Beast , you speak the truth . I loved Lou as our Coach and as a person .
But, watching him from his 1st season to his last , there were more than a few games that I still scratch my head on and wonder what went wrong on the sidelines .
There were 2 NCAA games that stuck in my mind as , lost by our Coaching .
One was a NCAA game against Princeton that we lost . I think it was in the mid to late 70’s.
The other , also in the late 70’s Vs Penn.
We could have gone to the next round if we had beaten Tony Price and Penn .
We lost in the late stages . This , after beating a very good Rutgers team , with Jammin James Bailey 2 nights before .
It’s pure conjecture about 1985 and G’Town , Villanova, etc .
We beat G’Town early in the Season at MSG but , then lost 3 in a row to them . The last in the Final 4 semi final .
Mullin was playing against a box and 1 and we did zilch to get him loose .
Plus , we had Berry that year and didn’t shift the offense to Walter , who had no one whocould guard him , since Wingate was on Mullin .
Nether Lou or Mahoney could figure that out ?
Another poor decision was playing Mike Moses over Mark Jackson in those games .
Mark would have put pressure on the Hoyas that Moses couldn’t . And , gotten the ball to Berry .
But , woulda , shouda , etc