Mid Major Tourney Win Totals

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Billy Tubbs before he wound up in Oklahoma.

That’s another good example. What was the story behind the wins.

[lcitsh]

That’s another good example. What was the story behind the wins.

Here's your 5 wins:

Billy Tubbs years
Main article: Billy Tubbs
Coach Tubbs (1976–1980) was the first former player and alumnus to coach the Lamar men's basketball team. Tubbs led the Cardinals to their first NCAA Division I basketball tournament in 1979. The tenth seeded Cardinals upset the number seven seed Detroit before falling to tournament champion Michigan State in the second round. The following year, the Cardinals under Coach Tubbs, had a Cinderella story in the 1980 NCAA basketball tournament as a ten seed advancing to the Sweet 16. The Cardinals defeated number seven seed Weber State and number two seed Oregon State before falling to six seed Clemson.

Coach Tubbs left the Cardinals after the 1979–1980 season to take the head basketball coach job at Oklahoma. During Tubbs's reign at Lamar he recruited one player, Mike Olliver who would become an all-American for Lamar.[17] One of Coach Tubbs' recruits, Clarence Kea, was drafted by the NBA while Tubbs was still at Lamar. Three other Tubbs recruited players, Mike Olliver, B. B. Davis, and Alvin Brooks, were drafted the year following Tubbs' departure.[18]

The 1979 Cardinal Basketball team set records when it beat Portland State University 141–84; at the time, that game set an NCAA record for points in a single game.[19] During the game, Mike Olliver set the single game scoring record at Lamar with 50 points; that record stood until January 4, 2011.[citation needed]

Coach Tubbs' Cardinals began the 80 game seventh longest NCAA home court winning streak (discussed below) winning the first 31 games.

Statistics overview
Pat Foster years
Main article: Pat Foster
Pat Foster (1980–1986) was hired to replace Billy Tubbs. Foster came to Lamar as an assistant coach under Eddie Sutton at Arkansas. He continued Lamar's men's basketball success by leading the Cardinals to 3 Southland Conference titles and post season play each of the six years he was head coach at Lamar. Post-season included two (2) NCAA Tournament appearances advancing to the second round in both. The Cardinals also participated in the NIT four (4) times advancing to the second round once. The Cardinals won twenty (20) or more games five of Coach Foster's six seasons at Lamar. He coached one All-American, two Southland Conference Players of the Year, two Southland Conference Newcomers of the Year, seven Southland Conference First Team selections and fifteen All-Southland Conference team selections. Not including three players recruited by Billy Tubbs' staff, five of Coach Foster's recruits were drafted by the NBA. Those players were Terry Long, Lamont Robinson, Tom Sewell, Jerry Everett, and Greg Anderson."[18]

After turning down the Houston Cougars head coaching position once, Foster resigned as Lamar's head coach in April, 1986 to take the head coaching position at Houston following Guy Lewis's retirement. Pat Foster was named to the Lamar Hall of Honor in 2014 in recognition of his contributions to the program as Lamar coach and athletic director. His record at Lamar of 134 wins ranks as second in the history of the program.[21]

Coach Foster's Cardinals continued the 80 game seventh longest NCAA home court winning streak (discussed below) with 49 consecutive home court wins.

[zephyr]

nice copy and paste

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Here's your 5 wins:

Billy Tubbs years
Main article: Billy Tubbs
Coach Tubbs (1976–1980) was the first former player and alumnus to coach the Lamar men's basketball team. Tubbs led the Cardinals to their first NCAA Division I basketball tournament in 1979. The tenth seeded Cardinals upset the number seven seed Detroit before falling to tournament champion Michigan State in the second round. The following year, the Cardinals under Coach Tubbs, had a Cinderella story in the 1980 NCAA basketball tournament as a ten seed advancing to the Sweet 16. The Cardinals defeated number seven seed Weber State and number two seed Oregon State before falling to six seed Clemson.

Coach Tubbs left the Cardinals after the 1979–1980 season to take the head basketball coach job at Oklahoma. During Tubbs's reign at Lamar he recruited one player, Mike Olliver who would become an all-American for Lamar.[17] One of Coach Tubbs' recruits, Clarence Kea, was drafted by the NBA while Tubbs was still at Lamar. Three other Tubbs recruited players, Mike Olliver, B. B. Davis, and Alvin Brooks, were drafted the year following Tubbs' departure.[18]

The 1979 Cardinal Basketball team set records when it beat Portland State University 141–84; at the time, that game set an NCAA record for points in a single game.[19] During the game, Mike Olliver set the single game scoring record at Lamar with 50 points; that record stood until January 4, 2011.[citation needed]

Coach Tubbs' Cardinals began the 80 game seventh longest NCAA home court winning streak (discussed below) winning the first 31 games.

