Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball explained

Current:2023–24 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
University:Louisiana Tech
Firstseason:1909–10
Conference:C-USA
Location:Ruston, Louisiana
Coach:Talvin Hester
Arena:Thomas Assembly Center
Capacity:8,000
Nickname:Dunkin' Dogs
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Ncaasweetsixteen:1967*, 1985
Ncaaroundof32:1967*, 1971*, 1984, 1985, 1989
Ncaatourneys:1967*, 1971*, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991
*at Division II level
Conference Tournament:Southland

1984, 1985, 1987
American South: 1988, 1989, 1991

Conference Season:LSIAA

1910
SIAA: 1927, 1928, 1934
Louisiana Intercollegiate: 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948
Gulf States: 1953, 1955, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1971
Southland: 1976, 1985, 1987
American South: 1988, 1990
Sun Belt: 1992, 1999
WAC: 2013
C-USA: 2014, 2015

Division Season:2021

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball program, nicknamed the Dunkin' Dogs, represents intercollegiate men's basketball at Louisiana Tech University.[1] The program competes in Conference USA in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and plays home games at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana. Talvin Hester is in his second season as the Bulldogs' head coach.

History

See main article: article and List of Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball seasons.

Conference affiliations

Championships

Conference regular season championships

Season Conference Record Head coach
1909–10 Louisiana State Intercollegiate Athletic Association N/A Percy S. Prince
1926–27 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Robert S. Wynn
1927–28
1933–34 Hal Lee
1941–42 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference Cecil Crowley
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1952–53 Gulf States Conference
1954–55
1958–59
1963–64
1966–67 11–1 Scotty Robertson
1969–70 9–3
1970–71 10–0
1975–76 Southland Conference 9–1 Emmett Hendricks
1984–85 11–1 Andy Russo
1986–87 9–1 Tommy Joe Eagles
1987–88 American South Conference 7–3
1989–90 8–2 Jerry Loyd
1991–92 Sun Belt Conference 13–3
10–4 Keith Richard
Western Athletic Conference 16–2 Michael White
13–3
15–3
2020–21Conference USA (West)12–4Eric Konkol

Conference tournament championships

YearConferenceChampionScoreRunner-upMost Valuable PlayerSite
1984SouthlandLouisiana Tech68–65LamarWillie SimmonsBeaumont Civic Center
Beaumont, Texas
1985SouthlandLouisiana Tech70–69LamarJerry EverettThomas Assembly Center
Ruston, Louisiana
1987SouthlandLouisiana Tech58–51Arkansas StateRobert GodboltThomas Assembly Center; Ruston, Louisiana
1988American SouthLouisiana Tech69–66New OrleansMontagne Center
Beaumont, Texas
1989American SouthLouisiana Tech84–62New OrleansCajundome
Lafayette, Louisiana
1991American SouthLouisiana Tech61–56New OrleansLakefront Arena
New Orleans, Louisiana

Postseason

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Bulldogs have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament five times. Their combined record is 4–5.

  1. 10
Round of 48
Round of 32
W 66–56
L 69–77
  1. 5
Round of 64
Round of 32
Sweet Sixteen
W 78–54
W 79–67
L 84–86
  1. 14
Round of 64
  1. 3 DePaul
L 62–76
  1. 9
Round of 64
Round of 32
W 83–74
L 81–124
  1. 12
Round of 64
  1. 5 Wake Forest
L 65–71

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Bulldogs have appeared in the NCAA Division II tournament two times. Their combined record is 2–2.

Regional semifinals
Regional Final
North Dakota
Illinois State
W 86–77
L 66–89
Regional semifinals
Regional Third Place
Tennessee State
New Orleans
L 90–91
W 107–88

NIT results

Louisiana Tech has appeared in ten National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 15–10.

First round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third Place
Northern Arizona
McNeese State
Providence
Ohio State
Florida
W 67–61
W 77–61
W 64–63
L 66–79
W 67–62
First round
Second Round
W 66–56
L 59–65
First round Vanderbilt L 90–98OT
First round New Mexico L 84–90
Opening Round
First round
Second Round
Louisiana–Lafayette
Vanderbilt
Villanova
W 83–63
W 83–68
L 64–67
First round L 53–69
First round
Second Round
W 71–66
L 52–63
First round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
W 89–88
W 79–71
L 75–78
First round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
W 89–79
W 84–72
L 59–77
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third Place
Ole Miss
Western Kentucky
Mississippi State
Colorado State
W 70–61
W 72–65
L 62–84
W 76–74

Vegas 16 results

The Bulldogs have appeared in one Vegas 16. Their record is 0–1.

Quarterfinals L 83–88

CIT results

Louisiana Tech has appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Their combined record is 1–1.

First round
Quarterfinals
Southern Miss
Missouri State
W 66–57
L 40–69

NAIA tournament results

The Bulldogs have appeared in the NAIA tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4.

First round L 47–59
First round Eastern Washington State L 44–66
First round Hamline L 80–89
First round
Second Round
Coe
Steubenville
W 94–65
L 65–90

Home venues

Men's Gymnasium (1925-1952)

The Men's Gymnasium was located on Mayfield Avenue, directly north of the northwest corner of Hale Hall and across the street from the eventual site of Memorial Gymnasium. It was located north of the original Tech Stadium football field, and was demolished around 1984 to create more parking adjacent to Hale Hall.[2]

Memorial Gymnasium (1952–1982)

See main article: article. In 1952, Memorial Gymnasium was a 4,800-seat gymnasium constructed on the Louisiana Tech University campus in Ruston to serve as the home of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team. Today Memorial Gym serves as a practice facility for the basketball team.

