It's amazing how the BYU center kept challenging him as if somehow something was going to change. They needed to start looking for other avenues to score.
It's his timing, just like a fighter, reach is worthless if your timing is off or reactions are slow. Shaq was the perfect combo of size reflex and athleticism
Yet his last college game was a loss against my Indiana Hoosiers. I've always been proud that Shaq and Michael Jordan both lost in their last game against the Hoosiers.
Some people ragging on the BYU guys here but I guarantee that if most of us ever played pick up against them they would dominate you and any one of them would probably be the best player you've ever seen in real life.
NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. have you seen this guy's distance shooting? it's awful. no way his game can translate to the modern nba. maybe 25 years ago, but not anymore
This guy can't hit a free throw. Can't make it in the nba if you can't shoot free throws. They'll just keep hacking him again and again. It'll be a hack-a-shaq.
It's a trip watching this and back then I thought Shaq was humongous! If Shaq stayed this weight for most of his NBA career no telling what would've happened. He was still the most dominant player in the league.
Curtis Otaa, Fun Fact: ironically a year earlier, BYUs Shawn Bradley had set the single game tourney record for blocks against Virginia (I was at that game). Bradley went on a church mission to Australia, and then Shaq broke his record in this game.
His reaction time and speed were the key. Yeah - he's huge. Yeah, naturally strong (HE'S HUGE) - but he was underestimated regarding his speed and agility. And his sense of humor :)
He got so big later on. He was probably a hundred pounds plus heavier than this in his later playing years, especially at the beginnings of seasons when he would still need to play his way into shape.
@NolaVerse TV Nah, not 8 straight. 7 max cuz Shaq was not what he used to be, unless they became best buds and motivated each other on or off the court. Cuz Shaq was low-key like Dennis Rodman, he knew he didn't have to work as hard to dominate but Kobe was the opposite
@@kevinseveneleven didnt the Spurs win the championship in '99 before the Lakers 3 peated. They did win the Finals in 2003 as well so I'm going to assume the beat the Lakers that year in the playoffs as well
Kobe was too selfish a player for that to happen. The loss to the Pistons in 04 proved it because they really should have won. He wanted to be the leading scorer & MVP and the biggest star even though the blueprint for the previous 3 titles was let Shaq dominate. Check out the very low assist totals he had, especially to Shaq in that series.
Don’t feel bad for #32 from BYU. A few years later he met the woman he loved who turned down marriage proposals from him 11 times before she eventually said “yes”! Shaquille taught this man how to accept rejection!
Shaq would LET their post guys get it in the paint just so he could swat it. He was baiting them into it. After 5-6 you’d think BYU would learn the lesson. Never been a more physically impressive athlete.
I have a couple of other suggestions for videos. 1) Cole Aldrich gets a triple-double with points, rebounds and blocks against Dayton in the second round of 2009 NCAA tournament. He also did it in his home state of Minnesota. The first triple-double since Dwayne Wade's and the first to do it with blocks since Shaq did it in this game. 2) Jeff Withey sets record for number of blocked shots in one NCAA tournament with 31 in 2012.
Just imagine if Shaq focused 100% on basketball and stayed in shape. He's already an all time great but if he actually worked out and practiced as a pro legitimately could have been the best of all time
Baba nah I’m in Orlando he dropped weight but became more cut in LA he became undisciplined cause his dad passed(his step dad was super strict & a vet)
If Shaq has stayed at 280 and had been more focused, he would have been the most explosive Big Man of all time! He underachieved and he had to go find and play with greats to get his rings.
This was what Wilt Chamberlain was going at in the nba back in the days. When Shaq came in the nba he had to face Olajuwon Ewing Robinson etc etc. You put Shaq in a game with all tiny white guys and he will dominate them, and this was in a college game.
Just 1 question. If Shaq was so utterly dominant why didn't he ever win an NCAA Championship? I don't think he ever got to a Final Four did he? How totally dominant.
@@PoliticusRex632 hey nr1 teams or nr2 teams can be upset by any team. Happens all the time. But Shaq was dominant. You know some names but yoi can find that everywhere if you google it.
He was so massive. Who would've thought he'd be such a polarizing figure in the entertainment industry too? Af first he seemed to be a try hard but people eventually came around.
God who would of guessed this dominate force not being drafted and going on to do great things in the insurance, food, and electronic business!! Everyone at this time thought he would be the most dominate player in NBA but to never reach the nba and take that dominance to entrepreneurship and tv😮. Salute!
