re: How didn’t LSU win the NCAA Championship in 89/90?

3/17/1990
CBS (4 SE) No. 9 vs. (5 SE) No. 19 LSU
NCAA Tournament Round of 32 W 94-91[6] 26-6
(8-6) Knoxville, TN
Thompson–Boling Arena

GT players
G 12 Kenny Anderson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 166 lb (75 kg) Fr Rego Park, New York
F 15 Darryl Barnes 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Fr Brooklyn, New York
G 34 Rod Belanis Current redshirt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Williamsburg, Virginia
G 23 Brian Black Current redshirt 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Fr Marietta, Georgia
G 5 Karl Brown 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Sr Leicester, England
G 3 Brian Domalik 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 164 lb (74 kg) Jr Leesburg, Virginia
C 52 Matt Geiger Current redshirt 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Clearwater, Florida
F 32 Malcolm Mackey 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 243 lb (110 kg) Fr Chattanooga, Tennessee
F/C 44 Johnny McNeil 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Sr High Point, North Carolina
C 24 James Munlyn 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Jr Aiken, South Carolina
F 33 Ivano Newbill Current redshirt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Fr Macon, Georgia
G 13 Brian Oliver 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Sr Smyrna, Georgia
G/F 4 Dennis Scott 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 229 lb (104 kg) Jr Reston, Virginia
G 14 Greg White 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 168 lb (76 kg) So Norcross, Georgia


Dennis Scott is the key player. Scott is the 4th player taken in the NBA draft.

LSU did not have the depth or the experience that GT had in their lineup.

I’m not making excuses for Brown, but there have been other programs that have under performed . North Carolina won Jordan’s freshman year but couldn’t win the next two. They had Perkins, Doghtry, and Kenny Smith. Never made the final 4 again. Chemistry is hard to come by.

Dale Brown

That offense scored over 90ppg and 91 vs Tech. Our offense wasn’t the problem, Brown refused to get out of the 2-3 zone allowing Scott and Anderson to have open 3s all second half. We were up 17 in that game.

We lost to a 13 win Auburn team in the SEC tourney. Something else excuse makers never talk about is that LSU was ranked #2 in the country to start that season. The season was a massive failure by our coach.

Dale, like Les Miles in football, was stuck in the past.
That's an incredible roster, if every shot counts 2 pts. But with the 3 pt shot, you only have CJ, and occasionally Mo Williamson and rarely Boudreaux.

That Georgia Tech team that beat them had Dennis Scott, Kenny Anderson, and Brian Oliver: 3 guys who could all shoot outside.

The final score was 94-91. LSU made 5 3 pointers, GT made 10.

All 3 forwards, or the 2 centers on the court over 50% of the time?

Wayne Sims
Vernel Singleton
Harold Boudreaux

Singleton is the best of the 3, Wayne very nice guy but he is a Jr and still looking for a spot in the starting 5. Harold Boudreaux was the other brother everyone wanted Carol. Harold was a great high school player, his brother was a little better. Saw all 3 play in high school.

When we had Roberts and O'Neal on the court at the same time, the team seemed slower.

I watched the game at Miss. ST. that year and took a number of photographs.

This is the game Kent blow it with me, not understanding the reason we had the all-time assist list, block list and steal list in the media guide was because I spent hours at LSU doing research on Pete and put the list together and had Jimmy put it in the media guide. I had everyone on the teams' autographs but Shaq and ask if he could sign it, Lowe said no.

Dale Brown and tex winter was no longer on staff

Dale Brown was coaching…but let’s name a court after him