Dwight Bo Lamar (video)

[Boomer]

_ Gotta love those shorts you guys wore back then.


PS You guys also played Latech in a consolation game at the regional. Do you recall Latech's big star at the time?

Bonus Question - Name the big star for Tennessee State, the fourth team, in that regional.

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La Tech--Mile Green???? and Tenn State---Knowe Klue(foreign guy)!!!!lol

[HoustonCajun]

_ Great clip, great player. I was in Memorial Gymnasium in Ruston in 1972 when Bo put 51 up on us in an amazing performance. Thanks for bringing back some memories. _

I drove to Ruston for that game (my cousin was Offensive Coordinator for LA Tech back then and got a tour of Tech's facilities). Bo had 51 points and I seem to remember him coming out of the game with about 3 minutes to go and throwing out his multiple wrist bands that he wore to the fans. We had some GREAT games with LA Tech back then. The USL v. LA Tech games were the best. Remember particularly the games when Mike Green was playing in a packed Blackham. We, as students, got to Blackham a couple of hours before each game to get our seats. It was magical back then.

[JoeH]

_ was UL in division IA at that time? I was too young to ever have even heard of Bo Lamar, but did he make it to the NBA? _

I believe by his senior year, the NCAA had granted them DIV I status (if I recall), it could have been at his junior year mark......he played out his final season with the Lakers, getting about 15 minutes a game I think, all prior seasons were with the ABA

[JoeH]

_ It would be nice to see a player perform on that level of achievement in any sport again! _

My older bother Bobby got to see him unload against UD (Univ of Dayton, Ohio) I think his junior year, he scored something like 42 pts and lived up to all the billing SI was giving him that year...it could have been his senior year...throwing up 30 foot rainbows at will...I did not get to go, I just heard of his remarkable feats...we wanted to watch one of our hometown heros....Steve Green (of Fairborn H.S. fame) who fed the ball to Lamar at USL

[NewsCopy]

Dwight "Bo" Lamar shares stories about his playing days at USL and childhood memories of Woody Hayes. Plus, he discusses the art of the jump shot, basketball today and more.

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[CajunEXPRESS]

Great to hear Bo speak about things. Very interesting.

[Cajunchuck]

Do you think Dwight "Bo" Lamar should be on the ESPN bracket of 64 greatest college basketball players? I saw players on the bracket that there is no way were better college players than Lamar.

[DannyP]

Yes

[Hatch]

I think one of the reasons he is left off of some of these lists is that USL didn’t transition to division 1 (or whatever the classifications were called back then) until his Junior season. Somebody feel free to correct me on this if I am wrong.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I grew up on Lamar. He was a singularly unbelievable player. If I had to put together 6 ten player teams he'd be on one.