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The Cardinals currently play in the Southland Conference following a return from the Western Athletic Conference on July 11, 2022.[2]  They were one of four programs, all from Texas, that left the Southland Conference on July 1, 2021, to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).[3] Lamar left the Southland Conference for the second time, having initially joined at the league’s formation in 1963, left in 1987, and returned in 1999. After one season in the WAC, Lamar returned to the Southland Conference. The Cardinals have played  home games in the Montagne Center since 1984.[4] The Lamar University basketball team is one of the school’s most storied athletic programs. The Cardinals have competed in NCAA Tournament play eleven times (five at the NCAA College Division (Division II) level) and six times at the NCAA Division I level with the most recent appearance in the 2012 tournament.  The 1979\u201380 team was one of the 1980 tournament’s Sweet Sixteen teams. The Cardinals have also competed in four NIT tournaments.  Heading into the 2014\u20132015 season Lamar had a 284\u2013143 record in the Montagne Center. The Cardinals overall record going into the 2014\u20132015 season was 922\u2013818.[5]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Early years[edit]Jack Martin years[edit]Billy Tubbs years[edit]Pat Foster years[edit]Tom Abatemarco years[edit]Tony Branch years[edit]Mike Newell years[edit]Grey Giovanine years[edit]Mike Deane years[edit]Billy Tubbs return[edit]Steve Roccaforte years[edit]Pat Knight years[edit]Tic Price years[edit]Coaches[edit]Postseason[edit]NCAA Division I Tournament results[edit]NCAA Division II Tournament results[edit]NIT results[edit]CIT results[edit]Miscellaneous history[edit]80-game home win streak[edit]Attendance[edit]Top 10 attendance marks[edit]Yearly attendance[edit]Awards and honors[edit]Retired jerseys[edit]National and regional awards and honors[edit]All-Americans[edit]Academic Athlete of the Year[edit]All-Star games[edit]USBWA All-District VI Team[edit]Southland Conference honors[edit]Player of the Year[edit]Newcomer of the Year[edit]Coach of the Year[edit]First Team All-Conference[edit]Most Valuable Player[edit]Tournament Most Valuable Player[edit]All-decade teams[edit]1960s[edit]1970s[edit]1980s[edit]2000s[edit]American South Conference honors[edit]All Conference teams[edit]Sun Belt Conference honors[edit]All Conference teams[edit]Freshman of the Year[edit]Cardinals in the NBA[edit]Played in the NBA[edit]Drafted players[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]Early years[edit]Basketball began in 1923 with the founding of South Park Junior College (renamed Lamar in 1932). In the early years the squad was hurt by a lack of common opponents and routinely had to play local high schools or city amateur teams. By 1931 the squad had been reduced to an intramural level. In 1946 the program was revived as Lamar entered the Southwestern Junior College Conference. The revived squad was an immediate success finishing 2nd with a 10\u20134 record by head coach Dave Engman. The next year under the veteran coaching of Elbert Pickell the 1947\u20131948 team pulled an enormous upset by capturing the state title with a 13\u20133 record. The following year the Cardinals continued to prosper under head coach Thurman “Slue” Hull who complied 49\u201330 record at Lamar before being hired away by the University of Texas.[6] The following year the Cardinals began their transition to play against 4 year college competition with newly hired head coach Jack Martin.