Fant Smith

Longtime LSU basketball coach Dale Brown has died. For Vanderbilt fans, Brown's most memorable game vs. VU occurred in Nashville in February 1991. The Dores and Tigers played an intense contest on a warm Saturday afternoon, with the Gym as loud as it's ever been. Near the end of a back-and-forth game, Shaquille O'Neal was called for a personal foul with the game tied 59-59. Shaq and Dale were both given technicals, and Scott Draud hit all four FTs to win the game for Vandy. Brown and VU coach Eddie Fogler met at midcourt after the game and exchanged, umm, "pleasantries." In the postgame presser, Dale complained that the officials misinterpreted his comments and ranted that the Gym must have been designed by Vandy's school of forestry. “Make no mistake, where the benches were had nothing to do with who won and lost this game,” Fogler said. Then, as LSU players and coaches were boarding the team bus, Brown chased a WSMV videographer into the 25th Ave garage, saying he was an example of the media giving military secrets to the Iraqis (this was during the first Gulf War). A memorable day for sure. RIP Dale.