The Book 2007 Ragin' Cajun Baseball

[Zeebart21]

time to nut it up

[Zeebart21]

Cajuns get a Turnover! 20 secs

[Zeebart21]

Cajuns miss 2 shots ball OOB 2.1 secs left...FIU ball

Good effort. Missed FT's killed us.

[Zeebart21]

close but no banana FIU 71-68

[CajunCherokee]

We got demolished on the offensive boards and didn't show up on the stripe...

[RaginFan2]

close but no banana FIU 71-68

Good effort, but couldn't get the shots to fall and had an especially tough time at the free throw line. Looks like a 20-loss season is guaranteed. Ouch! Nice late season surge, but too little, too late. I like our prospects for next year. I sure hope there is a good turn-out for the regular season finale. The guys deserve it. I had planned to be there, but work got in the way! Dang it!

[Turbine]

Is this a must win game?

Not a "do or die" game but it was a "sure would be nice" and a "would make things easier" win.

Then again I don't know how this team would react if things were "easier"

[DaddyCajun]

Yeah, what you said!

T-Robe will never leave for another school, but will eventually leave, and yes hopefully that is for another 25 years or so!!

DaddyCajun

[NewsCopy]

Florida International was not going to make any instructional scoring videos with its sloppy first-half shooting performance against Louisiana-Lafayette Thursday evening at Pharmed Arena. The Golden Panthers started the game converting just 3 of 18 field goals, and then their leading scorer, Alex Galindo, went down with a severely sprained right ankle and was lost for the rest of the game. The stage was set for an ugly FIU loss, but the Golden Panthers found some accuracy and played rugged defense in the second half to hold on for a 71-68 victory over the Ragin' Cajuns (9-19, 7-10 Sun Belt). ''Our big-time scorer and leader was on the bench,'' said junior point guard Michael James, who led FIU with 16 points. ``We needed to play better. The freshmen had to become sophomores and the sophomores had to become juniors if we were going to win this game.'' Despite the poor first-half shooting, the Golden Panthers (12-15, 7-10) responded under the direction of James. James was 6 of 10 from the floor and guided his younger teammates, who played without Galindo after the FIU forward twisted his ankle coming down from a rebound attempt with 5:37 left in the first half. Galindo was examined by team trainers and is day-to-day. With its usual tight defense, FIU managed to only trail 33-32 at halftime. The rest of the story BY PETE PELEGRIN ppelegrin@MiamiHerald.com

[NewsCopy]

Illinois opens its 128th season of baseball on Friday when the Illini face Louisiana-Lafayette. The Orange and Blue are 93-33-1 (.736) all-time in season-openers, but have lost the last two. Illinois Against the Sun Belt Illinois holds a 32-22 record all-time against the Sun Belt Conference. The Illini have won their last three meetings against the Sun Belt, defeating Louisiana-Lafayette last season and winning a pair of games against Western Kentucky to open the 2004 campaign. The rest of the story