[7]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Early Years \u2013 Year by Year Record[8]Statistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonSouth Park Junior College  (Independent) (1924\u20131930)1924\u201319258\u201371925\u201319264\u201361926\u201319276\u201331927\u20131928J. D. Conn9\u201321928\u20131929Derrill JonesN\/A1929\u20131930Derrill JonesN\/ASouth Park Junior College  (No Team or Intramural Team) (1930\u20131946)Lamar Junior College  (Southwestern Junior College Conference) (1946\u20131951)1946\u20131947Dave Engman10\u201341947\u20131948Elbert Pickell13\u20133State Junior College Championship1948\u20131949Slue Hull22\u201361949\u20131950Slue Hull14\u201312Consolation Championship (State JC Tournament)Lamar Junior College  (Transition to four year college) (1950\u20131951)1950\u20131951Slue Hull13\u201312Lamar:99\u201355 (.643)Total:99\u201355 (.643)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championJack Martin years[edit]Jack Martin was the first head basketball coach for Lamar as a four-year college.  He was also the longest serving head coach in Lamar’s history. He came to Lamar after coaching three seasons at his alma mater, Hardin-Simmons University. Martin began coaching the Cardinals as they entered the college division Lone Star Conference in 1951. Martin coached Billy Tubbs from 1955 to 1957, Tubbs would later become the first player or student to return and coach Lamar Basketball.[9] In 1964 Lamar began its transition into division I and the Southland Conference.  Coach Martin’s Cardinals won the Lone Star Conference title three seasons, the Southland Conference title two seasons, and competed in five NCAA College Division (now NCAA Division II) tournaments.  After the 1975\u201376 season, Coach Martin was replaced by one of his former players and former assistant coach, Billy Tubbs.  The Cardinals compiled a 334\u2013283 record under Martin.Martin coached one AP NCAA College Division All-American, Don Bryson (1965), and one AP NCAA Division I All-American, Earl Dow (1969).[10] One of Coach Martin’s players, Luke Adams, was drafted by the NBA.[11]1968\u201369 Season       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The highlight of Jack Martin’s career would be his 1968\u20131969 squad that earned a #1 national ranking in the Associated Press college division poll. Martin’s squad that year won its first 15 games of the season against very strong competition.  The Cardinals won their first game against Pepperdine 65\u201364 then traveled to Memphis and beat a strong Memphis State team, 82\u201369. A week later, they quieted a stunned crowd in College Station’s G. Rollie White Coliseum by strumming Southwest Conference champion Texas A&M, 98\u201387.  With the Cardinals sitting at 6\u20130 and sixth-ranked University of Tulsa coming to town, most observers figured the good times were at an end. Instead, they kept rolling as Martin’s flashy Cards decked Tulsa, 103\u201377.“Since we had gone 8\u201317 the previous season, what that team did to start that year has to be one of the greatest surprises ever in Lamar basketball, at least up until that point,” said Joe Lee Smith, then LU’s director of sports information. “They beat a good Pepperdine team and an outstanding Memphis State team to get started, then they beat Texas A&M on the road, which was totally unexpected.[12][13]“Tulsa was ranked No. 6, but we kicked the dog out of them. That triggered a lot of national attention. It was the first year for us to be fully Division I, and after that win we started getting a few votes in the major college polls.”After the Cardinals held off Arkansas State 84\u201381 in Jonesboro to tie the school record of 12-straight wins, they rose to No. 18 in the United Press International major college poll. They were the only team ranked in both polls.A few nights later, the prominent Houston Cougars, who had been to the Final Four the previous season, came to McDonald Gym. Coach Guy Lewis’ Cougars had never lost to Lamar, up until this point. With 8:15 left in the game, the Cardinals trailed 56\u201344, but they rallied to go ahead 61\u201359 in the final minute. The Cougars scored in the final seconds, however, and the teams went into overtime tied at 61.The overflow throng in McDonald Gym and those viewing the game by closed-circuit television in a nearby dining hall erupted into bedlam when forward Jim Nicholson stole the ball and went in for a layup seconds after the overtime tipoff. Then, spindly guard Earl Dow popped in a corner jumper to give the Cards a four-point lead, and they controlled the rest of overtime, winning 71\u201365.On a cold Feb. 1 night in Abilene, the record streak reached 15 games with an 85\u201372 victory over Abilene Christian. Two nights later on “The Stage” in Arlington, it ended with a 76\u201371 loss to Texas\u2013Arlington.