Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball

Loyola Marymount Lions

2015–16 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team

University

Loyola Marymount University

Conference

WCC

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Head coach

Mike Dunlap (2nd year)

Arena

Gersten Pavilion
(Capacity: 4,156)

Nickname

Lions

Colors

Crimson and Navy^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

NCAA Tournament Elite Eight

1990

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen

1990

NCAA Tournament appearances

1961, 1980*, 1988, 1989, 1990
*vacated by NCAA

Conference tournament champions

1988, 1989

Conference regular season champions

1988, 1990

The Loyola Marymount Lions Basketball team is the basketball team that represents Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the West Coast Conference. The team currently plays in the Gersten Pavilion, which is entering its 34th year as the host of Loyola Marymount University's indoor athletic events.^[2] The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 1990, where they advanced to the Elite Eight. They would lose to eventual national champion UNLV. Prior to the tournament, Lions star player Hank Gathers died during the WCC conference tournament from a heart condition. The Lions would go on to beat New Mexico State, defending champion Michigan, and Alabama. The 1990 squad was also the highest scoring team in NCAA Division I history with an average of 139 points per game.^[3]

History

Loyola Marymount has played in the West Coast Conference since 1955, when the Lions and Pepperdine Waves joined the here thereto Northern Californian league that included Santa Clara University, the University of San Francisco, Saint Mary's College, and the University of Pacific. LMU has played in the WCC ever since, fostering heated rivalries with all WCC members, especially Pepperdine University and the University of San Diego, a WCC member since 1979.

LMU's early basketball history produced two Lions better known for their coaching tenures at other WCC schools than their LMU careers. Pete Newell and Phil Woolpert were classmates at LMU, graduating in 1939. Newell went on to coach the San Francisco Dons to the 1949 NIT title, and the California Golden Bears to the 1959 NCAA Tournament championship. Newell is considered one of the most influential coaches in the history of basketball. Woolpert coached the legendary Bill Russell and K.C. Jones led University of San Francisco Dons to NCAA championships in 1954 and 1955.

Though LMU represented the WCC in the 1961 NCAA Tournament, the Lions were consistently also rans in the WCC which included powerful University of San Francisco and Santa Clara University teams. Of note from LMU's early WCC teams is Rick Adelman, the 1968 WCC Player of the Year, who enjoyed a 7 year NBA career followed by a 30 year NBA coaching career.

The Lions burst onto the national basketball scene in the late 1980s under coach Paul Westhead. His teams led Division I in scoring in 1988 (110.3 points per game), 1989 (112.5) and 1990 (122.4).^[4] LMU's 122.4 point per game in 1990 was still a record as of October 2010.^[5] As of October 2010, Loyola Marymount held the five highest combined scoring games in Division I history. Four of the five occurred during Westhead's career, including a record 331 in the 181–150 win over United States International University on January 31, 1989.^[6]

Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble transferred to LMU from the University of Southern California.^[7] In the 1988–89 season, Gathers became the second player in NCAA Division I history to lead the nation in scoring and rebounding in the same season, averaging 32.7 points and 13.7 rebounds per game.^[8]^[9] In the 1989–90 season, Kimble led the nation in scoring averaging 35.3 points per game. Both Gathers and Kimble were consensus second team All-American selections in 1990.^[10]^[11]

In the 1989–90 season, Gathers died after collapsing during the second round of the WCC tournament. The team subsequently reached the Elite Eight in the 1990 NCAA tournament. Gathers (#44) and teammate Bo Kimble (#30) had their jerseys retired by LMU.

LMU alumnus Mike Dunlap took over the program in 2014. Dunlap was formerly the head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats

Postseason results

NCAA Tournament results

The Lions have appeared in the NCAA Tournament five times. Their combined record is 5–5.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1961	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Utah USC	L 75–91 W 69–67
1980	First Round	Arizona State	L 71–99
1988	First Round Second Round	Wyoming North Carolina	W 119–115 L 97–123
1989	First Round	Arkansas	L 101–120
1990	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	New Mexico State Michigan Alabama UNLV	W 111–92 W 149–115 W 62–60 L 101–131

NIT results

The Lions have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) one time. Their record is 1–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1986	First Round Second Round	California Wyoming	W 80–75 L 90–99

CIT results

The Lions have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) one time. Their record is 2–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
2012	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Cal State Fullerton Weber State Utah State	W 89–79 W 84–78^OT L 69–77

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Pos.	Career	No. retirement
Loyola Marymount Lions retired numbers
30	Bo Kimble	SG	1987-90	19 February 2000
44 ¹	Hank Gathers	F	1988-90	19 February 2000

¹ Posthumously retired.

Lions in professional basketball

The following Lion players have played in the NBA:

References

↑ "2015-16 LMU Men's Basketball Quick Facts" (PDF). Retrieved April 5, 2016.
↑ http://www.lmulions.com/school-bio/gersten.html
↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2011/D1.pdf
↑ NCAA (November 10, 2010). "2010–11 NCAA Men's Basketball Records - Division I Records". NCAA.org. NCAA. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2011.
↑ NCAA 2010, p.5
↑ NCAA 2010, pp.28–29
↑ Florence, Mal Taken From 3 USC Freshmen: Lewis, Gathers and Kimble Receive Word From Raveling. Los Angeles Times, April 15, 1986
↑ Hersch, Hank (February 13, 1989). "Gathers 'round The Rim". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on March 7, 2011.
↑ Maxey, Wendell (March 4, 2010). "Hank Gathers' legacy endures 20 years after tragic on-court death". USA Today. Archived from the original on March 7, 2011.
↑ NCAA 2010, p.23
↑ NCAA (October 31, 2008). "NCAA Men's Basketball Records (Award Winners)". p. 137. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2011.

External links

Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball

Venues	Gersten Pavilion (1981–present)

Culture & lore	History Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story

People	Head coaches

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West Coast Conference men's basketball

Teams	BYU Cougars Gonzaga Bulldogs Loyola Marymount Lions Pacific Tigers Pepperdine Waves Portland Pilots Saint Mary's Gaels San Diego Toreros San Francisco Dons Santa Clara Broncos

Championships & awards	WCC Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year

Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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