LA Tech Hosts Lamar in Saturday Tilt

[TYLERTECHSAS]

You had three girlfriends on a weekend trip and found time to watch a baseball game? I am very impressed!!!

That was D80’s mom and 2 sisters. 😉

[dawg80]

You had three girlfriends on a weekend trip and found time to watch a baseball game? I am very impressed!!!

It was a basketball game...and dayum, I needed a break. Had to get them out of the apartment and out in public for a few hours.

[HogDawg]

That was D80’s mom and 2 sisters. 

......now that's funny right there.

[GonzoDawg]

Lamar was salty in baseball too, back then.

I went to a game at Lamar, in 1980 I think it was, Andy Russo's 1st or 2nd year, our 20-win team with Joe Ivory. Their place was packed. We got seats right behind the Tech bench...there were 5 of us, my brother who lived in Houston, and three of my girlfriends who went to spend the weekend down there. After the game was over I had dozens of Lamar fans say to me "you are the best opposing fan we've ever had in here." I was surprised by it, but my brother told me afterwards, "dayum! you really get into it. And, you are loud!" I never realized that.

We beat Lamar by 1 point at the TAC in 1985 in the conference tourney. But earlier that year, in what remains THE BEST BASKETBALL EVER PLAYED IN THE TAC, during the regular season, we beat Lamar and USL...both by double digits, but all three teams played lights out. Lamar was a perfect 30 for 30 from the FT line, for instance. Before the 3-pt shot was restored, USL was bombing from way behind the arc...I mean WAY behind it, and they shot something like 60% from the floor. Unbelievable shooting performance. But neither Lamar or USL had a defensive answer for our efficient half-court offense, and the Dawgs shot something like 70% from the floor.

I remember the TAC was packed to the gills. They gave out a little clicker as a noise maker. Not that we needed it, the dunk-o-meter was off the charts. Super loud crowd and as electric as I've ever experienced.

[GonzoDawg]

Dumars was given a new expensive car for signing with McNeese. That comes from 2 alumni that were there at the time and knew it as fact.

Do you remember the car Karl drove while at Tech?

[HogDawg]

Do you remember the car Karl drove while at Tech?

.....well, don't leave us hanging.....inquiring minds want to know?

[dawg80]

I remember the TAC was packed to the gills. They gave out a little clicker as a noise maker. Not that we needed it, the dunk-o-meter was off the charts. Super loud crowd and as electric as I've ever experienced.

Oh yeah! and two very close wins over Lamar and NLU. I don't think it was a officially a sellout, but it was very, very close. And it was rocking!

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Do you remember the car Karl drove while at Tech?

No but I figure it was a truck.

[The Historian]

Do you remember the car Karl drove while at Tech?

Several family members of Dumars were given jobs, as well. McNeese went on probation for those types of excesses within their program, and the coach at the time Glenn Duhon lost his job.

What was happening at Tech in the 80s was nothing compared to what was going on in south Louisiana and with some of our competition in the leagues we were in.

[champion110]

No but I figure it was a truck.

I remember him having a corvette, if my memory is correct. That was his last year at Tech, though.