The Southland's overall NET rating has improved each season since Grant arrived. This year, the Southland holds the 22nd NET rating out of 31 teams. That's up five spots from the 27th NET rating in ...

McNeese is the heavy favorite as the Southland's regular-season champion. The Cowboys beat Lamar during both previous match-ups this season, including a heated battle in Beaumont earlier this month.

Adding to the problem, a few of the Southland's founding members — including Lamar University — had left for the Western Athletic Conference in search of bigger and better things.

For the first time in program history, the McNeese Cowboys punched their ticket to consecutive NCAA Tournaments on Wednesday, beating Lamar to win the Southland Conference Title ...

The Cardinals had just gone toe-to-toe with the conference’s biggest bully, only to come up short in the final minutes. RELATED: Lamar women’s basketball team falls to SFA in Southland semis ...

(AP) — Alexis Marmolejos scored 17 points and Adam Hamilton sealed it with a layup with 44 seconds remaining and Lamar rallied to beat Nicholls State 58-55 on Tuesday in a Southland Conference ...

Whether it was hotel stays, eating at local restaurants, or shopping at nearby businesses, the tournament had an impact on ...

The McNeese Cowboys have been the cream of the Southland Conference crop all season. With a win over the Lamar Cardinals in today's Southland Tournament final, they can ride into the NCAA ...

Nicholls and Lamar are the two best teams in the league ... SportsLine expert Thomas Casale is backing McNeese to win the Southland conference tournament. But which teams are experts backing ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Alexis Marmolejos scored 17 points and Adam Hamilton sealed it with a layup with 44 seconds remaining and Lamar rallied to beat Nicholls State 58-55 on Tuesday in a Southland ...

Alexis Marmolejos had 15 points in Lamar’s 65-53 win over Nicholls on Monday night. Marmolejos also contributed six rebounds for the Cardinals (19-12, 14-6 Southland Conference). Ja’Sean ...