Meanwhile, Cajuns have the best basketball team in LA

[CajunEXPRESS]

Iowa won today

[ZoomZoom]

Iowa won today

N. Illinois, 243 RPI. Back to reality January 2nd, conference picks back up. Michigan.

[Turbine]

First of all, all you guys who endorse the 3 days in March mantra always make it sound like the two scenarios are exclusive of one another. You can win the conference outright, position yourself as best you can in the tourney and win that too. It doesn't have to be one or the other. However, to build a program, you need to start by winning conference. Losing in the first round of the NCAA tourney does very little to build your program. It's also a much more significant accomplishment. being the best team in your conference over an 18 game or 20 game schedule is much more difficult than winning 3 games in the tourney. That mindset that the NCAA is our only goal is a joke and I think the current staff and AD are starting to look at winning conference outright much more seriously now.

Again, winning conference regular season and the conference tourney don't have to be exclusive of one another. But I'd take the 3 NIT's over the one NCAA at this point. It would mean we won our conference out right and we are building something. There are teams that make the NCAA with losing records and that will happen again this year more than likely. Getting your ticket to the big dance doesn't actually always show the accomplishments of the regular season. To me its kind of like going to a bowl game with 6 wins.

I agree with both of these posts.

[DaddyCajun]

Hopefully ME, a fan who had season tickets for years, will be able to make his first game after the first of the year!

[DaddyCajun]

N. Illinois, 243 RPI. Back to reality January 2nd, conference picks back up. Michigan.

What is our Men's and Women's RPI's?

[DaddyCajun]

6'5 SF Kobe Julien (UL) and 6'9 PF Josh Leblanc (Georgetown) from Madison Prep, 6'4 combo G Javonte Smart (LSU) from Scotlandville, 6'3 SG Greg Williams (St. John's) from LCA, 6'2 PG Jared Butler (Alabama) from Riverside Academy, and 6'7 PF Randy Gladney (undecided) from Deridder are the top recruits in the state this year.

They basically make a full lineup/6th man if they would have all gone to the same school. Would be fun for that type of thing to one day happen at UL.

According to 247/Scout, the order is:
1. Smart
2. Butler
3. Leblanc
4. Williams
5. Julien
6. Gladney

Heck, here is hoping that we get both Julien and Gladney and the kid from California(dad played at UL).

[DaddyCajun]

We got Gladney and Julien

YYYYYYeeeeeeSSSSSS!!!!

[DaddyCajun]

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketb...basketball-rpi 108 as of pre-game time Sunday December 31, 2017. Lets keep moving to the top 50

[RaginDave]

Cajuns Men's RPI after a little help last night moved up to 95. Again, the Cajun opponents held up their end of the bargain, all but Tech, losing again.

SLU
UNO
Richmond

all won.

[DaddyCajun]

Wait, so We are at 95 prior to this afternoons games? Thanks for the good news!

[RaginDave]

Yes.

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/20...team=Louisiana

[DaddyCajun]

Nice find, RaginDave! Made my night! I get off in 2 hours and go sleep fast to double back for 1730!