re: 2018-19 Season Long State of LA College Basketball Thread

Teams in action went 5-6 this weekend.

LSU managed to knock off Tennessee in OT 82-80. Ja'vonte Smart and Skylar Mays led the Tigers with 29 & 23 points respectively and Kavell Bigby-Williams also had 10 points & 10 rebounds in the win. LSU improves to 22-5 overall and 12-2 in SEC play.

Tulane came close to their first conference win but came up short against East Carolina falling 81-85. Connor Crabtree (23), Samir Sehic (21), Moses Wood (15) and Caleb Daniels (14) all scored double figures for the Wave but it wasn't quite enough. Tulane falls to 4-22 this year and 0-14 in the AAC.

Louisiana Tech beat North Texas 66-53. Dequan Bracey with 16 and JaColby Pemberton with 11 were the only double figure scorers for the Bulldogs but that was all they needed to get the win. Louisiana Tech gets to 18-10 this season and above the .500 mark at 8-7 in CUSA play.

ULM lost in OT 86-91 to UT-Arlington. The Warhawks got big scoring efforts from Daishon Smith who had 34 and Michael Ertel who put up 22. Travis Munnings scored 12 points & grabbed 12 rebounds and JD Williams also scored 12 but they came up just short. ULM is now 14-12 on the year and 7-7 in Sun Belt play.

ULL made a big push in the second half but came up just short losing 62-64 at Texas State. The Cajuns got 25 points from Cedric Russell and 13 points & 17 rebounds from JaKeenan Gant in the loss. ULL drops to 16-11 and 7-7 in the SBC.

In an in state match up, UNO picked up a win at McNeese 60-51. Bryson Robinson and Jahmel Myers each scored 13 points and were the leading scorers for the Privateers who also got 10 points from Troy Green in the win. Shamarkus Kennedy was the only double figure scorer for the Cowboys as he had 14 points and 13 rebounds in the loss. UNO improves to 16-10 this season and 11-4 in Southland play while McNeese falls to 8-19 and 4-10.

Southeastern got a 75-66 win at Abilene Christian. Moses Greenwood led the way for the Lions with 27 points & 11 rebounds. Other double digit scorers were Kajon Brown, Von Julien and Marlain Veal who scored 13, 12 & 10 points respectively in the win. Southeastern is now 14-14 overall and 10-5 in the SLC.

Nicholls routed Central Arkansas winning 100-57. Jeremiah Jefferson (26), Danny Garrick (20), Kevin Johnson (14), Gavin Peppers (12) and Daniel Regis (10) all reached double figure scoring for the Colonels in the win. Nicholls gets to 12-15 on the season and 5-9 in conference play.

Grambling lost at Jackson State 60-71. Ivy Smith, Jr. was the only double digit scorer for the Tigers with 19 in the loss. Grambling drops to 13-14 on the year and 7-7 in SWAC play.

Southern got back in the win column with a 59-49 win over Alabama A&M. The Jags were led by Sidney Umude's 18 points and Richard Lee's 12 points in the win. Southern is now 5-22 on the season and 4-10 in conference.


We're heading into the final stretch of the regular season. Just a handful of conference games remain for each team before we get to conference tournament time. We have one in state team in action tonight. See schedule for this week below.

Monday, February 25th
Southern vs Alabama State – 7:30pm

Tuesday, February 26th
LSU vs Texas A&M – 8pm (ESPN2)

Wednesday, February 27th
Nicholls vs McNeese – 7pm
UNO vs Sam Houston State – 7pm (WatchESPN)
Northwestern State vs Incarnate Word – 6:30pm

Thursday, February 28th
Tulane @ Tulsa – 8pm (ESPNU)
Louisiana Tech vs Marshall – 6:30pm
ULL vs Coastal Carolina – 7pm (ESPN+)
ULM vs Appalachian State – 7pm (ESPN+)

