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The 1989–90 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions were led by fifth-year head coach Paul Westhead. They played their home games at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, California as members of the West Coast Conference.
The 1988–89 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions were led by fourth-year head coach Paul Westhead. They played their home games at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, California as members of the West Coast Conference.
Loyola Marymount's last appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 1990, where they advanced to the Elite Eight. They lost to eventual national champion UNLV. Prior to the NCAA tournament, Lions star player Hank Gathers died during the West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament from a heart
Eric Wilson "Hank" Gathers Jr. [1] (February 11, 1967 – March 4, 1990) was an American college basketball player for the Loyola Marymount Lions in the West Coast Conference (WCC). As a junior in 1989, he became the second player in NCAA Division I history to lead the nation in scoring and rebounding in the same season.
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.
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The 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1989 and ended with the Final Four at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado on April 2, 1990. The UNLV Runnin' Rebels won their first NCAA national championship with a 103–73 victory over the Duke Blue Devils .
Third-seeded Loyola Marymount defeated #5 seed Santa Clara 75–70 (in overtime) in the title game to repeat as WCAC tournament champions. [5] [6] The Lions earned the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament and were seeded twelfth in the Midwest regional.