RIP Lance Blanks

Sucks. When I was in the pep band and got to travel to Indy for the tourney, LB was the one player who hung out with us band kids and made us feel like part of the team. Heavy heart.
 
Hard to believe. I was lucky enough to be at Reunion Arena for the Regionals in 1990 and that place got so loud. I couldn't believe we were lucky enough to have "good" basketball in a real NBA venue.

Blanks had fouled out of the previous 3 tournament games, so I was expecting more of the same. Instead, Arkansas really stayed away from him on the perimeter and closed off his passing lanes to the other guards and Collie. It was such a heartbreaking loss knowing how close we were.

To pluck him from near-obscurity in the ACC to basically an all-conference kind of guy overnight was very satisfying. He'll be sorely missed.
 
Loved his commentary on LHN. Balanced out Galindo's gibberish.
Will miss him greatly .
 
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BMW was my first foray into Longhorn basketball just being stationed here at Ft Hood. It was a fun ride and he was very connected with the university his entire adult life. By all accounts he was an even better human than basketball player and expert which is saying a lot.

RIP Lance!!

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theiioftx said:
RIP Lance. I’m confused though on how he passed. Prayers for his family.
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Suicide. Which I began to suspect when the websites reporting auto accident were few and obscure with no details. Horrible tragedy and I guess we'll never know the why of someone we all respected and admired so much.:hookem:
 
moondog_LFZ said:
But what a selfish thing to do to the people that love you.
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Maybe if the people who loved him so much paid more attention they would have gotten him the help to still be with them. My father in law killed himself. He threatened it for years but we just thought he was being a drama king until the day he did it. I can't imagine where a person must be mentally and emotionally to think the only way out is to kill themself, but they certainly aren't selfish.
 
Vol Horn 4 Life said:
Maybe if the people who loved him so much paid more attention they would have gotten him the help to still be with them. My father in law killed himself. He threatened it for years but we just thought he was being a drama king until the day he did it. I can't imagine where a person must be mentally and emotionally to think the only way out is to kill themself, but they certainly aren't selfish.
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I know exactly how it feels.
I reached the point one dark night. I was either too drunk or too cowardly to do anything about it.
It was a very selfish moment.
Thinking of nobody but myself and my problems and how to end it.
My three small children were nowhere in my thoughts.
Fortunately, I found my way to some counseling and medication for a while.
It's a very permanent solution to temporary problems.
At least his kids were grown.
But it's an act that just tends to piss me off.
 
I feel very bad for Lance and his family. I know that depression can be such a dark hole that one cannot see any possibility of climbing out.
RIP Lance.
 
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