Former SETX Stars in the NCAA Tournament

[BADSANTA]

I remember in 1998/99 when Lamar had Silsbee grads Holden & Arline along with HJs own Kenyon Spears. Josh Hancock from Kountze went the year before with Northwestern Lousiana. Been a while since we had any D1 kids playing in the tournament. 

[BEARCPA]

Nate Clover from PA was on the Oral Roberts team that made the Sweet 16 last season as a 15 seed. 

[Tyler Dixson]

Mike Zeno played for New Orleans a few years back. 

[TxHoops]

Hayden Hefner would be if the Committee hadn’t been smoking crack during the selection process…

[AggiesAreWe]

3 hours ago, TxHoops said:

Hayden Hefner would be if the Committee hadn’t been smoking crack during the selection process…

THIS!!!

And likely a Sweet 16 appearance.

[5GallonBucket]

On 3/18/2022 at 1:14 PM, BADSANTA said:

I remember in 1998/99 when Lamar had Silsbee grads Holden & Arline along with HJs own Kenyon Spears. Josh Hancock from Kountze went the year before with Northwestern Lousiana. Been a while since we had any D1 kids playing in the tournament. 

That was 99/00

also Brian DeLord from HF was on that Lamar team as well.

#7 lamar beat #4 NW in the championship of southland tourney.

[aTmfan06]

Also Keithan Hancock from Kountze played for Northwestern State in 2006 when they won their first round game as a 14 seed. They defeated the 3 seed Iowa Hawkeyes that year

[Sugarbear]

Brian DeLord, Josh and Keithan  Hancock are a few of my favorite people. 

[BADSANTA]

19 hours ago, 5GallonBucket said:

That was 99/00

also Brian DeLord from HF was on that Lamar team as well.

#7 lamar beat #4 NW in the championship of southland tourney.

Yes they did! I watched it on Espn 2. I also watched the Lamar vs Duke game. 

[The Observer]

bb davis in lamar glory days 

lost second round to tourney champs magic and msu

next yr lost in sweet 16

and if they had 3 pter with oliver who knows what coukd have happen 

78, 79, 80, 81 some good lamar yrs 

[snakehead26]

3 hours ago, The Observer said:

bb davis in lamar glory days 

lost second round to tourney champs magic and msu

next yr lost in sweet 16

and if they had 3 pter with oliver who knows what coukd have happen 

78, 79, 80, 81 some good lamar yrs 

Kenneth Perkins was on those 80 to 84 teams as well. Lamar beat Missouri in 1981 and in 1983 smoked Alabama 73-50 before losing by 60-58 to Villanova.

I know there was a story on Olliver. It may have been against Weber State in 1980 where he was standing about 35 feet from the basket by the bench and the opposing coach said don't guard him that far out.  Well he hit one from about 35 feet and the opposing coach was yelling "guard him, guard him". A good many of his shots would have been 3 pointers where he normally shot from. They had Olliver and Clarence Kea on those teams because the Carolinas weren't interested in them.

[The Observer]

alvin brooks was on team too - he was so quick

Oliver amazing shot but his def needed help - i think he’s in prison in carolina area - so sad

davis/perkins big men 

all the time blends together now and i can’t remember as much as i like too 

but had the experience to get to play with/against those guys - great games 

abd they let you know how good you ain’t with their talent - lol

great players and teams 

Anthony todd came in and left. talent from area started going else where.

beat  phi slamma jamma in first round nit just one yr after they was in finals but lost to gerald wilkins (dominique brother) chattanooga next round

same yr had joe dumas at mcneese and karl malone at la tech in conference 

la tech ranked 4 in nation and victory at home against them

wish we could get local talent to stay and bring lamar back 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

I had Mike Olliver as a substitute teacher while in Middle School, we didn't do any work in class those days, all we did was talk ball. 

[The Observer]

3 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

I had Mike Olliver as a substitute teacher while in Middle School, we didn't do any work in class those days, all we did was talk ball. 

i remember he coached at vincent middle school? i think that was it. i played against him there when they had fund raiser and. had staff vs K106 Mark landis and the nutt hut - i was with K106 and we went to different schools to help raise money 

[snakehead26]

5 hours ago, The Observer said:

alvin brooks was on team too - he was so quick

Oliver amazing shot but his def needed help - i think he’s in prison in carolina area - so sad

davis/perkins big men 

all the time blends together now and i can’t remember as much as i like too 

but had the experience to get to play with/against those guys - great games 

abd they let you know how good you ain’t with their talent - lol

great players and teams 

Anthony todd came in and left. talent from area started going else where.

beat  phi slamma jamma in first round nit just one yr after they was in finals but lost to gerald wilkins (dominique brother) chattanooga next round

same yr had joe dumas at mcneese and karl malone at la tech in conference 

la tech ranked 4 in nation and victory at home against them

wish we could get local talent to stay and bring lamar back 

James Gulley from Newton was on those last of the good teams.

