Bob Marlin

So guess who just won another Sun Belt Conference Basketball Tournament Championship?!
Georgia State Panthers.
Again!
So, how many is that, 3 in the last 5 years?!

Can anyone post the stats of the SBC champs the last 9 years?
Which teams played in the finals?
So UTA made it to the finals again this year
with a new coach in his first year!

I don't think the Cajuns would be one of the top 4 teams
(the upper echelon) over the last 9 years.

Top three is the upper echelon. They give no medals for 4th place in the Olympics. Bobby and Jay use 4th because he's done it fairly regularly.

Props to Prairie View for making the big dance..

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Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS

Top three is the upper echelon. They give no medals for 4th place in the Olympics. Bobby and Jay use 4th because he's done it fairly regularly.

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To be fair, my expectations are top 4 with postseason appearances with the second part emphasized. The problem is that we usually get the first part without the second.

This year, we got neither. And that's unacceptable.

With all due respect, your expectations are just not good enough. There's nothing wrong with 4th on rare occasions. This is the SBC expectations should be top two. But that's my view.

I’d never hire a guy who consistently finishes 4th or worse.

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Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS

With all due respect, your expectations are just not good enough. There's nothing wrong with 4th on rare occasions. This is the SBC expectations should be top two. But that's my view.

I’d never hire a guy who consistently finishes 4th or worse.

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No offense taken at all.

You have your expectations. I have mine.

Like I've said before, the more we finish 4th, the more I expect a postseason appearance to make up for it. We haven't delivered there. Hence, my dissatisfaction with everything right now.

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Originally Posted by ULvictory

I recently spoke with Mike, he told me to relay all of you this:

Reason is he gave up posting here for Lent and will also try to limit my visits here in general. He also had some medical procedures done on his legs and has one more coming up next week.

I think we can all wish him for the best.

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All my best to Mike and his Lenten penance.

Would you hire a guy with the resume that the Big Fish has? Nope ya wouldn't yet he's finished 4th often in the league.

If we wouldn’t hire him, why on God’s earth would we retain and give him raises and extensions?

Chew on this a little while: we had 4 conference losses to teams with RPI worse than 200. If we win all 4, we are the undisputed #1 seed, win 3 of 4 and we are at worst a 2 seed. I certainly don't think it is too much to ask to be undefeated vs the dregs of Division 1.

I found this:
So, in the last 6 years the Cajuns have made it to the conference tournament championship game one time. In 2014 the Cajuns beat the Panthers in OT and Bryant Mbamalu was the MVP. The Cajuns have never made it back to the conference finals since then. In 2018 they lost to UTA in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, GAST has won the tournament 3 times in the last 5 years. They have been in the finals 4 times in the last 6 years.

I believe Bob Marlin said he wanted to compete for championships. You cannot compete for the championship if you do not make it to the finals.

2014
Louisiana–Lafayette 82–81 (OT) Georgia State Bryant Mbamalu, Louisiana-Lafayette
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2015
Georgia State 38–36 Georgia Southern Kevin Ware, Georgia State
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2016
Little Rock 70–50 Louisiana–Monroe Roger Woods, Little Rock
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2017
Troy 59–53 Texas State Wesley Person Jr., Troy
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2018
Georgia State 74–61 Texas–Arlington D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2019
Georgia State 73–64 Texas–Arlington Malik Benlevi, Georgia State
Campus Sites – First Round
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)

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Originally Posted by IberiaCajun

I found this:
So, in the last 6 years the Cajuns have made it to the conference tournament championship game one time. In 2014 the Cajuns beat the Panthers in OT and Bryant Mbamalu was the MVP. The Cajuns have never made it back to the conference finals since then. In 2018 they lost to UTA in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, GAST has won the tournament 3 times in the last 5 years. They have been in the finals 4 times in the last 6 years.

I believe Bob Marlin said he wanted to compete for championships. You cannot compete for the championship if you do not make it to the finals.

2014
Louisiana–Lafayette 82–81 (OT) Georgia State Bryant Mbamalu, Louisiana-Lafayette
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2015
Georgia State 38–36 Georgia Southern Kevin Ware, Georgia State
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2016
Little Rock 70–50 Louisiana–Monroe Roger Woods, Little Rock
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2017
Troy 59–53 Texas State Wesley Person Jr., Troy
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2018
Georgia State 74–61 Texas–Arlington D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2019
Georgia State 73–64 Texas–Arlington Malik Benlevi, Georgia State
Campus Sites – First Round
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)

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Wait Jay said we are easily the second best program in the sbc

Well maybe that was before this week. No UTA fired their guy for finishing 4th too often. There’s probably no consistentancy with teams between 2-4. Just a guess, it’s not worth researching.