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Team of Physicians for Students Tops physicals save lives On March 4 1990 Hank Gathers a power forward on the Loyola Marymount basketball team collapsed midgame moments after scoring a dunk off an alleyoop pass against the University of Portland. He died hours later. Hanks posthumous diagnosis Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy HCM is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in athletes. Often diagnosed with an echocardiograman ultrasound of the heartHCM is treatable.