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Louisiana continues to underwhelm when March Madness comes around

• By: Ed Daniels

Gold Rush earn No. 3 seed, No. 10 ranking and will play Clarke (Iowa) the morning of March 18

• March 11, 2020
• By Ed Cassiere

Xavier University of Louisiana men’s basketball, an automatic qualifier for next week’s NAIA Division I National Championship tournament, will play Clarke University in the opening round at 10:45 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, March 18, at Municipal Arena (formerly Municipal Auditorium) in Kansas City, Mo.

Northwestern State dominates after rough start to win first-round SLC Tournament game

• March 11, 2020
• By Matt Vines

Forget that no Northwestern State player has ever played in a Southland Conference Tournament as the Demons were making their first trip since 2014-15.

Women’s Final Four, other local related sports cancel events, restrict fans in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

• March 11, 2020
• By Lenny Vangilder

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting sports in the New Orleans area.

Lady Techsters upset UAB to open C-USA tourney

• March 11, 2020
• By Malcolm Butler

It was an all too familiar scenario for Louisiana Tech heading down the stretch in the final minutes of the opening round of the 2020 Air Force Reserve Conference USA Basketball Tournament.

2020 Hercules Tires Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament begins Thursday

• March 11, 2020
• By Zack Chavez

Postseason play gets underway Thursday at Leonard E. Merrell Center in Katy, Texas for the 2020 Hercules Tires Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament. Opening-round games begin at 11 a.m. CT with No. 5 New Orleans taking on No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana.

Tulane faces UConn in AAC Men’s Basketball Championship First Round

• March 11, 2020
• By Adam Miller

Seeded 12th, the Tulane men’s basketball team hosts No. 5 seed UConn in the first round of the 2020 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship on Thursday, March 12 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

Cajuns, Mavs score first-round wins in Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Championship

• March 11, 2020
• By Scottie Rodgers

No. 4 Louisiana jumped out to a 27-15 lead after one quarter on No. 9 Georgia Southern as the Ragin’ Cajuns advanced to the Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Championship quarterfinals with a 81-64 wi.

Lafayette’s 6-foot-8 Corey Dunning is first Gold Rush signee for next season

• March 10, 2020
• By Ed Cassiere

Xavier University of Louisiana announced Tuesday that Corey Dunning, a 6-foot-8 forward/center from Lafayette, La.

Loyd selected BOXTOROW National Player of the Week

• March 10, 2020
• By Ed Cassiere

Xavier University of Louisiana men’s basketball standout William Loyd has been selected the BOXTOROW National Player of the Week for March 2-8.

Ledoux named C-USA Sixth Man of the Year

• March 10, 2020
• By Kane McGuire

 RUSTON – Specialty awards were announced on Tuesday by the league office and Louisiana Tech’s Kalob Ledoux was named as the 2019-20 Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year. To be considered for this award, a nominee cannot have been a starter in more than one third of all games. Ledoux becomes the second…