M. Basketball. Eagles to be Inducted into Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame
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The late Tommy Joe Eagles – former Louisiana Tech men's basketball player, assistant coach and head coach – will be inducted into the 2018 Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame by the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches (LABC).
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HogDawg
What took so long?
What he said...
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I will repeat myself. Dan Reneau is a frickin idiot. Moron. TJE should have lived out his life in Ruston.
Dan getting into the TECH athletic HOF at all, much less BEFORE Tommy Joe, is a travesty.
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So, it was DR's fault that Eagles left for the Auburn job? Why? Because Tech would not/could not match what AU was willing to pay?
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dawg80
So, it was DR's fault that Eagles left for the Auburn job? Why? Because Tech would not/could not match what AU was willing to pay?
Eagles didn’t ask for a match. Wanted 25K more for the program (assistants and recruiting). DR didn’t even try. Immediate response was “Good luck in Auburn”.
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I'm certainly not trying to diminish this honor, but I honestly had never heard of the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame before this.
We need to get TJE in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
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Looking at the LBHOF website, here are the Tech legends who have been enshrined in order of induction year:
- Jackie Moreland
- Cecil Crowley
- Mike Green
- Scotty Robertson
- Billy Wiggins
- Mike McConathy
- Karl Malone
- George Corley
- Andy Russo
- PJ Brown
- Randy White
- Dave Simmons
- Lanky Wells
- Tim Floyd
- Tommy Joe Eagles
http://www.labball.com/historyofthehoff.htm
Who should be next?
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Dawg06
Looking at the LBHOF website, here are the Tech legends who have been enshrined in order of induction year:
- Jackie Moreland
- Cecil Crowley
- Mike Green
- Scotty Robertson
- Billy Wiggins
- Mike McConathy
- Karl Malone
- George Corley
- Andy Russo
- PJ Brown
- Randy White
- Dave Simmons
- Lanky Wells
- Tim Floyd
- Tommy Joe Eagles
http://www.labball.com/historyofthehoff.htm
Who should be next?
Bulldogs in the LBHOF but not in the Tech Sports HOF:
- George Corley
- Andy Russo
- Randy White
- Dave Simmons
- Lanky Wells
- Tim Floyd
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This is great news and I totally agree about D.R. not doing what it took to keep him with us!
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I was one of the half dozen Tech fans - in a crowd of 10,000 - at the Providence Civic Center when Coach Eagles and Randy White schooled Rick Pitino's Providence Friars in NIT action. Coach invited us back to celebrate with the team afterwards. You couldn't find a coach with more passion for his trade. Friars fans were aghast as White rained threes that night.
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Dawg06
Bulldogs in the LBHOF but not in the Tech Sports HOF:
- George Corley
- Andy Russo
- Randy White
- Dave Simmons
- Lanky Wells
- Tim Floyd
The fact that Randy White is not in the LA Tech HOF is absurd. He was the classic "All World" college basketball player, and arguably an All-Time top 5 men's player for Tech. He also played on some good Tech teams. No, he didn't have much of an NBA career. But White was drafted #8 in the 1st round of the 1989 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks,. That alone tells you what kind of college player he was. White did play 5 full years in the NBA until his contract was not renewed by the Mavs. He went overseas after that.
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HD he is Buddy Davis and mine next project on the basketball side of the HOF...
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Dwayne From Minden
HD he is Buddy Davis and mine next project on the basketball side of the HOF...
Thank you. Glad to hear that, Dwayne. IMO, the LA Tech HOF has a credibility issue as long as great athletes like Randy White are not in the hall. I might feel differently if he had left Tech only 10 or 12 years ago, but White left LA Tech almost 30 years ago. There's simply no excuse for this oversight.
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And Andy Russo too.
Most successful coach in school MBB history. Who else led a team to a Top 10 finish in the final poll of the season? #7 I think it was.
Tech has finished ranked that high in three sports: football when Division II, WBB, of course, and in 1985 MBB under Russo. That's rarified air.