Banner Years & Tournament Tales-1964 East Texas State Lions Basketball-Changing Times & Making History

Norman Pilgrim’s time as Head Basketball Coach at East Texas State can be described in one word: challenging. He had success, won conference championships, took his teams to the NAIA postseason and posted winning records. He was also in inadvertent party to some historical moments in not just program history, but college basketball history. After…

Division I Diatribes: A Real Roadblock

Have you been on Interstate 30 lately? Chances are you have been. I haven’t and for good reason. How about Highway 380 between Denton and Greenville? Yep, sure have, and I have seen all I need to see. So, what does traffic have to do with our transition to being a Division I institution? Well,…