Danny Kaspar doesn't really like coaching against friends. Neither does Chris Beard.
"It's not fun," Beard said.
But they'll be forced to do so for the second time this season when Kaspar's Texas State team visits the Jack Stephens Center to play UALR at 6 tonight.
In his first season as a Division I head coach, Beard has UALR (25-3, 15-2) on the brink of an accomplishment not seen at UALR in almost 30 years. A victory over the Bobcats (12-13, 6-10) tonight will ensure the Trojans an outright Sun Belt Conference title for the first time, and its first in any league since 1987.