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Louisiana Tech opens up Conference USA action on Thursday against Marshall at 8 p.m. inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Karl Malone Court.
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THE SERIES
LA Tech leads the all-time series against Marshall, 8-5. The Bulldogs won the first six meetings in the series, but the Herd have won five of the last seven. LA Tech has lost only three times at home since the 2018-19 season and two of those were to Marshall.
The Dogs need to dominate this one!
Say what! We are actually playing Marshall in something in Ruston????
See where the Lady Techsters have played Marshall 10 times in history, that's 7 times there, twice in Ruston, and once on a neutral floor (Frisco, TX). So after this week make that 11 meetings with EIGHT at their place. How is this even possible?
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Heard that Z107.5 is giving away tickets and still telling everyone it’s a 6:30 tip.
There was a discussion this afternoon on Fox's drivetime show whether this was the first regular season game on either ESPN or ESPN2 from the TAC.
It's definitely not the first.
I believe the first was ESPN's Midnight Madness game at the TAC in December, 1989 against Middle Tennessee. It was a 10:30 tip on ESPN.
Attendance was close to 5,000 with about 3,500 students.
We were also on ESPN2 in the late 90s. If memory serves it was against UNO.
We were on ESPN back in 1978 or 79 from Memorial vs. Arkansas State.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Historian
ESPN in the late 70s? Who had cable then? Mid 80s maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
UAB up 67-47 on UTEP with under 6 to play at Bartow.
Update...UAB 75 UTEP 62 final
Jacking up 3’s will get us blown out before the half.
2 fouls on Lofton. One more and he sits for the entire first half.
He's already sitting for the rest of the half if Tech can keep it close. Questionable call on Lofton at best, but he was begging for the technical trying to show up the ref.Quote:
Originally Posted by techman05
He didn’t do anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by FriscoDawg
Neither of those fouls were legitimate.
Both arms in the air walking up the floor 40 feet was definitely something. If he had run down the floor like he should be coached to do, that call wouldn't have happened with arms up or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tech52
You don't give a ref a reason to make a call.
As a referee, I agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by Tech52
Hate I am missing this one, but I’m sure those in attendance appreciate me not being there since I was exposed to Covid at work. Our gym looks awful when it’s empty.
If a ref can’t handle that maybe they should change jobs. Its not a reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by FriscoDawg
This is C-USA after all. Should be able to attract the best refs available on a Thursday night, but I guess not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tech52
Hunter and Williams having a really good first half.
Could have been a disaster. Junior has to stay available and not get taken out of the game like he has in two of the last five starts.
Was the ref Doug Sirmons?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tech52
Now we know the rest of the story. There is an NBA scout in the house. Junior not impressing with his 3-point shooting.
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Originally Posted by LouisianaSelect
Dominant performance tonight. Definitely gonna go to the WKU game now
Hope he was watching some of our guys who had a good night.Quote:
Originally Posted by FriscoDawg
Junior may have been off tonight, but everyone else was on.
Cobe, Hunter, Archibald, Willis, Christon. They were kicking ass.
I enjoyed seeing the team dominate with Junior on the bench most of the way.
The first foul on Junior was bogus, and the technical was questionable. I often see lots more emotion on blown calls that don’t get called for techs.
Good conference win!
I saw plenty more emotional reactions from members of both teams following fouls tonight.
That was a pretty experienced crew on the floor tonight, Simmons worked last years Final Four but he was horrible tonightQuote:
Originally Posted by FriscoDawg
Absolute bullshit technical foul. Absolute bullshit. He knew it too.Quote:
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Anyway, Marshall doesn't play good defense at all. Cobe Williams completely dominated the game on both ends. Hunter got some good minutes. Willis finally hit some wide open 3's. His drive and pull up was good too. AA was solid. Our entire defense played with good energy most of the night. Cobe Williams took the game over. Absolute bullshit Technical foul on Lofton.
Bullshit call on the personal foul too.Quote:
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College hoops is a guards' game. That was shown again tonight.
We shot only 28% from the arc and 60% from the FT line, and still won by 20+ points. Our guards took good care of the ball, minimal turnovers. Collectively our guards had 3 turnovers total. Junior had 3 by himself and Hunter had one. I think Lofton should sit more often...:shocked2:
ESPN launched on September 7, 1979. ESPN broadcast the Tech/Arkansas State game played on January 21, 1980. According the the "Lagniappe 1980" - "... on January 21 the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network televised the Southland conference game between Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State. The television cameras brought out a large crowd, but unfortunately the fans were disappointed. The Bulldogs were unable to overcome the team from Arkansas..."Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
I can't read lips, but it didn't look like Konkol was telling Junior to keep launching 3-point shots when he was pulled during the second half. Konkol definitely said something to Junior when he came out, and I don't think it was something Junior necessarily wanted to hear. Does anyone know what Konkol said to him?
I have not spent any time around Konkol, but my impression of him is he is not one to chew people out just to be chewing people out, but he will speak forcefully when he feels it is necessary to get his point across.
