NCAA Men's Basketball  Dean, former LSU athletic director, dies
at 83  11/17 4:09 PM  Joe Dean, a former LSU basketball star and
later the university's athletic director, died Sunday at age 83.
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Joe Dean, a former LSU basketball star and
later the university's athletic director, died Sunday. He was
83.  Dean, whose death in Baton Rouge was confirmed by LSU
basketball spokesman Kent Lowe, is one of only three LSU players
inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame,
along with Bob Pettit and Pete Maravich.  Dean, a native of New
Albany, Ind., was LSU's top scorer in 1950 and `51. He became
the second LSU player with 1,000 career points in 1952, when he
was second on the team in scoring behind Pettit.  Dean was the
athletic director at LSU for 14 years, beginning in 1987. He
played a role in $50 million in facility improvements during
that period, and LSU teams won 27 national championships, along
with 40 Southeastern Conference titles.  Dale Brown was LSU's
men's basketball