Yes, BYU should have made adjustments. Watching Shaq in this short video, I noticed a lot of his blocks are with his right hand and very few with the left. BYU should have rotated to his left side. If that still doesn’t work, then don’t challenge him, kick it out as the defense collapses inside.
Shaq was a handful in college I played him I was 6’9 playing center I had 22 points on him.. but he had 30 on me all dunks lol I never made nba I played overseas .. but enjoyed my games against shaq nice guy too
Cedric R “Dwight can’t be the best big in the league. The best big should be giving you 28-15 every night. If I did it, then he has to as well Ernie. Until then Brook Lopez is the best big in the league” - Shaq
It's been reported Shaq weighed about 250 lbs as a rookie in Orlando and when he retired in Boston I have reliable sources that he actually weighed about 420 to 440lbs. Conversely Ray Allen weighed 204 as a rookie and retired at 205. Shaq ideally should not have exceeded 270-275 lbs and he likely would not have had foot and hip injuries. Kobe was dedicated and disciplined, Shaq was the exact opposite. No wonder Kobe had no respect for him...
You figured after 6 blocks in the first half you’d stop going inside!
Guess not🤣
I know right?
I thought so too
Well, the game plan against shaq back then was get him into foul trouble.
Why? He just get smacking it out of bounds giving it right back to BYU.
It's amazing how the BYU center kept challenging him as if somehow something was going to change. They needed to start looking for other avenues to score.
Bruh he was obviously trying to foul shaq out that's all byu was worried about
That was the strategy back then while he was in the College. Get him into foul trouble so we can get him out of the game.
"but but but.. I did a pump fake like coach told me to."
@Adrian Gamos we're well past that brother, Shaq made the dude look like he couldn't post up Isaiah Thomas
I'm sure they tried other avenues, this is a SHAQ highlight so naturally only shows his blocks and not the other team shooting mid-range jumpers.
The impressive part is that the blocks are majorly due to his athleticism and skill not just size. He’s swatting fairly open jump shooters in iso
He has perfect timing
access Absolutely
Its really just due to his length and reaction time dude and the skill of blocking shots precisely
It's his timing, just like a fighter, reach is worthless if your timing is off or reactions are slow. Shaq was the perfect combo of size reflex and athleticism
Nah, alot is due to height.
Shaq looks like he's playing against children lol
Lol.so true..bunch of white pre-schoolers.
Yet his last college game was a loss against my Indiana Hoosiers. I've always been proud that Shaq and Michael Jordan both lost in their last game against the Hoosiers.
@@vanmoody lol Hoosiers are garbage and were coached by a sociopath.
Some people ragging on the BYU guys here but I guarantee that if most of us ever played pick up against them they would dominate you and any one of them would probably be the best player you've ever seen in real life.
Bob Tob and yet Jordan and Shaq lost against them........
This guy looks pretty good. Maybe he will play in NBA one day
Maybe 🤷🏾♂️😭🤷🏾♂️😭🤷🏾♂️😭
NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
have you seen this guy's distance shooting? it's awful. no way his game can translate to the modern nba. maybe 25 years ago, but not anymore
Look so skinny, no yet developed his great post up game
28yrs later and he a analyst for NBA games on TNT. Not sure what he did in the between years buy that's a huge accomplishment!
This guy can't hit a free throw. Can't make it in the nba if you can't shoot free throws. They'll just keep hacking him again and again. It'll be a hack-a-shaq.
This should be the most time a single player gets his shot blocked in a basketball game.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's a trip watching this and back then I thought Shaq was humongous! If Shaq stayed this weight for most of his NBA career no telling what would've happened. He was still the most dominant player in the league.
That BYU coach was losing his mind, not realizing his center was playing against Shaq lolol
Curtis Otaa,
Fun Fact: ironically a year earlier, BYUs Shawn Bradley had set the single game tourney record for blocks against Virginia (I was at that game). Bradley went on a church mission to Australia, and then Shaq broke his record in this game.
What? Shaq was already. Celebrity in college lol
He was so dominant, it was crazy
Shaq with his Patrick Ewing knee pads lol.
shaq said he wore them to be like Charles Shackleford, whom he stole the Shaq nickname from
and his number
o bez shaq is within his real name but Ik what you mean
His reaction time and speed were the key. Yeah - he's huge. Yeah, naturally strong (HE'S HUGE) - but he was underestimated regarding his speed and agility. And his sense of humor :)
1:45 was beautiful
I was at that game. It was like, "ah no, BYU ain't winning this game as long as that beast is here".
triple double with blocks is insane. remember that year no if or buts who was going to be the #1 lottery pick.