Friday, March 1st
NO GAMES

Saturday, March 2nd
LSU @ Alabama – 11am (ESPN)
ULM vs Coastal Carolina – 1pm (ESPN+)
Nicholls vs UNO – 3:30pm
Southeastern vs Northwestern State – 4pm
McNeese @ Houston Baptist – 7pm
Grambling @ Arkansas-Pine Bluff – 5pm
Southern vs Alcorn State – 5:30pm

Sunday, March 3rd
Tulane @ Temple – 1pm (ESPNU)
Louisiana Tech @ FIU – 11am
ULL vs Appalachian State – 1:30pm (ESPN+)

Records, standings, etc updated in OP.

I remember you posting about their road struggles and was all excited to come announce a road win, then I realized the game was in Ruston

Still a win

Southern was the only team in action last night and they lost 57-60 to Alabama State. The Jags got 18 points from Sidney Umude and 16 points from Richard Lee but came up just short. Southern falls to 5-23 overall and 4-11 in SWAC play.



There's only one game tonight. See below. Also team & player statistic rankings were updated yesterday in the OP.

Tuesday, February 26th
LSU vs Texas A&M – 8pm (ESPN2)

Teams in action were 2-2 last night.

UNO lost to Sam Houston State 60-71. Bryson Robinson was the leading scorer for the Privateers with 15 and Scott Plaisance & Gerrale Gates each scored 12 in the loss. UNO drops to 16-11 overall and 11-5 in Southland play.

Northwestern State beat Incarnate Word 68-60. Ishmael Lane with 20, DeAndre Love with 13 and LaTerrance Reed with 12 were the double figure scorers for the Demons. Northwestern State improves to 11-17 this season and 6-9 in the SLC.

McNeese picked up a win at Nicholls 84-75. Shamarkus Kennedy and James Harvey both scored over twenty points for the Cowboys with 27 & 22 respectively. Jarren Greenwood contributed 16 points and Will Robinson added 14 in the win. Jeremiah Jefferson (26), Gavin Peppers (15) and Kevin Johnson (14) were all in double figures for the Colonels in the loss. McNeese gets to 9-19 on the year and 5-10 in conference while Nicholls falls to 12-16 and 5-10.


There are four games tonight. See schedule below.

Thursday, February 28th
Tulane @ Tulsa – 8pm (ESPNU)
Louisiana Tech vs Marshall – 6:30pm
ULL vs Coastal Carolina – 7pm (ESPN+)
ULM vs Appalachian State – 7pm (ESPN+)

Wasn't a great overall weekend as teams in action were a combined 4-8.

*Saturday, March 2nd Results

LSU got a road win over Alabama 74-69. Skylar Mays led the Tigers in scoring with 20 points and good efforts were also turned in by Javonte Smart who had 19 points and Naz Reid who scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the win. LSU improves to 24-5 this season and 14-2 in SEC play.

ULM fell to Coastal Carolina 91-97. Daishon Smith scored 29, Travis Munnings scored 23, Tyree White put up 16 and JD Williams added 11 points for the Warhawks but they came up short. ULM drops to 15-13 this year and 8-8 in Sun Belt play.

UNO got a win in Thibodaux 80-70 over Nicholls. The Privateers were led by Scott Plaisance who had 19 points, Jorge Rosa who scored 14 and Bryson Robinson & Troy Green who both scored 13 points in the win. The Colonels got 22 points from Jeremiah Jefferson, 19 from Kevin Johnson and 11 from Elvis Harvey in the loss. UNO is now 17-11 overall and 12-5 in Southland play while Nicholls is now 12-17 and 5-11.

In the other in state match up Southeastern protected home court with a 69-55 win over Northwestern State. Moses Greenwood, Brandon Gonzalez, Marlain Veal and Kajon Brown were the double figure scorers for the Lions with 22, 14, 12 & 10 respectively in the win. The Demons got 14 points from LaTerrance Reed and 11 points from Ishmael Lane in the loss. Southeastern improves to 15-14 on the year and 11-5 in the SLC while Northwestern State falls to 11-18 and 6-10.

