LSU All-Decade Team Voting

The 1940s (1940-1949)

Please vote for five players from the nominees listed below for the All-Decade LSU Men’s Basketball Team for the 1940s and then five for the 1950s. Below is information on the nominees. Updated information and ballots can be found at www.LSUsports.net. You may vote for the 1940s and 1950s All-Decade team through Feb. 15, 2008:

Joe Bill Adcock – C – 1944-47: Second Team All-SEC, 1946; SEC Tournament record for points, 31 against Tulane, 1946; SEC Leading Scorer 1946 (18.6); averaged 11.6 in 1947

Charles Bozeman – C – 1938-41: Leading scorer in 1941, 13.4 points per game

Frank Brian – F – 1942-43; 1945-47: First Team All-SEC, 1943; Second Team 1947; Leading scorer in 1947 – 9.8 ppg in 1943; 18.0 average in 1947 … La. Sports Hall of Famer, La. Assoc. of Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame

John Chaney – F – 1940-43: Second Team All-SEC, 1943.

Alvin Dark – G – 1942-43: Played just two years of basketball before concentrating on baseball … Team was 19-5 during his two years in the SEC.

Richard “Whitey” Hoskins, Jr. – G – 1942-44: Second Team All-SEC, 1944.

Clyde Lindsey –F – 1944-46: Three sport athlete; 15.7 ppg as a senior in 1945.

Bobby Lowther – F – 1942-43; 1945-48: First Team All-SEC, 1946; First Team All- American, Basketball, Track, 1946; Louisiana Sports Hall of Famer; averaged 14.7 point in 1946; averaged 12.7 in 1947.

Bill Michaelis – G – 1943-44; 1946-49: Starting point guard on teams in late 1940s.

Dale Morey – F – 1939-42: Only LSU player to go directly from player to coach in 1943 after Harry Rabenhorst entered the service.

Dick Thompson – G – 1947-51; Averaged 10.2 points per game in 1949

Bill Walters – G – 1942-43; 1945-47: Guards on team that joined with Joe Adcock and Frank Brian to go 18-4 in 1942-43 before WWII and 33-12 in two seasons after the war.

Bubba Webb – G – 1942-43; 1945-47: Guards on team that joined with Joe Adcock and Frank Brian to go 18-4 in 1942-43 before WWII and 33-12 in two seasons after the war.

The 1950s (1950-1959)

Don Belcher – F – 1951-55 – Averaged 12.4 points in 1953

Ned Clark – F – 1951-55 – Member 1953 NCAA Final Four Team; Fifth leading rebounder in school history with 988. 1953 – 9.4 ppg, 1954 – 7.4 ppg; 1955 – 9.8 ppg

Joe Combs – 1956-59 – Averaged 10.7 points, 7.4 rebounds a game in 1959

Jim Crisco – F – 1956-59 – Averaged 11.6 points per game in 1958; Team leading scorer (12.2) in 1959; Team leading rebounder in 1958 (9.0) and 1959 (7.6).

Joe Dean – G – 1949-52 – All-SEC First Team 1952; All-SEC Second Team 1951; Member of the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame, NABC Silver Anniversary Team; LABC Hall of Fame; Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame; Team leading scorer in 1950 (10.8), 1951 (15.1), second behind Petit in 1952 (18.3 ppg); 32nd at LSU in career scoring (1,072 points).

Norman Magee – G – 1951-55 – Averaged 13.2 ppg in 1953; 10.0 in 1954 part of NCAA Final Four team; 11.7 in 1955.

Benny McArdle – G – 1951-54 – All-SEC Second Team, 1953; All-SEC Third Team, 1954.

Bob Meador – F – 1949-51 – All-SEC Third Team, 1950; First player to start ever game over four years; first player over 1,000 career points … Presently 30 on career scoring list (1,099) … Averaged 11.4 in 1950, 12.4 in 1951

Dom Merle – F – 1955-58 – 13.6 scoring average, 1956; 12.7 average, 1957; Team leading scorer in 1958 (12.3 ppg), team leader in FGs 1958.

Wayne Munson – F – 1957-59 – Averaged best of 10.2 points and 10.3 in 1958; Averaged 9.2 points, 6.4 rebounds in 1959

Lynn Moon – C – 1956-59 – Best season of 10.0 points per game in 1959 and 6.4 rebounds.

Gene Murphy – F – 1947-51 – Averaged 10.6 points in 1950 and 9.8 in 1951.

Bob Pettit – F – 1951-54 – All-SEC First Team, 1952, 1953, 1954; All-American Second Team, 1952; All American First Team 1953, 1954 … Fifth all-time in LSU point (1,916), third scoring average (27.4), 1st rebound average (14.8), fourth total rebounds (1,039) … All-time best single season rebound average at LSU (17.3, 1954) … 31.4 ppg average in 1954, 25.5 in 1952, 24.7 in 1953 … 60 points vs. La. College, 1953.

Troy Rushing – F – 1954-57 – 12.3 scoring average, 1956; 15.0 ppg in 1957; Averaged 10.3 rebounds his final season (1957) … 26th all-time in total rebounds at LSU (560), 7.9 average for 71 games.

Don Sebastian – G – 1952-56 – Averaged 7.4 points, 1955; 11.5 points per game, 1956

Roger Sigler – F – 1953-57 – All-SEC First Team 1956; 3rd Team 1957; Team leading scorer in 1955 (15.0), 1956 (25.1), 1957 (18.4) … Leading rebounder in 1956 (13.8)…Led team in free throws in 1955, 1956, 1957; 22nd in career scoring (1,318 points); 18th in rebounding (713).