MBB G13 Final: Louisiana 73, SLU 72

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Originally Posted by talktomewillis

I'm sure that question will be asked at the presser today. My guess is the redshirt stays. I hope it does, frankly.

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Agree it is best for long term interest of the program that the redshirt stays in place.

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Originally Posted by talktomewillis

You use football for your basketball analogy. Totally absurd. Football is where the "next man up" cliche started. And, it's somewhat valid there.

But when you have 13 schollys, you're going to miss on a couple. The end of the bench is what it is (another bad cliche') for virtually every school. In other cases, players are projects and not quite ready to contribute immediately. That is at every school (especially mid-majors).

The injury to Marquetti is a crippling one. But as I said earlier, it will only help people like yourself fuel the fire about Marlin. Because we will be a shell of ourselves without him. So, in that regard, congratulations...I guess.

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Willis, do you think a winning conference season is possible without Malik?

We just extended Bob two more years

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Originally Posted by cajun_lannister

The "CBI" is the worst tournament of the 3 and shockinlgy Marlin likes the best.

IMO you can equate it to what ULM and Wyoming wanted to set up this year in football a joke.

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I think the CIT is the one that we have participated in the most. Unfortunately, in today's world if you finish second in the regular season and lose in the finals of the SBC tournament, than those "C" tournaments are the only opportunity for your guys to participate in post season play. I see that as no different than participating in a bowl with a 6 and 6 record. Yes bowls do invite you but you generally lose much more money by being in those than you will ever will by participating in the CIT. We had some private RCAF donors cover our expenses in this year's CURE Bowl so as the school would not lose money. Kudos to those guys.

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Originally Posted by ULvictory

Don’t worry. I wasn’t directly talking about you. I respect your point of view with the basketball program. And the fact that you thought that we wouldn’t win the tournament prior to injuries tells me all I need to know on our program’s current situation. It ain’t good.

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I did think we could challenge for the top three prior to the Marquetti injury. Now that is doubtful. Reason I did not think we could win the tournament was depth mostly. Having to win three straight games (perhaps only two if you are in top 2) when your roster only goes so deep was unlikely as players will get leg weary.

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Originally Posted by oldwiseone33

We just extended Bob two more years

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So he is under contract until 2022 now?

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Originally Posted by anhil8tor

So he is under contract until 2022 now?

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I am fairly sure that is correct.

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Originally Posted by oldwiseone33

We just extended Bob two more years

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Why🤔

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Originally Posted by Localyokel

Why🤔

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We beat TWO in state rivals - McNeese and SLU.

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Originally Posted by cajun_lannister

The "CBI" is the worst tournament of the 3 and shockinlgy Marlin likes the best.

IMO you can equate it to what ULM and Wyoming wanted to set up this year in football a joke.

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Don’t know where your coming from there, we have never played in the CBI, only the CIT. I agree with Mike, find it very comparable to a lower tier bowl game, I think he may have stolen that comparison from a post I made awhile back, lol. I know it’s an apples and oranges comparison but our football team just had a season where they exceeded expectations and ended up as one of the top teams in the conference and lost in the conference championship game. They then went on to one of the “other” bowl games and most looked at that as a sign of success. They were able to continue the season and get a few more weeks of practice. If your one of the top 4 teams in the conference in basketball, lose in the semis or championship game go on and do the exact same thing.

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

We beat TWO in state rivals - McNeese and SLU.

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We also beat Tulane and UNO. We could not have beaten any of them with a performance like we had against Tech however. Tech also would have beaten lots of teams the way they shot the ball that night

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Originally Posted by Localyokel

Why🤔

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BECAUSE HE WON A ___KING CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.

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Originally Posted by talktomewillis

BECAUSE HE WON A ___KING CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.

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😂

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Originally Posted by talktomewillis

Realist? Didn't you say in an earlier thread your bar is to be in the postseason every year?

C'mon man.

And,, you referring to this program as a "turd" means you need to get out more. There are plenty of turd programs in D-1. This is not one of them.

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I said make the postseason more consistently. That means more than twice in 15 years. Is that too much to ask for the money that we are investing into the program? Nope, it's not.

And when I hear constant excuses of why we can't succeed or reach goals, guess what? That's a "turd" mentality.

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Originally Posted by talktomewillis

BECAUSE HE WON A ___KING CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.

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THAT WAS SO FUN, AND LOOKING AT THIS BOARD, SEEMS LIKE AGES AGO.

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Originally Posted by Hatch

Don’t know where your coming from there, we have never played in the CBI, only the CIT. I agree with Mike, find it very comparable to a lower tier bowl game, I think he may have stolen that comparison from a post I made awhile back, lol. I know it’s an apples and oranges comparison but our football team just had a season where they exceeded expectations and ended up as one of the top teams in the conference and lost in the conference championship game. They then went on to one of the “other” bowl games and most looked at that as a sign of success. They were able to continue the season and get a few more weeks of practice. If your one of the top 4 teams in the conference in basketball, lose in the semis or championship game go on and do the exact same thing.

