MBB Final: Louisiana 113, Louisiana College 58

[VObserver]

Guys we need to get a grip every college does this early in the season, here are our conference foes opponents in the first couple of games:

Little Rock played Ouachita Baptist (FYI they lost by 2) and Ozark College
App State played Toccoa Falls and Tennessee Wesleyan
Georgia Southern plays Bluefield State
Georgia State played Carver College and Point College
UTA plays Texas-Dallas
Arkansas State plays Henderson State and Culver Stockton
Coastal Carolina played Piedmont International and St. Andrews
South Alabama played Mobile and Trinity
Tory played Brewton Parker, Milligan and Delta State
Texas State plays McMurry College and Ecclesia College
ULM plays Rust and College and Milsaps


First day of College basketball last Friday, these are D1A schools playing D2, D3 or NAIA Teams:

Eastern Michigan vs Spring Arbor
Stetson vs Webber International
Middle Tennessee vs Trevecca Nazarene
New Hampshire vs Wheelock College
Jackson State vs Millsaps
The Citadel vs Oglethorpe
Central Michigan vs Siena Heights
Eastern Michigan vs Wall Walla
James Madison vs Brigewater
Holy Cross vs Sacred Heart
North Texas vs Eureka
Rutgers vs CCNY
Tennessee vs Prebyterian
Furman vs Bob Jones
UMASS vs UMASS-Lowell
Harvard vs MIT
Radford vs Georgia Southwestern
Liberty vs Summit
Florida Int vs Florida Memorial
SMSU vs Mo. Baptist
Lipscomb vs Emory
La Tech vs Texas-Tyler
Charlotte vs Methodist
Deleware State vs Carin University
Incarnate Word vs Southwestern
Oral Roberts vs Avila
Valparasio vs North Park
Jacksonville State vs Tennessee Wesleyan
Murray State vs Brescia
Fresno State vs UC Santa Cruz
Milwaukee vs Wisc Lacrosse
Southern Miss vs Southern New Orleans
Bethune Cookman vs Johnson University
NC A&T vs Greensboro College
Maryland Eastern Shore vs Valley Forge
SLU vs Centanary
Abilene Christian vs Randall University
Texas A&M Corpus vs Our Lady of the Lake
Tennessee Tech vs Midway
UTEP vs La College
NMSU vs East Central
Montana vs Whitworth
Santa Clara vs La Verne
CSU Bakerfield vs Whittier
Boise State vs Eastern Oregon
SDSU vs San Diego Christian
SJSU vs Antelope Valley
CSU Northridge vs Life Pacific
NIU vs St Francis (IL)

Day 2
Western Michigan vs Sienna Heights
Drake vs Coe College
Brown vs Johnson and Wales (RI)
App State vs Toccoa Falls
Little Rock vs Ouachita Baptist
South Dakota State vs Mayville State
Elon vs William Peace
UNC Wilmington vs NC Wesleyan
SHSU vs Texas Tyler
Western Ill vs St Mary's (MN)

Day 3
Northern Kentucky vs Wilmington OH
Wofford vs Washington Lee
Mercer vs Toccoa Falls
Eastern Michigan vs Michigan Dearborn
South Dakota State vs University of Mary
Loyola Chicago vs Eureka
South Carolina Upstate vs Allen
App State Vs Bridgewater
Northeastern vs Wentworth
UTSA vs East Central
Hartford vs Gordon College
Fort Wayne vs Defiance
Central Ark vs University of the Ozarks
Northwestern State vs Le Tourneau
UMKC vs Haskell
Hampton vs Bluefield College (not Bluefield State they are different)
Seattle vs Puget Sound

Day 4
Drexel vs Arcadia Univeristy
Towson vs Frostburg State
Detroit Mercy vs Michigan Dearborn
Cambell vs Columbia International
UNC Asheville vs Lees McRae
Norfolk State vs Lynchburg
IUPI vs Anderson (IN)
Incarnate Word vs Trinity
McNeese vs Ecclesia
Valparaiso vs Trinity (IL)
Tennessee State vs Reinhardt
South Al vs Mobile
St Louis vs Rockhurst
Northern Arizona vs Embry Riddle
Idaho vs George Fox

Day 5
Toledo vs Ohio Northern
Dartmouth vs Emerson
Army vs John Jay
SHSU vs Hardin Simmons
Youngstown State vs Franciscan University
Houston Baptist vs Arlington Baptist
UL vs Louisiana College
Chicago State vs Silver Lake College
Weber State vs West Coast Baptist
Pepperdine vs Cal Lutheran
Long Beach State vs San Francisco State (Not USF)
UC Irvine vs Chapman
Sacramento State vs Notre Dame de Namur
Portland vs Walla Walla
Portland State vs Willamette


These are just the ones that have happened so far. I know I missed a few.