Thomas Assembly Center (1982–present)

See main article: article and Thomas Assembly Center.

The Thomas Assembly Center is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Ruston, Louisiana. The arena, named for its benefactor and businessman Samuel M. Thomas, is home to the Division I NCAA Louisiana Tech University Bulldogs men's basketball team.

Traditions

Dunkin' Dogs

The Dunkin' Dogs nickname emerged during the 1982–83 season led by Karl Malone and Willie Simmons making highlight reel dunks. The tradition has continued through time as the current Dunkin' Dogs led by Raheem Appleby, Michale Kyser, and Alex Hamilton have made several dunks featured nationally on ESPN's SportsCenter Top Plays and Fox Sports Live's The 1.

Hoop Troop

See also: Band of Pride.

Hoop Troop is the official basketball pep band at Louisiana Tech University. The Hoop Troop performs at most men's basketball home games and travels to select road basketball games. The band also usually travels to all post-season games played by the Bulldogs, and is known nationally as one of the best basketball bands in college basketball. In the 2005 post-season, the Hoop Troop was featured in a Sports Illustrated's College Edition article, "65 Things We Want to See During March Madness" in which states, "30) The Louisiana Tech pep band, a.k.a. the Hoop Troop, the funniest band in the land."[3] The Hoop Troop was the only basketball band to be listed.

Players

Basketball Hall of Fame

Retired numbers

See main article: List of NCAA men's basketball retired numbers.

12 1965–1967 [4]
32 1982–1985
44 1957–1960

All-Americans

Conference Player of the Year

Conference Freshman of the Year

Leading scorers

1 Mike Green 1969–1973 2,340
2 1973–1977 2,033
3 2012–2016 1,986
4 Randy White 1985–1989 1,947
5 Anthony Dade 1988–1992 1,867
6 Gerrod Henderson 1998–2002 1,829
7 Raheem Appleby 2011–2015 1,770
8 1982–1985 1,716
9 2003–2006 1,708
10 2006–2010 1,677

NBA draftees

The Bulldogs have had 14 players selected in the NBA draft, including 4 first round picks. Twice the Bulldogs have had multiple players taken in the same draft year (1985 and 1992).

1 4 4Jackie MorelandDetroit Pistons
15 10 148Rich PeekBaltimore Bullets
6 5 90Charlie BishopCincinnati Royals
1 4 4Mike GreenSeattle SuperSonics
4 13 79Mike McConathyChicago Bulls
2 17 39Victor KingLos Angeles Lakers
6 19 135Rennie BaileyDetroit Pistons
4 6 76Willie SimmonsSacramento Kings
1 13 13Karl MaloneUtah Jazz
1 8 8Randy WhiteDallas Mavericks
2 22 49Ron EllisPhoenix Suns
2 2 29P. J. BrownNew Jersey Nets
2 17 47Paul MillsapUtah Jazz
2 21 51Magnum RolleOklahoma City Thunder
2 29 59Jalen HarrisToronto Raptors

Other Bulldogs in the NBA

Other Bulldogs overseas

Coaches

Head coaches

1909–1911 2 9 5 4 .556 LSIAA regular season champions (1910)
1925–1926 1 14 7 7 .500
Robert S. Wynn 1926–1931 5 116 61 55 .526 SIAA regular season champions (1927, 1928)
Hal Lee 1931–1934 3 43 24 19 .558
1934–1936 2 38 26 12 .684 SIAA regular season champions (1934)
Herb Duggins 1936–1940 4 73 27 46 .370
1940–1942, 1945–1964 21 490 269 221 .549 Gulf States Coach of the Year (1953, 1955, 1964)
Gulf States regular season champions (1953, 1955)
Louisiana Intercollegiate regular season champions (1942, 1946, 1947, 1948)
1944–1945 1 17 5 12 .294
1964–1974 10 247 161 86 .652 Gulf States Coach of the Year (1967, 1971)
Gulf States regular season champions (1964, 1967, 1970, 1971)
1974–1977 3 77 40 37 .519 Southland Coach of the Year (1975, 1976)
1977–1979 2 52 23 29 .442 Southland Coach of the Year (1979)
1979–1985 6 177 122 55 .689 Southland Coach of the Year (1983, 1985)
1985–1989 4 127 87 40 .685 Southland Coach of the Year (1987, 1988)
1989–1994 5 145 73 72 .503 American South regular season champions (1988, 1990)
Sun Belt regular season champions (1992)
1994–1998 4 111 52 59 .468
1998–2007 9 267 150 117 .562 Sun Belt Coach of the Year (1999)
Sun Belt regular season champions (1999)
2007–2011 4 130 57 73 .438
2011–20154 141 101 40 .716 C-USA Coach of the Year (2013, 2015)
C-USA regular season champions (2014, 2015)
WAC regular season champions (2013)
2015–20226 194 129 65 .665 C-USA Coach of the Year (2021)
C-USA Conference Division Season Champions (2021)
2022-Present 1 2 1 1 .500
Total 97 2,470 1,420 1,050
1942–1943, 1943–1944: Basketball discontinued due to World War II

Bulldogs in coaching

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs men's basketball. sports-reference.com. 2018-04-18.
  2. Web site: Louisiana Tech University: Historic Images & Photos . Louisiana Destinations . Louisiana-Destinations.com . 30 January 2024.
  3. Web site: SI.com - SI on Campus - 65 Things We Want to See During March Madness - Wednesday March 9, 2005 10:12AM . 2010-04-26 . 2012-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026121442/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/sioncampus/03/07/65things0310/index.html . dead .
  4. https://latechsports.com/news/2008/8/15/Barmore_to_Join_Fifth_HOF Barmore to Join Fifth HOF