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3 unusual facts about Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball


Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball

A 1986 Sports Illustrated article stated, "A Lady Techster is likely to be a good student and a devout Christian, probably favors needlepoint over Madonna tapes on airplanes and fears a drug test about as much as she does an airport metal detector." The same article stated that Hogg's insistence that her players act like ladies gave the team an "almost antebellum image" that was well-suited to a conservative town like Ruston.

As a result, Louisiana Tech President F. Jay Taylor initiated the construction of the 8,098 capacity Thomas Assembly Center.

In 1974, Louisiana Tech President F. Jay Taylor established the university's first women's athletic program, a women's basketball team.


NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship

The AIAW also held a basketball tournament in 1982, but most of the top teams, including defending AIAW champion Louisiana Tech, decided to participate in the NCAA tournament.

Teresa Weatherspoon

Teresa Gaye Weatherspoon (born December 8, 1965 in Pineland, Texas) is a former American Women's National Basketball Association player who played for the New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks and is currently the head basketball coach of the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters.


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