The Greatest Offense You've Never Heard Of: The Story of Loyola Marymount
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2020
- The 1990 LMU Lions may be one of my favorite stories in basketball history. Led by ingenious (and maybe a little crazy) coach Paul Westhead, Loyola Marymount ran their opponents to the ground using his "system" offense. What is "The System"? Tune in to find out!
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I’ll never, EVER forget watching those Loyola teams in the late 80s. They were magic. That UNLV game, they lost by 30 but you still couldn’t stop watching. Putting up 101 points vs one of the greatest teams in CBB history.
Totally, they were ahead of their time. This is today’s NBA
I remember an early stretch in the 89-90 season where Hank Gathers first went down in a game against UCSB in the first half, a top 25 team lead by Eric McArthur, who I think lead the nation in rebounding that year. Bo Kimble responded by scoring 51 points in that game on the road to a win. Then the next game was against #10 Oregon State and Gary Payton, who had 48 points, but Kimble had 53 points to a road win against a top 10 team on the road. The third game in this stretch was a home game against #1 Oklahoma, which won the game by 15 points, but Bo Kimble put up 48 points. Bo ended up averaging just over 50 points in a 3 game stretch against top 25 teams and won two road games.
Later on in the season, LMU went to Baton Rouge and took on LSU with Chris Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Stanley Roberts. Hank Gathers couldn't defend against them but they couldn't stop him once he got going. He scored 48 points against Shaq, and Hank was only listed at 6-7. No center has ever scored like that against Shaq in the future.
Westhead's system thrived with having 2 national scoring champs on the squad. Having an another perimeter player in Fryer, who also averaged over 20 points in the 89-90 season made LMU a top 10 team. They were the Gonzaga of today 30 years ago.
Appreciate the insight! I wish I could have had the chance to watch them live but hearing stories like yours are just as awesome!
This was ahead of the time
This LMU offense has fascinated me for years. Just get more possessions and shots than the other team, no matter how you do it. Make the opponent so drunk on pace that they'll miss layups and be too tired to hit from distance. Pieces of the system are commonly used today, but LMU was absolutely spectacular back in the day and worth staying up late to watch on TV.
Yes that style required supreme conditioning to run the fast break like that....inhumane practices. Contributed to Hanks death
I’m an Arkansas fan but I loved those LMU teams. Westhead’s goal was to get a shot in 4 seconds. In the late 80s, several top teams played fast, but not as fast as LMU. I would love to see a coach run “The System” in D1. If you want to see the system broken down, Westhead made a video called “Basketball In The Fast Lane.
The System will always be.... THE SYSTEM!!!!!
It won't be replicated!
Arkansas and Vegas both played hardcore up tempo, averaging around 100 a game in the 45 second shot clock era, but still neither compared to Loyola in that regard. It was a great time to watch college basketball. Go Hogs!
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With all due respect to LMU this style of fast pace offense was being used by a man named John McLendon in the '50s at two schools North Carolina Central and Tennesse St.
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The original version of this syst😢em was ceeated by Coach John Mclendon at North Carolina Central University and Tennessee State
Very well done!!!
Thank you!
One of the rules of the System was getting up a shot within 7 seconds of every possession.
I didn’t realize the Gathers family sued LMU and the coach in a ugly situation.
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His offense is actually slower than a lot of modern NBA early offenses, that are based on the D'Antoni 2-sided break. The scores were higher because of the hyper-aggressive 1-2-1-1 full-court press they employed on defense. If that were played in today's NBA there would be a wide-open 3 every possession that didn't end in a wide-open layup or steal.
I remember this. Just horrible.
I can’t imagine. Just watching the replay is sad enough…
If you really look at LMU..... it was a hard driving offense but with a hard defense as well. It was both. Remenber Tom Peabody ? It was a combo. And it was guys with faster and longer lung capacity !!! We at LMU just "Ran them down" !! HaHa... Long live Hank, Bo, Peabody, Stumer and the rest of those awesome dudes (sorry if i can't remenber your names) that gave us all hope. LMU 1989-1991 remains FOREVER!!! DAVID VS. GOLIATH !!!!
Correct: the offense was complemented and triggered by lots of full-court pressing. It was insane watching LMU play back then. As an LA native and journalist at that time, I feel great love for those LMU teams, and despise the Clippers of that era for not properly developing Bo Kimble (and so many others) as a pro.