Dale Brown’s last Final Four team had no right being there. That’s what makes the 1985-86 LSU Tigers one of the greatest Cinderella stories in NCAA tournament history.
The ‘80s were the glory years for LSU basketball and Daddy Dale. The Tigers made the NCAA Tournament eight times in the decade and were No. 1 seeds in back-to-back tournaments (1980 and 1981). The ‘81 team has the honor of being LSU’s first ever Final Four team and after missing the tournament in two straight years, the Tigers returned in 1984 where they would appear in the next 10 NCAA Tournaments.