This loss is on you Marlin

[Ragin' Caleb]

You chimed in on my post about Maggard. I am one who thinks this season was success because we put a trophy in the case and will hang a banner: im not a "3 games in March guy" our head coach is, well he now has as many conference championships as he does NCAA tourney trips. If he is gonna talk the "3 Games in March" talk..he needs to be a lot better than 1 of 8.

Marlin might NOT be a "3 games in March guy". Ultimately he was right about what it takes to get to the NCAA tourney. The system and road to the tourney isn't up to Marlin so it doesn't matter what he thinks. Its a conference or systematic problem. I'm upset now but looking back this has been a special season. 1 out of 8 isn't good. or even mediocre. But I would say our program is in a good place to be competitive and truly compete for championships.

[axg8750]

Marlin had the team this year and he had them playing the kind of ball it takes to make the tourney.

Gant getting sick and Stove injured is not on Marlin. With A healthy Gant and Stove Cajuns are dancing.

Just saying, Marlin put together the best team in the league this year. Just bad luck in the worst time.

[zephyr]

I fully give him credit for the 27 wins, but the fact remains, had he won just one game against a good non conference team, UL likely is an at large. However, year after year, he gets his arse handed to him by non conference opponents (and Hunter at G Statae). He is not even competitive against those teams. And according to Dead Air Walker, this is the best UL team he’s seen.....BS!

This is not true about the at large. Our SOS, SOR, RPI etc were not good enough to get us in even with a win against a very average Ole Miss team or Wyoming. Hell, a win over Clemson likely wouldn't have gotten us in.

[axg8750]

Today will go down as one of the most historically depressing and gut wrenching day in my support of this program.

Disappointed. Angry. Mostly for the players, who are excellent young men. Very let down for our fan base, not getting a chance to plaster our name across national television and represent our great community.

I don’t even care about the specifics right now. Punch drunk.

Up there with losing game 3 of Supers in 2014? It is for me.

[Just1More]

I fully give him credit for the 27 wins, but the fact remains, had he won just one game against a good non conference team, UL likely is an at large. However, year after year, he gets his arse handed to him by non conference opponents (and Hunter at G Statae). He is not even competitive against those teams. And according to Dead Air Walker, this is the best UL team he’s seen.....BS!

Jay is wrong. And Bob doesn't floor giant killers... that's for sure. But this was a damn good season overall. Today sucked. Plenty of things to blame. I was starting to care more about these fine young men getting into the big dance more than my thoughts on Bob. I'm bummed for them.

[Tasso]

Early schedule was bad

[ManAboutTown]

Up there with losing game 3 of Supers in 2014? It is for me.

Harry dropping that fly ball is my all time worst sports moment.. I still want to cry when I think about it.

But my expectations were different. I thought we’d beat Ole Miss.
Unfortunately, I had a feeling we’d lose to UTA. So not as bad as that, but definitely top 5 worse Cajun sports day.

[Just1More]

This is not true about the at large. Our SOS, SOR, RPI etc were not good enough to get us in even with a win against a very average Ole Miss team or Wyoming. Hell, a win over Clemson likely wouldn't have gotten us in.

That's a sad reality that adds to my dislike of being in this one bid basketball conference.

[ManAboutTown]

That's a sad reality that adds to my dislike of being in this one bid basketball conference.

It’s also a big reason why college basketball interest is collapsing..

[axg8750]

Okay, thanks. You are a diehard supporter and I just want to have this dialog going forward. There clearly is a divided Cajun Nation when it comes to Coach Marlin.

As for today, the disappointment is tough. But I'm not disappointed in the effort of this team today. Given today's circumstances, the results will be a little bit easier to get over in the next few days.

I agree. With the circumstances and everything going against this team they could easily have folded with 5-7 minutes left in the game. They didn’t. They fought.

Miller, bad shot selection and all, put this team on his shoulders and laid it all on the line.

Today the Cajuns were the team that were worn out at end of game rather than The Cajuns wearing down the opponent as we are used to watching.

[Just1More]

I'm proud of our basketball team.

[Ragin' Caleb]

Fair enough, but to be more specific how often should we hit some of those goals or all of them to meet your expectations?

considering the programs history, facilities, conference. I think we should get 20+wins every year. regular season at least 1 out of 3 years and NCAA tourney bid every 3 or 4 years. regular season champs/NCAA tourney doesn't necessarily have to come in package deal as long as system is the same as in place now. You could be a great team like this year and not get into NCAA tourney or like when EP and Shawn got into the tourney with "3 games in march"