Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters

Big news out of Ruston, Louisiana Tech athletic Director Tommy McClelland held a news conference today to introduce the new women’s basketball head coach. And it’s Tyler Summit… the 23 year old son of Hall of Fame Tennessee coach Pat Summit.

The "Dunkin Dawgs" DID bring home a Conference USA Regular Season Championship this season.. but were unable to win the C-USA tournament which would have given them an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The Western Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments begin on Tuesday. Both head coaches, Mike White and Theresa Weatherspoon, will be watching their WAC counterparts as each of their squads earned byes in the tournament.