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you talking to me:o :confused:
Well I think the difference is you are comparing Southall to his potential and the “coming to play” reference was comparing Saturday to some of his previous outings.Quote:
Originally posted by RaginCajun08
<font size="1">Sure he finished with 23 points on the night but to me it looked like he played a terrible game. He was by far the best or 2nd best athlete on the court last night. He could of had 46pts.
I just can not stand to see someone miss free throw after free throw. Also I would take a charging call over a block shot anyday. He was being lazy and not moving to cut off the shooter.
But what takes the cake was the technical foul for hanging on the rim. There is no excuse for that.
I just think the way he played on paper looks better than he played on the court.</font size="1">
I don’t think there is any doubt that Southall can do much greater things, I just prefer to look at what direction he is heading, rather than looking at where he is not.
Two programs with almost opposite records. Cajuns should have no problem
<blockquote><p align=justify>Advertiser-Dan McDonald
LAFAYETTE — Louisiana's men's basketball squad, thanks in great part to what head coach Jessie Evans calls his team’s ability to close out games, now holds the eighth-longest home-court winning streak in the country.
The Cajuns rallied back — twice — for a 71-65 win over Middle Tennessee at home on Saturday, giving UL its 17th straight Cajundome victory. Evans said that performance and three straight Sun Belt wins have come at an important time.
“We’re facing one of our more critical weeks of the season,” he said. “We’re going on the road to play two very capable basketball teams. We’re going to find out where we’re at.”
The Cajuns (12-6, 4-1) will travel to meet North Texas (6-12, 1-5) on Thursday and will go from there to face surprising Denver (12-8, 4-2).
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UNT has lost nine of its last 11 games, playing the last 10 without second-leading scorer Leonard Hopkins. The Mean Green also enters Thursday’s game on a five-game loss streak, all league games and four of them by eight points or less.
“They’ve struggled some,” Evans said, “but they play us extremely well. The last time we played they put a knot upside our head.”
That knot was a 78-59 UNT win at The Super Pit in Denton last year when the Cajuns shot an abysmal 29.7 percent from the field and watched a two-point halftime lead vanish in a hurry.
North Texas led much of the way in Saturda’s 76-71 road loss to South Alabama. UNT outscored its hosts by 18 points from the field, but USA shot 48 free throws.
“They’ve been in a lot of these games,” Evans said, “and just haven’t gotten it done at the end.”
That hasn’t been a problem for the Cajuns, who are now 11-0 this year when tied or leading with 10 minutes left.
“That comes from some things we do in practice,” said 6-10 senior center Khadim Kandji, who has started the last four games. “We play a defensive game at the end of practice every day, and it’s very competitive. Coach tells us late in games that it’s just like defensive game now.”
“We’ve got a little character,” Evans said, “and we’ve been able to close out some games. But if we don’t shoot free throws better, it could be a big problem on the road.”
The Cajuns were only 11-of-24 from the line against Middle Tennessee and were 6-of-18 at one point before making five of six in the final 36 seconds. UL Lafayette also struggled coming out of the locker room Saturday, with the Blue Raiders scoring 13 straight points.
That’s a trend that has occurred a lot more than Evans would have liked, but it’s a trend for which Kandji has a simple solution.
“We just need to come out of the locker room earlier,” he said Monday, “get more warmup so we can be more ready for the second half. We’re going to talk about that today at practice.”
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Is everbody well to play tonight? It would be great for team to be going in 100%.
GEAUX CAJUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!
No mention of anyone being at less than 100% in today's Advertiser.
<blockquote><p align=justify>Advertiser
DENTON, Texas — They’ve won four of their last six games on hostile courts, and a banked-in road three-pointer is the only thing between UL's men’s basketball team and a perfect Sun Belt Conference record.
But Ragin’ Cajun head coach Jessie Evans knows all that doesn’t matter a lot tonight when his squad opens a pivotal league swing at a place that hasn’t been particularly kind to the Cajuns.
UL (12-6, 4-1) puts first place in the league’s West Division on the line against North Texas (6-12, 1-5) in the first half of a weekend road trip. Tonight’s 7:05 contest will be followed by a Saturday 5 p.m. battle at surprising Denver — at 4-2 the Cajuns’ closest rivals in the West.
“This may be our most critical week of the season,” Evans said. “We’re playing two teams that have both played very well. North Texas has been in every game they’ve played.”
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The Mean Green is on a five-game losing streak, but all but one were single-digit margins including a 76-71 loss at South Alabama last Saturday.
UL Lafayette knows that feeling, falling 93-89 at USA back on Jan. 9 when Sun Belt leading three-point shooter Chris Young (4.28 per game) banked in a desperation trey in the closing seconds.
UNT has also lost its last three home games – by a combined eight points – in Sun Belt play. In fact, the last time the Eagles won a league game at the Super Pit was last year when they rolled past the Cajuns 78-59.
That 19-point loss is still fresh in their minds, especially since UL Lafayette’s other three conference losses last season came by a combined eight points.
“They put a knot upside our heads,” Evans said, “and they return a lot of those players.”
The most prominent returnee is senior forward Chris Davis, the Sun Belt’s second-leading scorer at 18.1. However, the Cajuns won’t have to face UNT’s second-ranked scorer, with guard Leonard Hopkins (12.7) sidelined the rest of the season with a knee injury suffered against Colorado.
Since that injury, the Mean Green has been less than mean, losing 10 of 12.
“That’s really hurt them,” Evans said. “They have struggled getting it done at the end of games, and that’s hard to do without your best guard.”
North Texas will, though, throw a lot of size at the Cajuns, going 6-9, 6-8, 6-8 across the front line and the 6-foot-5 Davis outrebounding all of them (7.4). The Eagles collect more rebounds per game (38.2) than any team in the Sun Belt.
“Davis can post you up and also shoot the three,” said Evans. “But what makes them tough is that have fine athletes on the interior. They’re not bulky, but they’re very versatile and I like the way they play a free-wheeling motion offense.”
The Cajun offense, on the other hand, was averaging almost 83 points per game in league play until its past two games. UL Lafayette won those home battles, 64-51 over Florida International and 71-65 over Middle Tennessee, but won both with defense.
The Cajuns’ last four opponents are shooting a combined 40.9 percent from the floor, and UL Lafayette forced 47 turnovers in those two wins including 27 last Saturday against MT.
The Cajuns, though, still have four double-figure scorers in their regular player rotation led by guard Brad Boyd (17.3), swingman Anthony Johnson (15.8) and sophomore center Michael Southall (14.2, 7.2 rebounds). Junior guard Laurie Bridges has also come alive, scoring double figures in seven of his last 10 games and now averaging 10.5 per outing.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Turbine
Two programs with almost opposite records. Cajuns should have no problem.>>>>>>>
Geeze, it was an ole' fashioned a** kickin'
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Louisiana 89
North Texas 58
:D
oh yeah and our ladies beat theirs tonight as well. Broke their 8 game losing streak :cool:
Lady Cajuns 58
Lady Mean Green 57