Statistics overview
Pat Foster years
Main article: Pat Foster
Pat Foster (1980–1986) was hired to replace Billy Tubbs. Foster came to Lamar as an assistant coach under Eddie Sutton at Arkansas. He continued Lamar's men's basketball success by leading the Cardinals to 3 Southland Conference titles and post season play each of the six years he was head coach at Lamar. Post-season included two (2) NCAA Tournament appearances advancing to the second round in both. The Cardinals also participated in the NIT four (4) times advancing to the second round once. The Cardinals won twenty (20) or more games five of Coach Foster's six seasons at Lamar. He coached one All-American, two Southland Conference Players of the Year, two Southland Conference Newcomers of the Year, seven Southland Conference First Team selections and fifteen All-Southland Conference team selections. Not including three players recruited by Billy Tubbs' staff, five of Coach Foster's recruits were drafted by the NBA. Those players were Terry Long, Lamont Robinson, Tom Sewell, Jerry Everett, and Greg Anderson."[18]

After turning down the Houston Cougars head coaching position once, Foster resigned as Lamar's head coach in April, 1986 to take the head coaching position at Houston following Guy Lewis's retirement. Pat Foster was named to the Lamar Hall of Honor in 2014 in recognition of his contributions to the program as Lamar coach and athletic director. His record at Lamar of 134 wins ranks as second in the history of the program.[21]

Coach Foster's Cardinals continued the 80 game seventh longest NCAA home court winning streak (discussed below) with 49 consecutive home court wins.

Thanks, good history. I was at Blackham when Lamar was out of time outs and Tubbs complained about nails sticking up on the court.

Only missed two games between death penalty and had enough Marty in early 90’s.

Good example of a single collective run got a program all their wins.

Two appearances since the run…a first four loss and was a 16th seed fodder in the other.

LMU clustered 4 wins 88-90. Haven’t danced since. The emergence of Gonzaga probably the main reason.

Same reason Pepperdine and Santa Clara have been invisible, abet their wins aren’t that clustered. Prime example of what happens when one conference member goes all in financially and others don’t. Three once solid WCC programs are shells of their former selves.

And more recently St. Mary’s is joining the Zags making tournament noise.

[R1Letterman]

So are cajuns the only team to make the tourny the first year they moved up to div1? Also are they the first to make the sweet sixteen in said first year? [1972]
When was the two year waiting period for ncaa postseason eligibility put in place? (and is that just for football bowls or all sports postseasons)

[R1Letterman]

wow, so of that fbs list only tulsa, UMASS, Wyoming, and Ohio have also made CWS in Omaha, although of those the most recent was Tulsa in 1971.

So safe to say with one more win, Cajuns only nonP5 with at least 5 ncaa tourny wins, a football bowl win and a trip to omaha in the last 50 years.

or can we already say we are only one with four et al? not sure how long the four win list is

[CajunNation]

wow, so of that fbs list only tulsa, UMASS, Wyoming, and Ohio have also made CWS in Omaha, although of those the most recent was Tulsa in 1971.

So safe to say with one more win, Cajuns only nonP5 with at least 5 ncaa tourny wins, a football bowl win and a trip to omaha in the last 50 years.

or can we already say we are only one with four et al? not sure how long the four win list is

Other 4 win FBS schools...

Colorado State
James Madison
Kent State
latech
Middle Tennessee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_D...e_team_records

But, to your point, there are no other non-P5 schools with a record of success in the major sports that we have.

[Turbine]

So are cajuns the only team to make the tourny the first year they moved up to div1? Also are they the first to make the sweet sixteen in said first year? [1972]
When was the two year waiting period for ncaa postseason eligibility put in place? (and is that just for football bowls or all sports postseasons)

Louisiana is an original D1 member.

The classification before that was higher lower something or another but Louisiana made the jump the very first year D1 was instituted.

[R1Letterman]

Other 4 win FBS schools...

Colorado State
James Madison
Kent State
latech
Middle Tennessee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_D...e_team_records

But, to your point, there are no other non-P5 schools with a record of success in the major sports that we have.

woohoo

[R1Letterman]

[QUOTE=Turbine;1428046]Louisiana is an original D1 member.

The classification before that was higher lower something or another but Louisiana made the jump the very first year D1 was instituted.[/QUOTE

ahhhh….. he 1974 NCAA Division I basketball tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It was the first tournament to be designated as a Division I championship—previously, NCAA member schools had been divided into the "University Division" and "College Division".

so we moved from college division to univ div in between 71 and 72, and then in 74 everyone became d1…. or just tournament named itself that