LA Tech Battles Preseason Favorite WKU

[boxerdog]

We played the best 2 teams in the league in the first 2 series and split with both. Does that mean we are as good as the best teams in the league?

[News_Bot]

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This time, the Bulldogs made the winning plays in the end to come away with a hard-fought 63-58 victory over the Hilltoppers on Saturday night inside E.A. Diddle Arena.

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Discuss it here.

[HogDawg]

We played the best 2 teams in the league in the first 2 series and split with both. Does that mean we are as good as the best teams in the league?

.....well, there's still UNT.

[sportdawg]

.....well, there's still UNT.

who lost to UTSA tonight

[champion110]

We are going to be up and down this year, but I still say that there are going to be a LOT of split games this year. Way to go DAWGS last night! It was a fun game to watch, but got my heart rate going fast in the second half. We knew there would be a come back, but we stuck with it and got it done! WHEW!!!!!

[HogDawg]

This was LA Tech's 1st win in WKU's Diddle Arena since the year 2000. Wow! This was indeed a big win.

[PawDawg]

This was LA Tech's 1st win in WKU's Diddle Arena since the year 2000. Wow! This was indeed a big win.

Has WKU been that good for the past 20 years or have we been that bad (poorly coached) for the past 20 years?

[dawg80]

Has WKU been that good for the past 20 years or have we been that bad (poorly coached) for the past 20 years?

Yes...

[HogDawg]

Has WKU been that good for the past 20 years or have we been that bad (poorly coached) for the past 20 years?

LA Tech has suffered two (2) OT losses and a 1-pt loss to WKU in Diddle Arena, all in the last 4 seasons. It's a tough place for Tech to play.

https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sp...ku/4909401002/

Also,

WKU is 19-16 all-time against Louisiana Tech, including an 11-5 record at home. Hilltopper head coach Rick Stansbury is 6-2 in his career against the Bulldogs.

https://wkusports.com/news/2021/1/7/...ue-series.aspx

Tech lost 95-91 in OT at WKU last year, on Feb 27th. WKU rallied from a 17-pt deficit in the final 5:51 to win that one.

https://wkuherald.com/sports/taveion-hollingsworths-career-high-43-points-sends-wku-past-louisiana-tech-in-overtime-classic/article_7d4b0b16-59e4-11ea-ae5f-77bb01eb59a5.html



Suffice it to say, Tech purged a ghost last night.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

.....well, there's still UNT.

Nah, they historically suck in pretty much everything except for a as few good years. I’ll give you their cheerleaders can be good because you had a daughter as one and Baylor right?

[HogDawg]

Nah, they historically suck in pretty much everything except for a as few good years. I’ll give you their cheerleaders can be good because you had a daughter as one and Baylor right?

Strange post, TT. Never mind we were discussing UNT, and not Baylor.

....Well....ANYWAY.....back at the ranch......I mentioned UNT because they were one of the Top 3 schools (along with WKU and Marshall) unanimously picked ahead of everybody else in CUSA in the preseason polls. LA Tech was picked 7th. UNT (actually picked to finish 2nd this year) also won the men's CUSA basketball Championship last year, and have everyone returning this year. So, despite their obvious letdown against UTSA this past week, I would still rate UNT as very formidable. It's going to take everything we've got to beat UNT twice.

https://conferenceusa.com/news/2020/...ason-poll.aspx

[dawg80]

Strange post, TT. Never mind we were discussing UNT, and not Baylor.

....Well....ANYWAY.....back at the ranch......I mentioned UNT because they were one of the Top 3 schools (along with WKU and Marshall) unanimously picked ahead of everybody else in CUSA in the preseason polls. LA Tech was picked 7th. UNT (actually picked to finish 2nd this year) also won the men's CUSA basketball Championship last year, and have everyone returning this year. So, despite their obvious letdown against UTSA this past week, I would still rate UNT as very formidable. It's going to take everything we've got to beat UNT twice.

https://conferenceusa.com/news/2020/...ason-poll.aspx

...or even once.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Nah, they historically suck in pretty much everything except for a as few good years. I’ll give you their cheerleaders can be good because you had a daughter as one and Baylor right?

HD didn’t you have a child that went to NTS?

[HogDawg]

HD didn’t you have a child that went to NTS?

No. Never. My daughter graduated from Baylor, and my son graduated from LA Tech.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

No. Never. My daughter graduated from Baylor, and my son graduated from LA Tech.

Gotcha. I had one son finish at Baylor and two of the three go to LA Tech but not finish in Ruston.