Lamar on Ragin' Cajuns 2008-09 slate

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The UL men's basketball team recently added another non-conference game to the 2008-09 schedule and is close to finalizing another one. On Thursday, Ragin' Cajun coach Robert Lee said the team has agreed to play Lamar in Lafayette and Houston in Houston next season. Lee said a contract has been signed to play Lamar, a Southland Conference member coming off a 19-11 season under head coach Steve Roccaforte. After claiming a share of their first conference title since the 1983-84 season, the Cardinals were upset in the first round of the conference tournament with an 81-75 loss to UTA. The rest of the story Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • July 2, 2008

[Cajunsmike]

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This is fairly good news. We get another home game and a road game against a good opponent within driving distance. I suspect Houston will come here the following season and we will go to Lamar.

[DestinCajun]

This is fairly good news. We get another home game and a road game against a good opponent within driving distance. I suspect Houston will come here the following season and we will go to Lamar. _

Be careful Mike, Cajun fans seem to frown upon good news.

God forbid that Cajun athletics give us have any reasons for optimism.

[MetryCajun]

_ Be careful Mike, Cajun fans seem to frown upon good news.

God forbid that Cajun athletics give us have any reasons for optimism.

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I like the announcement. I would like all of our sports to play East Texas teams as much as possilbe. Now if we could get Tulane on the schedule I would be pumped.

[DestinCajun]

I like the announcement. I would like all of our sports to play East Texas teams as much as possilbe. Now if we could get Tulane on the schedule I would be pumped. _

It takes two to tango. Hey it's local, give' em a call and see what they say.

[rhineaux]

I'm geeked to hear that the boys are close to a deal to play at/in Houston.

The only problem I have with this is that we've played UH in Baseball, Softball, and football since 2006, and perhaps basketball in 2008/09, and other than a two game Softball series in 2007, all of those were in Houston. Of course this year's softball Super Regional location was out of our hands, but I would sure like to see some reciprocation on their part, and have them come to Lafayette. They did come to Lafayette for football in 2004(?), and I'm not sure about their baseball team returning the visit for 2009, but I would hope that if we do sign a basketball deal with them, that it's a 1 and 1 or better, though the article only mentions that a 2008-09 game would be in Houston. Perhaps it's just my imagination, but it seems like it's a little one-sided over the past few years. I would like to see us play them home/away in every sport every year.

I do like that we seem to be developing a relationship with UH. That is a very good school to be friends with because it's close enough for our fans to travel to, we have lots of alumni in Houston, and they are generally pretty competitive in all sports in a conference that is percieved to be much better than the SBC. And, if/when conference realignments come around again, it would be nice if we had them as a friend. It looks like we are developing the same sort of relationship with Southern Miss, playing them in multiple sports every year. And, we have had some dealings with Rice recently (basketball here a few years ago, '08 baseball there and I think they return that in '09. These are all great schools, that are very close to our campus, and that are generally competitive in Athletics.