MBB Final: Louisiana 88, South Alabama 71

[IberiaCajun]

The SBC Champions, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, "INVITE" all basketball fans to come watch them in their last two home games! They have a chance to set historic records.
A chance to go UNDEFEATED at home!
A chance to win 27 regular season games!
If you like winning basketball you only have to get to the Cajundome next Thursday and Saturday. If you have been to a game this year you know what a tremendous season it has been. If not, you have two more chances to become a witness to basketball history in the making for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.

This team deserves to have 8,000 fans watch a game featuring the Sun Belt Conference Champions!
These next two games should have the two largest crowds of the year none the less.
Looking forward to a filled out 'bowl'.
Way to go Cajuns!

[IberiaCajun]

SBC Champions!

[Cajunsmike]

how long since last outright regular season championship?

In 2004, the Cajuns were the SBC Western Division Champs but the league did not recognize a regular season champion. We did have a better record than the Eastern Division Champion however and were the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. We won the tournament and proceeded to lose to NC State in the NCAA tournament in a very competitive game. However, the 2004 wins were later vacated due to an eligibility issue. Therefore you have to go back to 1982 to find the last time a Cajun basketball team won a recognized outright conference title. Note, their have been shared titles along the way. I know 1992 was one of those and perhaps 2000. Their is another thread about the 1982 team on this forum. It contains an article that appeared in SI back then.

[Cajunfever]

Can’t blame USA coach for getting a tech there. Nice break as we fouled on another 3 point shot

That was a good no call--the shooter kicked his legs out to try getting a foul called.

[zephyr]

Man I'd love to hear the USA fans right now talk about that FT discrepancy. You don't see it often when the visiting team comes in and the FT margin is one sided in their favor. To me, that was the key stat in the game. We shot a worse FG percentage and certainly didn't hit it as well as they did from 3.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Which is why we get the free throw advantage. Those other teams are selling out trying to slow the offense. Sometimes it works, and sometimes we’re gonna go to the line.

[zephyr]

Which is why we get the free throw advantage. Those other teams are selling out trying to slow the offense. Sometimes it works, and sometimes we’re gonna go to the line.

I'm assuming you didn't see the game? It was horribly officiated on both sides. However, you don't typically see a 35-13 FT attempt discrepancy especially by the visiting team.

[zephyr]

"Bob Marlin displays such a pattern of reprehensible behavior."

That is one of the quotes from the USA forum...LOL. They were not happy about the tech that their player got because apparently Marlin bumped him as the teams were going to their benches during their big run. TV didn't show it but that's crazy if it did happen.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Could there be an inadvertent bump? Maybe, but Big Fish ain’t bumping players from the opossing teams. It’s fun to be hated, I recall when they hated our team and their altered bats. Enjoy the hate while you can, it’s fleeting.

[Boomer]

Could there be an inadvertent bump? Maybe, but Big Fish ain’t bumping players from the opossing teams. It’s fun to be hated, I recall when they hated our team and their altered bats. Enjoy the hate while you can, it’s fleeting.

.....Along with the hate goes the team records in our state.... UL 25-4 and 15-1....Tulane 14-14 and 5-11......Monroe 14-13 and8-8....ltur 16-14 and 7-12......McN 10-16 and 7-9.....LSU 16-12 and 7-9!!!

[Just1More]

The Cajuns were too much for them on both ends of the court all night long. The officials were whistle happy... but the percentage disparity in fouls would have existed no matter who officiated the game. Had USA not had a career night behind the arc, coupled with the Cajuns making poor shot selections in response at times... we would have lapped them. USA was a step too slow for our offensive ball movement... and they had no answer for our smothering defense. We forced their sloppy play and foul troubles.

The USA fan sour grapes is just sour grapes.

[Cajunsmike]

Could there be an inadvertent bump? Maybe, but Big Fish ain’t bumping players from the opossing teams. It’s fun to be hated, I recall when they hated our team and their altered bats. Enjoy the hate while you can, it’s fleeting.

Agree with that point. No one hates teams that lose.