[14]Jack Martin \u2013 Year by Year Record[15]Statistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar Cardinals  (Lone Star Conference) (1951\u20131963)1951\u20131952Lamar7\u2013161\u201396th1952\u20131953Lamar11\u2013124\u201364th1953\u20131954Lamar13\u2013114\u201364th1954\u20131955Lamar11\u2013145\u201375th1955\u20131956Lamar12\u2013127\u201354th1956\u20131957Lamar14\u2013115\u201395th1957\u20131958Lamar10\u2013123\u2013118th1958\u20131959Lamar17\u201379\u201352nd1959\u20131960Lamar18\u2013911\u201333rdNCAA College Division Tournament1960\u20131961Lamar19\u2013812\u201321st1961\u20131962Lamar20\u2013813\u201311stTNCAA College Division Tournament1962\u20131963Lamar22\u2013512\u201321stTNCAA College Division Tournament[16]Lamar Cardinals  (Southland Conference) (1963\u20131976)1963\u20131964Lamar19\u201367\u201311stNCAA College Division Tournament1964\u20131965Lamar18\u201365\u201333rd1965\u20131966Lamar17\u201394\u201342ndNCAA College Division Tournament1966\u20131967Lamar5\u2013190\u201386th1967\u20131968Lamar8\u2013173\u201355th1968\u20131969Lamar20\u201346\u201322nd1969\u20131970Lamar15\u201397\u201311st1970\u20131971Lamar11\u2013135\u201332nd1971\u20131972Lamar13\u2013137\u201312nd1972\u20131973Lamar11\u2013136\u201364th1973\u20131974Lamar6\u2013190\u201343rd1974\u20131975Lamar7\u2013164\u201343rd1975\u20131976Lamar10\u2013146\u201343rdLamar:334\u2013283 (.541)Total:375\u2013323 (.537)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championBilly Tubbs years[edit]Coach Tubbs (1976\u20131980) was the first former player and alumnus to coach the Lamar men’s basketball team. Tubbs led the Cardinals to their first NCAA Division I basketball tournament in 1979.  The tenth seeded Cardinals upset the number seven seed Detroit before falling to tournament champion Michigan State in the second round.  The following year, the Cardinals under Coach Tubbs, had a Cinderella story in the 1980 NCAA basketball tournament as a ten seed advancing to the Sweet 16.  The Cardinals defeated number seven seed Weber State and number two seed Oregon State before falling to six seed Clemson.Coach Tubbs left the Cardinals after the 1979\u20131980 season to take the head basketball coach job at Oklahoma.  During Tubbs’s reign at Lamar he recruited one player, Mike Olliver who would become an all-American for Lamar.[17]  One of Coach Tubbs’ recruits, Clarence Kea, was drafted by the NBA while Tubbs was still at Lamar.  Three other Tubbs recruited players, Mike Olliver, B. B. Davis, and Alvin Brooks, were drafted the year following Tubbs’ departure.[18]The 1979 Cardinal Basketball team set records when it beat Portland State University 141\u201384; at the time, that game set an NCAA record for points in a single game.[19] During the game, Mike Olliver set the single game scoring record at Lamar with 50 points; that record stood until January 4, 2011.[citation needed]Coach Tubbs’ Cardinals began the 80 game seventh longest NCAA home court winning streak (discussed below) winning the first 31 games.Billy Tubbs (1st time) \u2013 Year by Year Record[20]Statistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar Cardinals  (Southland Conference) (1976\u20131980)1976\u20131977Lamar12\u2013176\u201343rd1977\u20131978Lamar18\u201398\u201322nd1978\u20131979Lamar23\u201399\u201311stNCAA 2nd Round1979\u20131980Lamar22\u2013118\u201321stNCAA Sweet 16Lamar:75\u201346 (.620)Total:640\u2013340 (.653)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championPat Foster years[edit]Pat Foster (1980\u20131986) was hired to replace Billy Tubbs.  Foster came to Lamar as an assistant coach under Eddie Sutton at Arkansas.  He continued Lamar’s men’s basketball success by leading the Cardinals to 3 Southland Conference titles and post season play each of the six years he was head coach at Lamar.  Post-season included two (2) NCAA Tournament appearances advancing to the second round in both.  