MBB NIT Final: LOUISIANA 76, LSU 84

[CajunVic]

Only missed two. We just did not get there often enough.

Actually 4 - 15 for 19

[ultracajun]

I'm sure pull-up boy Will Wade will get a good talking to tomorrow about how he made too much out of this game.

[VObserver]

This ____ right here is why you CANT lose that game..

That is also why you don't talk trash before a game. Marlin gift wrapped this game for LSU by being classless and talking ____ in the media for the last week.

[Balanced_view]

Only missed two. We just did not get there often enough.

looks like it was actually 4. but that's a lot less than what I was feeling at was at the time. prisoner of the moment I guess

[Cajunsmike]

The point is the game SHOULD HAVE BEEN in Lafayette. Our team worked all season to get shafted by seeding in the NIT. If this were a regularly scheduled game in Baton Rouge, sure. You've got a point. But guys like Washington, Bartley, and Stove busted ___ for years, and definitely all season, to be in a position to host LSU or some other major program in the Cajundome, to have that opportunity to play them in a place where you finally have the advantage, and it gets stripped away.

There were issues, I'm not saying this game was totally decided by being in Baton Rouge. Maybe the game is played in Lafayette and LSU still comes out with a 2 or 3 point win. But in a game where one bounce of the ball can decide victory or defeat, every advantage you can get counts, and that we're never in a position to use those advantages despite spending 30+ games this year earning them because the NCAA is inherently slanted to favor power schools with the most financial backing is why we're talking about what we're talking about.

Despite venue we likely go to wire with a healthy Gant.

[ManAboutTown]

Y’all need to get the video of will Wade pulling his ____ and keep it.. maybe we can show it to our next team 20 years from now that plays LSU and it might make them feel some typa way..

[apb]

Hell on this crap. Yeah, win and you get respect. Great. You know how you win? Getting as much going in your favor as you can. It's not like we're talking a 50/50 coin toss on where this game should've been played. It 100% should've been in Lafayette. Middle Tennessee, for all their supposed respect, despite all statistical metrics, got left out and disrespected just like we did. The deck will always be stacked in favor of the money. If that game is played at home tonight, maybe we get that win because our guys are in their environment instead of having to go to Baton Rouge and facing a hostile crowd backing a team with the comforts of home.

I agree with most of this, but there are upsets every year and MT is making the most of theirs. Go read all over the place now on how much more exposure they have since then. Also, let's see what they do in the NIT before we compare us to them. They may go far into it and gain more respect.

My frustration is our constant failure on the big stage when we are given it. Then, stupid ___ Marlin goes and runs his mouth prior to this game and lit a fire under LSU. Then, his team craps the bed and he looks twice as bad than just a loss. Stop the damn excuses and win SOMETHING, we know how the stupid system is.

Why the fool ran his mouth all week is beyond me.

[ManAboutTown]

Despite venue we likely go to wire with a healthy Gant.

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

[Balanced_view]

That is also why you don't talk trash before a game. Marlin gift wrapped this game for LSU by being classless and talking ____ in the media for the last week.

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.

[SlickRick]

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

Their athletic length overmatched us.