MBB NIT Final: LOUISIANA 76, LSU 84

[Cajunsmike]

If Marlin says nothing all week except that we are glad to be in the NIT, and we feel fortunate to be playing games close enough to home for our fans to travel, and I am proud of our players, who I am sure will play their hardest in this tournament; then LSU has nothing extra to motivate their players, and maybe, just maybe, they overlook us a little.

Bob took care of that by being a loudmouth idiot and calling out everyone involved, from the NCAA to the janitors at the PMAC.

I can’t argue with that view.

[VObserver]

I just maybe a different personality, but I like the trash talking, they deserved it. BUT, I repeat BUT, you got to back it up.

You NEVER, under any set of circumstances, say ANYTHING that might give your opponent an edge.

[Balanced_view]

No he shouldn’t have. Bob said what we all know and wanted to say. I don’t fault him for one word. It’s not his fault Will Wade is a baby.

Where I fault him is not adjusting to anything LSU was doing.

agree 100%

[raginsaints]

I'm just glad that I never really cared much about it. I've maintained that it would've been better to go go to the NCAA Tourney as a 16 and lose by 20 than win 3 NIT games. Absolutely no one cares about the NIT.

[ManAboutTown]

I disagree. Gant was a shell of his healthy self tonight. We will never know if it would have changed outcome. Now they need to get him well. He has had this 2 weeks

After every loss, we come up with these laundry list of reason why we COULD HAVE won.. but we lost. Again. Nothing else matters.

Lost Little Rock, Lost to UTA, Lost to A&M.

[Balanced_view]

If Marlin says nothing all week except that we are glad to be in the NIT, and we feel fortunate to be playing games close enough to home for our fans to travel, and I am proud of our players, who I am sure will play their hardest in this tournament; then LSU has nothing extra to motivate their players, and maybe, just maybe, they overlook us a little.

Bob took care of that by being a loudmouth idiot and calling out everyone involved, from the NCAA to the janitors at the PMAC.

I don't want to hang my hope on a team overlooking us to get a win. just go out play ball and be better than them, no matter what was said. both teams have motivation for winning the game.

[apb]

If Marlin says nothing all week except that we are glad to be in the NIT, and we feel fortunate to be playing games close enough to home for our fans to travel, and I am proud of our players, who I am sure will play their hardest in this tournament; then LSU has nothing extra to motivate their players, and maybe, just maybe, they overlook us a little.

Bob took care of that by being a loudmouth idiot and calling out everyone involved, from the NCAA to the janitors at the PMAC.

Well said. What people are also overlooking is the impact his comments had on his own team. I have to think they all got a little arrogant and not motivated with an extra chip on their shoulders. They instead came in with the attitude they were better and once things didn't go their way, they panicked.

So mush for the coach setting the tone, this idiot hung his team out to dry.

[Balanced_view]

Well said. What people are also overlooking is the impact his comments had on his own team. I have to think they all got a little arrogant and not motivated with an extra chip on their shoulders. They instead came in with the attitude they were better and once things didn't go their way, they panicked.

So mush for the coach setting the tone, this idiot hung his team out to dry.

your reaching for something, anything.....

[VObserver]

No he shouldn’t have. Bob said what we all know and wanted to say. I don’t fault him for one word. It’s not his fault Will Wade is a baby.

Where I fault him is not adjusting to anything LSU was doing.

You are wrong on this one MAT. Trash talk by a coach pregame is at best irresponsible and at worst classless. Even post game, coaches should be gracious in defeat and humble in victory.

[LifeTimeCajun]

Bob's approach wasn't the best. He threw a schick at LSU and everyone knows it. He crossed the line when he called out Wade about not playing us. And his team didn't back it up. If anyone thought we would go on the road and win this game, you must be crazy. Winning on the road in basketball is not an easy thing to do. Especially after the fireworks he set off

[CajunVic]

Gant was no match for Reath one on one.. healthy or not.

Reath went 10 for 14 tonight (18% above his average) from the field and 4 for 4 (40 % above his average) from the line. The dude will never again in his life have a game like that.

[ManAboutTown]

Reath went 10 for 14 tonight (18% above his average) from the field and 4 for 4 (40 % above his average) from the line. The dude will never again in his life have a game like that.

Yea that’s because he had no resistance. And yes, he scored 31 recently.