Interesting. I don't recall, but never doubted D-80s recall, just time of game. Still curious as to who was actually able to watch the game on "cable".Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg Fan
Ruston had ESPN on cable. We watched the replay of the game at 4am, looking for ourselves. Back then ESPN had bullfighting until the whiney-asses complained it was too brutal. And they had segments on movie reviews and other popular programming, emphasizing their original intent of being the ENTERTAINMENT and Sports Programming Network.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Memorial was packed. Students were sitting on the floor...guess the fire marshal either didn't know or didn't care.
The way in which they collapsed on Jr left guys wide open and he's getting better at finding them. That said, Hunter rebounded with authority last night. That's something I've been wanting to see more from him. Jr was fine. He took a couple of 3's but they were open and I think he'll eventually hit more of them. We need to find ways to win when teams focus on Jr like that, and I liked to see our guards driving the ball.Quote:
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My trailer park was out of town a ways. I don't think we had cable.Quote:
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BTW, we drove down to Natchitoches Wednesday. Had lunch at Fontenot's (not bad), dinner at Maglieauxs (pretty good, but short staffed). We got a great rate on a suite at Chateau St Denis. It was very nice! Had a great time for a quick trip and beat the crowd. Still a beautiful town! Only downside is that you guys have picked up some street trash like they have in New Orleans. Police should be a little more present than they are.
This is really good news: Tech's Guards playing better! I've been saying that our guards would get better as the season progresses and we're seeing that now.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
Yeah, that's not going to be the last time Junior sees double and triple teams collapsing on him. The good news is, Tech's guards can beat teams in CUSA all day long if need be.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxerdog
Good find, Dawg Fan. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg Fan
It will definitely "need be." If Williams had enjoyed a good shooting game vs. LSU we would have won that game.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Williams and Archibald have developed into a very, very good guard duo. And if Willis can get, and stay, consistent hitting 3's, we will have a dynamite backcourt. Best in CUSA for sure.
Lofton has to let the game come to him. I thought he had a good attitude last night, that is until he started getting cute trying to play guard, launching 3's and throwing the ball away. Prior to that...yeah, he was rightfully pissed off at the bogus calls in the first 3 minutes...he was an all-in team player. Lofton is very, very, very (need more "very"s) good! He just has to keep his head and play his game.
Saw the same thing when Karl Malone first started. Early in the 1982 season, prior to conference play, Malone thought he was "all of that" and he was unstoppable, invincible and he had to carry the whole team. The best example was our home game vs. Texas-Pan Am. Malone fouled out early in the 2nd half with 4 of his 5 fouls being offensive charges. He scored less than 10 pts...and the Dawgs won by 25 anyway since that was a very talented and deep team. When Malone got coached-up by Andy Russo and Tommy Joe Eagles and started letting the game come to him, and his passing...Wow! he had a bunch of assists, his game elevated.
Lofton is smart. He plays older than his 19 years and I think he knows this stuff already. BTW, Archibald should have just laid it up and not spoiled Junior's perfect outlet pass.
Agree about the police...but we have a new mayor who appointed a "woke" police chief and they don't want to upset people.Quote:
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Good info. They were looking for information about the TAC but that info about Memorial Gym and ESPN is good to keep for future reference.
Last night was one of the most satisfying wins I’ve watched in the last 10 years. I figured we’d win, but when KL went out early on a ridiculous foul and technical, I thought we would struggle to score points. After the first 5 minutes of the game, they flipped the switch and it was never in doubt. Hunter stepped up big time in KL’s absence and gave some meaningful minutes and dominated the boards, and the guard play was terrific. There was very few turnovers from memory. The threes from the big guy didn’t bother me too bad in a game we were in complete control of.
Kansas City Royals PxP announcer Fred White did the call on that game. And yes, Dickie V was there. That was about six weeks after he worked the first ESPN college basketball broadcast which was about a month after he was fired by the Pistons.Quote:
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Kane should have started researching the facts long before the day of the game if he wanted to get it right for his radio spot.
It seems like with had some ESPN games in the 1990s & 2000s with Sun Belt & WAC.
Millsap vs Fazekus 2006 was one of the best environments I can remember in the TAC. It was on ESPN2. I wanna say 5300 announced
Looks like Konkol feels a need to speak sternly to Junior in practically every game, but Junior does appear to take the “coaching” well while also maintaining good team attitude. Junior stays focused on the game from the bench cheering and encouraging his teammates.Quote:
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Hopefully Junior understands some games are just not going to go his way whether it be of his own doing or not.
I would also add that Hunter stepping in and holding his own has been a plus. He was big Thursday filling in getting rebounds, scoring a few points and staying out of foul trouble.
Fingers crossed that Thomas can make the most of his opportunities so we can have a little more big-man depth.
When I coached I was hardest on my best players. I expected them to perform up to their ability...period. But, it also allowed me to fuss at the whole team. The average players saw me being hard on the all-stars so they didn't take it personally when I fussed at them. The psychology of coaching!Quote:
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