Our New Men’s Basketball Coach - Quannas White

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Originally Posted by RedBug58

I wonder how many good players he can pull in right off the bat???

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Its mostly all bidding now for top players.....NIL. Being a good recruiter is the tie-breaker

After giving up my long time season tickets four years ago, I'll now get back into the game and into the Dome!

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Originally Posted by Duggie35

After giving up my long time season tickets four years ago, I'll now get back into the game and into the Dome!

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Same for me.

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Originally Posted by BabbForHeisman

I remember not that long ago, there was a discussion about how different our program is now compared to when we hired Evans, because there’s no way we could hire a top assistant from a national champion now.

Well…we just hired a top assistant from the #2 team in the nation.

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Is he coming over now or will he be with Houston for the tournament as they will likely be a #1 seed?

Per Locked on Cougars, he's staying with Houston until the end of the tournament. Makes sense to go that route.

Imagine the new head coach recruiting players fresh off of a Final Four appearance. Probably best for all involved.

Geaux Cajuns

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

All of basketball now relies on shooting lots of threes per game.

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The crazy part about that is you would think it would lead to higher team scoring averages but it doesn’t. Of the NBA’s top 50 highest team scoring averages, only 10 have been from the 2000’s to current. Of those only 1 have been in the top 10.

The true keys to victory is the mid range game. It’s almost forgotten in today’s game, but the mid range is king.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

That’s 4 people now that have said they are going back to the Dome next season. Welcome back. That is a good start but not nearly enough of what is needed to move program forward. Hopefully more come on board soon

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It SOUNDS like a very good hire. You can now add me to the list of new season ticket holders. I have not been to the Cajun Dome in over 10 years because of Marlin.

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Originally Posted by RedTails

I am basketball ignorant. Anyone with insight as to what kind of team we'll be seeing? As a self-admitted basketball moron, it looked like Bob Marlin teams focused on playing hard defense and jacking up 3's to my untrained eye. Is that just college MBB in general now? Are the dunk you very much days of MBB forever behind us?

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At Houston, they're one of the best defensive teams in the country but also have guys that can score the ball. You don't carry that high of a ranking all season if you can't do both. I obviously don't expect us to get those types of athletes so we'll have to see what pans out and who stays, if any. Roster management is going to be huge

Gonna buy ST's again after a lot of yearsss

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Originally Posted by zephyr

At Houston, they're one of the best defensive teams in the country but also have guys that can score the ball. You don't carry that high of a ranking all season if you can't do both. I obviously don't expect us to get those types of athletes so we'll have to see what pans out and who stays, if any. Roster management is going to be huge

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He should be able to bring in some Decent enough athletes to win the SBC tournament. SBC basketball is atrocious.

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Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns

He should be able to bring in some Decent enough athletes to win the SBC tournament. SBC basketball is atrocious.

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It is not as bad as some think. Last year’s champion won a game in the NCAA tournament. This year’s runner up won at Memphis, a team which could win the American tournament. Granted middle and bottom of the league was down this year, somewhat due to Portal transfers. Despite that, SBC split the MAC challenge this year. You would think MAC would be stronger as they are in basketball country. I will close with my reminder that there are over 30 basketball conferences with 2/3 of them being 1 bid leagues.

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Originally Posted by R1Letterman

Now they can pin any additiknal k. Sampson violations on him

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Yeah, Houston really seems to be struggling from those "additional violations"....clown