Hank Gathers. March 4, 1990

[Chin Diesel]

Horrible end to a promising career.

Hank, Bo Kimble, and Paul Westhead. Westhead was 20 years ahead of the basketball world with his run and gun offense with Loyola Marymount.

 

[HCCForever]

I remember the LSU LMU games from that period. Talk about run and gun. Special tribute by Bo Kimble shooting FTs with his opposite hand during the NCAAs after Hank’s death. Very sad time.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Definitely a sad situation. Unfortunately we`d see it again with Reggie Lewis. Both tragedies that really stayed with me as a kid.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

“The Guru of Go”, great 30 for 30. I used to love watching that team play.

 

[superjohn]

The basketball world had a string of memorable players who died in their primes who were all in a similar time period. Len Bias and Hank Gathers. Drazen Petrovic, Reggie Lewis, and Chris Steet all died within months of each other in 1993. Then Bobby Phills and Malik Sealy in 2000.

I remember as a kid being crushed by Drazen's death and then Reggie Lewis died like a month later. Then just a year later I sat there crying when Magic announced he had HIV, everyone thought it was a death sentence at the time.

 

[HCCForever]

“The Guru of Go”, great 30 for 30. I used to love watching that team play.

Thanks. I’ll have to check it out. As an aside, I just watched “Of Miracles and Men”. Good story of the miracle on ice from ex-Soviet perspective featuring Fetisov. The 30 for 30s are very good. The Phi Slamma Jamma one was very good as well.

 

[HCCForever]

Here’s info on that 1990 matchup between LSU and Loyola Marymount. It was a wild game.

On February 3, 1990,
LSU defeated Loyola Marymount (LMU) 148–141 in an overtime thriller at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, often cited as one of the greatest games in college basketball history. The matchup featured future NBA stars Shaquille O'Neal (20 pts, 24 reb, 12 blocks) and Chris Jackson (34 pts) against LMU's high-scoring duo of Hank Gathers (48 pts, 13 reb) and Bo Kimble (32

 

[Travelman6]

I remember the LSU LMU games from that period. Talk about run and gun. Special tribute by Bo Kimble shooting FTs with his opposite hand during the NCAAs after Hank’s death. Very sad time.

LSU vs. LMU 1990 - My 30 Year Obession - Chris Rodgers Blog | Notes on Writing, Tech & Teaching

A look back at the historic 1990 college basketball game between LSU and Loyola Marymount, which pitted Shaquille O'Neal against Hank Gathers in a clash of contrasting styles and ended with a thrilling 148-141 score.

www.chrisrodgers.blog

 

[Travelman6]

Thanks. I’ll have to check it out. As an aside, I just watched “Of Miracles and Men”. Good story of the miracle on ice from ex-Soviet perspective featuring Fetisov. The 30 for 30s are very good. The Phi Slamma Jamma one was very good as well.

They also scored
145 vs Nevada
125 vs Stetson
106 vs Jacksonville
117 vs 21 Oregon St
121 vs 7 Oklahoma
122 vs Niagara
113 vs Xavier
121 vs 17 La Salle (who knew they were ever ranked?)
113 vs Santa Clara
119 vs San Diego
144 vs Gonzaga (before they were good)
131 vs Portland
126 vs Portland
150 vs St. marys
157 vs San Fran
131 vs Pepperdine (they were pretty good that year)
123 vs Pepperdine
131 vs San Diego
117 vs Santa Clara
121 vs Gonzaga
111 vs New Mexico St
149 vs Michigan
101 vs UNLV




Alabama somehow held them to 62, lol

 

[EnochRoot]

“The Guru of Go”, great 30 for 30. I used to love watching that team play.

What's interesting is after LMU, Westhead landed back in the NBA as HC of the Nuggets, who had previously had their own 'Guru of Go' Svengali in Doug Moe.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Thanks. I’ll have to check it out. As an aside, I just watched “Of Miracles and Men”. Good story of the miracle on ice from ex-Soviet perspective featuring Fetisov. The 30 for 30s are very good. The Phi Slamma Jamma one was very good as well.

Yeah the Miracle on Ice one is on my list. Just haven’t had time to sit down and watch it…because of my kids’ hockey schedules. 😂 My son has played in the 1980 Arena up in Lake Place a few times in tournaments. One time it was -25 degrees with the windchill so walking around town was near impossible, but the second time was great. Cool place to visit.

 

[HCCForever]

Yeah the Miracle on Ice one is on my list. Just haven’t had time to sit down and watch it…because of my kids’ hockey schedules. 😂 My son has played in the 1980 Arena up in Lake Place a few times in tournaments. One time it was -25 degrees with the windchill so walking around town was near impossible, but the second time was great. Cool place to visit

You’ll enjoy it. Nice perspective. Canadien players from the 70s were goons

 

[Deepster]

Speaking of Lenny Bias, can you imagine what the media coverage would be like today if someone like that died of a cocaine overdose right after being drafted? And kids today have no idea who he is.

On a semi-related note, as a Mets fan, it blows my mind that Dwight Gooden missed the ticker tape parade because he was drugged out in a crackhouse.

 

[blackuc]

Ben Wilson from Chicago was widely considered the best high school player in the country and he was shot and killed in 1984.

 

[boog204]

They also scored
145 vs Nevada
125 vs Stetson
106 vs Jacksonville
117 vs 21 Oregon St
121 vs 7 Oklahoma
122 vs Niagara
113 vs Xavier
121 vs 17 La Salle (who knew they were ever ranked?)
113 vs Santa Clara
119 vs San Diego
144 vs Gonzaga (before they were good)
131 vs Portland
126 vs Portland
150 vs St. marys
157 vs San Fran
131 vs Pepperdine (they were pretty good that year)
123 vs Pepperdine
131 vs San Diego
117 vs Santa Clara
121 vs Gonzaga
111 vs New Mexico St
149 vs Michigan
101 vs UNLV




Alabama somehow held them to 62, lol

I remember the 149’game against Michigan and I think it’s still on YouTube. Michigan was the defending champs and just tried to run with LMU until they just couldn’t. LMU dropped 84 in the second half and out scored Michigan by 27 as they just ran out of gas. Jeff Fryer had like 12 3’s. They were so much fun to watch.

 

[lateralous]

On a semi-related note, as a Mets fan, it blows my mind that Dwight Gooden missed the ticker tape parade because he was drugged out in a crackhouse.

It's also kind of crazy that they held the parade the next morning after they won game 7, not a few days later. Not to excuse his drug riddled absence but you can kind of see how things might have gotten out of hand the night that they won.

 

[Chin Diesel]

The basketball world had a string of memorable players who died in their primes who were all in a similar time period. Len Bias and Hank Gathers. Drazen Petrovic, Reggie Lewis, and Chris Steet all died within months of each other in 1993. Then Bobby Phills and Malik Sealy in 2000.

I remember as a kid being crushed by Drazen's death and then Reggie Lewis died like a month later. Then just a year later I sat there crying when Magic announced he had HIV, everyone thought it was a death sentence at the time.

Len Bias and Reggie both were shockers.

Bias had the most prototypical SF body you could ask for. Pure scoring at all levels and just exploded off the floor faster and higher than everyone else.

I'm about 99% sure I saw Reggie, JC and Northeastern at HCC and thought how cool it would be if UConn could ever have a coach or player as good as JC or Reggie.

 

[WeAreUCONN]