Louisiana at James Madison

[Ragin4U]

Bartley looked superb. HArdy looks like he will be a player as well. Miller has good footwork in the post. I think we need to shore up the inside defense but thats too be expected with a slightly undersized team. Lots to like today.

[reddot]

Frank Bartley is the MAN! I regret giving him grief for a weak play earlier in the year vs. West Florida...I was wrong.

You were a tad hasty

[ManAboutTown]

Who ever said JMU is terrible is mistaken. They are a capable team. Cajuns played well today. This will end up being a nice win by seasons end.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I subscribe to you're your record. Right now they're 0/6. At one point A-ST was 0/4 in football. Time will tell on JMU.

I'd rather we be good than them terrible.

[Cajun Soldier]

If we can just hold it together. We will go through some growing pains we are young but the present looks competitive and the future is bright with the three transfers and the new recruit. Maybe we are turning it around.

[J-Town Cajun]

Jay Walker wrote that the Cajuns were on their way to their biggest non conference road win the Bob Marlin era. Beating a team who is now 0-6 doesn't seem that impressive? How about the road win against La Tech a few years ago?

[CajunEXPRESS]

Jay Walker wrote that the Cajuns were on their way to their biggest non conference road win the Bob Marlin era. Beating a team who is now 0-6 doesn't seem that impressive? How about the road win against La Tech a few years ago?

Yeah, I gotta go with your rendition.

[wcd35]

Jay Walker wrote that the Cajuns were on their way to their biggest non conference road win the Bob Marlin era. Beating a team who is now 0-6 doesn't seem that impressive? How about the road win against La Tech a few years ago?

Did he mean margin of victory maybe?

[Cajunsmike]

Did he mean margin of victory maybe?

He probably meant margin of victory. Maybe not, by my recollection it is the only true non conference road win since then. We did have a neutral court win in Las Vegas a couple of years ago. Still, I think this team is capable of picking up a couple of more of those before we start conference play. Once you win that first road game, it takes a mental block away.

[zephyr]

He probably meant margin of victory. Maybe not, by my recollection it is the only true non conference road win since then. We did have a neutral court win in Las Vegas a couple of years ago. Still, I think this team is capable of picking up a couple of more of those before we start conference play. Once you win that first road game, it takes a mental block away.

Mike, I am honestly not that familiar with our conference mates in terms of talent and personnel. After seeing this UL team now a few times, how do you think they will stack up in the SBC? Do you think we can finish top 3 or are we a year away?

IMO, if we are going to finish near the top, we are going to have to become a better rebounding team. I have not looked at most of the stats but we are not big and will need to rebound from 1-5 to have a shot.

[zephyr]

Without stove we owned them. I'll take that. We could use stove on Thursday vs a good Texas southern team.

Yes but Roydell Brown has honestly been playing better than Stove. Not playing well lately.

[Hark Mudspeth]

He probably meant margin of victory. Maybe not, by my recollection it is the only true non conference road win since then. We did have a neutral court win in Las Vegas a couple of years ago. Still, I think this team is capable of picking up a couple of more of those before we start conference play. Once you win that first road game, it takes a mental block away.

It is a mental block and having everyone around them tell them how difficult it is to do doesn't help, that's why I don't understand the mentality of our our head coach pounding away at that. If you tell the players over and over and over how hard it is to do something, they will believe it. Marlin appears to have heard some of the rumblings because the other night after Delaware state, that was the most I've heard him refuse to accept results since he has been here and that was after a win. If your coach takes the mindset of no excuses, your players won't make excuses. The court is the same size, the rim is the same size, the goal is the same height. I know people harp on it but there is proof of 2 men in the diamond sports who accept no excuse and look what their teams do. Those coaches put in their players minds that they will play you in the parking lot and beat you. I'm hearing a different Bob Marlin and I think it could make for a different team. Very seldom with everything go right, you gotta find a way to win anyway.