Tic Price was assistant coach at Chattanooga when we lost to them in NIT. That was an overtime game. I believe Lamar had about a 7 point lead with a minute left and gave it up before going to overtime.

[Bulldogs92]

18 hours ago, BADSANTA said:

Yes they did! I watched it on Espn 2. I also watched the Lamar vs Duke game. 

I wonder if the Lamar/Duke game from the mid-80's is out there somewhere. LU lost 66-62, but it was a dog fight. That would be fun to see again. 

[Bulldogs92]

41 minutes ago, snakehead26 said:

James Gulley from Newton was on those last of the good teams.

Tic Price was assistant coach at Chattanooga when we lost to them in NIT. That was an overtime game. I believe Lamar had about a 7 point lead with a minute left and gave it up before going to overtime.

James Gulley was almost unguardable on the block most nights. He and Tommy Sewell were my two favorite Cardinals back in those days. I wish I could have seen those Billy Tubbs teams, but Foster's teams were a lot of fun to watch, too. 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

13 minutes ago, Bulldogs92 said:

I wonder if the Lamar/Duke game from the mid-80's is out there somewhere. LU lost 66-62, but it was a dog fight. That would be fun to see again. 

Always look to YouTube. 

 

 

 

[whsalum]

8 hours ago, snakehead26 said:

Kenneth Perkins was on those 80 to 84 teams as well. Lamar beat Missouri in 1981 and in 1983 smoked Alabama 73-50 before losing by 60-58 to Villanova.

I know there was a story on Olliver. It may have been against Weber State in 1980 where he was standing about 35 feet from the basket by the bench and the opposing coach said don't guard him that far out.  Well he hit one from about 35 feet and the opposing coach was yelling "guard him, guard him". A good many of his shots would have been 3 pointers where he normally shot from. They had Olliver and Clarence Kea on those teams because the Carolinas weren't interested in them.

Mike Oliver was one of the best pure shooters I ever saw 

[whsalum]

11 minutes ago, Bulldogs92 said:

James Gulley was almost unguardable on the block most nights. He and Tommy Sewell were my two favorite Cardinals back in those days. I wish I could have seen those Billy Tubbs teams, but Foster's teams were a lot of fun to watch, too. 

I don’t think I missed a home game during the Tubbs/Foster era. Lord how far we have fallen 

[whsalum]

6 hours ago, The Observer said:

alvin brooks was on team too - he was so quick

Oliver amazing shot but his def needed help - i think he’s in prison in carolina area - so sad

davis/perkins big men 

all the time blends together now and i can’t remember as much as i like too 

but had the experience to get to play with/against those guys - great games 

abd they let you know how good you ain’t with their talent - lol

great players and teams 

Anthony todd came in and left. talent from area started going else where.

beat  phi slamma jamma in first round nit just one yr after they was in finals but lost to gerald wilkins (dominique brother) chattanooga next round

same yr had joe dumas at mcneese and karl malone at la tech in conference 

la tech ranked 4 in nation and victory at home against them

wish we could get local talent to stay and bring lamar back 

I remember being in the civic center the night Louisiana Tech ended our home court winning streak at 88 games I believe it was. We had the longest streak in the nation. ESPN was in the house. Karl Malone and Wille Simmons ( I think that was his last name) were just to much on the block. Great teams 

[Bulldogs92]

34 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Always look to YouTube. 

 

 

 

Nice! Thanks!

[Bulldogs92]

32 minutes ago, whsalum said:

I don’t think I missed a home game during the Tubbs/Foster era. Lord how far we have fallen 

It's sad. I watched every game that KFDM had on the air and there was usually a nice crowd and a huge home court advantage. There's no energy at Montagne anymore. Tubbs was a program changer. How do they find a guy like that?

[whsalum]

37 minutes ago, Bulldogs92 said:

It's sad. I watched every game that KFDM had on the air and there was usually a nice crowd and a huge home court advantage. There's no energy at Montagne anymore. Tubbs was a program changer. How do they find a guy like that?

I think they have taken a step in the right direction with Coach Brooks. I’d like to see em go after Larry Tidwell as an AD. 

[Bulldogs92]

14 minutes ago, whsalum said:

I think they have taken a step in the right direction with Coach Brooks. I’d like to see em go after Larry Tidwell as an AD. 

That would be a good choice since LU needs to get back to being a legit basketball school. How long could he do it, though?