McNeese lost at Houston Baptist 65-86. The Cowboys got 16 points & 11 rebounds from Shamarkus Kennedy, 15 points from James Harvey and 12 points from Jarren Greenwood in the loss. McNeese drops to 9-20 overall and 5-11 in conference.

Grambling came up short at Arkansas-Pine Bluff 66-70. Dallas Polk-Hilliard and Axel Mpoyo each with 17 points were the high scorers for the Tigers who also got 16 points & 11 assists from Ivy Smith, Jr. but still came up just short. Grambling drops to 13-15 this season and 7-8 in SWAC play.

Southern picked up a 61-46 win over Alcorn State. Sidney Umude, Richard Lee and Alex Ennis were the double figure scores for the Jags with 18, 15 & 12 respectively in the win. Southern is now 6-23 on the year and 5-11 in conference.

*Sunday, March 3rd Results

Tulane lost at Temple 69-80. The Wave got 24 points & 11 rebounds from Samir Sehic and 18 points from Caleb Daniels in the loss. Tulane is now 4-24 overall and 0-16 in the AAC.

Louisiana Tech lost at FIU 76-83. Amorie Archibald (20), JaColby Pemberton (14 & 10 assists), Dequan Bracey (12) and Anthony Duruji (10) were all in double figures for the Bulldogs in the loss. Louisiana Tech drops to 18-12 this year and 8-9 in CUSA.

ULL lost 80-90 to Appalachian State. The Cajuns got 23 points & 15 rebounds from JaKeenan Gant, 16 points from PJ Hardy, 14 points from Cedric Russell and 11 points from Trajan Wesley in the loss. ULL falls to 17-12 this season and 8-8 in the SBC.



We are entering the final week of the regular season. There are some important games for state schools this week as it relates to seeding for their respective conference tournaments. See schedule for this week below.

Monday, March 4th
Grambling @ Mississippi Valley State – 7:30pm

Tuesday, March 5th
NO GAMES

Wednesday, March 6th
LSU @ Florida – 6pm (ESPN2)
Tulane vs USF – 7pm (WatchESPN)
Louisiana Tech @ FAU – 6pm
Southeastern vs UNO – 7pm
Nicholls vs Northwestern State – 7pm
McNeese vs Texas A&M-CC – 7pm

Thursday, March 7th
ULL @ Little Rock – 6:30pm (ESPN+)
ULM @ Arkansas State – 7pm (ESPN+)
Grambling vs Alabama State – 7:30pm
Southern @ Prairie View A&M – 7:30pm

Friday, March 8th
NO GAMES

Saturday, March 9th
LSU vs Vanderbilt – 7:30pm (SECN)
Tulane vs Wichita State – 7:30pm (CBSS)
ULL @ Arkansas State – 7pm (ESPN+)
ULM @ Little Rock – 3pm (ESPN+)
Nicholls vs Southeastern – 6:30pm
Northwestern State vs Central Arkansas – 3pm
McNeese @ Lamar – 4:30pm
Grambling vs Alabama A&M – 5pm
Southern @ Texas Southern – 7:30pm

Sunday, March 10th
NO GAMES

Records, standings, etc updated in OP.

Didn't do an update yesterday because of Mardi Gras but there was one game to recap as Grambling beat Mississippi Valley State 77-75. The Tigers got 26 points from Dallas Polk-Hilliard, 12 from Nigel Ribeiro and 10 each from Axel Mpoyo & Prince Moss in the win. Grambling improved to 14-15 overall and 8-8 in SWAC play.


Action picks back up tonight as there are 8 state schools in action including in state match ups in Hammond and Thibodaux. See schedule below.

