They gathered in the Maravich Center loading dock corridor, away from the noise of the halftime show at Tuesday night's LSU basketball game.
There were handshakes and hugs and smiles and laughs and posing for pictures, things usually associated with championship team reunions.
However, this private gathering was an arranged absolution.
After all, who in the world would dare re-unite parties involved in a huge on-court brawl near the end of a heated LSU vs. Vanderbilt matchup that took place 44 years ago?
"Vintage Dale Brown," said Collis Temple, the first African-American to play basketball for LSU and one of the standouts on the first two of Brown's 25 Tigers' teams in his storied career.