Dwight Bo Lamar X-Move 360

[Boomer]

T-Bine can you resurrect the 360 degree Bo Lamar film and let Mumbo get a look at it????????? I just love that clip!!!!!

[cajunfan32]

_ T-Bine can you resurrect the 360 degree Bo Lamar film and let Mumbo get a look at it????????? I just love that clip!!!!! _

https://forumeus.com/sh...=&threadid=836
Is this what you're talking about?

[Turbine]

https://forumeus.com/sh...=&threadid=836
Is this what you're talking about?

Thanks

I was talking to an old timer a while back who said the X-Move 360 in the video isn't close to being Bo's best.

(Sure glad we have this one though)

He said Bo had some where he would finger roll the ball into the basket after the spin.

[HoustonCajun]

_ All I can say is WOW! I always heard my parents tell me about when they were students at USL. They'd talk about going to see basketball games in Blackham Coliseum, and watchin Bo Lamar play. But words don't describe what I just saw in that video clip. It makes me wish I could travel back in time just to see him play. Don't get me wrong, I'm 22, have grown up all my life going to Cajuns basketball games, and have seen my fair share of good players. But something about that video clip seemed magical. Anyhoo, it was a real treat to see that video clip, and I can only hope that our team returns to its glory days.

God Bless _

USL basketball back then was the best. As students, we used to go to Blackham at 6:00 for a 7:30 game just to get a seat. The excitement was incredible. USL was nationally ranked back then and was actually on the cover of Sports Illustrated, not to mention several articles about us that they wrote. For those of you younger guys that were not around then, you can't imagine what it was really like. Bo Lamar was the MAN and he put USL on the map. Of course, it wasn't just Lamar as we had a ton of talent at every position and high school all americas on the bench in waiting if we hadn't received the death penalty. No telling where we would be today if that hadn't happened. If we can ever recapture that under Marlin, we will again be a national power.

[cajunfan32]

_ Thanks

I was talking to an old timer a while back who said the X-Move 360 in the video isn't close to being Bo's best.

(Sure glad we have this one though)

He said Bo had some where he would finger roll the ball into the basket after the spin. _

No problem. I just googled bo lamar and pulled it right up. that's actually how i found this board a few months ago. go figure haha

[Duggie35]

That short video of only 5 or 6 shots doesn't even scratch the surface of Bo Lamar's carreer, but should easily demonstrate why the #10 should never be worn by another Basketball player at UL. This is just a SMALL bit of evidence for those on this forum who were too young (or not even born), to have had the good fortune of seeing this great player play. The same can be said of #14 & #24, Marvin Winkler and Andrew Tony.

[jazzpop]

My wife and I were students during the glory years of USL basketball, and it was an amazing party! Students would start lining up in the early afternoon for seats and by tip off there was hardly breathing room. Blackham was as roudy and mean a snakepit as there was. Former Northwestern coach Tyne Hildebrand said that he had seen just about everything in Blackham, including rape and murder. Lamar was magic, but as Sports Illustrated said, he may not have even been the best player on the team. Their vote for
that went to center Roy Ebron. Great fun, great times, sad ending.

[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]

_ 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

[Tasso]

NCAA Tournament had only 24 teams participating. In those days Freshmen were not allowed to play. They had to sit out a year. USL team was so talented , they could have beaten teams in the top 25.