Nathan Ruppel

Another year, another round of Tech fans calling for the basketball coach’s firing due to transferring players: https://twitter.com/j_tweets_alot/status/1107824641580716032 To be fair to hot taeks like this, Tech fans have every reason to be this upset. The duo of Duruji and Langston won’t exactly be the easiest to replace. The Bulldogs did get quite a bit […]

Even though Tech finally achieved a conference road victory last night, there are several reasons to be critical of fourth year Louisiana Tech head basketball coach Eric Konkol. Let’s go through some of them: #1: Over the seasons, Tech has scored fewer and fewer points per game: Points scored isn’t some magic indicator of a

FAU Recap Tech needed to accomplish two things to leave Boca Raton with a win: Limit the number of open threes Rebound the ball That’s in increasing order of importance, so it’s a shame that Tech was able to pull off #1, but failed miserably at #2. The Bulldogs were out-rebounded 43-31, a minus 12

It’s no secret that the Louisiana Tech men’s basketball team has struggled away from home this year. Outside of the Thomas Assembly Center, Tech is 3-9 (0-6 in C-USA). On their home floor, the Bulldogs have yet to falter, recording a 12-0 record. But what makes the TAC so special? On average, fewer than 2,300

Marshall Recap Not today, death. After the previous week’s “performance”, many (including myself) didn’t expect Tech to be able to compete with conference-leading Marshall. But never doubt the Dogs at home. Tech was able to stave off the Thundering Herd’s thundering comeback in the overtime thriller. Although they only led for 47 seconds of the

Old Dominion Recap There was more to this game than the final two minutes, but those final two minutes decided this game. The Bulldogs’ inability to shoot free throws directly resulted in a loss on the first leg of the road trip. If you want to relive the painful final moments, here’s a link to

Hey guys, we need to talk about foul shots. In Tech’s one point loss last night, the Bulldogs were only 17-for-25 (68%) from the line, but what truly hurt was when the those shots were missed. With 2:36 remaining, DaQuan Bracey missed the front half of a one-and-one that would have tied the game at

UAB Recap Tech beat UAB. All is right in the world. Digging a little deeper than that, there were two things that I suggested would be key for Louisiana Tech if the Bulldogs wanted to continue their home success against the Blazers: Win the rebounding battle Don’t fall behind early Tech was able to check

North Texas Recap There may be no such thing as a moral victory, but Tech’s 19-point comeback to tie the game in Denton is nothing to scoff at. Especially when playing against perhaps the best team in C-USA this year. Or maybe it is something to scoff at. But I’m not 100% sure what a

So here’s the plan. Each week, we’ll do a quick look into the men’s (and sometimes women’s) basketball program. We’ll recap the previous week’s game(s) and look ahead to the next week’s games. We won’t have a basketball contest up (this year, at least), but we all know Daniel Adams was probably going to win