MBB Final: Louisiana 81, Troy 69

[ZoomZoom]

Clemson just beat North Carolina, hopefully that will help us a good bit.

Nope, moved down 1 to 56.

We're only half way home at 9-0. There is a lot of ball left to play, and the back half of the schedule is much harder. I'm not even taking this Saturday for granted.

[RaginDave]

Nope we actually moved up last night from 55 to 54.

[Clutch0364]

My opinion is that we are looking too much at tournament wins and sweet 16. Obviously those things should be goals but the biggest thing that needs to be accomplished is building a consistent winner. Little Rock had their tournament win and where are they now? We need to have the consistency of being able to make tournament and NIT trips. That will be when we are able to start taking those big next steps.

[cajun_lannister]

My opinion is that we are looking too much at tournament wins and sweet 16. Obviously those things should be goals but the biggest thing that needs to be accomplished is building a consistent winner. Little Rock had their tournament win and where are they now? We need to have the consistency of being able to make tournament and NIT trips. That will be when we are able to start taking those big next steps.

Marlin last 3 classes have been pretty good hopefull we keep building on that

[Clutch0364]

Marlin last 3 classes have been pretty good hopefull we keep building on that

I agree. This season is great but I am excited about the next few years with 3 starters returning and a solid recruiting class coming in.

[Esqueleto]

I agree. This season is great but I am excited about the next few years with 3 starters returning and a solid recruiting class coming in.

Losing Washington, Stove, and Bartley is going to be tough to overcome. That's a lot of Great leadership right there.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I agree this is the year. Next year we’ve got a great class potential. But they’re not Washington,Bartley, and Stove In 2018/19. Next year except great contribution from Russell,Miller, and hopefully Davis, but none will have experience of our seniors.

[RaginDave]

Agreed this is the best chance, but next year will be no slouch either. Remember Gant/Marquetti and Stroman will have another year in the system, plus the growth of Russell will be huge. That and the fact that Miller has been a starter before will help. Not a bad starting 5. The biggest question is how quickly will the young’ns Grow up. The guys we have coming in are very talented and if a couple of them really get it, it could be great. I am also not giving up on Davis, he had flashes last year of being very good. If he can put it together, he helps our bench dramatically. I hope i am wrong, but i think this is the last year we see Hardy and Evans on the roster. I would assume Hardy might transfer out for more PT and Evans might retire from basketball because of injury.

[Clutch0364]

Losing Washington, Stove, and Bartley is going to be tough to overcome. That's a lot of Great leadership right there.

No Doubt. You will need others to step up and contribute. We won't have nearly the depth of this year but Stroman, Gant, and Marquetti will still give us enough to finish in the top of the sunbelt. Also Russell and Miller should give us a solid core. Will need to have 3 others give us production.

[BeauCajun]

No Doubt. You will need others to step up and contribute. We won't have nearly the depth of this year but Stroman, Gant, and Marquetti will still give us enough to finish in the top of the sunbelt. Also Russell and Miller should give us a solid core. Will need to have 3 others give us production.

Brown would help. LOL. You think?