MBB G13 Final: Louisiana 73, SLU 72

[VObserver]

You said it was ok if we were beating teams by 30. I said we did that last year. That never stopped you from complaining the entire season.

Look, we get it. You, VO, Express and Lannister are going to scream and yell until you finally get your way. And, since no coach lasts forever, one day you will.

In the meantime, every time we have success you and the others mentioned above will move the needle to a different place and complain some more.

We got it. And, the horse died a while back.

We have never moved the needle. The complaint has never been about how many wins, and, hard as you try to make it about attendance, it's not about that, either. The four things it IS about are scheduling non-divizion 1 teams, avoiding scheduling 150 or better RPI teams at home OOC, having a losing record against top 200 RPI teams, and failing to be competitive every year in a conference full of low RPI teams.

[MetryCajun]

There have been 81 posts since I mentioned the injury to Marquetti looks to be serious and he could be out extensive time.

Not one reference to it.

Not even a good wish for Marquetti.

Lame.

Sad to hear. He has really stepped up this year. He is clearly a top player on the team and will be impossible to replace with one guy. Russell has to step up now and start hitting some shots.

[VObserver]

There have been 81 posts since I mentioned the injury to Marquetti looks to be serious and he could be out extensive time.

Not one reference to it.

Not even a good wish for Marquetti.

Lame.

It goes without saying that we all hope that Marquetti makes a full and speedy recovery, and that Gant gets back to 100% rapidly as well.

[ZoomZoom]

There have been 81 posts since I mentioned the injury to Marquetti looks to be serious and he could be out extensive time.

Not one reference to it.

Not even a good wish for Marquetti.

Lame.

I’ll go there. How bad does it seem?

I’ll go as far as saying if we have Marquetti out, Gant not full speed and no suitable inside presence, Davis and company will need to smoke it from the outside every night.

[Cajunfanatico]

They are head and shoulders above us and to think 12 years ago we were competing and beating them ... Amazing what a good AD does

Yahoo Sports thinks they're a clown show:

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Take a bow Renu Khator. The Houston president is officially the emptiest suit in all of collegiate administration, the college president that has her fellow presidents rolling their eyes at cocktail parties.

Take a bow Chris Pezman. The Houston athletic director is the puppet for a volatile billionaire, as much in charge of his own department as the school mascot.

Take a bow, Tillman Fertitta. The University of Houston chairman of the board of regents and generous athletic department benefactor is living proof that you can buy a university and run the athletic department like a fantasy team. Fertitta is rich enough to own the Houston Rockets and vain enough to call into talk radio and give the hosts the low-down on how a coaching search went. (Yes, he actually did that.)

Houston’s clown triumvirate is being cackled at around college sports today as they clumsily attempt to fire Major Applewhite as Houston’s coach. In their attempt to woo an invite from the Big 12, Houston did the reputational equivalent of dropping a load of manure on commissioner Bob Bowlsby’s doorstep, ringing the doorbell and then running.

https://sports.yahoo.com/major-apple...233551453.html

[talktomewillis]

We have never moved the needle. The complaint has never been about how many wins, and, hard as you try to make it about attendance, it's not about that, either. The four things it IS about are scheduling non-divizion 1 teams, avoiding scheduling 150 or better RPI teams at home OOC, having a losing record against top 200 RPI teams, and failing to be competitive every year in a conference full of low RPI teams.

Well, in the last five years, the Cajuns have finished in the top four in the league four times, with two championships (one tournament, one regular season). That debunks your statement about failing to be competitive in the league every year.

One down.

[talktomewillis]

It goes without saying that we all hope that Marquetti makes a full and speedy recovery, and that Gant gets back to 100% rapidly as well.

Perhaps. But it would have been nice to say it anyway, don't you agree?

[talktomewillis]

I’ll go there. How bad does it seem?

I’ll go as far as saying if we have Marquetti out, Gant not full speed and no suitable inside presence, Davis and company will need to smoke it from the outside every night.

We'll know for sure in the next day or two. And, while I'm no doctor, my guess is he's out at least a month, maybe more.

Hope I'm wrong.

[Hatch]

There have been 81 posts since I mentioned the injury to Marquetti looks to be serious and he could be out extensive time.

Not one reference to it.

Not even a good wish for Marquetti.

Lame.

That is a damn shame, I was just catching up on the thread and was getting ready to make a comment. Basketball is by far my favorite sport and I used to really enjoy come here to discuss actual basketball but that is almost impossible these days.
I was encouraged when he got up off the table yesterday after B.J. taped up his knee and was putting some weight on it but it was clear when he walked across the court after the game he was in serious pain.

[cajun_lannister]

Yahoo Sports thinks they're a clown show:

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Take a bow Renu Khator. The Houston president is officially the emptiest suit in all of collegiate administration, the college president that has her fellow presidents rolling their eyes at cocktail parties.

Take a bow Chris Pezman. The Houston athletic director is the puppet for a volatile billionaire, as much in charge of his own department as the school mascot.

Take a bow, Tillman Fertitta. The University of Houston chairman of the board of regents and generous athletic department benefactor is living proof that you can buy a university and run the athletic department like a fantasy team. Fertitta is rich enough to own the Houston Rockets and vain enough to call into talk radio and give the hosts the low-down on how a coaching search went. (Yes, he actually did that.)

Houston's clown triumvirate is being cackled at around college sports today as they clumsily attempt to fire Major Applewhite as Houston's coach. In their attempt to woo an invite from the Big 12, Houston did the reputational equivalent of dropping a load of manure on commissioner Bob Bowlsby's doorstep, ringing the doorbell and then running.

https://sports.yahoo.com/major-apple...233551453.html

If a Knight or Fertitta want to drop a few 100 mill into our bank account I would 100 % ok with them running a puppet administration ... You can ask our AD how you fix things in college athletics you throw money at it.

[Hatch]

Well, in the last five years, the Cajuns have finished in the top four in the league four times, with two championships (one tournament, one regular season). That debunks your statement about failing to be competitive in the league every year.

One down.

And the one year they didn’t was the closest thing to a rebuilding year there has been since Marlin had to tear it all down early in his tenure. That was partly due to the tragic loss of Herman Williams mid summer and the late decision to go the route of the 3 transfer that would all sit. If I remember correctly that team was 1 win away from being the 2 seed but the way things worked out they were the 6. That team actually exceeded my expectations.

[Ragin4U]

Well they are 13-0 with wins over LSU, Oregon, Ok State, Utah St and BYU. Hell we would never play that many good teams in one season let alone beat any of them.

They fired a coach in football who won 8 games and would have won 10 had their stud QB not get injured.

So there is another example. Let’s throw that one out too.

Cougars also have wins over Alabama A&M, Northwestern, UT(Rio Grande Valley), Lamar, and Coppin State. Would any of those schools on the schedule excite the fan base?