Shaq was quick af
Olusegun Arigbede he was 50 lb lighter
Islanders83 Still......
he was skinny
He got so big later on. He was probably a hundred pounds plus heavier than this in his later playing years, especially at the beginnings of seasons when he would still need to play his way into shape.
@@ElCap1van not really skinny at all
BYU: Let’s run headfirst into a brick wall for 40 minutes straight.
O'Neal was just a wrecking ball, ..Shaq was incredible, only way to describe him is imagining an elephant with the speed and agility of a cheetah
aaron sims I wouldn’t say a cheetah, more like a Greyhound.
aaron sims yeah cheetah doesn’t come in mind, but kinda fast for a big man tho
That would be Wilt Chamberlain then..
Hippos are actually faster than they look so ima go with that
I get what you're saying.
I remember that game. BYU had a couple 7 footers and Shaquille stuffed them all. It was an incredible performance.
Kobe was right, could have had 6 rings Shaq
Those Spur teams would have gave them problems and the Pistons too if they met in the Finals again
@NolaVerse TV Nah, not 8 straight. 7 max cuz Shaq was not what he used to be, unless they became best buds and motivated each other on or off the court. Cuz Shaq was low-key like Dennis Rodman, he knew he didn't have to work as hard to dominate but Kobe was the opposite
kevinseveneleven no cap Kobe my fav all time but it’s was to many personal issues with other players on that team
@@kevinseveneleven didnt the Spurs win the championship in '99 before the Lakers 3 peated. They did win the Finals in 2003 as well so I'm going to assume the beat the Lakers that year in the playoffs as well
Kobe was too selfish a player for that to happen. The loss to the Pistons in 04 proved it because they really should have won. He wanted to be the leading scorer & MVP and the biggest star even though the blueprint for the previous 3 titles was let Shaq dominate. Check out the very low assist totals he had, especially to Shaq in that series.
When O'Neal weighed less and had speed and agility. That all changed in the pros, where he backed up toward the basket like a dump truck.
The extra weight might’ve helped him offensively but definitely slowed him down on d.
Back when 3 second violations didn't exist.
Defensive 3 seconds doesn't exist in the college game still
3 for 3 seconds is a thing
Yup college or high school don’t have 3 second violation
Nosupa they call it in highschool where im from
@@willclose2311 Not now, back then they didn't
I remember watching this game. I was a little kid and it was the Tigers vs the Cougars. As a little kid, that was awesome!!!
Don’t feel bad for #32 from BYU. A few years later he met the woman he loved who turned down marriage proposals from him 11 times before she eventually said “yes”! Shaquille taught this man how to accept rejection!
- Emerging? I was already emerged? -
Gotta love shaq and agree with that quote
You’re playing against the best shot blocker in the nation and not a single pump fake in sight. Unbelievable 😆
Great strategy coach👍🏾
Bruh skinny Shaq with more explosiveness in the NCAA where the lanes are more clogged is unfair AF 😭😭🤣🤣
that number 32 of BYU is still having nightmares of shaq in the paint 😅
Shaq would LET their post guys get it in the paint just so he could swat it. He was baiting them into it. After 5-6 you’d think BYU would learn the lesson. Never been a more physically impressive athlete.
Back when Shaq was broke.
That game face went from smile to let’s go real quick
Nah shaq said he was getting paid in college
Bull!!! Everybody knows that Shaq made his money in college
Shaw got paid in college, he even admits it. Barkley constantly jokes on tnt “Shaq took a pay cut when he left LSU for the nba”
Mj was ny favourite player but. Some months ago im Speachless because of dominance that shaq has. Incredible player.
What an absolute monster he was.
that ref was savage calling a charge
why? dude tried put his shoulder through his chest
Kevin Schart I think he meant how enthusiastic the ref was when he called it not the actual call. The ref put his hips in that call 😂
It was crazy how much charging Shaq got away with in the NBA
When you hear young kids say Shaq was slow and they could take him 1 on 1... 😂 😂 😂
SOOOOOO DOMINATING as a college player. You just knew he was going to DOMINATE in the PROS., no doubt about it.
Just imagine telling your kids, Shaq block everything, even my NBA carrer😂🤣😂
as an LSU fan during this era, I can look back and say we really missed an opportunity to go further.
Didn't use shaq enough while he was there!
I don't know what LSU's coach was doing. Stanley Roberts was overrated, but Chris Jackson was underrated.