The Cardinals also participated in the NIT four (4) times advancing to the second round once.  The Cardinals won twenty (20) or more games five of Coach Foster’s six seasons at Lamar.  He coached one All-American, two Southland Conference Players of the Year, two Southland Conference Newcomers of the Year, seven Southland Conference First Team selections and fifteen All-Southland Conference team selections.  Not including three players recruited by Billy Tubbs’ staff, five of Coach Foster’s recruits were drafted by the NBA.  Those players were Terry Long, Lamont Robinson, Tom Sewell, Jerry Everett, and Greg Anderson.”[18]After turning down the Houston Cougars head coaching position once, Foster resigned as Lamar’s head coach in April, 1986 to take the head coaching position at Houston following Guy Lewis’s retirement.  Pat Foster was named to the Lamar Hall of Honor in 2014 in recognition of his contributions to the program as Lamar coach and athletic director.  His record at Lamar of 134 wins ranks as second in the history of the program.[21]Coach Foster’s Cardinals continued the 80 game seventh longest NCAA home court winning streak (discussed below) with 49 consecutive home court wins.Pat Foster \u2013 Year by Year RecordStatistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar  (Southland Conference) (1980\u20131986)1980\u20131981Lamar25\u201358\u201321stNCAA (2nd Round)1981\u20131982Lamar22\u201377\u201332ndNIT (1st Round)1982\u20131983Lamar23\u201389\u201331stNCAA (2nd Round)1983\u20131984Lamar26\u2013511\u201311stNIT (2nd Round)1984\u20131985Lamar20\u2013128\u201343rdNIT (2nd Round)1985\u20131986Lamar18\u2013126\u20136T-4thNIT (1st Round)Lamar:134\u201349 (.732)49\u201319Total:366\u2013203 (.643)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championTom Abatemarco years[edit]Tom Abatemarco  (1986\u20131988) was hired in 1986.  He was previously an assistant coach for the North Carolina State Wolfpack under Jimmy Valvano serving there from 1982 to 1986.  Coach Abatemarco’s first season record as head coach at Lamar was a disappointing 14\u201315 (4\u20136 SLC).  The next season saw a new conference and a better record.  The Cardinals posted a 20\u201311 overall and a 5\u20135 conference record  in the newly created American South Conference.  Abatemarco left Lamar after his second year accepting a head coaching position at Drake University.James Gulley played basketball for Lamar University for four seasons, including during the tenure of Abatemarco, graduating in 1988.[22] In 1986\u201387 Gulley led the Southland Conference with 288 rebounds and 9.9 rebounds per game.[23] He played in 113 career games for the Cardinals, and scored 1,832 points (16.2 ppg), had 967 rebounds (8.6 rpg), and 719 field goals, each of which is third all-time in school history.[22] He was a four-time all-conference selection, and named 1988 All-American South Conference.[22][24]Tom Abatemarco \u2013 Year by Year RecordStatistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar  (Southland Conference) (1986\u20131987)1986\u20131987Lamar14\u2013154\u201364thLamar  (American South Conference) (1987\u20131988)1987\u20131988Lamar20\u2013115\u201353rdLamar:34\u201326 (.567)9\u201311Total:70\u2013121 (.366)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championTony Branch years[edit]Tony Branch (1988\u20131990), an assistant coach under Tom Abatemarco was named head coach in 1988. After two disappointing seasons, he was relieved of his duties at the end of the 1989\u20131990 season. Although the overall records were disappointing, Branch’s teams had out of conference wins over Tulsa, Texas A&M, and Rice.Tony Branch \u2013 Year by Year Record[25]Statistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar Cardinals  (American South Conference) (1988\u20131990)1988\u20131989Lamar12\u2013163\u201376th1989\u20131990Lamar7\u2013211\u201396thLamar:19\u201337 (.339)4\u201316Total:19\u201337 (.339)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championMike Newell years[edit]Mike Newell (1990\u20131993) was hired in 1990.  