2015-16 LOUISIANA Basketball Season is underway

[Mark Hemphill]

Agree about the refs. They let some obvious fouls go and called many ticky-tack fouls. Very inconsistent.

Kasey looked good last night. Long had some nice put back dunks and played some good defense. Lots of good players on the roster. Coach is going to have some hard decisions about who gets the majority of the playing time.

[moorecajun]

A lot os 38s in this thread.

It could be a 38 special.

[moorecajun]

Agree about the refs. They let some obvious fouls go and called many ticky-tack fouls. Very inconsistent.

Kasey looked good last night. Long had some nice put back dunks and played some good defense. Lots of good players on the roster. Coach is going to have some hard decisions about who gets the majority of the playing time.

Best of luck to your daughter; I saw she did sign with Alabama. I do hope she gets home sick and transfers back but if not I hope she has a terrific college experience.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Fouls absolutely ruined the game. We knew the mandate was to be more literal in calling the games. Hopefully it'll get better.

Biggest disappointment was defense was not focused. Way too much free form. LC shouldn't have scored more than 45-50.

[Boomer]

Best of luck to your daughter; I saw she did sign with Alabama. I do hope she gets home sick and transfers back but if not I hope she has a terrific college experience.

---and if Coach Mike should retire, that she and coach Habetz come back together!!

[CajunDreDog]

I was very impressed... But it was just LC. Looking forward to seeing what they can do Monday vs. Miami.

Any local TV?

Game is on ESPN3

[CajunDreDog]

It's on Fox Sports Network. Cox Chanel 38 or 1038 here in Lafayette.

No, it's on Fox Sports Florida. We have Fox Sports Southwest here. Doubt they pick it up.

But ESPN3 is.

[Hebert]

Can someone share their observations of the team last night?

[CajunDreDog]

No, it's on Fox Sports Florida. We have Fox Sports Southwest here. Doubt they pick it up.

But ESPN3 is.

I take it back. Tv guide was showing UAPB at OK State, but Fox Sports website showing it is airing on FSN Southwest.

ESPN3 is also picking it up.

[MountainDew]

The game is airing on Cox channel 38. The fox sports channel that the Pelicans play on. Just checked it on my guide.

As for the bball season, I'm excited. I went to the exhibition and to the game last night and the thing that sticks out the most is the depth. We have a bunch of guys that can play at a high level. Just need to execute. Hope we can come out with a few big wins over the next week or so.

[BirdofParadise]

We can't blame the refs for doing what they are mandated to do.

I joked with them before the game and said the goal was 100 free throws and if they didn't get to 100 they werent doing their jobs. Then the convo got serious. I don't think the officials like this at all.

AT halftime, I told them they were only off by five. They asked how many fouls and I told them 38 total. If you notice they didn't call nearly as many in the second half

Coach and I talked about it on pregame. He said there are going to be a lot of ugly statistics early in the season until coaches and players get a feel for what is and isn't called. The coaches and players are going to have to adjust. The mandate with the officials comes directly from the NCAA.

We will have some games early that are free throw shooting contests. We have to do better than the 69 percent from last night.

I don't like the new mandate. But it's here.

[CayenneFan69]

Can someone share their observations of the team last night?

Overall I thinked they looked good. Once the defense gets a feel for how games are being called now they will be very good. The offense i felt kept shooting unnecessary three's (mostly form Register and Shepard) when they didn't really need to, the good though was that they were very quick and they found ways to the basket and offensive (and defensive) rebounding was really good as well.