MBB G11 Final: Louisiana 62 Tech 83

[Ragin4U]

Well that went well lol, bad Saturday in Cajun Land.
Tulane first, Tech with the icing on the cake.
Loving it, now back to the beach for me.

Yep, get to it. Those goats won't ___k themselves.

[Big Buds]

Well that went well lol, bad Saturday in Cajun Land.
Tulane first, Tech with the icing on the cake.
Loving it, now back to the beach for me.

You're seriously obsessed and clueless. It was also 05:12 Hawaii time when you posted this, sun won't rise till roughly 07:05 local time, so there's that.

You're a ___king fraud!

[CAJUNJUDO]

Too many players on this team fall into the “soft” category. We need some grit to replace Washington, Stove, and Bartley.

[CajunVic]

I wish I could blame it on that but I don't drink anymore.....

Yes, me either.

[ManAboutTown]

My bad for name calling. Lots of booze happen when you’re getting your asses pounded by schools you hate twice in one day.

I’m just done with the apologists, the excuses and the BS “explanations”. Y’all keep telling me we lost in the tourney last year because of injury. But we lost at home on senior night to the worst team in the belt, and one of the worst teams in D1 basketball a week prior. That night, we were told “emotions” got in the way and team wasn’t focused. (Which, give me a freakin break). If he couldn’t win big with that roster of talent, even without Gant, he can’t win big.

Fast forward to last night. We return 3 starters and 3 other guys that played significant minutes from last year’s team. We’re playing a team with a first year coach and 2 starters not dressed out. On top of that, we’re all well versed on how “hard it is to win on the road in CBB” and we all know how “scared ppl are to come and play us in our building”. With all that in mind, we got demolished. The game wasn’t competitive. If Gant is that big a part of this team, who’s shoulders does that fall upon?? You can’t build a team this reliant on one guy and expect to compete year in and year out.

This is what happens when you schedule pillow fights with Roast Beef Tech and Ham Sandwich U.

This is year 9 folks. YEAR NINE.

Either tell me we don’t care about basketball at this school, tell me we’re sandbagging for other sports or make a god damned commitment and find a coach that can compete nationally. Absolutely done with the milktoast BULL____.

[Cajunsmike]

I typically don't respond to these type of treads. While I like football and baseball, basketball is the sport I am most passionate about. What I saw last night was a team that does not have enough talented depth. We don't have any "bigs" besides Gant. I am very worried about next years team because we still have not signed anyone to take Gant's place. I was expecting our young players to show improvement this year to help replace the departing seniors from last year which has not happened. No one has stepped into the leadership roles that last year's seniors had. I don't see the "refuse to lose" mentality that we had last year. I don't see the cohesiveness that we had last year. I see a bunch of individuals not working as a team. I think Malik and Marcus did everything they could last night--the issue is Malik, Marcus and JeKeenan are quite leaders--we are missing vocal leadership. Our recruiting must improve--we need to recruit some bigs that can help rebound and protect the rim. Every year, I contribute a large amount of money to the basketball program. Based on the results I am seeing, I don't think that will continue.

Good post there. They are looking for JC bigs to sign in the spring period. Now finding ones that can contribute and can be convinced to sign with us is the key. Looking is easy. Closing the deal is the hard part.

[UL_Cajuns]

My bad for name calling. Lots of booze happen when you’re getting your asses pounded by schools you hate twice in one day.

I’m just done with the apologists, the excuses and the BS “explanations”. Y’all keep telling me we lost in the tourney last year because of injury. But we lost at home on senior night to the worst team in the belt, and one of the worst teams in D1 basketball a week prior. That night, we were told “emotions” got in the way and team wasn’t focused. (Which, give me a freakin break). If he couldn’t win big with that roster of talent, even without Gant, he can’t win big.

Fast forward to last night. We return 3 starters and 3 other guys that played significant minutes from last year’s team. We’re playing a team with a first year coach and 2 starters not dressed out. On top of that, we’re all well versed on how “hard it is to win on the road in CBB” and we all know how “scared ppl are to come and play us in our building”. With all that in mind, we got demolished. The game wasn’t competitive. If Gant is that big a part of this team, who’s shoulders does that fall upon?? You can’t build a team this reliant on one guy and expect to compete year in and year out.

This is what happens when you schedule pillow fights with Roast Beef Tech and Ham Sandwich U.

This is year 9 folks. YEAR NINE.

Either tell me we don’t care about basketball at this school, tell me we’re sandbagging for other sports or make a god damned commitment and find a coach that can compete nationally. Absolutely done with the milktoast BULL____.

Preach on! We can't be quiet anymore. Grab your basketballs. BOLD MOVES coming.

[Cajunsmike]

The offense design could have been done by a biddy ball basketball coach. I realize Gant went down put Marlin wasn't running an effective offense before. I am no basketball guru but even I saw that there was no organizational effort put into an organized offense.

We do seem to rely too much on the point guard penetrating and finding an open guy. Without Gant, that was not a good recipe. Would like to see more movement of guys away from the ball, less dribbling, and more crisp passing. As far as Tech's offense is concerned, they were hot last night. However, much of that came from poor offensive possessions by the Cajuns resulting in not being in position defensively. When you force the other team to take the ball out from under the basket frequently you can set your defense. That was very rare last night. Even with Gant, Bulldogs are simply a better team this year and would win a 7 game series.

[ULvictory]

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Fast forward to last night. We return 3 starters and 3 other guys that played significant minutes from last year’s team. We’re playing a team with a first year coach and 2 starters not dressed out. On top of that, we’re all well versed on how “hard it is to win on the road in CBB” and we all know how “scared ppl are to come and play us in our building”. With all that in mind, we got demolished. The game wasn’t competitive. If Gant is that big a part of this team, who’s shoulders does that fall upon?? You can’t build a team this reliant on one guy and expect to compete year in and year out.

This 1000000x

Maybe, we can schedule better teams to come play in the Cajundome now since Tech showed the rest of the country that teams can win there. LOL

Also, our coaching staff needs to get off the high horse. This idea that they throw around that teams “celebrate like they win the Super Bowl after beating the Ragin’ Cajuns” or “teams are scared to play us in the Cajundome” is insulting to the fan base. For $500k a year in the Sun Belt, you have to produce. If you can’t, either lower the salary or find someone who can compliment the pay scale.

[VObserver]

If we are not serious about basketball, we should not be paying $400k+ for a coach. If we ARE serious about hoops, we should be demanding our money's worth from that $400k+ coach.

Scheduling teams who aren't good enough to be called cupcakes and having a 9 year losing record against top 200 RPI teams is NOT delivering our money's worth. One regular season championship and one NCAA appearence in 9 years is not delivering our money's worth. Making excuses when we get our asses handed to us on our home court by slightly above average teams is not delivering our money's worth.

I canceled my season tickets after last year because it is the only real voice I have to express my displeasure. I pull for our players every game, but I refuse to monetarily support basketball as long as Marlin is still the coach.

For all you people who say "What Southern mid- major can we emulate?" I give you this: We are paying a coach over $400k/yr to build a successful Southern mid-major that others can emulate. It is his damn JOB to make us relevent. If he can't do it, we need to hire someone who can.