He came to Lamar after serving as head coach at University of Arkansas at Little Rock for six seasons taking the UALR Trojans to post-season play five consecutive seasons.[26]  The Cardinals moved from the American South Conference to the Sun Belt Conference in Coach Newell’s second season with the Cardinals.  His overall record at Lamar was 42\u201344 (20\u201326 conference).Mike Newell \u2013 Year by Year Record[27]Statistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar Cardinals  (American South Conference) (1990\u20131991)1990\u20131991Lamar15\u2013134\u201385thLamar Cardinals  (Sun Belt Conference) (1991\u20131993)1991\u20131992Lamar12\u2013197\u201398th1992\u20131993Lamar15\u2013129\u201399th TLamar:42\u201344 (.488)20\u201326Total:175\u2013104 (.627)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championGrey Giovanine years[edit]Grey Giovanine (1993\u20131999), an assistant coach at Wichita State, was hired to replace Mike Newell.  The Cardinals competed as  members of the Sun Belt Conference his first five seasons at Lamar before returning to the Southland Conference in his final season with the Cardinals.  His overall record with the Cardinals was 80\u201385 (47\u201361 Conference).  Out of conference highlights of his years at Lamar were wins over Baylor and LSU.Grey Giovanine Year by Year Record[28]Statistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar Cardinals  (Sun Belt Conference) (1993\u20131998)1993\u20131994Lamar10\u2013176\u2013128th T1994\u20131995Lamar11\u2013166\u2013128th1995\u20131996Lamar12\u2013157\u2013116th T1996\u20131997Lamar15\u20131210\u201384th T1997\u20131998Lamar15\u2013147\u2013117thLamar Cardinals  (Southland Conference) (1998\u20131999)1998\u20131999Lamar15\u2013147\u2013117thLamar:80\u201385 (.485)47\u201361Total:80\u201385 (.485)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championMike Deane years[edit]Mike Deane (1999\u20132003) was hired in 1999. In his first year, he returned the Cardinals to the NCAA tournament for the first time since the Pat Foster era. The Cardinals played Duke in the first round of the 2000 NCAA tournament.[29]Mike Deane \u2013 Year by Year RecordStatistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar Cardinals  (Southland Conference) (1999\u20132003)1999\u20132000Lamar15\u2013168\u201310T6thNCAA (1st Round)2000\u20132001Lamar9\u2013187\u2013139th2001\u20132002Lamar15\u20131411\u201394th2001\u20132002Lamar13\u20131410\u201310T5thLamar:53\u201363 (.457)36\u201342Total:437\u2013332 (.568)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championBilly Tubbs return[edit]Billy Tubbs (2003\u20132006) returned to Lamar University in 2002 as Athletics Director.  In addition to Athletics Director, Tubbs returned as the Cardinals basketball team head coach in 2003 following Mike Deane’s reassignment.[30] Tubbs’ return was highly anticipated and increased attendance. He turned the program around from 10th place in 2003 to tied for 4th in 2006. In 2006 Coach Tubbs stepped down as Head Basketball Coach to concentrate on the athletic director position.[31] He was succeeded by assistant and Lamar Alumnus Steve Roccaforte.Billy Tubbs (2nd time) \u2013 Year by Year RecordStatistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar Cardinals  (Southland Conference) (2003\u20132006)2003\u20132004Lamar11\u2013185\u20131110th2004\u20132005Lamar18\u2013119\u201375th2005\u20132006Lamar17\u2013149\u20137T-4thLamar:46\u201343 (.517)23\u201325Total:640\u2013340 (.653)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championSteve Roccaforte years[edit]During the Roccaforte era (2006\u20132011), Lamar Basketball Lamar had erratic success. The Cardinals had wins over major programs like the Texas Tech Red Raiders in 2008. Coach Roc took the Cardinals to the East Division Championship and a 19 win season in 2007\u20132008. Following the SLC championship the Cardinals failed to reach the conference tournament for the next three seasons.Coach Roc’s tenure at Lamar was marked by some successes and very highly ranked recruiting classes.