Wednesday, March 6th
LSU @ Florida – 6pm (ESPN2)
Tulane vs USF – 7pm (WatchESPN)
Louisiana Tech @ FAU – 6pm
Southeastern vs UNO – 7pm
Nicholls vs Northwestern State – 7pm
McNeese vs Texas A&M-CC – 7pm

Going to update player & team rankings in the OP shortly.

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Southeastern defended their home court against UNO winning 81-67

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Locked up the 3 seed in the conference tournament!!

Conference Tournament/Post Season Outlook:

LSU will be in the NCAAT but everyone else needs to win their conference tournaments to get in the field. Here is the outlook for each team in their conference tournament and beyond. This is just to give everyone an idea of the scenarios for all of the teams. I may have a few things wrong, especially regarding tie breaker scenarios, so feel free to point out anything I messed up.

LSU – Win at home against lowly Vanderbilt tomorrow and there will be a new banner in the PMAC next year. Also, a win would give the Tigers the #1 seed in the SEC Tournament giving them a double bye to the quarter finals on Friday. LSU is a lock to make the NCAA Tournament, the SECT will be about resume and seeding at this point.

Tulane – Finishes the season at home tomorrow night against Wichita State looking for an upset to avoid a winless conference slate. Hopefully, there’s some Senior Night magic in Fogelman tomorrow as there’s not much left for the Wave to play for this season. All 12 teams make the AAC Tournament and unfortunately the Wave have already locked up the #12 seed.

Louisiana Tech – The regular season slate is over and the Bulldogs have finished .500 in CUSA (9-9). 12 of the 14 teams in CUSA make their post season tournament and games being played tomorrow will tell the story as far as seeding goes. Louisiana Tech is firmly in the CUSAT, however there are currently 5 teams either 0.5 game ahead or 0.5 game behind the Bulldogs. I’m not sure what the multiple team tie breakers are, so we’ll find out a lot after tomorrow.

ULL – The top 4 seeds in the Sun Belt get byes in the tournament. A top 4 seed is out of the question but a win tomorrow would lock up the 5 seed for the Cajuns. The first round of the Sun Belt Tournament is played at campus sites so locking up 5 seed and guaranteeing that they play at home in the first round of the tournament will be what the Cajuns have on the line tomorrow night.

ULM – The loss last night was a tough one for ULM as I believe it guarantees they will not be able to be the 5 or 6 seed (host a first round game) and I don’t know how the tie breakers work but it might be possible they have not clinched a berth in the Sun Belt Tournament (a loss tomorrow and wins by South Alabama & Arkansas State would create a three way tie and the bottom of that tie would be out of the tournament). Either way ULM controls their own destiny as far as making the conference tourney and that starts and ends with getting a win tomorrow. (someone feel free to clarify on tiebreaking scenarios)

Southeastern – A win tomorrow would lock up the 3 seed in the Southland Tournament (they may have it locked up anyways, again if you have knowledge of tiebreakers feel free to clarify) and a bye to the quarterfinals. Guaranteeing the 3 would be big as they would be able to avoid Sam Houston State (15-2 in conference) until the Finals. After a slow start to conference, Southeastern is playing really good ball as they have won 4 in a row and 12 of their last 14.

UNO – The regular season is over for the Privateers who finished the season at 12-6 in the SLC. They are sitting in the 4th spot right now which would guarantee them a bye to the QF. I’m not sure about the tie breaker between UNO & Southeastern but either way both teams have guaranteed themselves byes in the conference tournament.

Northwestern State – The Demons are currently on the outside looking in at the SLC Tournament. I believe they can get in but they are going to need some help. Luckily for them they control part of the situation. SFA & Central Arkansas currently sit one game ahead in the standings. The Demons play UCA tomorrow and have to have a win. SFA plays the #1 team in the Southland, Sam Houston State, tomorrow. The last part of the equation is they need Southeastern to beat Nicholls tomorrow. The Demons aren’t dead, but they need a lot help and have to get a win tomorrow.

