BATON ROUGE --- The coach who transformed Nicholls State University into a championship basketball program in the 1990s and the man who became the “Voice of the Tigers” for generations of LSU basketball fans were the major honorees at Saturday’s 42nd Annual Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Awards Banquet.
Inducted into the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame was Nicholls State head coach and former LSU assistant coach Rickey Broussard.
The other major honoree was former LSU radio announcer Jim Hawthorne, who received the LABC’s Mr. Louisiana Basketball award. This award is given annually to someone who has made a significant, long-term contribution to the game of basketball at any level in the State of Louisiana.