[32] As proof of coach Roccaforte’s eye for talent, Mike James a coach Roccaforte recruit, scored 52 points in 28 minutes in a 114\u201362 win over Louisiana College. James’s performance was the top single-game scoring performance of the 2011 NCAA basketball season.Steve Roccaforte \u2013 Year by Year Record[33]Statistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar Cardinals  (Southland) (2006\u20132011)2006\u20132007Lamar15\u2013178\u201383rdEastT2007\u20132008Lamar19\u2013118\u201321st T, Division championship (East)2008\u20132009Lamar15\u2013156\u2013109th2009\u20132010Lamar14\u2013185\u2013119th T2010\u20132011Lamar13\u2013177\u201399th TLamar:76\u201378 (.494)39\u201341Total:76\u201378 (.494)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championPat Knight years[edit]On April 5, 2011, Lamar University announced the hiring of Pat Knight, as its new head men’s basketball coach.[34] In Knight’s first season with the Cardinals he took them to their first 20 win season since Tom Abatemarco’s 1988 squad finished 20\u201311.[35] The 2011\u20132012 squad finished with a 20\u201311 regular season record and an 11\u20135 Southland Conference record, finishing in 3rd place. In the last game of the regular season, Lamar won at home over arch-rival McNeese State. The head-to-head matchup clinched Lamar the Southland Conference East Division Championship.[36] Lamar would go on to win the Southland Conference Championship and earn their first NCAA appearance since 2000.  In the midst of the two worst seasons in Lamar’s history and a 3\u201322 season during his third year at the helm, Pat Knight was relieved of his duties on February 16, 2014.Pat Knight \u2013 Year by Year RecordStatistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar Cardinals  (Southland Conference) (2011\u20132014)2011\u20132012Lamar23\u20131211\u201353rd Overall (1st East Division)NCAA First Four2012\u20132013Lamar3\u2013281\u20131710th2013\u20132014Lamar3\u2013222\u20131112thLamar:29\u201362 (.319)15\u201337Total:79\u2013123 (.391)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championTic Price years[edit]On February 16, 2014, Lamar University announced that Tic Price would be interim head men’s basketball coach.[37] The Cardinals closed out the 2013\u20132014 with 1 win and 4 losses under Coach Price.  On March 18, 2014, Tic Price was named the Cardinals eleventh head basketball coach.[38]In Tic Price’s first full season as head coach of the Cardinals men’s basketball team, the Cardinals had the 11th best turnaround in NCAA Division I men’s basketball .  The Cardinals improved from a record of 4\u201326 for the previous season to 15\u201315 record at the conclusion of the 2014\u201315 season.[39]Statistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonLamar Cardinals  (Southland Conference) (2014\u20132021)2013\u201314Lamar1\u201341\u201342014\u201315Lamar15\u2013159\u201396th2015\u201316Lamar11\u2013193\u20131513th2016\u201317Lamar19\u20131510\u20138T\u20135thCIT first round2017\u201318Lamar19\u20131411\u20137T\u20135thCIT first round2018\u201319Lamar20\u20131312\u20136T\u20133rd2019\u201320Lamar17\u20131510\u201310T\u20136th2020\u201321Lamar10\u2013186\u2013107thLamar:112\u2013113 (.498)62\u201369 (.473)Lamar Cardinals  (Western Athletic Conference) (2021\u2013future)2021\u201322Lamar\u2013\u2013Total:279\u2013235 (.543)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament champion(Won\/loss record reflects results of games through the 2020\u201321 season.)Coaches[edit]The Cardinals have had 12 coaches since becoming a senior college (4-year institution) in 1951. Jack Martin was the first coach.  Alvin Brooks is the current coach.  Three Cardinal coaches have been named Southland Conference Coach of the Year:Jack Martin in  1969 and 1970, Billy Tubbs in 1978 and 1980, and Pat Foster in 1984.  Steve Roccaforte shared CollegeInsider.com Southland Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2008.  