MBB G14 Final Louisiana 83, ASU 94

[DieHard1280]

I do however have an issue with anyone referring to this program during this era as a loser. In my opinion you can’t make that statement without being short sighted and unrealistic about the current landscape of college basketball at the mid major level.

I agree with that. Not losers, but just not the winners they should be - as in beating teams they shouldn't and winning the important ones nearly enough.

[ULvictory]

This. This is what kills me. If we concede that Ga State is the top Sun Belt program over the past few years, we're easily #2. If that's not good enough for you, fine. Say so. But please don't pretend like we haven't had any success.

And while I agree that we have the resources to be the best team in this Conference, we definitely don't have the resources to be a consistent top mid-major. Not even close. Our fan support isn't good enough, our financial support isn't good enough, and our conference isn't good enough. It takes more than a Coach to have a successful program. We can hire and fire a million coaches, but unless those other things change, we still won't accomplish what people here expect us to accomplish.

No one is asking to be a top mid-major. I'm not asking to be Davidson or Gonzaga. But with being #2, we can harp on last season's 16-2 conference record until we are blue in the face. But if you look at the whole picture and look at the 3-4 season previous to that, we probably drop a few spots without last year's conference record. Last season was like an outlier compared to every other season Marlin has had here.

[Boomer]

We got killed on the boards. In fact we were almost doubled up which is actually something I don't see very often. I understand about using Lafayette to help with his size but rebounding is about a hell of a lot more than just size. There are undersized guys who are great rebounders because of their technique, tenacity and nose for the ball. We could rebound with the guys we have in there if they possessed those traits. We were a plus rebounding team last year and we only lost Bryce inside. He possessed those traits though. Miller was useless on the glass and got served on defense BUT his offense was there and he was aggressive so its hard to take him out when he's one of the only scorers for you at times. We need more from Davis and Miller. They need to be more willing to work on the defensive end and more importantly, the defensive glass if we expect to turn it around.

-----no doubt we did get killed on the boards but some were thanks to the basketball bounce gods, some to height, and some to our fighting each other causing a loose ball to go the other way!!!

[CajunVic]

-no doubt we did get killed on the boards but some were thanks to the basketball bounce gods, some to height, and some to our fighting each other causing a loose ball to go the other way!!!

For one rebound all you saw were white shirts (there were 4 of them) and then a black one which you could not even see when the ball was coming down popped out with the ball. Either the black uniforms provide super powers or that just can't happen. Between lack of the rebounding, our poor 3 shooting and a short span when black 3 point shots fell, fell and fell, we were doomed. And then there were the steals and missed layups. Good golly, can we play basketball at all?

[ULvictory]

For one rebound all you saw were white shirts (there were 4 of them) and then a black one which you could not even see when the ball was coming down popped out with the ball. Either the black uniforms provide super powers or that just can't happen. Between lack of the rebounding, our poor 3 shooting and a short span when black 3 point shots fell, fell and fell, we were doomed. And then there were the steals and missed layups. Good golly, can we play basketball at all?

Yes, but times have changed and basketball is different today yada yada yada.....

[CajunVic]

Yes, but times have changed and basketball is different today yada yada yada.....

Oh, it's changed alright - like this game and the tech game - they used to be W's, now they L's. Oh well. No fundamentals on the boards and on defense.

[ULvictory]

Oh, it's changed alright - like this game and the tech game - they used to be W's, now they L's. Oh well. No fundamentals on the boards and on defense.

No no no no

Tech doesn’t count because Gant got injured. And it’s alright to lose to them because we have beaten them the other 4 out of 6 times.

Am I doing this right?

[CajunVic]

No no no no

Tech doesn’t count because Gant got injured. And it’s alright to lose to them because we have beaten them the other 4 out of 6 times.

Ah I doing this right?

Ok, back to the Fried Chicken thread where I have much more competence.

[CajunEXPRESS]

No no no no

Tech doesn't count because Gant got injured. And it's alright to lose to them because we have beaten them the other 4 out of 6 times.

Ah I doing this right?

Well 4/6 is pretty good, but now 4/7 is pushing towards 50%. And of course it 😏 counts, everybody has injuries, discipline, zebras 🦓, transfer issues. You don't get to choose when it matters.

[CajunVic]

Well 4/6 is pretty good, but now 4/7 is pushing towards 50%. And of course it 😏 counts, everybody has injuries, discipline, zebras 🦓, transfer issues. You don't get to choose when it matters.

Dr. M gets to choose when it matters.