Louisiana Tech (1/29/22)

[CMJ]

Playing for first in the Division.  Should we win we're at least tied with UAB.

[greenminer]

Side note: I saw on Twitter how UAB is the only team to beat all of the West leaders on their own courts.

Massive hat tip to the Blazers.

[denton_days]

I think we're underdogs by 2.5 points? Suppose it's a home-court advantage thing.

[greenminer]

4 hours ago, denton_days said:

I think we're underdogs by 2.5 points? Suppose it's a home-court advantage thing.

Have you seen our matchup history? You can add up the point totals from the last 3 years combined and the difference is about 2.5 points.

[kj86]

Leaving for Ruston about 9:30 this a.m.  Anyone else going?

[glick1980]

Is this game on TV?  I’m not seeing anything which would be a shame!

[greenminer]

33 minutes ago, glick1980 said:

Is this game on TV?  I’m not seeing anything which would be a shame!

Stadium. Completely free

 

https://watchstadium.com/live/north-texas-at-la-tech-3/

[golfingomez]

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

Stadium. Completely free

 

https://watchstadium.com/live/north-texas-at-la-tech-3/

Unpopular opinion... I'm going to miss stadium broadcasts. It's always better than the half ass ESPN+ product

[greenminer]

1 hour ago, golfingomez said:

Unpopular opinion... I'm going to miss stadium broadcasts. It's always better than the half ass ESPN+ product

You're implying Stadium is going somewhere? I am not aware of that.  Or maybe you are referring to when we leave for the AAC, which means fewer or zero ESPN+ broadcasts anyways.  Without double checking, I imagine that is more ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU

[golfingomez]

5 minutes ago, greenminer said:

You're implying Stadium is going somewhere? I am not aware of that.  Or maybe you are referring to when we leave for the AAC, which means fewer or zero ESPN+ broadcasts anyways.  Without double checking, I imagine that is more ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU

When we move to AAC

[Mean Green Matt]

7 minutes ago, greenminer said:

You're implying Stadium is going somewhere? I am not aware of that.  Or maybe you are referring to when we leave for the AAC, which means fewer or zero ESPN+ broadcasts anyways.  Without double checking, I imagine that is more ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU

I think a lot of you are going to be really disappointed with the ways ESPN manages to downgrade the AAC coverage when us and our peers join.

 

[Jonnyeagle]

 

[greenminer]

52 minutes ago, Mean Green Matt said:

I think a lot of you are going to be really disappointed with the ways ESPN manages to downgrade the AAC coverage when us and our peers join.

 

Yeah, I've definitely been thinking about that.  I remember how excited we were to leave Belt for CUSA, and know all too well how we feel about Judy and Co now.

Cautious optimism, though, because the AAC commish strikes me as a baller.

[Matt from A700]

5 hours ago, kj86 said:

Leaving for Ruston about 9:30 this a.m.  Anyone else going?

Me and a friend will be there!

[MrAlien]

1 hour ago, Mean Green Matt said:

I think a lot of you are going to be really disappointed with the ways ESPN manages to downgrade the AAC coverage when us and our peers join.

 

I dont expect ESPN's coverage to change to much, even with out Houston the AAC will be a good basketball conference, in better media markets, not to mention some good regional rivalries. 

[MeanGreen_MBA]

43 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Me and a friend will be there!

At The Dawg House right now. 

[southsideguy]

is that a hunting blind on campus in the background of the ticket picture?

[MeanGreen_MBA]

2 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

is that a hunting blind on campus in the background of the ticket picture?

Football stadium….lol

[greenminer]

43 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

is that a hunting blind on campus in the background of the ticket picture?

You can go to Google Earth, navigate to their football stadium and see that this is the west overhang of the press box and guest suite facility.

[ADLER]

37 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

is that a hunting blind on campus in the background of the ticket picture?

Yes, it is. Tech uses marksmen to periodically cull out the less attractive students on campus. It seems to work well for them.

The same tactic was attempted at UTSA with disastrous results as enrollment quickly dropped by 97%.

[Mean Green Matt]

1 hour ago, MrAlien said:

I dont expect ESPN's coverage to change to much, even with out Houston the AAC will be a good basketball conference, in better media markets, not to mention some good regional rivalries. 

I stand by my prediction. We will see. Would be shocked if there aren’t provisions in the contract for the purpose of addressing departing/addition of teams. 

[Tom McKrackin]

1 hour ago, MeanGreen_MBA said:

At The Dawg House right now. 

Keep the photos coming!  Enjoying em.

[Matt from A700]

First basketball game not at the Pit or Star for me. LFG!!!

[CMJ]

NT 9------- LA Tech 5

 

 

15:39 to go

 

Nice active defense early.  Hitting our shots too.

[Mean Green Matt]

16 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

First basketball game not at the Pit or Star for me. LFG!!!

Wow! Nice crowd!