Five Cardinal coaches have taken their teams to NCAA tournaments: Jack Martin in 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964 (NCAA Division II); Billy Tubbs in 1979 and 1980; Pat Foster in 1981 and 1983; Mike Deane in 2000; and Pat Knight in 2012.Postseason[edit]NCAA Division I Tournament results[edit]The Cardinals have appeared in six NCAA Division I Tournaments, all as Lamar University. Their combined record is 5\u20136.YearSeedRoundOpponentResult1979#10First roundSecond Round#7 Detroit#2 Michigan StateW 95\u201387L 64\u2013951980#10First roundSecond RoundSweet Sixteen#7 Weber State#2 Oregon State#6 ClemsonW 87\u201386W 81\u201377L 66\u2013741981#8First roundSecond Round#9 Missouri#1 LSUW 71\u201367L 78\u20131001983#11First roundSecond Round#6 Alabama#3 VillanovaW 73\u201350L 58\u2013602000#16First round#1 DukeL 55\u2013822012#16First Four#16 VermontL 59\u201371Source:[16]NCAA Division II Tournament results[edit]The Cardinals have appeared in five NCAA Division II Tournaments as Lamar State College of Technology. Their combined record is 5\u20135.YearRoundOpponentResult1960Regional semifinalsRegional 3rd-place gameNortheast MissouriColorado CollegeL 81\u201382W 88\u2013671962Regional semifinalsRegional 3rd-place gameArkansas StateAbilene ChristianL 65\u201366W 83\u2013741963Regional semifinalsRegional FinalsArkansas StateSouthern IllinoisW 89\u201388L 84\u2013931964Regional semifinalsRegional 3rd-place gameAbilene ChristianColorado State CollegeL 71\u201373W 116\u2013851966Regional semifinalsRegional 3rd-place gameEvansvilleIndiana StateL 103\u2013111W 93\u201378Source:[16]NIT results[edit]The Cardinals have appeared in four National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 2\u20134.YearRoundOpponentResult1982First roundTexas A&ML 58\u2013601984First roundSecond RoundNew MexicoSanta ClaraW 64\u201361L 74\u2013761985First roundSecond RoundHoustonUT ChattanoogaW 78\u201371L 84\u2013851986First roundGeorge MasonL 63\u201365Source:[16]CIT results[edit]The Cardinals have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) two times. Their combined record is 0\u20132.YearRoundOpponentResult2017First roundTexas StateL 60\u2013702018First roundUTSAL 69\u201376Miscellaneous history[edit]80-game home win streak[edit]From 1978 to 1984 Lamar had one of the longest home court win streaks in NCAA history. The Cardinals compiled 80 wins between February 18, 1978, and March 10, 1984. The streak began February 18, 1978 against Arkansas State as the Cardinals cruised to a 59\u201354 victory. On March 10, 1984, as Lamar was hosting the Southland Conference tournament, Louisiana Tech came to town with future Hall of Famer Karl Malone. The Bulldogs would win 68\u201365 and advance to the NCAA tournament.[40]McDonald Gym (37 games) and the Beaumont Civic Center (43 games) were Lamar’s home-court during the win streak. Currently the win streak is 7th all time in NCAA division I history.Attendance[edit]Source:[16]Top 10 attendance marks[edit]Below is a list of the Cardinals 10 best-attended games men’s* home games (all at the Montagne Center).Rk.DateOpponentAttendanceTop 10 Attendance1January 10, 1987McNeese State10,0102February 27, 1986McNeese State9,4673December 16, 1985LSU9,4324January 24, 1987Arkansas State8,9925March 15, 1985Houston8,6106December 27, 1995Texas8,4547February 23, 2008Northwestern St.8,3388January 26, 1985Louisiana Tech8,3179March 20, 1985Chattanooga8,24510November 26, 1985Villanova8,216As of the 2018\u201319 season.*Note: Record home attendance for a Lady Cardinals game at the Montagne Center 9,143 was on March 17, 1991, vs the LSU Lady Tigers.[41][42]Yearly attendance[edit]Below is a list of the attendance by year since the Cardinals moved into the Montagne Center.SeasonAverageHighYearly Attendance2021\u201322[43]2,2213,5322020\u201321[43]1,2822,359*2019\u201320[43]2,2564,2542018\u201319[43]2,3555,2182017\u201318[43]1,5602,1962016\u201317[43]1,8902,7742015\u201316[44]1,7762,3122014\u201315[45]2,1733,5432013\u201314[46]2,1703,9842012\u201313[47]2,6646,0592011\u201312[48]2,8345,1382010\u2013113,1765,0832009\u2013102,9704,6752008\u2013093,6736,1822007\u2013083,7048,3382006\u2013073,5797,4972005\u2013063,2695,1732004\u2013053,9866,1642003\u2013044,0635,3472002\u2013033,3384,5372001\u2013022,6704,1472000\u2013012,7685,0331999\u201320003,7046,2711998\u2013993,3826,1931997\u2013984,4427,5841996\u2013972,6385,0891995\u2013962,8228,4541994\u2013952,2944,1421993\u2013942,9873,8761992\u2013933,8618,0331991\u2013923,6025,6421990\u2013915,4377,6411989\u2013901,6292,9321988\u2013894,5626,6151987\u2013884,5627,5041986\u2013876,61510,0101985\u2013866,3269,4671984\u2013856,3068,310* Fall 2020 attendance limited to 25% capacity due to COVID19 precautions.