Dave, you did a lot of work there.

Honestly, I could not possibly care less what other schools do; I want our school to play a schedule in which every game is a challenge. Playing teams that do not challenge our players does nothing to make us better.

[zephyr]

He did it at the Dome last night also.

Good. I was reacting to the post above saying he couldn't do it. I figure that was a typo of some sort now.

[wcd35]

Good. I was reacting to the post above saying he couldn't do it. I figure that was a typo of some sort now.

Yeah I think that was a typo. With PJ and Cedric, we have two lethal deep shooters. They had some nice pull-up and catch and shoot threes each.

PJ had a solid game, even handling the ball. I thought he showed he can make smart decisions from the point and get passes into the guys who need the ball.

Games like this obviously don't show you much and we got cute trying to lob a few times and make silly passes, but I liked seeing guys hit open shots at the bare minimum.

Gant didn't show off great hands at times, but he is an athlete. He can be a great rebounder just based off of his jumping ability.

[CajunJeaux]

Dave, you did a lot of work there.

Honestly, I could not possibly care less what other schools do; I want our school to play a schedule in which every game is a challenge. Playing teams that do not challenge our players does nothing to make us better.

You need to start a consulting business for college basketball scheduling....you could make a killing.

[Cajunsmike]

Yeah I think that was a typo. With PJ and Cedric, we have two lethal deep shooters. They had some nice pull-up and catch and shoot threes each.

PJ had a solid game, even handling the ball. I thought he showed he can make smart decisions from the point and get passes into the guys who need the ball.

Games like this obviously don't show you much and we got cute trying to lob a few times and make silly passes, but I liked seeing guys hit open shots at the bare minimum.

Gant didn't show off great hands at times, but he is an athlete. He can be a great rebounder just based off of his jumping ability.

The team was sloppy in first half. Obviously, not amped for game and that is understandable. Stove would have helped in that regard as he brings it every night. However, it was good to see the team hit 50% of three point shots. Note just about every one of those was a wide open look which does say something positive about execution in the second half. It was encouraging to see Hardy especially hit a few as he has been in a slump since the middle of last season. Maybe that will get him going for future games. Finally, Russell has as smooth a stroke as any player I have seen in all my years of watching Cajun basketball.

[facelessjonmoon]

Russell sure could stroke it at Ole Miss.

Sorry, that was a typo. He surely can stroke it. He is one of the smoothest shooters I have ever seen

[Ragin4U]

Dave, you did a lot of work there.

Honestly, I could not possibly care less what other schools do; I want our school to play a schedule in which every game is a challenge. Playing teams that do not challenge our players does nothing to make us better.

Every game helps. These are used to build team chemistry, work on new sets, get the kids thinking for themselves on the court, etc. Think of it as a scrimmage.

Of course, some just want to batch and moan about Marlin.

[VObserver]

Every game helps. These are used to build team chemistry, work on new sets, get the kids thinking for themselves on the court, etc. Think of it as a scrimmage.

Of course, some just want to batch and moan about Marlin.

We can agree to disagree. Playing a team like this has no positive value. We could do anything we wanted to do against LC. That is impossible against any team in D1, let alone any decent D1 squad.

[CajunNation]

If you are going to play DII schools, call them what they are: exhibition games, and do not make it part of the season ticket package.

They are just practice games that can only kill your Tourney chances.

[Turbine]

Zero resistance exercise can serve a purpose.

Not exactly sure what that purpose would be.

Meeting a brick wall to start a season would be more detrimental in my opinion.

I have seen the season long bad results of facing an immovable object right out of the gate in football way to many years.

I'd opt for a zero resistance opener in basketball to get the team on the same page.

jmo