GAMEDAY! Louisiana v Little Rock

[cajundiehard]

Not going to pump sunshine, but this was the absolute best game we could lose. Didn't anyone think they would extend the win streak to the end of the season? Thursday's game was much more important. We do not want to lose to the teams behind us and let them catch us. Lets see how the season plays out, at this point we can still be the number 2 seed. The 1 & 2 seeds have byes until Saturday, that is what we are playing for right now. I would be very happy going in as the number 2 seed.

Geaux Cajuns

Yes - two seed is absolutely crucial. LR is beatable in New Orleans. Cajuns can shoot better. As someone mentioned above, similar to GSU a couple years back...

Cajuns are not in bad position, but DO NOT want to finish tied with Monroe for 2nd, because the Cajuns would be the #3 seed. Tiebreaker would be ULMost 1-1 vs. LR and Cajuns 0-2. So, IMHO, this was not a good game to lose.

Arlington still has to go to LR (a likely loss), so I'm not too worried about them... ULMost has the same schedule we have left. We have to stay ahead of them by the game we are currently ahead - by doing as good or better than them with our remaining schedule... I think Cajuns need to at least split the two road trips (Texas and Alabama) and take care of the GA teams at home...

Should be an exciting stretch run!

[DocCajun]

Think of say losing by 3-4 points and think about the times we got lost on the defensive end for uncontested lay ups.....think about the great defense we would play only to have a 3pointer go in with 2 seconds on the shot clock....also good to only to have a foul called with 2 seconds left!!! This and not hitting the 3 s killed us!!!

No doubt thete was a lot of that. A lot of that was because we were ultra aggressive defensively. Think about when other teams double Long. Are they playing "bad" defense by leaving someone else open? Maybe so. But its by design. I think a lot of those open baskets by LR were a result of that (not all, but several)

[CajunT]

I'm not saying it was the best defensive performance, but we played them tough. Not making stops sometimes has to do with the skills of the offense, and I think k we can all agree they made several tough shots.

And I don't think our D is why we lost that game. I blame our offense for that - TOs and missed 3s

Doc, this was my original post. I don't think it was clearly all on the defense.

"There is no need for over analysis for me, we didn't play good defense for 3/4ths of the game and shot poorly from the perimeter. Make no mistake about this team, Little Rock is a very good team and they are very well coached."

[DocCajun]

Doc, this was my original post. I don't think it was clearly all on the defense.

"There is no need for over analysis for me, we didn't play good defense for 3/4ths of the game and shot poorly from the perimeter. Make no mistake about this team, Little Rock is a very good team and they are very well coached."

Fair enough

[CajunRed]

From my count, our defense gave them 14 lay ups...mostly uncontested. We'd lose a guy...and he'd end up getting a pass as he was slashing to the goal for a lay up.

On offense, by my count...with 4 minutes left in the game...we did not have 10 points from outside 18 feet from the goal. That's when Wron finally hit a couple 3s.

They beat us from both sides.

[alum81]

They seemed to be quiker than us. They also hit several 3s with our guys right in their face.

[ManAboutTown]

I'm not saying it was the best defensive performance, but we played them tough. Not making stops sometimes has to do with the skills of the offense, and I think k we can all agree they made several tough shots.

And I don't think our D is why we lost that game. I blame our offense for that - TOs and missed 3s

Doc, Lil Rock did exactly what they wanted to all night long. Bring the ball down, hold the ball until 10 seconds left in the shot clock, run the pick and roll, and score. They knew they could get their shot anytime they wanted. The prayer shots are inconsequential. Other than momentum killers (which many don't even believe in), none of those shots put the game out of reach.

I saw Shawn look over to the bench multiple times. The staff was telling him to show on the shooter/ball handler on the pick and roll, and as soon as he would step up, the player rolling the rim would be wide open. He seemed to be frustrated and arguing with the staff. I agreed with Shawn, because #13 had not proven he could make the shot consistently when our bigs would sag off of him.

Lil Rock is well coached. To steal a line from VOB, their spacing was perfect all night. Their guards were far and away better than ours, again. Jay Wright had another forgettable night when the bright lights were on. I'm starting to believe he tenses up in pressure situations and games.

I don't fault our players. I thought we played hard. Big ups to Jon Stove for a gutty performance.

[VObserver]

Our 4 and 5 players were 9-13 from the field, 3 players were 8-14, 1 and 2 players were 4-22. Part of the guard problem was a bad night shooting. Most was the static nature of our offense. We have little movement away from the ball, making us easier to guard, our spacing was not always good, and our guards do not have good court vision. We are late to deliver nearly every pass.

[Boomer]

Doc, Lil Rock did exactly what they wanted to all night long. Bring the ball down, hold the ball until 10 seconds left in the shot clock, run the pick and roll, and score. They knew they could get their shot anytime they wanted. The prayer shots are inconsequential. Other than momentum killers (which many don't even believe in), none of those shots put the game out of reach.

I saw Shawn look over to the bench multiple times. The staff was telling him to show on the shooter/ball handler on the pick and roll, and as soon as he would step up, the player rolling the rim would be wide open. He seemed to be frustrated and arguing with the staff. I agreed with Shawn, because #13 had not proven he could make the shot consistently when our bigs would sag off of him.

Lil Rock is well coached. To steal a line from VOB, their spacing was perfect all night. Their guards were far and away better than ours, again. Jay Wright had another forgettable night when the bright lights were on. I'm starting to believe he tenses up in pressure situations and games.

I don't fault our players. I thought we played hard. Big ups to Jon Stove for a gutty performance.

...It was so bad getting beat on the pick and roll I wanted to roll the dice for zone!!!

[Zeebart21]

Back when we learned Shawn was coming back, with all the other returnees this should have been our year. It's not, it won't be, and we are stuck with a coach that has reached his pinnacle. He is the Ricky Bustle of basketball. All you have to do in Lafayette is be semi good to draw a respectable crowd. We tank these next two, back to 1500 at the next home game.