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I did practice plagiarism to some degree by stealing from one of your earlier post. My apologies. Someone asked why current contract for the coach goes through 2022. He may not be aware that is due to a recent extension given by the AD. Regular season title last season and being honored with the Coach of the Year award in both the conference and state probably contributed to that decision.

Why not wait until the end of the conference season? What's the rush? He's not going anywhere. I don't remember hearing any interest from other schools after that championship last year.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

I did practice plagiarism to some degree by stealing from one of your earlier post. My apologies. Someone asked why current contract for the coach goes through 2022. He may not be aware that is due to a recent extension given by the AD. Regular season title last season and being honored with the Coach of the Year award in both the conference and state probably contributed to that decision.

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No need to apologize, I’m flattered. I have trusted your opinion on Cajun Basketball for the 15 or so years I have been on this board.

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Originally Posted by Localyokel

Why not wait until the end of the conference season? What's the rush? He's not going anywhere. I don't remember hearing any interest from other schools after that championship last year.

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This has been the point that we have been trying to make since that extension was given. The only answer people give is because he won conference and runs a clean program. My initial response to that is along the lines of isn't he supposed to do that? Isn't he the highest paid coach in the league to win or compete for conference titles every year and run a clean program? I thought that those were goals established by he and Maggard but maybe not. He had two years left on his deal. I just didn't see why there was any rush to go out and extend him for it.

Last year was fun and exciting. If Marlin can make that a trend, I have no issues with him as my coach but I want expectations to rise like they have in other sports before we reward him every time he has success.

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Originally Posted by Hatch

Don’t know where your coming from there, we have never played in the CBI, only the CIT. I agree with Mike, find it very comparable to a lower tier bowl game, I think he may have stolen that comparison from a post I made awhile back, lol. I know it’s an apples and oranges comparison but our football team just had a season where they exceeded expectations and ended up as one of the top teams in the conference and lost in the conference championship game. They then went on to one of the “other” bowl games and most looked at that as a sign of success. They were able to continue the season and get a few more weeks of practice. If your one of the top 4 teams in the conference in basketball, lose in the semis or championship game go on and do the exact same thing.

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There are 68 teams in the NCAA and 32 in the NIT. That makes 100 team slots that are selected between the two tournaments. There are only 70 team slots for FBS Bowl games. It is not comparable period. If your basketball team can not finish in the Top 100 teams in post season play, it has not business playing period.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

I think the CIT is the one that we have participated in the most. Unfortunately, in today's world if you finish second in the regular season and lose in the finals of the SBC tournament, than those "C" tournaments are the only opportunity for your guys to participate in post season play. I see that as no different than participating in a bowl with a 6 and 6 record. Yes bowls do invite you but you generally lose much more money by being in those than you will ever will by participating in the CIT. We had some private RCAF donors cover our expenses in this year's CURE Bowl so as the school would not lose money. Kudos to those guys.

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Yes, I messed up CBI & CIT CBI is the better of the 2.

You should strive for the NCAA even the NIT every year if they don't make either they should sit at home just like a 6 -6 teams that's rewarding mediocrity.

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Originally Posted by CajunT

There are 68 teams in the NCAA and 32 in the NIT. That makes 100 team slots that are selected between the two tournaments. There are only 70 team slots for FBS Bowl games. It is not comparable period. If your basketball team can not finish in the Top 100 teams in post season play, it has not business playing period.

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Not close to comparable. Much easier to make a bowl game these days. Half of FBS teams make a bowl. You have to be really bad to miss out.

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Originally Posted by Localyokel

Not close to comparable. Much easier to make a bowl game these days. Half of FBS teams make a bowl. You have to be really bad to miss out.

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You can't buy into a bowl game my friend, sorry they are not comparable at all. There's almost zero chance a program like UL could play in a bowl game with a losing record. The CBI and CIT are jokes if you are willing to front the money. Thank God we have a AD that believes such tournaments are not worth the funds from our athletic department.

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Originally Posted by CajunT

There are 68 teams in the NCAA and 32 in the NIT. That makes 100 team slots that are selected between the two tournaments. There are only 70 team slots for FBS Bowl games. It is not comparable period. If your basketball team can not finish in the Top 100 teams in post season play, it has not business playing period.

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There are only 130 FBS teams so at that rate 53% are playing in bowl games. In D1 basketball there are 351 teams. So even when you throw in the CBI and CIT and the Vegas 16 that’s roughly 45% playing in the “postseason”. Very comparable in my opinion, albeit lower tier bowls are much higher on the national radar than the mid major tournaments. And I realize you don’t “buy into”a bowl game but you can sure as hell loose a heck of a lot going to one.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

We also beat Tulane and UNO. We could not have beaten any of them with a performance like we had against Tech however. Tech also would have beaten lots of teams the way they shot the ball that night

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-----A reality post ----thanks for the facts along with the tech game breakdown!