Bill Plashcke On Hank Gathers.

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Plaschke's column in today's LA Times is a must read for anyone who loves college basketball.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Plaschke's column in today's LA Times is a must read for anyone who loves college basketball.
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Thanks for the pointer. 20 years now already. Wow. The clip of Hank Gathers stumbling and falling was tough to watch the night it happened. I also seem to remember Jeff Fryer really stepped it up during the NCAA tournament and made a big difference. We were at a Capitals hockey game during the Bama win and all we did during the game was check the score of the LMU-Bama game constantly. Didn't really pay attention much to the action in front of us. Most every hoops fan I knew just wanted LMU to keep winning because it seemed like it was the right thing to happen.
 
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My brother had the NCAA games and the LSU game on VHS and I grew up watching them. I was in awe of Fryer and Kimble growing up.
 
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Had they drawn anyone other than Vegas in the regional final, they might well have been in the Final Four.
 
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When I was a kid, my dads business partner who was a big USC guy was very close w kimble and gathers. We went to most of the games, and even remember riding on his shoulders. We were at the first game he collapsed. I was really young, but remember random images of being at the games and crying when he died.
 
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went down to the lmu game last sat. met bo kimble. real friendly guy.
 
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I remember his death vaguely. I remember it happening but had forgotten all of the context.

I remember LMU putting up 182 in a game that season which made a 9 year old follow this as much as he could at the time.
 
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My friends and I defaced many a pair of shoes with the number 44 on them.
 
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