Louisiana at McNeese State

[CharlieK]

You can tell a lot about a team if they simply do what they're supposed to do.

Exactly. You can only beat who they put in front of you. Them not playing down to the competition and taking care of business is great sign.

[LaCajunsFan]

You can tell a lot about a team if they simply do what they're supposed to do.

Yeppers.

[mahtoo]

Gonna be in chicago next saturday. I can give you my one ticket to LATEX game

Just checked the My Account site to transfer ticket but appears system is still down. Anyone know if that is the case? Will call tomorrow if I don't hear from anyone.

[BeauCajun]

My observations of the arena.

Interesting that all tickets are general admission. Imitating the Techsters by putting blue tarps in the upper level seats. They must have worked out a co-op with LoTech to get them on sale.

The good thing about GA is it allowed us to sit at mid court. Kudos to my brother for getting us free tickets.

Food and beer were dirt cheap. All beers were $4 for 16 oz cans. They have a nice set up behind their south goal with a bar area set up in the arena. Allows you to sit at pub tables and enjoy your brew and free popcorn.

Most of the McNeese crowd were followers of PJ Hardy from St. Louis Catholic. McNeese really needs to find them some fans. There had more 4 years ago when we went.

Good thing about no fans is we got to park real close.

BTW, weather was pretty bad. Glad we were inside

[zephyr]

The difference I see from any other group under Marlin...........TEAM. Most complete all around group that looks like they enjoy playing and working together since he got here.

Yes. I think in some ways, not having Shawn Long has helped the ball movement and forced guys to step up and contribute instead of leaning on Shawn for everything. I'm still worried about team rebounding moving forward, especially when we start playing more talented teams, but this team has been a pleasant surprise.

[zephyr]

I will go out on a limb and say that you don't lose many games, if at all, if you shoot 86% from the FT line.......

I'm not sure what the team percentage was coming into this game but Wright was shooting under 60% and Barkley was shooting under 70% so I assume the team % wasn't all that great but they really shot it well. They are going to have to make sure they continue to improve there though as close games can be decided by that stat alone.

[MelRock]

Well for what statistics are worth.
The Cajuns are 2 in the SBC in total rebounds and 46th in the nation.
SBC Rank Team NAT Rank
1 Coastal Carolina 7
2 Louisiana 46
3 UT Arlington 60
4 Arkansas St. 79
5 South AL 113
6 Little Rock 136
7 Appalachian St. 170
8 Troy 185
9 ULM 208
10 Ga. Southern 224
11 Texas St. 248
12 Georgia St. 325

The Cajuns are 1st in the SBC in rebound margin and 10th in the country.
SBC Rank Team NAT Rank
1 Louisiana 10
2 Coastal Caro. 64
3 Little Rock 68
4 Appalachian St. 82
5 Troy 82
6 Arkansas St. 134
7 La.-Monroe 139
8 UT Arlington 161
9 Georgia St. 161
10 South Ala. 186
11 Texas St. 192
12 Ga. Southern 205

Bryce Washington is ranked in the top 10 national in total rebounds, offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds.

So far this season we are averaging the same number of rebounds that we did last year. We are also averaging 2 more than we did two years ago, 3 more than we did 3 years ago and 8 more than we did 4 years ago.

[zephyr]

Well for what statistics are worth.
The Cajuns are 2 in the SBC in total rebounds and 46th in the nation.
SBC Rank Team NAT Rank
1 Coastal Carolina 7
2 Louisiana 46
3 UT Arlington 60
4 Arkansas St. 79
5 South AL 113
6 Little Rock 136
7 Appalachian St. 170
8 Troy 185
9 ULM 208
10 Ga. Southern 224
11 Texas St. 248
12 Georgia St. 325

The Cajuns are 1st in the SBC in rebound margin and 10th in the country.
SBC Rank Team NAT Rank
1 Louisiana 10
2 Coastal Caro. 64
3 Little Rock 68
4 Appalachian St. 82
5 Troy 82
6 Arkansas St. 134
7 La.-Monroe 139
8 UT Arlington 161
9 Georgia St. 161
10 South Ala. 186
11 Texas St. 192
12 Ga. Southern 205

Bryce Washington is ranked in the top 10 national in total rebounds, offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds.

So far this season we are averaging the same number of rebounds that we did last year. We are also averaging 2 more than we did two years ago, 3 more than we did 3 years ago and 8 more than we did 4 years ago.

I think these numbers will equal out once we start playing some good competition. We got outrebounded by Montana State and by Delaware State, neither of teams are very big. Since we don't have a lot of size this year, we're going to have to do it with a team approach. I am more concerned when we start playing some of the teams in our conference who have really good frontcourts.

[VObserver]

Well for what statistics are worth.
The Cajuns are 2 in the SBC in total rebounds and 46th in the nation.
SBC Rank Team NAT Rank
1 Coastal Carolina 7
2 Louisiana 46
3 UT Arlington 60
4 Arkansas St. 79
5 South AL 113
6 Little Rock 136
7 Appalachian St. 170
8 Troy 185
9 ULM 208
10 Ga. Southern 224
11 Texas St. 248
12 Georgia St. 325

The Cajuns are 1st in the SBC in rebound margin and 10th in the country.
SBC Rank Team NAT Rank
1 Louisiana 10
2 Coastal Caro. 64
3 Little Rock 68
4 Appalachian St. 82
5 Troy 82
6 Arkansas St. 134
7 La.-Monroe 139
8 UT Arlington 161
9 Georgia St. 161
10 South Ala. 186
11 Texas St. 192
12 Ga. Southern 205

Bryce Washington is ranked in the top 10 national in total rebounds, offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds.

So far this season we are averaging the same number of rebounds that we did last year. We are also averaging 2 more than we did two years ago, 3 more than we did 3 years ago and 8 more than we did 4 years ago.

It doesn't look like as many because neither Miller nor Wash is flashy.

[jumboragncajun]

I would say that the Ledoux twins from LCA are looking good for them though. They could have given us some athleticism had we gone after them.

Offered one a scholly and other walk-on opportunity. They wanted to play together on scholarship.
I like what I see from our freshman so far.

[zephyr]

Offered one a scholly and other walk-on opportunity. They wanted to play together on scholarship.
I like what I see from our freshman so far.

I do too but those kids are going to be pretty damned good for them. Hell, Caleb is already one of their best players.

[VObserver]

I do too but those kids are going to be pretty damned good for them. Hell, Caleb is already one of their best players.

I would not trade any of our freshmen for both of them.