MBB Final: LA (93) vs UALR (87)

[Cajunsmike]

Understood and agreed. But I'm not sure many people left Thursday night feeling happy! Continuing to blow double digit leads and missing multiple free throws are going to kill us come March! Seriously, I think we shoot better at the line in away games!!

For some strange reason we do shoot better at the line in away games. Only way I can explain that is the guys feel more pressure at home since the fan base has been on their case all year about this. They just need to be mentally stronger, focus more at the line, and let their muscle memory take over.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Your description (money, media attention, etc.) of this tournament fits for about 1/2 of the bowl games yet all schools still want to participate.

I would say it is pretty much 99.9% about the money in college sports. Just do not see too much attention to that golf championship for the NCAA. Don't recall any mention of those 300 games in the bowling championships.

Look, if people do not want to go to an off brand tournament then do not go, the young men deserve to play wherever they can play. Zoom, Zoom is just wrong in this matter when it comes to them, but he is free to NOT GO.

[zephyr]

You did not answer my question of how would you handle going to the players and tell them you don't think enough of them to give them the opportunity to continue playing. Don't you know those guys love to play games That would involve telling seniors who want to continue playing they don't deserve the chance to play more games. You don't think that playing more games would allow the younger players to continue their development. Do you even consider the perspective of players and coaches when you make such suggestions. If you respond to this post, I challenge you to address the players perspective question I have posed.

Of course you go. I do think that discussing this with the players would be a good idea though. You have to make sure they are in 100%. Too many times you see a football team going to a bowl game they don't want to go to and they get their asses handed to them because they weren't into the game. I think all of these kids would want some form of post season opportunity and since this team is playing pretty well right now, I'd want to keep playing if I was them. We're not a Duke or UNC to where it would almost be an embarrassment to go to the NIT or one of these other tournaments. These kids have not tasted post season and any exposure we can give to them for next year would be a positive in my opinion.