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Louisiana Tech heads to the state of Florida to take part in the 2024 Gulf Coast Showcase, a three-day event that will feature matchups against Southern Illinois, Richmond, and Eastern Kentucky.
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Fixing to find out if the hype is real or just hype...
Tech/SIU Tied at 70 with 40 seconds remaining.
Playing without Will Jeffress (8pts/3reb); Sean Elkinton (4p/4 reb), Landren Blocker & Ben Ponder
Heading to OT
Dawgs up 4 with 42 seconds remaining in OT and the the ball
Up 4 with 15 to play.
Dawgs 24/28 FT
SIU 16/24 FT
Dawgs hold on, 85-79. Both teams had 11pt leads at different points.
Dawgs hit 26 of 30 FTs for 87%. Outscored them by 10 points from the line. Hitting FTs matter all the time, and it REALLY MATTERS in close games.
Good job Dawgs.
Is the hype real?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
Verdict is still out, but it's looking good so far. JMOQuote:
Originally Posted by qng001
Did anyone watch the game on FloCollege? Even though it wouldn't break me to throw down some money to stream the next couple of games, I don't want to do so if the streaming quality is poor. We don't have cable or satellite TV so we stream everything (i.e., we have good Internet service).
WhyQuote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
:zthinking:
Looks like only "most"of the two teams showed up. No crowd, not even on the bench:o.
Jeffress is gone for the season with knee injuryQuote:
Originally Posted by OLDBLUE
Elkinton & Blocker - basically the flu
Ponder is the 15th man - no impact
In my book best win of the seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by qng001
But we are real thin right now for a team that was touted as very deep
Batcho had a horrible game by his standards and was still basically an automatic double-double
Dunkin Dawgs survive again after being down 8 at the half they come from behind again and defeat the Richmond Spiders and start 6-0
LT: 65
RICH: 62
Final
The Dunkin Dawgs will go for the sweep as they will take on Eastern Kentucky at 11am tomorrow morning
Good job Dawgs! All these close games...whew! How about an old-fashion double-digit win in the next one?
Shot 77% from the line today. Again, gotta make dem FTs! Keep it rolling Dunkin' Dawgs.
If Batcho can keep up the interior dominance and get to the line, his 87% will help us tremendously
Trailing at halftime, EKU 35 Dawgs 34 What else is new!?
I think EKU is the best of the three teams we're playing in this Gulf Coast thingy. Another toughie, to be sure. Go Dawgs!
Based on the first 2 games and against EKU. I do not feel we are as good as I thought. We will see after the game today.
Dawgs hold on 78-69 - only played 8 players today.
Dawgs win! Only hit 13 of 21 FTs, 61%. Made it harder on ourselves than it had to be. Also had some turnovers down the stretch. But, EKU is a decent team, so this is a good win. Swept thru the Gulf Coast Showcase, WAY TO GO DAWGS!!!
We are still 2 men down (Elkinton & Blocker)Quote:
Originally Posted by TechFanno1
Can't look past Southern. One game at a time. SU led Texas A&M by 16 points before collapsing and losing, but shows they are capable of playing some good ball.
Then...a BIGGIE!...at Memphis. Whoa!
This is another good win for the Bulldogs.
FYI, Tech just beat 3 very good men's basketball programs --who combined-- have made 30 NCAA Tournament appearances since LA Tech last made an appearance. ;)
- Richmond has made 10 NCAA Tournament appearances (1989, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2023) since LA Tech has.
- EKU has made 3 NCAA Tournament appearances (2005, 2007 & 2014) since LA Tech has.
- Southern Illinois has appeared in 17 NCAA Tournaments, and made 9 NCAA Tournament appearances (1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)) since LA Tech has.
Pretty soon EVERY Division I school would have made the NCAAs since Tech last did. That was in 1991, as I recall.
. And we have had teams that were SO much better than half of them. I am loving this season, but we have to work for a seed in our own tournament and actually win it to get in the tournament. If we keep winning, we may have a chance at our rpi being high enough to get in with a loss in the finals. Anyway, all that matters now is that we are 8-0 and need to win the next game. This team is SO exciting to watch!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
You're so optimistic you have already etched in stone our beating Southern Saturday, to get to 8-0...:icon_roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by champion110
LOL. I did mean 7-0, but you will never find me predicting a loss. If I predict a loss, I have to feel bad about it before it even happens. If I predict a win, I get joy from that before it even happens. Meaning I either feel joy for a longer time before and after the game OR I feel the loss only once after the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
We will beat Southern!!!! :D