.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 8:51 pm to tigahlovah
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Yep. Lost in the first round against Navy in 1985.
It completely ruined the rest of the tournament for me. But then we had the two magical years up next.
I think the Navy lost was when we had Shaq, Chris Jackson, Roberts, like 88 or 89. In 85, I believe we lost to Tulane in the NIT at the PMAC.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 8:56 pm to jmaclsu
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He lost to bigger programs with deeper benches and teams with future NBA HOFs.
And most of those teams were legit great teams with the perspective of history
1979 Sweet 16: Magic's Michigan State team eventual natty
1980 Elite 8: Doctors of Dunk Louisville eventual natty
1981 Final Four: Bobby Knight and Isiah Thomas Indiana eventual natty
1984 First Round: Don Donoher's Dayton squad, went to Elite 8 that year
1985 First Round: lost to Navy with David Robinson, we were a 4-seed, bad
1986 Final Four: lost to eventual champ Louisville
1987 Elite 8: lost to eventual champ Indiana
1988 First Round: were a 9-seed, lost to John Thompson's Georgetown
1989 First Round: lost to Tim Hardaway's UTEP in first round
1990 Second Round: lost to Final Four participant Lethal Weapon 3 Ga Tech
1991 First Round: lost to fledgling power UConn that made Sweet 16
1992 Second Round: lost to a really good Final Four Indiana team
1993 First Round: 11-seed, lost to 6-seed Cal who would upset Duke
Outside of 3-4 of those matchups, we lost to teams that one can't really trash us for losing, breaks of the game
Posted on 2/13/25 at 9:08 pm to tigerdup07
Shaq years
Posted on 2/13/25 at 9:18 pm to HoopyD
John Brady 2006 squad imo. I know Dale Brown had some good teams but I feel the same we head with Marcus Thornton and Glenn Davis was one of the best basement all teams we’ve ever had in the PMAC
Posted on 2/13/25 at 9:44 pm to TigerDCC11
Nope. I don't even have to look it up.
I can remember who knocked us out in every tournament from 1979-1993. It was definitely Navy and Robinson in 1985.
It was an early game, and I remember coming home from school, turning on ESPN and seeing that we had lost. One hundred percent.
I can remember who knocked us out in every tournament from 1979-1993. It was definitely Navy and Robinson in 1985.
It was an early game, and I remember coming home from school, turning on ESPN and seeing that we had lost. One hundred percent.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 9:54 pm to HoopyD
Rudy
Ethan
Greg
Howard
Leonard
Willie
Dewayne
Jordy
Al
Lionel
Nothing else was even close. That 4 yr run was unmatched
98-25
Top 5 Avg in country
2 SECTitles
5 All Americans.
Ethan
Greg
Howard
Leonard
Willie
Dewayne
Jordy
Al
Lionel
Nothing else was even close. That 4 yr run was unmatched
98-25
Top 5 Avg in country
2 SECTitles
5 All Americans.
This post was edited on 2/13/25 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:05 pm to redfish99
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Rudy Ethan Greg Howard Leonard Willie Dewayne Jordy Al Lionel
That 1981 team has to go down as the greatest LSU bball team of the modern era, before the Indiana Final Four game we only lost 3 games ALL SEASON, if DePaul and UVA didn’t battle for the no. 1 spot all season, we would’ve been no. 1 at one point. What a loaded year.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:14 pm to tigahlovah
You're right. I was watching the game in the LSU Student Union in the 2nd half, thinking a diffrent venue than my stadium dorm would give them better luck.
Who did LSU lose to when they had Shaq, Chris J, Stanley, etc? And, when did Tulane beat us in the NIT?
Who did LSU lose to when they had Shaq, Chris J, Stanley, etc? And, when did Tulane beat us in the NIT?
Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:28 pm to TigerDCC11
quote:That was the 1990 NCAAT. LSU lost to GA Tech in the round of 32. GT made the Final Four, losing to champion UNLV.
Who did LSU lose to when they had Shaq, Chris J, Stanley, etc?
I say it often, those teams were stacked. GT had ACC Player of the Year Dennis Scott and National Freshman of the Year Kenny Anderson. UNLV had everyone, Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon, Greg Anthony.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:38 pm to tarzana
It seems like yesterday, but it was long ago...
Posted on 2/14/25 at 3:56 am to TigerDCC11
Yeah the Tulane NIT loss was 82 or 83. I know we missed the NCAA in those 2 years.
We also got blown out in the other NIT opener in 82 or 83. I don't remember who we played. UNO maybe?
Dale didn't care about the NIT or SEC tournament for that matter.
We also got blown out in the other NIT opener in 82 or 83. I don't remember who we played. UNO maybe?
Dale didn't care about the NIT or SEC tournament for that matter.
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