MBB NIT Final: LOUISIANA 76, LSU 84

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Originally Posted by VObserver

That is also why you don't talk trash before a game. Marlin gift wrapped this game for LSU by being classless and talking ____ in the media for the last week.

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He spoke the truth but I agree he should have been much more diplomatic in his comments. He should have simply said we are glad to continue playing and we won’t concern ourselves with the site. No further comment was needed. Never give your opponent bulletin board material. As long as he has done this he still fell into a trap by questions asked

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Originally Posted by SlickRick

Their athletic length overmatched us.

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Our lack of adjustments did not help either.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

He spoke the truth but I agree he should have been much more diplomatic in his comments. He should have simply said we are glad to continue playing and we won’t concern ourselves with the site. No further comment was needed. Never give your opponent bulletin board material. As long as he has done this he still fell into a trap by questions asked

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No he shouldn’t have. Bob said what we all know and wanted to say. I don’t fault him for one word. It’s not his fault Will Wade is a baby.

Where I fault him is not adjusting to anything LSU was doing.

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Originally Posted by apb

I agree with most of this, but there are upsets every year and MT is making the most of theirs. Go read all over the place now on how much more exposure they have since then. Also, let's see what they do in the NIT before we compare us to them. They may go far into it and gain more respect.

My frustration is our constant failure on the big stage when we are given it. Then, stupid ___ Marlin goes and runs his mouth prior to this game and lit a fire under LSU. Then, his team craps the bed and he looks twice as bad than just a loss. Stop the damn excuses and win SOMETHING, we know how the stupid system is.

Why the fool ran his mouth all week is beyond me.

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If Marlin says nothing all week except that we are glad to be in the NIT, and we feel fortunate to be playing games close enough to home for our fans to travel, and I am proud of our players, who I am sure will play their hardest in this tournament; then LSU has nothing extra to motivate their players, and maybe, just maybe, they overlook us a little.

Bob took care of that by being a loudmouth idiot and calling out everyone involved, from the NCAA to the janitors at the PMAC.

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Originally Posted by ManAboutTown

Gant was no match for Reath one on one.. healthy or not.

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I disagree. Gant was a shell of his healthy self tonight. We will never know if it would have changed outcome. Now they need to get him well. He has had this 2 weeks

And listen, guys...for everybody upset with Marlin for talking during the week, LSU was always going to get into this game. That had no impact beyond motivating Will Wade to look like a d*** at the end of the game. They say they don't care, but we all know. They looked up at that scoreboard down 10-2 and knew they had to play ball, and that would've happened regardless of what Marlin said in a press conference.

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Originally Posted by VObserver

If Marlin says nothing all week except that we are glad to be in the NIT, and we feel fortunate to be playing games close enough to home for our fans to travel, and I am proud of our players, who I am sure will play their hardest in this tournament; then LSU has nothing extra to motivate their players, and maybe, just maybe, they overlook us a little.

Bob took care of that by being a loudmouth idiot and calling out everyone involved, from the NCAA to the janitors at the PMAC.

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I can’t argue with that view.

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Originally Posted by Balanced_view

I just maybe a different personality, but I like the trash talking, they deserved it. BUT, I repeat BUT, you got to back it up.

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You NEVER, under any set of circumstances, say ANYTHING that might give your opponent an edge.

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Originally Posted by ManAboutTown

No he shouldn’t have. Bob said what we all know and wanted to say. I don’t fault him for one word. It’s not his fault Will Wade is a baby.

Where I fault him is not adjusting to anything LSU was doing.

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agree 100%

I'm just glad that I never really cared much about it. I've maintained that it would've been better to go go to the NCAA Tourney as a 16 and lose by 20 than win 3 NIT games. Absolutely no one cares about the NIT.