Have to admit Roccoforte could recruit. Without the talent he managed to assemble the record would have been a lot worse. Rocc and Brooks are similar, but hopefully this is a new, positive era for Lamar basketball.
Glad to see that a hire has been made and the bio looks like the kind of coach Lamar should be looking for with the budget that it has. If this coach can translate his previous success at the D2 level to D1 then hopefully Lamar gets a few good years before he moves on to a more prominent position at a higher-level conference.
The thing about Lamar is it was in the Sun Belt before they decided to return to the Southland the first time after having shut down the football program and the basketball program in the early stages of heading to less than mediocre.
Women's basketball season end this evening in Lake Charles in the same way it did last year with a fourth quarter collapse that allowed SFA come from behind and defeat the ladies 64-59 in the tournament semi-final.
Jury's still out on quality of this team. Based on the pre-conference action it looked like they were improved even though there were big losses to both UT and A&M but after being swept by McNeese over the and a five - o loss at Houston tonight.
Lamar blows a six run lead in the eighth inning to fall 14-11in the finale at SFA. Now even on the conference season and a game and a half back of first place.
What direction do you think O'Malley will go for a coach? An assistant from a successful program or a HC with a resume of success at peer or lower levels.
Well Lamar managed to run themselves out of the conference tournament with a 75-53 loss at HCU to complete an eight-game losing streak to finish the season. Cards had five players go a combined 0-18 from the field. Not sure anyone will want to watch Lamar basketball next year.
Congratulations to the Cards getting the sweep with a 2-1 win in the bottom of the tenth. The Cards will host Rice in the mid-week game Wednesday evening before going to SFA for the next conference series next weekend.
Ladies win three of five games over the weekend, splitting two games against Morehead State by winning the Sunday game 6-2, defeating Chattanooga and Jackson State, while dropping the game to Southern Miss. Overall, not a bad weekend.
Cards get an outstanding pitching performance from Olivier and take the second game against UTRGV 1-0. The second straight win secures the series for Lamar. Chance for the sweep tomorrow afternoon at 1 PM.