SBC Championship: Louisiana 71, South Alabama 66

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Originally Posted by BayouRichard

Phase 1 complete. Must win the next game!

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Must win?? We haven’t been to the tournament but once in the last 21 years.

It would be awesome to get another win, or more, but where this program has been, making the NCAA tourney is a fantastic accomplishment and we should all be proud of what this team has done. Anything more is lagniappe, and hopefully a great recruiting tool for the future.

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Originally Posted by Turbine

UL gets to dip its toe in the big dance.

Great season.

Congrats to the Brown family on being the first ever 1000/500 father son duo at the same school.

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Hope it is one toe-tapping of a dance!

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Originally Posted by Million$Mullet

Man that was a damn good college basketball game. It had everything and more. South Al fans showed up and got loud at the end. Kudos to them. I guessed about 5k total there and maybe 500 from UL. Just a great environment all around. Pensacola does it right. Signs everywhere. Support from the locals. Plenty of bars and of course the beach. I’m not sure what to say about the game. I’m just so damn happy. We are finally back dancing!! LFG BABY!!

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Congrats to you & all the UL faithful. You deserved tonight. Now it's time to move over & make a spot. BWK incoming. Btw, does anybody know what part of Mobile County those frickin refs were from? It was a great site watching the Cajuns overcome a home town crowd & the USA remedial math & English teachers dressed up as officials for the game.

They dug deep to seize the moment. They have a lot to be proud of. Go Cajuns!

https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2023/...mpionship.aspx
Sun Belt Championship recap.

Man I'm so proud of these guys!!! I got to listen to the game on Varsity as i was working in the shop and started hollerin as soon as the buzzer sounded!!

GEAUX CAJUNS!!!

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

Looking at the SBC board, seems JMU was the first that said they’re not paying to play. CBI reportedly costs $27,500.

Hoping for Birmingham for UL. Being an old timer, goodness, the rush of making the dance is still sweet.

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I have seen it reported in articles that it is $50k, but who knows.

South Al postgame interview
https://youtu.be/u4PH2n5a_JM

Great win. The keys to the game for me were only nine turnovers and SoAl only shooting 60% from the FT line.

No GW and this team still persevered. Outstanding team chemistry can overcome deficiencies.

Looking at this team, I am very proud of them, but they don’t strike me as a dangerous tournament team. Now if Williams, Dalcourt and Garnett can all get hot in the same game versus a very good opponent then I will gladly be proven wrong.

Forgive me if someone else already brought this up.....but how bout a conference championship against SOUTH ALABAMA?!?!?! Of all teams.

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Originally Posted by Grantvb

Forgive me if someone else already brought this up.....but how bout a conference championship against SOUTH ALABAMA?!?!?! Of all teams.

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If only.

Hey, we can dream.

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Originally Posted by Rainman66

I have seen it reported in articles that it is $50k, but who knows.

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I’ve since seen multiple articles with varying amounts, with up to 75k being the high figure for one of the two buy ins. I have a feeling , even now post Covid, they’ll struggle as last year filling brackets.

Detroit Mercy, even with a losing record, will be a team they want so a fifth year player can break Pistol Pete’s scoring record, which was set in three years. I know he’s from across the basin, but he changed the game. Records are made to be broken, but not this way.

While I would have loved to have been there, this setup was excellent. I had the main TV sync with Jay's broadcast. The secondary TV was 20 seconds behind so that we could watch replays. Then, the third TV had the statsbroadcast up.

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Originally Posted by Rainman66

Great win. The keys to the game for me were only nine turnovers and SoAl only shooting 60% from the FT line.

No GW and this team still persevered. Outstanding team chemistry can overcome deficiencies.

Looking at this team, I am very proud of them, but they don’t strike me as a dangerous tournament team. Now if Williams, Dalcourt and Garnett can all get hot in the same game versus a very good opponent then I will gladly be proven wrong.

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And holding Owen White to a few baskets. They are at their best when Moore is driving and doing his thing and kicking out to White who just caught fire at the end of the season and in the SBC tournament. White was probably a tournament MVP candidate before that final.

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Originally Posted by MelRock

While I would have loved to have been there, this setup was excellent. I had the main TV sync with Jay's broadcast. The secondary TV was 20 seconds behind so that we could watch replays. Then, the third TV had the statsbroadcast up.

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Sweet way to watch a championship unfold.

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Sweet way to watch a championship unfold.

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….the post game USA interview kinda told the story….they had the stats on our guys shooting the 3s…..they gave this up to double on Brown and we were able to hit some 3s…..great game and our 3s and their missed FTs did it big time!

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Originally Posted by Swamp

With Victory tonight, we'll be hanging another banner in the Dome.

When UL calls up the order for the banner production, here is a friendly reminder: We also need a couple for Cajun Field. If you (UL) can't find the money for it, give them my number and I will pay for it and go hang them myself.

Cajuns 72
USA 68

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sEcSPN is listing this as our 11th appearance. So it appears our banner has eliminated 2004 and 2005 based on an allegations ruling in 2007. However, ignored 1972 and 1973 being vacated, yet the powers that be are giving us credit for all four

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Originally Posted by MelRock

While I would have loved to have been there, this setup was excellent. I had the main TV sync with Jay's broadcast. The secondary TV was 20 seconds behind so that we could watch replays. Then, the third TV had the statsbroadcast up.

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Very nice man cave.

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

Very nice man cave.

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Need updated pics of the bourbon.

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Originally Posted by RedTails

Need updated pics of the bourbon.

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Okay, let me take some updated pics after I am done building the shelves in the bar area.

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

Very nice man cave.

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Thank you, it is taking me a lot longer than expected to finish it.

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Originally Posted by MelRock

Okay, let me take some updated pics after I am done building the shelves in the bar area.

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Any thoughts on Tin Cup and Jack Daniel's Bonded?

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Any thoughts on Tin Cup and Jack Daniel's Bonded?

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Not a fan of Tin Cup neat. It is probably okay with a mixer, just not my cup of bourbon. However, Jack Daniels' Bonded series is excellent.

This is about a third of my whiskey collection. I also have a pretty good size rum collection. Hopefully, next week, we will start talkin' bourbon on the podcast.

A THIRD? WOW

... all I wanted was a fifth ...

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Originally Posted by Turbine

A THIRD? WOW

... all I wanted was a fifth ...

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Nice!

Awesome collection. Incoming stream of consciousness sentence fragments:

Big fan of Old Scout store picks. I like your hidden top shelf in the bottom-left most cabinet. Sagamore Sherry is a great substitute for Midwinter Night Dram. Are those Orphan Barrel bottles next to the Longbranch? I took a chance on a bottle of Fable and Folly and it was good, but not worth the price tag, palate did not match the nose.