For Cajuns round-ball, where's the love?

[Bandwagon King]

My wife and I travel 100 miles to go to the games---the same solid group are at all the games---with all the other activities in today's world I understand the decrease in atttendance and also believe with more consistant winnng att. will be up. At the beginning of the year I felt that the chemistry was not there but thought that it would improve when all the parts fell into place. The kids play hard---the younger athletes still have a way to go in maturing on the court, but have potential---but the ONE THING that has lost games for us is poor free throw shooting. Last night I watched the Loyola-Iona game and was surprised by the difference in free throw shooting for the better. We're so close that just improvement in that one area would push us over the hump. Yes I realize that ball integrety would help a lot also as would consistant 3-point shooting, but just improving free throw accuracy would be the 2-3 points we lose the game by.

I plan on attending tonight's game, but have been fighting the flu off & on since I got back from that stupid cruise. There are several good observations on this thread, but this is the biggest one IMO. The free throw shooting which won them several games last year is not as good this season. That along with not having that guy who can rally the fans, not having a great looking home schedule, & the fans having to get used to supporting multiple succesful sports are all parts of growing pains that UL must deal with. Again, this may sound like excuse making, but when a fan base has been pushed away from a program for so long as this one has been, it's like watching a dog that's been abused get used to dealin with people again. It takes time for a trust factor to be rebuilt. Winning games like Thursday night's goes a long way in doing that.

[GeauxCajuns]

i believe it has something to do with starting 7-9 or 8-10 with a couple of those losses should have been wins. I think Lafayette would show up in droves if we start the season off 11-2 or 10-3 as opposed to .500 ball. I know he has to find chemistry and shuffles the line up a whole lot early in the year, but because of that the team suffers losses it shouldnt. I make most games, and it owuld be alot easier to say to a buddy who doesnt go..."you going to the cajuns game tonight, the team's 11-2" as opposed to..."you going to the game, they're 7-8." we start with a pretty easy schedule and i dont think its to much to expect a better start then sub .500 13 to 14 games in. That's just my opinion.

[The Floridian]

Although I did go to to the UL vs. UALR game.

Heres a good excuse:

We are a Football school now.

Sound familiar?

LOL!

It was a mid-week game. It doesn't count.

[UL_Cajuns]

It was a mid-week game. It doesn't count.

LMAO. Heard that one many times.