Texas State’s last game was almost entirely meaningless.
The Bobcats had no paths of advancing to the Sun Belt tournament semifinals after losing to No. 4 East Division seed Appalachian State, 1-0, Tuesday night in Montgomery, Ala. The format of the pool play system left both the maroon and gold and No. 1 West seed Louisiana devoid of any stakes in their meeting on Wednesday — no matter the result, the Ragin’ Cajuns would have to defeat the Mountaineers in the final game of pool play on Thursday to advance.
Louisiana head coach Matt Deggs called Wednesday night’s game “a glorified practice.” Both he and Texas State head coach Steven Trout said they understood the need for the change in format, which accommodated all 12 teams in the conference during a pandemic-affected season.
