

Shaquille O’Neal’s career March Madness highlights at LSU (1990-1992)
Shaquille O’Neal’s career March Madness highlights at LSU (1990-1992)
The year is 1992, the month is March. LSU drew the LSU in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Tigers arrive in Bois, Idaho, with their 7-Naha-1, 295-Libra SuperStar-Center Shaquille O’Neal.
At this point, Shaq was already at university at university. It was double All-American, Sec Player of the Year and the power of nature in color, was a player who all stopped watching. On March 19, however, he released something that would be remembered even by those who did not see the game: three times-26 points, 13 rebounds and 11 blocks.
Triple-Doubbles in March Madness Play was and are still unusual-especially for the center. O’Neal’s performance was an example of the dominance and preview of the legend that soon became.
When we go inside the NCAA video, we look again at one of the biggest performances with one game in the tournament-Night Shaq history has moved its game to a completely different level.
Below you can watch the whole game from March Madness YouTube Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhr1sp0zy78
Game: LSU vs. Bullshit
LSU entered the 1992 NCAA tournament as 7-SEMEN, tilted O’Neal heavily, and the broadcast has explained from the beginning. “The 54-Footer Kevin Nixon against Utep gave the right to meet LSU tonight,” said CBS ‘Sean McDonough, “Shaquille O’Neal-maybe the best player in university basketball, certainly one of the most popular.”
The tone was set before the initial tip. Soon in the first half, LSU does not waste his star feeding time. With the entry passage to the Shaq post, it throws the first points of the game. That was a kind of introductory statement with which Byu would have to deal with the whole night.
Shaq causes his presence to feel soon, averting an attempt at a rim.
It blocks another Burning Shot, immediately a bounce and offers the ball to start a quick break.
O’Neal goes to the shot in, but he can’t get it to fall. The muscles down after the reflection, get the ball back up and sinks the basket and pulls the foul.
Shaq again Shaq Swats Ball from the Loos and Clarence Clarence Ceasar is able to object free ball and turn what could only be a defensive stop at an immediate transition.
O’Neal, who withdrew, quickly finds his balance and turns back to the edge for two points.
Moments after Shaq tied the record of the NCAA tournament block (10), formerly determined by Shawn Bradley in 1991, Cougars will make the last desperate ride to the edge. O’Neal meets Floater Kevin Nixon, who threw his 11.
This game described O’Neal’s sixth career three times on LSU, but his only in the NCAA tournament. The tigers defeated the Byu, 94-83, to advance to the second round, where they lost with No. 5 Seed Indiana.
Rarity triple in March madness
For those who are not unknown with this term, it is three times double when the player records two -digit sums with one game in three different statistical categories in one game. Until the 1985-86 season, when NCAA finally began watching blocks and theft, it is even three times acknowledged in Basketball.
Unlike the NBA, where pace and longer games create more chances, it makes it difficult to achieve a three -fold four -minute formats of a 40 -minute format. Most of those who became at the end of the 80’s and early 90s came from the guardians of the accumulating assistance or theft paired with rebounds and points. If you want to see the center, the performance has been achieved and do it with blocks, was extraordinary.
Here is a view of the full list of triple NCAA tournaments by 2025. Shaq was only the second player to achieve this performance at the time of his 1992.
Player | School | Opponent | date | STATE |
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Gary grant | Michigan | vs. UNC | March 14, 1987 | 24 points, 10 rebs., 10 ASTS. |
Shaquille O’Neal | Lsu | vs. Bullshit | March 19, 1992 | 26 points, 13 rebs., 11 BLKS. |
David Cain | St. John’s (his) | vs. Texas tech | March 18, 1993 | 12 points, 11 rebs. And 11 asts. |
Another Miller | Utah | vs. Arizona | March 21, 1998 | 18 points, 14 Rebs., 13 ASTS. |
Dwyane Wade | Marquette | vs. Kentucky | March 29, 2003 | 29 points, 11 rebs, 11 ASTS. |
Cole Aldrich | Kansas | vs. Dayton | March 22, 2009 | 13 points, 20 rebs., 10 BLKS. |
Draymond Green | Michigan | vs. Teased | March 17, 2011 | 23 points, 11 rebs., 10 Asts. |
Draymond Green | Michigan | vs. Liu | March 16, 2012 | 24 points, 12 rebs., 10 ASTS. |
I more | Murray State | vs. Marquette | March 21, 2019 | 17 points, 11 rebs., 16 ASTS. |
Marcus Domask | Illinois | vs. MOREHEAD STATE | 21st March 2024 | 12 points, 11 rebs., 10 ASTS. |
The division of historical statistics
O’Neal’s Triple-Double was not just a statistical line-it was historically significant:
- It is just one of two players in the history of March Madness Men’s History, which has seen three times with 10 or more blocks.
- Still holding a record for most blocks in a single NCAA tournament game with 11.
This game was, of course, just a piece of greater heritage O’Neal in Baton Rouge. From the Sec Player of the Year, to the National Player of the Year, his three seasons with LSU have shown that he is one of the most influential players in the NCAA Men’s Basketball History.
If you want to dive deeper into your complete university career and awards, check out the complete peaks of the NCAA NCAA tournament below.
Legacy closed in March History of Madness
More than three decades later, its 26 points, 13 rebounds and a record 11 blocks are still remembered as a defining moment in the history of the NCAA tournament. O’Neal’s Hall of Fame in the NBA would show its ongoing dominance, but its triple against Byu is a reminder of where it all started.
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