[49]As of the 2021\u201322 season.Awards and honors[edit]Retired jerseys[edit]Below is a list of retired Cardinals jerseys.Sources: [50]National and regional awards and honors[edit]All-Americans[edit][51]Don Bryson \u2013 AP All-American (College Division), 3rd Team, 1965Earl Dow \u2013 AP All-American (Division I), 2nd Team, 1969Mike Olliver \u2013 Citizens Savings Foundation All-American (Division I), 1st Team, 1981Matt Sundbald \u2013 Verizon\/CoSIDA Academic All-American, 3rd Team, 1998, 1st Team, 1999Academic Athlete of the Year[edit]Matt Sundblad, Verizon\/CoSIDA Men’s Basketball Academic Athlete of the Year, 1999All-Star games[edit]Earl Dow, East-West All-Star Game, 1969Tom Sewell, NABC All-Star Game, 1984USBWA All-District VI Team[edit]B B Davis, 1980, 81Mike Olliver, 1981 (Co-Player of the Year)Tom Sewell, 1984Alan Daniels, 2006Kenny Dawkins, 2nd Team, 2009Jay Brown, 2nd Team, 2009Southland Conference honors[edit]Sources:[52][53]Player of the Year[edit]Newcomer of the Year[edit]B. B. Davis, 1978Jerry Everett, 1984James Gulley, 1985Lamar Sanders, 2007Kenny Dawkins, 2008Tyran de Lattibeaudiere, 2015Coach of the Year[edit]Jack Martin, 1969, 70Billy Tubbs, 1978, 80Pat Foster, 1984First Team All-Conference[edit]Luke Adams, 1970, 71Ron Austin, 2003Don Bryson, 1965Alan Daniels, 2005, 06Kenny Dawkins, 2008B. B. Davis, 1978, 79, 81Earl Dow, 1968, 69Jerry Everett, 1985Nick Garth, 2019James Gulley, 1987Don Heller, 1964Mike James, 2012Henry Jones, 1976Clarence Kea, 1980Jim Nicholson, 1968Alfred Nicholson, 1974Mike Olliver, 1979, 80, 81Lamont Robinson, 1984Lamar Sanders, 2008Tom Sewell, 1983, 84Anthony Todd, 1986Jerry Wade, 1965Colton Weisbrod, 2017, 18Most Valuable Player[edit]Tournament Most Valuable Player[edit]Mike Olliver, 1981Lamont Robinson, 1983Jerry Everett, 1985Landon Rowe, 2000Mike James, 2012All-decade teams[edit]1960s[edit]Don Bryson, Earl DowCo-Coach of the Decade \u2013 Jack Martin1970s[edit]Luke Adams, Clarence KeaCoach of the Decade \u2013 Billy Tubbs1980s[edit]B. B. Davis, Anthony Todd, Jerry Everett, James Gulley, Mike Olliver, Kenneth Perkins, Lamont Robinson, Tom SewellCoach of the Decade \u2013 Pat Foster2000s[edit]Alan Daniels, Larry SandersAmerican South Conference honors[edit]All Conference teams[edit]James Gulley & Adrian Caldwell, 1989Sun Belt Conference honors[edit]All Conference teams[edit]Atiim Browne, 1994Ron Coleman, 1995, 97Lucas Wagler, 1996Freshman of the Year[edit]Cardinals in the NBA[edit]Lamar University has had four players who played in the NBA and ten players who were picked in the NBA draft. The players are listed below.Played in the NBA[edit]Drafted players[edit]Luke Adams, 1971 \u2013 Los Angeles Lakers Round 8, Pick 13[54]Greg Anderson, 1986 \u2013 Dallas Mavericks Round 6, Pick 15[55]Alvin Brooks, 1989 \u2013 San Antonio Spurs Round 10, Pick 17[56]B. B. Davis, 1981 \u2013 Kansas City Kings Round 4, Pick 13[57]Jerry Everett, 1985 \u2013 Phoenix Suns Round 3, Pick 9[58]Clarence Kea, Dallas Mavericks Round 8, 9th Pick[59]Terry Long, 1982 \u2013 Portland Trail Blazers Round 7, Pick 11[60]Mike Olliver, 1981 \u2013 Chicago Bulls Round 2, Pick 9 draft rights traded to the Indiana Pacers[61]Lamont Robinson, 1984 \u2013 Chicago Bulls Round 5, Pick 2[62]Tom Sewell, 1984 \u2013 Philadelphia 76ers Round 1, 22nd Pick[63]References[edit]^ Lamar University Athletics Visual Standards Manual (PDF). Retrieved April 22, 2017.^ Thomas Scott (July 11, 2022). “Lamar moving to Southland Conference — immediately”. Hearst. Retrieved July 11, 2022.^ “WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions” (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.^ “LAMAR CARDINALS Official Athletic SiteFacilities”. Lamarcardinals.com. 1983-06-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. 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