I almost thought Shaq was wearing Shaqs in this video.
He wearing Reebok I think
Playing like a real center. Now we only have stretch 4s.
Stretch 3's.... Everyone wants to be a Guard... No more centers....
Being a center just takes more skill these days. Yall are just mad
@@CodeWithLukas uh no
Has this team ever heard of the pump fake? Like at all??
Do you wanna pump fake Shaq and have him fall on top of you? Lol
Man look closely theyve tried that and didnt work :D
Its literally a pump fake only 36 seconds in, and another at 46 seconds
@@1994Trill and at that time they realised theyre in trouble :)
Are you watching the entire vid or just some of just some of it? The freakin team tried everything. There was nothin they could do.
NBA Scout: Son have you ever considered quitting school to play in the NBA?
Shaq: Yes.
I loved these LSU teams with Shaq and just before him, Chris Jackson. Both those dudes made basketball exciting!
Everybody looks like they’re 30, love the hand checking back then
BYU players are 2 years older because they go on missions.
Young Shaq!!!💯💪🏿✊🏿
#LEGEND🏀
#LSU
This kids gonna be an all star in the NBA, my prediction...
Angelo DC I Agree dude
I think I’d take him 1st overall and make sure I keep him around
Kenny and Charles announced this game live on TNT.
Weren't they still playing basketball back then???
Wyndamn yes he’s trolling or delusional
Don't be mean, fellas! Look it up if you don't believe me.
@@Wyndamn Chuck was still playing MVP caliber ball in 1992 and Kenny was just joining the rockets
Jamie Branden was my point guard at Martin Luther king H.S and at the time he didn't know he was playing point guard with a hall of famer.
Yes all city all State all world
And that my friend is the reason why NBA invented the offensive 3 seconda violation. Shaq dominated tha paint in offense
4:27 Shaq basically sent that all the way to half court 😂😂😂
I have a couple of other suggestions for videos. 1) Cole Aldrich gets a triple-double with points, rebounds and blocks against Dayton in the second round of 2009 NCAA tournament. He also did it in his home state of Minnesota. The first triple-double since Dwayne Wade's and the first to do it with blocks since Shaq did it in this game. 2) Jeff Withey sets record for number of blocked shots in one NCAA tournament with 31 in 2012.
This where the phrase “ Shaq’em “ came from ... little boying this dudes 🤣🤣
Shaq is a living legend no doubt .... A time machine a very much need for everyone i bet
After the first 8 blocks, you figure ya might getta clue!!
*_26 Points_*
*_14 Rebounds_*
*_11 Blocks_*
Dat triple double tho.
Sad because this type of basketball isn’t even played anymore
because hack a shaq happened
Just imagine if Shaq focused 100% on basketball and stayed in shape. He's already an all time great but if he actually worked out and practiced as a pro legitimately could have been the best of all time
"That LSU team looks pretty small in the middle, let's just keep taking it inside on them." -BYU
And he wasn't even in great shape here. He got lean and ripped for his first year in Orlando.
he looked pretty lean here. I think in college and first year in the NBA he was around 290-295. He went up to 330+ by like 2002
He looks like hes in shape here
@@PyroInferno110 yea but not Orlando rookie shape
@@Shinobi33 ok still in shape beech
Baba nah I’m in Orlando he dropped weight but became more cut in LA he became undisciplined cause his dad passed(his step dad was super strict & a vet)
34 must have been the best player in BYU for them to repeatedly throw the ball at him even if it is getting swatted left and right.
This is when diesel was premium grade 😂
I could swear I heard Shaq shout "Pay Me!!!" when swatting away one of those layups.
Cats use to say that on the court back in the 90’s.
the black boy called boudreaux after 30 years to grandsons :i was substitude of shaquille o'neill.
grandsons : ok boomer
Resorting to watching these vids since the NCAA tourney was cancelled 😔
If Shaq has stayed at 280 and had been more focused, he would have been the most explosive Big Man of all time! He underachieved and he had to go find and play with greats to get his rings.
When he came to LA there were no greats. They became great after playing with him.
After this game Shaq was like if i get diesel then i could dominate the nba with size and skills.
3:36. The look on their faces. PRICELESS!! LOL
That's the "he keeps stuffing our tall dude" look....
Didn't know Shaq was in college during the 60's
This was what Wilt Chamberlain was going at in the nba back in the days. When Shaq came in the nba he had to face Olajuwon Ewing Robinson etc etc. You put Shaq in a game with all tiny white guys and he will dominate them, and this was in a college game.
