Post by Sandman on Nov 18, 2013 12:47:49 GMT -5
Dean, whose death in Baton Rouge was confirmed by LSU basketball spokesman Kent Lowe, is one of only three LSU players inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, along with Bob Pettit and Pete Maravich.
Dean, a native of New Albany, Ind., was LSU's top scorer in 1950 and '51. He became the second LSU player with 1,000 career points in 1952, when he was second on the team in scoring behind Pettit.
Dean was the athletics director at LSU for 14 years, beginning in 1987. He played a role in $50 million in facility improvements during that period, and LSU teams won 27 national championships, along with 40 Southeastern Conference titles.
Dale Brown was LSU's men's basketball coach during much of Dean's time as athletics director, and remembered Dean as "a man filled with energy, ideas, business ethics, motivation, candor, a tireless spirit and a deep quest to live life fully."
From 1969 to 1987, Dean was an analyst on SEC basketball broadcasts. He became known for saying, "string music," to describe the sound of a basketball swishing through the net.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2013/11/17/2937432/mr-string-music-former-sec-basketball.html#storylink=cpy
I don't know how many of you all remember Joe Dean. I used to love his SEC broadcasts.
Dean, a native of New Albany, Ind., was LSU's top scorer in 1950 and '51. He became the second LSU player with 1,000 career points in 1952, when he was second on the team in scoring behind Pettit.
Dean was the athletics director at LSU for 14 years, beginning in 1987. He played a role in $50 million in facility improvements during that period, and LSU teams won 27 national championships, along with 40 Southeastern Conference titles.
Dale Brown was LSU's men's basketball coach during much of Dean's time as athletics director, and remembered Dean as "a man filled with energy, ideas, business ethics, motivation, candor, a tireless spirit and a deep quest to live life fully."
From 1969 to 1987, Dean was an analyst on SEC basketball broadcasts. He became known for saying, "string music," to describe the sound of a basketball swishing through the net.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2013/11/17/2937432/mr-string-music-former-sec-basketball.html#storylink=cpy
I don't know how many of you all remember Joe Dean. I used to love his SEC broadcasts.