Nicholls – Nicholls sits in the same spot as Northwestern State. They need to same scenarios to play out with SFA & UCA combined with a win over Southeastern. Like the Demons, they aren’t buried, but need some help to get in the conference tournament.

McNeese – The Cowboys are drawing dead. They currently sit at 5-12 in conference play and there isn’t a scenario that gets them into the Southland Tournament.

Grambling – The Tigers currently sit in a 4 way tie for 3rd place in the SWAC. I have no idea how the tie breaker scenarios play out but they are guaranteed to be in the tournament and the outcome of the games tomorrow will tell the story.

Southern – As bad as a year as it has been for the Jags, a win tomorrow (or a Miss Valley State loss) would guarantee their spot in the SWAC Tournament. So the Jags are still playing for something on the final day of the regular season.

On the final weekend of the regular season, teams in action went 6-4.

LSU rolled Vandy 80-59 to clinch the SEC regular season title. Darius Days (15), Tremont Waters (14), Skylar Mays (13), Marshall Graves (12), Kavell Bigby-Williams (10 & 11 rebounds and Marlon Taylor (10) were all in double figures for the Tigers. LSU finishes the regular season at 26-5 and 16-2 in the SEC. LSU will be the #1 seed in the SEC tournament.

Tulane lost 79-82 to Wichita State leaving them winless in the AAC this year. Caleb Daniels had a huge game for the Wave scoring 36 points. Samir Sehic scored 20 and Connor Crabtree added 13 in the loss. Tulane finishes the regular season at 4-26 and 0-18 in conference. Tulane will be the #12 seed in the AAC tournament.

ULL got past Arkansas State 90-87 in OT. The Cajuns were led by JaKeen Gant who scored 25 and Justin Miller who scored 16 points & grabbed 15 rebounds. PJ Hardy put up 17 and Cedric Russell scored 13 in the win. ULL finishes the regular season at 19-12 and 10-8 in the SBC. The Cajuns will be the #5 seed in the Sun Belt tournament.

ULM got a win over Little Rock 79-62. Travis Munnings (23), JD Williams (18), Daishon Smith (12 & 10 rebounds), Tyree White (12) and Michael Ertel (11) all scored in double digits for the Warhawks in the win. ULM finishes the regular season at 16-14 and 9-9 in conference. The Warhawks will be the #7 seed in the Sun Belt tournament.

Nicholls beat Southeastern 69-63. The Colonels got 28 from Jeremiah Jefferson and 10 each from Jeremiah Buford & Daniel Regis in the win. The Lions got 17 points from Marlain Veal and 16 from Moses Greenwood in the loss. Nicholls finishes the year at 14-17 and 7-11 in conference and will not make the SLC tournament. Southeastern finishes the regular season at 16-15 and 12-6 in the SLC. The Lions will be the #3 seed in the conference tournament.

Northwestern State lost to Central Arkansas 63-70. The Demons got 18 points & 19 rebounds from Ishmael Lane, 13 points from LaTerrance Reed and 11 from Malik Metoyer but it wasn't enough. Northwestern State finishes the season at 11-20 and 6-12 in Southland play. The Demons will not be in the SLC tournament.

McNeese lost to Lamar 58-83. Shamarkus Kennedy scored 22 & Will Robinson had 17 for the Cowboys in the loss. McNeese finishes the season at 9-22 and 5-13 in conference. The Cowboys will not make the Southland tournament.

Grambling beat Alabama A&M 66-58. Devante Jackson & Prince Moss were the double figure scorers for the Tigers as they each had 14 in the win. Grambling finishes the regular season at 16-15 and 10-8 in conference and will be the #4 seed in the SWAC tournament.

Southern capped their season off with a 87-77 win over Texas Southern. Richard Lee had a big game for the Jags scoring 30 points and Osa Wilson added 12 in the win. Southern finishes the season at 7-24 overall and 6-12 in the SWAC. The Jags will be the #7 seed in the conference tournament.

Records updated in OP. Conference tournament info coming shortly.