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Originally Posted by TheNoodleMan
I just watched a Loyola Oregon State game from that season. Gathers was already out from the first (non-fatal) collapse, but they still ran like no one else.
Kimble had 50+ to lead loyola over OSU and Gary Payton who had like 49.
I'd love to see a team putting up 120 in NCAA basketball again, they were something else.
I used to tape some of the LMU games when I could including the win over Michigan in the NCAA's. Think I erased over them at some point though.
Westhead's strategy isn't going to work every school but I think in smaller conferences and for teams/programs that have the type of roster that could pull it off I think it would be worth considering and I really wonder why more teams don't do it. Especially because it could be helpful for recruiting more talented players as well as getting fans in the seats at programs that otherwise don't generally draw as well.
Long Island University Blackbirds seemed to have a semi-similar team for a few years. In 96-97 they went 21-9 and led the nation in scoring but I think they were only around 90-95ppg (as opposed to 120+ like LMU). Some of their scores included 129-100, 120-92, 113-94, 127-77. The following year they won a game 179-62. Since then they have totally sucked and have had zero winning seasons and also play a more 'normal' game with 70-65 type scores all over the place.
I don't know if Loyola Marymount and Long Island U are the only two like this though. I want to say there was one more doing something kind of like this in the past 15 years.