[2] Loyola Marymount's last appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 1990, where they advanced to the Elite Eight.

The 1990 squad was also the highest scoring team in NCAA Division I history with an average of 122 points per game.

Newell went on to coach the San Francisco Dons to the 1949 NIT title, and the California Golden Bears to the 1959 NCAA tournament championship.

The Lions burst onto the national basketball scene in the late 1980s under coach Paul Westhead.

[4] As of October 2010, Loyola Marymount held the five highest combined scoring games in Division I history.

Four of the five occurred during Westhead's career, including a record 331 in the 181–150 win over United States International University on January 31, 1989.

[9][10] In the 1989–90 season, during the second round of the WCC tournament, Gathers collapsed and died on the court due to a heart condition.

LMU then defeated #15 Saint Mary's at Gersten Pavilion on February 9, 2023, for his second nationally-ranked win of the season.

Johnson has led LMU to two MTE (Multi-Team Event) Tournament titles in his tenure, winning the Jamaica Classic in 2022 and the Cancun Challenge in 2024.

Loyola Marymount has retired two jersey numbers, both being two members of the 1990 Sweet Sixteen team.