Friday, February 1, 2008

Better late than never -- good article about LA TECH

We've been a bit negligent on checking our email so apologies for that. Here's an article that was brought to our attention by Chris d'A and we thank him for that. Look for the Bulldogs to certainly be in the first division in the WAC next year and likely to make a run for the top spot considering all the graduating seniors elsewhere:

In the doghouse: Thin Tech Bulldogs basketball team growing toward next season
Teddy Allen
teddy@gannett.com
January 24, 2008


RUSTON — Some people might look at Louisiana Tech's 3-13 record in men's basketball, then look at the coaching staff and find it easy to understand why three of the four don't have any hair.

Bald as basketballs.

But they didn't pull their hair out. Truth is, the coaches just like their hair short. Once a week assistant Rennie Bailey, a mainstay on the Tech NCAA Tournament teams of the early 1980s, tells basketball secretary Rebecca Pesnell he's going to get a haircut as he walks out the door, rubbing nothing but fuzz on the top of his head.

"He's back in less than an hour," she said, "and you can't tell any difference."

Short can be good when it comes to hair.

But it's not so good when it comes to basketball teams. And Tech is short — short on height, on experience, on depth, and on wins. Tech's nine-player team is looking to go up, the only direction available at 0-4 in the WAC...
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