The Book: 2007-08 Ragin' Cajuns Basketball

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HONOLULU, Hawaii - UL's basketball team, one that was struggling to find itself less than two weeks ago, now finds itself heading into Sun Belt Conference play riding a wave all the way from the Hawaiian Islands. The Ragin' Cajuns took their third win in four games late Saturday night and did it in dramatic fashion, taking an 82-80 overtime victory over East Tennessee State in the third-place game of the 44th annual Rainbow Classic at Hawaii's Stan Sheriff Center. UL (4-7), which opened Sun Belt play last Sunday with a surprising 68-67 victory at UL Monroe, took two of its three games on the Islands and will go into next Saturday's home conference opener against Florida Atlantic as one of the league's hottest teams. "We were able to leave here with respect," Cajun coach Robert Lee said after his team fought off a 24-0 ETSU run and got two key 3-pointers from Randell Daigle and Chris Gradnigo in the extra period. "When we came here, I don't think people had enough respect for our team." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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ALL-TOURNEY TEAM Leon Williams (Ohio) Diamon Simpson (Saint Mary's) Chris Gradnigo (UL) Jerome Tillman (Ohio) Kevin Sims (Tulane) Most outstanding: Patrick Mills (Saint Mary's) The eight-team field for the 44th annual Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic was supposed to be even. Saint Mary's proved otherwise. The Gaels defeated Ohio, 70-63, in the championship game last night. A crowd of 980 at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Saint Mary's win the Rainbow Classic in its first year in the eight-team tournament. The Gaels won three games in as many nights to improve to 10-1. Ohio dropped to 8-4. The rest of the story By Dayton Morinaga

[Cajun Express]

_ You gotta be kidding me!...anyway, did you even read my statement? Judging from your response it looks like you did...with your super hero mask on...which apparently has just slightly distorted you super vision!

Sometimes displaying a little breavity coupled with aspects being coy is the best option. I'll take that route this time.

ps...I'm attempting to trash talk...are your spider senses tingling yet? _

Don't know about those tingly feelings, but Santa is on his way with big men for good Cajun boys and girls. Have a Merry, Safe Christmas, and a Happy, Prosperous New Year.

[RaginEsquire06]

_ Don't know about those tingly feelings, but Santa is on his way with big men for good Cajun boys and girls. Have a Merry, Safe Christmas, and a Happy, Prosperous New Year. _

Same to you CE...Just make sure you show up this weekend and be Loud & Proud against FAU...It's wonderful fans like you that makes college sports so great!

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Faced with a six-game losing streak after winning its season-opener, the UL men's basketball team needed a savior. Four first-year players - freshmen Chris Gradnigo and Travis Bureau and sophomores Randell Daigle and La'Ryan Gary - have shared that responsibility as the Ragin' Cajuns (4-7) have won three of their last four games. Over UL's last four games, the quartet has combined to score 190 of the team's 279 points. That's more than 68 percent of the team's scoring production coming from two players who were playing high school ball last season (Gradnigo and Bureau) and two players who sat out last season to restore academic eligibility (Daigle and Gary). "Coach (Robert Lee) expects a lot from us (younger players)," said Gradnigo, whose Cajuns open a three-game home stand at 7:05 tonight against Sun Belt Conference foe Florida Atlantic (4-8). "So far we've proven we can handle the load." The rest of the story Joshua Parrott jparrott@theadvertiser.com

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So who is going to the game?

[NCAA or BUST]

with bells on

[Cajunsmike]

So who is going to the game?

I will be there. As it is the first weekend game of the season, there may be quite a few who will be attending who normally are not able to.

[Cajun Express]

_ I will be there. As it is the first weekend game of the season, there may be quite a few who will be attending who normally are not able to. _

Too bad the NFL buckled and put on New England tonight on over the air television instead of the NFL Network. I am pretty sure that is one reason for the $5.00 tickets.

[Rebel02]

Too bad the NFL buckled and put on New England tonight on over the air television instead of the NFL Network. I am pretty sure that is one reason for the $5.00 tickets.

The $5 ticket option was set right before the season started. It has absolutely nothing to do with the Pats game on TV.