Bayou Classic returns as Beryl Shipley Classic

[Boomer]

What a great way to honer the coach and to start off the home schedule.

Way to Geaux Herbi----Bud has always been a big part of UL along with the Shilling family glad they are really stepping it up!!!! BTW pretty nice LOGeaux!!!!!

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From the early-1960s through late-1980s the Budweiser Bayou Classic was a fixture on the Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball schedule, a tradition which provided many memorable games.

This year the University of Louisiana men's basketball program in partnership with Schilling Distributing Company, Inc., is reviving the tournament and paying homage to the coaching legend who roamed the sidelines during the early stages of the Bayou Classic.

The Ragin' Cajuns will open the home portion of their 2011-12 schedule hosting the Beryl Shipley Classic presented by Budweiser Friday-Sunday, Nov. 18-20 at the Cajundome.

"We are excited about bringing back the past tradition of our storied program," head coach Bob Marlin said. "Coach Shipley loved our University and city and it is a great honor to have his name and family associated with the tournament.

"The history of Ragin' Cajuns basketball has included many great players and coaches in this event."

Louisiana welcomes Cal State Fullerton, Houston Baptist and Nicholls State for the event. It's the first in-season tournament the Cajuns host in 20 seasons, the last being the Louisiana Classics held at the Cajundome in December 1992.

Last season the Ragin' Cajuns ended the regular season with an 11-game winning streak - an accomplishment that had not occurred since Shipley's tenure in 1972. To this date, Shipley remains the Cajuns' all-time winningest coach with a 293-126 mark from 1957-73.

"We at Schilling are proud to be the presenting sponsor of the Beryl Shipley Classic thru our iconic brand, Budweiser," Schilling Distributing owner Herbert Schilling said. "Honoring coach Shipley and restoring the tradition of the Ragin' Cajuns hosting a tournament indicates that UL basketball will build upon its great tradition and once again achieve success. I am excited about UL basketball and its future under coach Marlin."

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[CajunRed]

About damn time we honor the man!

[CajunSaint]

i wish they would call it the bayou classic, again. we were first, again. the hell with that football game. they can change its name.

[Turbine]

Is it going to be in Blackham?

[HoustonCajun]

About damn time we honor the man!

We should consider naming the court after Coach Shipley.

[Cajun90]

About damn time we honor the man!

The math equation....

Subtract one Dr. A. = Schilling + Shipley return to the family.

[CajunDawgPound]

Doc A would flunk you with that equation. (Because that is "new math.")