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2006 UCLA basketball team
Posted on 7/16/19 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 7/16/19 at 9:28 pm
I’ve been watching a lot of ESPN morning shows and listening to Ryan Hollins on all the debate shows is hard, dude makes Stephen A and Skip look tame lol. But that got me thinking about the 2006 UCLA team that beat us in the final 4. As much as I can’t stand that dude and as bad as that loss hurt man that team was loaded. I mean Hollins was like the 4th or 5th best starter on that team and he played 10 straight years in the NBA. Collinson, Farmar, Afflalo, Hollins, Bozeman, Mbah a Moute, that team was stacked. I remember at the time I thought we were the better team and just came out flat. Looking back on it the best team won that night. Still my favorite LSU basketball season of all time and possibly my favorite LSU sports season of all time.
This post was edited on 7/16/19 at 9:40 pm
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Posted on 7/16/19 at 9:36 pm to OGtigerfan87
We looked flat because they d’d us up.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 9:41 pm to OGtigerfan87
I made the trip to Indy for Final Four to see UCLA game. Hell of a run that year. Highlight for me was beating Duke. Garrett Temple shut down little bitch J.J. Redick.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:01 pm to OGtigerfan87
Just a bad matchup. LSU was a tremendous defensive team that year. Unfortunately, as was often the case under Brady, the offense was weak to average. UCLA was just as good defensively as LSU and took away LSU’s advantage. Without a competent offense to fall back on LSU was helpless.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:04 pm to OGtigerfan87
They had no real “size” outside of Luc and that gangly Mexican guy. Yet they completely neutralized our inside game. Howland took Brady to the fricking cleaners that night. The key was doubling Darrel Mitchell off every ball screen. Completely screwed up our rhythm.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:06 pm to thermal9221
UCLA was #1 in def efficiency that year IIRC, and that was without josh shipp. surprised howland cant get state to defend anywhere near that level.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:09 pm to OGtigerfan87
They actually had six players get to the NBA from that team
Arron Afflalo, Jordan Farmar, Moute, Cedric Bozeman, Ryan Hollins, and Darren Collison
What is even scarier is that Russell Westbrook joined the team the next season. Imagine if he was one year older.
Arron Afflalo, Jordan Farmar, Moute, Cedric Bozeman, Ryan Hollins, and Darren Collison
What is even scarier is that Russell Westbrook joined the team the next season. Imagine if he was one year older.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 10:45 pm to OGtigerfan87
Florida and UCLA both had stacked teams.
Posted on 7/17/19 at 8:04 am to OGtigerfan87
Was Kevin love on that team or was that later?
Posted on 7/17/19 at 8:09 am to Bayoubengal1788
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Was Kevin love on that team or was that later?
Later
Posted on 7/17/19 at 8:22 am to OGtigerfan87
This took me down a hole of looking up UCLA basketball. I remember they had a 4 year run of final 4’s or something similar. But I guess I forgot just how loaded some of those teams were.
Two years after we played them, they had Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, Darren Collison, Mbah a Moute, and Josh Shipp as their starters. 4 long time NBA players (of which 2 have been considered top 5-10 players at some point), and a really solid college guy in Shipp who made 2nd team Pac-12.
That team 35-4, lost to D-Rose/CDR Memphis in final 4
Two years after we played them, they had Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, Darren Collison, Mbah a Moute, and Josh Shipp as their starters. 4 long time NBA players (of which 2 have been considered top 5-10 players at some point), and a really solid college guy in Shipp who made 2nd team Pac-12.
That team 35-4, lost to D-Rose/CDR Memphis in final 4
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