Just 1 question. If Shaq was so utterly dominant why didn't he ever win an NCAA Championship? I don't think he ever got to a Final Four did he? How totally dominant.
@@PoliticusRex632 he didn't have a good tean around him
@@adedamolaodutayo2757 your funny. Chris Jackson, Vern Singleton, Stanley Roberts, Lyle Mouton. They were ranked #2 at one point.
@@PoliticusRex632 hey nr1 teams or nr2 teams can be upset by any team. Happens all the time. But Shaq was dominant. You know some names but yoi can find that everywhere if you google it.
@@mjss1980NL because I didn't Google it. I know the names because I was there.
It’s Shaq.....and a bunch a little boys playing basketball 😂😂😂
The players on BYU are not quick enough to get him in foul trouble. It let's you know how good and athletic Shaq really was.
My goat. Best big man
He was so massive. Who would've thought he'd be such a polarizing figure in the entertainment industry too? Af first he seemed to be a try hard but people eventually came around.
"Coach. we've tried shooting 4-footers on Shaq a hundred times and he blocks almost all of them. What should we do?"
"Shoot a hundred more."
God who would of guessed this dominate force not being drafted and going on to do great things in the insurance, food, and electronic business!! Everyone at this time thought he would be the most dominate player in NBA but to never reach the nba and take that dominance to entrepreneurship and tv😮. Salute!
He was already cross eyed🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
❤ Shaq, i love you 🎉🎉🎉
Is it me or they dont look like college players. They looked way older.
Well most dudes stuck around for 4 or 5 years back then.
College players did look older back then. And like Matt said, they stayed atleast 3 years
Mormons often go on a 2 year mission before enrolling in college, so some are probably the equivalent of 7th year seniors.
Hair cuts, short shorts lol. People forget that the older dudes now, stuck with the same exact haircuts and style they had in college
The average 30 or even 40 year old today looks so much younger than his/her 90s counterpart.
Shaq is one of those rare talents with a better work ethic, one can only imagine what he could have been
You talk as if his career was underwhelming lol
Time flies ....seems like yesterday
Yes, BYU should have made adjustments. Watching Shaq in this short video, I noticed a lot of his blocks are with his right hand and very few with the left. BYU should have rotated to his left side. If that still doesn’t work, then don’t challenge him, kick it out as the defense collapses inside.
Hes unstoppable.
About 25pts 13 boards maybe 4 assists and 27 blocks. Pretty good game there.
"Everybody knows Shaq made all of his money at LSU"- Baseketball
😂😂😂😂
Shaq was a handful in college I played him I was 6’9 playing center I had 22 points on him.. but he had 30 on me all dunks lol I never made nba I played overseas .. but enjoyed my games against shaq nice guy too
Proof
The power of shaq , unstoppable !!!!!
These blocks are like volleyball spikes. Crazy.
Shaq is Legend
Sounds weird to hear the announcers keep calling him "O'neal"
I thought it was a basketball video. It seems I was wrong, all I see is a f*ckin' TANK.
If I had a dollar every time Shaq noped a Boise shot in this video...
Also, dat triple double tho.
Legend has it the Loch Ness monster still wants three fitty
Dudley be wareeee...hahahaaahaaahaaa...im coming uuuuuuhaha...SHAQ
He was late on so many of those blocks and still made them.. crazy
When someone is that dominant in the NBA, it’s hard to imagine college players being able to do anything with him.
Shaquille didn't dunk as much in college as he did in the NBA.
Mark Warner because he was braking the backboards
@@travishobbs2830 yessirr
0:10 he’s 5 pts and 1 rebound away for his ideal 28-15. If you know, you know 😂😂😂
Cedric R “Dwight can’t be the best big in the league. The best big should be giving you 28-15 every night. If I did it, then he has to as well Ernie. Until then Brook Lopez is the best big in the league” - Shaq
Shaq from the free throw line was hilarious! Even in his pro years and once players found out how to get him to shoot from 6-8 feet away...ha!
It's been reported Shaq weighed about 250 lbs as a rookie in Orlando and when he retired in Boston I have reliable sources that he actually weighed about 420 to 440lbs. Conversely Ray Allen weighed 204 as a rookie and retired at 205. Shaq ideally should not have exceeded 270-275 lbs and he likely would not have had foot and hip injuries. Kobe was dedicated and disciplined, Shaq was the exact opposite. No wonder Kobe had no respect for him...
Shaq would literally just sit in the paint and block whatever came his way
Haven’t seen so many block shots in a game , geez!