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Loyola Marymount ran within the Elite Eight in 1990.
1990 Loyola Marymount March Madness.
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Few Cinderella groups had been as TV-friendly as 11-seed Loyola Marymount in 1990, as they averaged 122.4 factors per sport previous to the season.
The Lions had been exhausting to foretell as they routed Michigan 149–115 within the second spherical, earlier than taking a 62–60 nail-biter to Alabama within the very subsequent sport.
Loyola Marymount was a staff that had lately been in mourning because of the passing of its 6 foot 7 point-scoring energy ahead Hank Gathers, who died on the court docket on March 4, 1990, just a few months after it was found that his Heartbeat was irregular.
To have fun his life, his teammates performed within the NCAA event carrying a ’44’ patch – his jersey quantity – on his uniform.
Bo Kimble, a buddy of Gaithers’, stepped up and shot the opening free throw every sport along with his left hand, identical to Gaithers.
The eventual champions UNLV eradicated the Lions within the Elite Eight stage.
The staff then retired Gathers’ quantity.
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