MBB G16 Final: Louisiana 76, Georgia State 89

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Originally Posted by Hatch

I apologize I did get you mixed up with C4L, I’ve seen similar posts from you both. I don’t want to use Marquetti as an excuse but I don’t see how you can say that his loss has nothing to do with what we are seeing on the court right now. I’m extremely frustrated with the lack of depth as well, see my earlier post about playing just 7.

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All good! No worries.

I know Marquetti’s presence definitely makes a difference. What annoys me is that we should have enough talent to where it shouldn’t. What also annoys me is when it’s scapegoated for a loss. If we had the talent elsewhere in other positions who were more consistent, Marquetti’s injury wouldn’t be used as such an excuse.

It’s really odd that nobody said anything about Marquetti being the whole team until he got hurt. Not one article, not one post, not one comment from the staff ever “we go as Marquetti goes” “we will go as far as Marquetti takes us” “as long as Marquetti is healthy we will be just fine” none of that..not a word. Now that he is hurt we lost Lebron James. This isn’t a knock on Marquetti either. The excuses never end. They just keep Coming as they are needed.

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Originally Posted by crazycajun

It’s really odd that nobody said anything about Marquetti being the whole team until he got hurt. Not one article, not one post, not one comment from the staff ever “we go as Marquetti goes” “we will go as far as Marquetti takes us” “as long as Marquetti is healthy we will be just fine” none of that..not a word. Now that he is hurt we lost Lebron James. This isn’t a knock on Marquetti either. The excuses never end. They just keep Coming as they are needed.

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Thank you. That is all I’m saying.

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Originally Posted by crazycajun

It’s really odd that nobody said anything about Marquetti being the whole team until he got hurt. Not one article, not one post, not one comment from the staff ever “we go as Marquetti goes” “we will go as far as Marquetti takes us” “as long as Marquetti is healthy we will be just fine” none of that..not a word. Now that he is hurt we lost Lebron James. This isn’t a knock on Marquetti either. The excuses never end. They just keep Coming as they are needed.

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Correct, like Zoom said we have bigger team issues that are holding us back. Shot selection and the inability to make those shots is something we aren't overcoming. Marquetti is an asset without a doubt and was our second best player. Would we have won last night with him? I don't think so because of those larger issues. Let's also give some credit to those guys as well. That's the class of the league this year and they have a lot of guys who can score. I think most of us figured an L in that game. The bigger concern is this weekend and the ULM road game.

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Originally Posted by crazycajun

It’s really odd that nobody said anything about Marquetti being the whole team until he got hurt. Not one article, not one post, not one comment from the staff ever “we go as Marquetti goes” “we will go as far as Marquetti takes us” “as long as Marquetti is healthy we will be just fine” none of that..not a word. Now that he is hurt we lost Lebron James. This isn’t a knock on Marquetti either. The excuses never end. They just keep Coming as they are needed.

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People who watch the team frequently realize how valuable Marquetti was. He is one of the most versatile players in the league and was critical for us on both offense and defense. He was performing at an All Conference level and positioning himself to make a few bucks playing the game. The problem is the dropoff behind him. It is dramatic. Evidence of that is when Hardy was trying to guard Simonds as he was driving to the basket. It was a HS mismatch. Now you may say we should have more depth so as this would not be such a big issue. However the fact is we simply do not. This is a recruiting issue and that aspect needs to improve for progress to be made. No way to know if that is occurring until next season.

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

I was amazed Simonds didn’t foul out. The game ebbed and flowed around him. We made runs with him out. Preseason POY, possible NBA prospect. Not saying is reason we lost, but the entire game flowed around him. Had shut down his scoring until last 10 minutes of game, he was bricking it too.

Call it what you want, Malik had a great first step...we don’t have one on the court now besides Marcus.

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Simonds controlled the second half but Jeff Thomas was the same thing in the first half. Hit 3 straight 3's at one point.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

People who watch the team frequently realize how valuable Marquetti was. He is one of the most versatile players in the league and was critical for us on both offense and defense. He was performing at an All Conference level and positioning himself to make a few bucks playing the game. The problem is the dropoff behind him. It is dramatic. Evidence of that is when Hardy was trying to guard Simonds as he was driving to the basket. It was a HS mismatch. Now you may say we should have more depth so as this would not be such a big issue. However the fact is we simply do not. This is a recruiting issue and that aspect needs to improve for progress to be made. No way to know if that is occurring until next season.

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So Mike, again this is a recurring issue. Recruiting. When do we as a university have more expectations there?

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Originally Posted by zephyr

Simonds controlled the second half but Jeff Thomas was the same thing in the first half. Hit 3 straight 3's at one point.

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Agreed. They simply have a better overall squad than we do.

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Originally Posted by zephyr

So Mike, again this is a recurring issue. Recruiting. When do we as a university have more expectations there?

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

People who watch the team frequently realize how valuable Marquetti was. He is one of the most versatile players in the league and was critical for us on both offense and defense. He was performing at an All Conference level and positioning himself to make a few bucks playing the game. The problem is the dropoff behind him. It is dramatic. Evidence of that is when Hardy was trying to guard Simonds as he was driving to the basket. It was a HS mismatch. Now you may say we should have more depth so as this would not be such a big issue. However the fact is we simply do not. This is a recruiting issue and that aspect needs to improve for progress to be made. No way to know if that is occurring until next season.

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None of this was said about Marquetti until after he got hurt. Actually when Gant got hurt before Marquetti the same excuses started...even after Gant got hurt, nobody said, including you “don’t worry we have Marquetti, he is the one guy we can’t afford to lose” you tend to insenuate that you are the only one who watches the team. Just because people aren’t satusfied doesn’t mean they don’t watch or support the team. Marquetti is good but he is not a 1 man wrecking crew like he is being made out to be. If he was that important it would have been said by someone..anyone at least once before he got hurt.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

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But, we give out extensions? I'm just curious as to when recruiting, or lack of recruiting results are a measuring stick for the coach.

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Originally Posted by crazycajun

It’s really odd that nobody said anything about Marquetti being the whole team until he got hurt. Not one article, not one post, not one comment from the staff ever “we go as Marquetti goes” “we will go as far as Marquetti takes us” “as long as Marquetti is healthy we will be just fine” none of that..not a word. Now that he is hurt we lost Lebron James. This isn’t a knock on Marquetti either. The excuses never end. They just keep Coming as they are needed.

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Speak for yourself.

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Looks like Marquetti is going to be the man this year.

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