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Wow! That's something new and different!Quote:
Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns
Why is the worst shooter on the team taking the 3-point shot at the buzzer to tie the game?Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunDreDog
This same thing happened in the double overtime win at home against Arkansas LR and Payton got lucky and made an ugly shot off of the glass.
---VERITAS!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by axg8750
Fortunately a crew meeting prevented us from making the 2 hour trip to Bowling Green. I watched it on the net. SOS.
Hopefully we get out of the first round of the tourney and can at least get that elusive 20 win season... Then we must hope for better next year.
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We shot the same percentage from the line as WKU. The problem was we shot 36% from the field. A lot of which came right under the basket. Davenport had the worst game I've seen from him. Besides Payton, no one else really showed up. I'm kind of amazed that we kept it as close as we did.Quote:
Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns
On a side note, I wanted to stab that announcer in the eye with an icepick.
Davenport was flailing around...he isn't very athletic...as a fellow fatty...we suck at basketball. It's not our game. Too much up and down. We do better on the offensive or defensive line...lots of standing around...and flailing around.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunRage
Given that Long and Mbamalu were fouled out, and WKU was all over Rimmer like a cheap suit, who else are you gonna give it to? EP is our money guy. He had been shooting 3's well in THIS game [not always, granted].Quote:
Originally Posted by axg8750
EP was 2/4 from 3 when he jacked up that three. It looked to me like no one was really open to pass it to and he didn't have much time.
It was a weird shot too...he wasn't able to get set and was hoping one of those guys in the striped shirts pretending to be refs would call a foul on the shot. Can't fault EP for taking that shot...Quote:
Originally Posted by raginsaints
A couple of Long's fouls were completely his fault and avoidable. Sometimes you just let them score, especially if you are a scorer and a rebounder. Fant owns Long. I just do not see a fix for this mismatch.
I'm not arguing that they weren't, but Long gets called on everything he does while he, Davenport, and anyone else who drove the lane were hammered with no calls.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS
Road issues, size issues, that is why it is absolutely imperative you win at home.
I thought the same on the last play. When EP was taking it up the floor and with the defense WKU was playing, I didn't see many other options. Maybe if we had another 1.5-2 seconds on the clock then they could've gotten a pass and shot off.Quote:
Originally Posted by raginsaints
48 seconds left...EP pulls us to within one...do you take the last timeout? Hindsight is 20/20 and we had the full court press set up...but man...it just seems like slowing the game down right there would have done wonders.
WKU has a good beat writer. I have followed his tweets over the years. He seems to enjoy Lafayette when he is here:
He's pretty comical. A couple of his tweets at the end of the game:
@MrChadBishop · 15h
"Thirty seconds left, WKU somehow leading 70-67 and CHD going to the line. Elfrid Payton has done all he could to keep ULL in it."
@MrChadBishop · 15h
"WKU 75, ULL 72, five second left..... count the number of Cajuns on the floor...."
@MrChadBishop · 15h
"Payton misses 3 at the buzzer from the right sideline. It's my job to explain WKU wins... it becomes increasingly more difficult by the day."
Also had shooting issues last night. Very difficult to win when two of your main guys are 3 for 18 from the field. To win, we need three guys contributing offensively and last night we had only two in double figures. Basketball is a game in which effort cannot overcome the ball not going through the hoop. No one can question how hard the guys played last night as evidenced by their rebounding. Playing hard is not enough when the shots don't fall. Now I won't argue that playing on the road is a factor in the poor shooting nos.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS
Somehow poor shooting happens more often on the road, and not just to Cajuns.
Yes shooting % values are generally lower for road teams. However, if you expect to win you cannot be below 40% and you cannot have 2 of your main guys shoot 3 for 18. Things have a way of evening out in sports. Maybe shots will drop tomorrow night.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS