MBB NIT Final: LOUISIANA 76, LSU 84

[IberiaCajun]

Turbine, you have to be loving it!!

[CajunVic]

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/stor...show/426398002

[Turbine]

but the point is the game was not in Lafayette. we need to win games. period, no matter where they are played. to suggest we need to be at home in order to win is not good enough

I'm not in the hit me with a hurdle crowd. Hurdle, hurdle, hurdle.

According to the NCAA, they say it matters greatly to be at home.

The NCAA has built this wall, and are making UL pay for it. Now I could understand if UL was trying to go somewhere illegally but that is not the case.

Home is where the heartiness is. Ask LSU's record about this.

[ManAboutTown]

I'm not in the hit me with a hurdle crowd. Hurdle, hurdle, hurdle.

According to the NCAA, they say it matters greatly to be at home.

The NCAA has built this wall, and are making UL pay for it. Now I could understand if UL was trying to go somewhere illegally but that is not the case.

Home is where the heartiness is. Ask LSU's record about this.

Unless you’re playing Arksansas Little Rock, right? So tired of the excuses.

WIN THE ____ING GAME

[zephyr]

https://www.seccountry.com/lsu/watch...SF_Carvell_AJC

And of course in the article, the jackass writer says we are from the Southland Conference...LOL. You can't make this ____ up enough

[jric116]

We didn't get screwed. St. Mary's and MTSU got screwed. We didn't do what we needed to do to get in the NCAA, or to host in the NIT. Losing to 330 RPI teams and not having any quadrant 1 wins is nobody's fault but ours.

Your facts are correct but doesn't RPI take all that into account? And ours was still 30 or so better than LSU. Seems like the RPI is used by the NCAA when it favors the P5

[zephyr]

And

You said he wouldn't do that again when he previously did it.

[zephyr]

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

I'm still amazed. With all the crap that ended the game, what we aren't talking about is how poorly we played, somehow lost Gant and Marquetti (Don't know what happened to this guy) and still were down 1 with 1:30 left in the game. We played like ____ and still had a shot to win at the end. We just limit the dumbass turnovers and actually run an offense like we did all year and I like our chances.

Gant looked shell shocked when he got the dunk attempt partially fouled/blocked as he then missed the easy alley oop afterwards and Marquetti looked like he didn't want to be there. Washington showed his physical limitations in this game as he was just eaten up by Reath inside and they ran him on high pick and rolls ALL game long. He couldn't keep up and they just got what they wanted all game.

[CajunProud]

I'm still amazed. With all the crap that ended the game, what we aren't talking about is how poorly we played, somehow lost Gant and Marquetti (Don't know what happened to this guy) and still were down 1 with 1:30 left in the game. We played like ____ and still had a shot to win at the end. We just limit the dumbass turnovers and actually run an offense like we did all year and I like our chances.

Gant looked shell shocked when he got the dunk attempt partially fouled/blocked as he then missed the easy alley oop afterwards and Marquetti looked like he didn't want to be there. Washington showed his physical limitations in this game as he was just eaten up by Reath inside and they ran him on high pick and rolls ALL game long. He couldn't keep up and they just got what they wanted all game.

Just wait, only 7 short years of rebuilding and Big Fish will have us back winning 27 again. (minus the 2 against non D1 competition)

[zephyr]

It wasn't coaching IMO. They were longer, more athletic and more explosive. We got beat up on the boards on both sides of the ball. They were playing sticky defense and we started throwing up poor shots. Our guys are savvy and experienced. We made a few runs. It just wasn't enough to overcome the athletic discrepancy.

Part of it was. Creating the mindset going into the game would have helped. We really played with no swagger or confidence, particularly in the first half. Also, what happened to our cuts on offense where we got so many easy baskets in the lane by Bartley and Marquetti all year long? We did nothing on offense by spot shoot when the clock was running down. Also, defensively, you have to do something different. They ran high pick and roll all game with Bryce outside and he just can't stay with the quicker players they had. How many layups did they get during this game? I lost count. Too many uncontested shots is not going to win you any games. Those are coaching issues that need to be corrected during the game and they weren't.