GAMEDAY! Louisiana v Little Rock

[sportsfanatic21]

Our PG, who took the most shots of anyone, and our 3 point specialist combined to go 1-15 from the field and 0-10 from 3.

There's your ballgame.

If those 2 guys just have a bad game instead of an atrocious one, we win.

[Just1More]

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.

Overall, I'm impressed with LR (good team and well coached). Unfortunately, outside shots that would normally drop for us, just didn't. Our defense hustled, but they were getting schooled. We lost assignments and allowed uncontested lay ups and dunks. I've seen few teams coached so well in kissing the ball off the glass as well as LR.

Another failure defensively was we needed to hammer LR with some hard fouls. We had fouls to give and never punished anyone for crashing the board.

I don't even think twice about the final play. I'm not questioning Stove's attempt. I probably would have faked penetration and kicked it over for a 3 from Wronk... but that's hindsight and wishful thinking.

Bottom line to me is you can't shoot that bad from the outside and expect to beat LR. We were extremely fortunate to have a chance to tie it and go to OT. I'm looking forward to getting back on track and playing well in the tourney.

[CrazyCajun]

Overall, I'm impressed with LR (good team and well coached). Unfortunately, outside shots that would normally drop for us, just didn't. Our defense hustled, but they were getting schooled. We lost assignments and allowed uncontested lay ups and dunks. I've seen few teams coached so well in kissing the ball off the glass as well as LR.

Another failure defensively was we needed to hammer LR with some hard fouls. We had fouls to give and never punished anyone for crashing the board.

I don't even think twice about the final play. I'm not questioning Stove's attempt. I probably would have faked penetration and kicked it over for a 3 from Wronk... but that's hindsight and wishful thinking.

Bottom line to me is you can't shoot that bad from the outside and expect to beat LR. We were extremely fortunate to have a chance to tie it and go to OT. I'm looking forward to getting back on track and playing well in the tourney.

Wronk wasn't in the game...which I didn't understand

[Just1More]

Our PG, who took the most shots of anyone, and our 3 point specialist combined to go 1-15 from the field and 0-10 from 3.

There's your ballgame.

If those 2 guys just have a bad game instead of an atrocious one, we win.

All fact. We had a balance of outside shots that were both fronted and some that were open looks... and nothing dropped for us. There's every reason to respect LR's team, but our ice cold outside shooting... with just average percentage success... would have won the contest... oddly.

[Just1More]

Wronk wasn't in the game...which I didn't understand

Yep. I was there. After Wronk dropped two bombs in a row to get us back in the contest, the next time up the floor he wasn't even given a glance. When you're as cold as we were, we should have fed Wronk the pill until they stopped him. How he wasn't in the game on that final play, as a decoy at the very least, puzzled me.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Outstanding LR defense all night. Nothing came easy. Last play was disrupted by a LR knock away. I also thought Register was significantly fouled on that last shot...

Attendance around 5300 officially... But they don't count the free entries (kids with jersies and kids with Young Ragin' Cajuns Card). I think there were close to 7K this evening...

Almost every three we took was not closely contested. We just missed um. Had nothing to do with their defense. They protested the paint limiting Long.

[ZoomZoom]

Yep. I was there. After Wronk dropped two bombs in a row to get us back in the contest, the next time up the floor he wasn't even given a glance. When you're as cold as we were, we should have fed Wronk the pill until they stopped him. How he wasn't in the game on that final play, as a decoy at the very least, puzzled me.

Up until this point, we were 1-16 from 3. Nobody at this level simply shoots like that because they are off, give LR some credit.

Blame all the people folks want, bottom line LR is just that good on both ends of the court. Probably one of the better teams in the dome the past few years, definitely a better TEAM than the princess and company. They could make noise is they make the big dance. Deliberate with the clock, other than our mental lapses on the pick and roll, they didn't look at the rim usually until the shot clock had 10 seconds left, and then, made many then.

[CajunRed]

Not even close to 7,000 last night.

[CajunEXPRESS]

The Zebras let a lot of contact go on both ways.

The total foul count IMO said let um play.

[ManAboutTown]

Yep. I was there. After Wronk dropped two bombs in a row to get us back in the contest, the next time up the floor he wasn't even given a glance. When you're as cold as we were, we should have fed Wronk the pill until they stopped him. How he wasn't in the game on that final play, as a decoy at the very least, puzzled me.

Seems like every time we've played a team that can be considered as good or better than us, we've shot poorly. Coincidence?