MBB Final: Louisiana 78, Appalachian State 45

[CajunEXPRESS]

Hey what's up Timmy _____ ____, see you still love our coach.

So Bobby didn't offer up an excuse for the beat down we just witnessed? Big Fish indeed has what appears to be a very solid squad.

One thing Marlin teams don't do is play great defense. Last night 17 first half points is insane, but in the second half 28 points is crazy good too.

Look, I'm going to have fun with Marlin name if he never loses again, and I've never disliked him. He's never approached being as good as advertised, but he's got a chance this year. My middle of the pack estimate is looking weak, but the SBC is actually looking weaker than expected. Didn't UTA get drilled by them and Coastal who got drilled by ULM?

[cajunfan96]

So Bobby didn't offer up an excuse for the beat down we just witnessed? Big Fish indeed has what appears to be a very solid squad.

One thing Marlin teams don't do is play great defense. Last night 17 first half points is insane, but in the second half 28 points is crazy good too.

Look, I'm going to have fun with Marlin name if he never loses again, and I've never disliked him. He's never approached being as good as advertised, but he's got a chance this year. My middle of the pack estimate is looking weak, but the SBC is actually looking weaker than expected. Didn't UTA get drilled by them and Coastal who got drilled by ULM?

Very good win! Fish will need to at least win one post season game. Running through weak sunbelt wont cut it.

[MelRock]

Look, I'm going to have fun with Marlin name if he never loses again, and I've never disliked him. He's never approached being as good as advertised, but he's got a chance this year. My middle of the pack estimate is looking weak, but the SBC is actually looking weaker than expected. Didn't UTA get drilled by them and Coastal who got drilled by ULM?

Have fun with his name and I'll have fun with yours Timmy _____ ____. We could go undefeated, make the sweet 16 and you would say "well the sbc is weak and this is the worst NCAA tournament in history". You will find another reason to hate him.
Thanks for the response _____ ____. Have a great day.

[CharlieK]

At this point OOC is over, and we are in the SunBelt. Personally I'm enjoying watching us hammer teams, play completely unselfish (almost to a fault) offense, and I REALLY enjoyed that suffocating defense. I love when teams make every trip down the court difficult. If I coached I'd be Nolan Richardson 2, at least defensively, so last night was like watching my perfect basketball game.

Can't do anything about the conference right this minute, so I'm just enjoying having a very good team. With Maggard at the helm, the coaching issues will be handled correctly at the right time, I trust.

[CrazyCajun]

It was pretty clear to me from early on the App was having trouble handling our altitude. They were winded the entire game.

[CajunJack55]

It was pretty clear to me from early on the App was having trouble handling our altitude. They were winded the entire game.

wouldn't it be opposite? Being that they are used of breathing at high altitude, our low altitude would make it easier for them to breathe?

[CharlieK]

You two need to get a room.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I’m just clowning with the 🤡, but you’re right it’s about a beat down of the mountain men, and gals as well.

[cajundiehard]

Back on track.... Gant out for (hopefully) just 3 weeks... would include Coastal Saturday, ULM single home game next week, then Texas road trip... Next would be Alabama schools at home then another single game week @ ULM.... Get through those games with just one loss (@UTA seems to be toughest), and Cajuns will be fine... Should win home games and @Texas State and @ULM.

Georgia trip is a good 5 weeks away... so hopefully back by then.

GEAUX CAJUNS!

[CharlieK]

nm

[Just1More]

I’m not saying the Cajuns didn’t help.. and I’m not even saying they are a bad basketball team..

What I’m saying is, last night, those guys played one of the worst games I can remember watching in conference. Sloppy, no communication, couldn’t buy a bucket, couldn’t finish at the rim, zero perimeter defense, looked slow and tired.

Cajuns had a little something to do with that, but a lot of their performance was self inflicted.

You are 100% correct. App State had a bad game. I like the Cajun team. I was especially impressed at the performance without Gant. But make no mistake... App State is not a great team. Their #1 is a stud... but they didn't look well coached last night. They suck at rebounding... by being out of position and not hustling. There's plenty of space to give both the Cajuns a lot of credit... and to limit the applause by a terrible App State performance. I think App State is ok... but they played like a Div 3 program last night. I checked out their schedule and results before going to the game last night... and that had to be their worst game this year. Blowout = 50% credit to the Cajuns + 50% credit to a poor performance on App State.

[covcaj]

There are two other things I like about this team. Number one, they do not play down to the competition. A state being a prime example of that. Second, in the two blowouts, they have not let up in the second half.

You are 100% correct. App State had a bad game. I like the Cajun team. I was especially impressed at the performance without Gant. But make no mistake... App State is not a great team. Their #1 is a stud... but they didn't look well coached last night. They suck at rebounding... by being out of position and not hustling. There's plenty of space to give both the Cajuns a lot of credit... and to limit the applause by a terrible App State performance. I think App State is ok... but they played like a Div 3 program last night. I checked out their schedule and results before going to the game last night... and that had to be their worst game this year. Blowout = 50% credit to the Cajuns + 50% credit to a poor performance on App State.