MBB G16 Final: Louisiana 76, Georgia State 89

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None of this was said about Marquetti until after he got hurt. Actually when Gant got hurt before Marquetti the same excuses started...even after Gant got hurt, nobody said, including you “don’t worry we have Marquetti, he is the one guy we can’t afford to lose” you tend to insenuate that you are the only one who watches the team. Just because people aren’t satusfied doesn’t mean they don’t watch or support the team. Marquetti is good but he is not a 1 man wrecking crew like he is being made out to be. If he was that important it would have been said by someone..anyone at least once before he got hurt.

Marquetti is one of those quiet players. There was a game last year and out of nowhere he blew past everyone and threw it down. There was discussion of that somewhere on RP. Teams got us figured out now, we have to adjust.

[CrazyCajun]

Speak for yourself.

https://forumeus.com/...-new-big-three

I do speak for myself. If your post said we can’t win without Marquetti it would make sense to what i was saying. Not rocket science to predict Marquetti and Gant would be the 2 best players.

[CrazyCajun]

Marquetti is one of those quiet players. There was a game last year and out of nowhere he blew past everyone and threw it down. There was discussion of that somewhere on RP. Teams got us figured out now, we have to adjust.

Not arguing that the guy is really good. The goal post get moved in basketball more than any other program. It’s always some reason why “we can’t”.

[ULvictory]

Not arguing that the guy is really good. The goal post get moved in basketball more than any other program. It’s always some reason why “we can’t”.

Seriously, did we just become best friends?

I’ve only been beating this drum for the past 3 months LOL

[CajunVic]

Seriously, did we just become best friends?

I’ve only been beating this drum for the past 3 months LOL

Kissin Cousins

[ULvictory]

Kissin Cousins

Ok, maybe not THAT but I think we see eye to eye on all of this.

[CajunVic]

Ok, maybe not THAT but I think we see eye to eye on all of this.

That is an eye to eye concept.

[CajunEXPRESS]

OI’m 👁 to 👁

[CajunAmos]

Agreed. They simply have a better overall squad than we do.

And it appeared that they were playing a good amount of freshmen & sophomores. Their team balance shows three freshmen, four sophomores, four juniors, and four seniors. Additionally, they show only guards and forwards on their roster but have a 6'9" senior, a 6'9" junior, a 6'9" sophomore, and a 6'8" freshman with most of the others balanced between 6'3" and 6'7". They won't take big hits in losses of players every year and their balanced size lets them play fast. They've always been able to recruit 3-point shooters which is an absolute must in the college game today.

As stated, we need to recruit MUCH better.

[ManAboutTown]

Some really good posts in this thread. Literally had this exact convo with someone yesterday morning.

If Justin Miller were to go down, he’d be the best player we’ve ever had and the team wouldn’t be able to win without him. I think we all understand that the team is better with MM, but the season should not be a total loss just because he went down. But you already see the posturing. Remember when Russell was the best recruit we signed out of HS in years? Yea, seems like a loooooong time ago.

[ULvictory]

Some really good posts in this thread. Literally had this exact convo with someone yesterday morning.

If Justin Miller were to go down, he'd be the best player we've ever had and the team wouldn't be able to win without him. I think we all understand that the team is better with MM, but the season should not be a total loss just because he went down. But you already see the posturing. Remember when Russell was the best recruit we signed out of HS in years? Yea, seems like a loooooong time ago.

Oh, it'll definitely be the talking point if we miss out on the postseason. We will miss out because "we lost Marquetti." Just like we heard how the Tech loss was due to "Gant getting hurt in the first half." Or better yet, some attempted to sugar coat the loss by mentioning that we had previously beaten Tech so many times before this match-up as if it justifies getting spanked by them at home.

Before the season, the talking point was the fact that any shortcomings would be due to losing Stove, Washington, and Bartley. And this was before the season even began! We hadn't even played a game yet. So, for those who wonder why people complain more about basketball, it's exactly this. There's always an excuse or a justification for underachievement within the program while these coaches are getting paid top notch salaries compared to our conference foes.

Quit making excuses, quit sugar coating our program as if we are some powerhouse, and go out there and earn your nice salary. Plain and simple.

[Turbine]

Before the season, the talking point was the fact that any shortcomings would be due to losing Stove, Washington, and Bartley. And this was before the season even began! We hadn't even played a game yet. So, for those who wonder why people complain more about basketball, it's exactly this....

That shouldn't be hard to understand.

When last season ENDED UL had 41 years of experience on the roster.

When this season BEGAN there was 22 years of experience on the roster.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Kobe was the only freshman we signed ready to be great. His injury was known, but Marlin had only role players and projects. So losing Marquetti, plus Kobe actually was a big hit. Now Cajuns Mike has documented that Russell had a preseason injury. No doubt he’s not hitting open threes like he did last year.

The projects, IMO was Gladney maybe viewed as a great redshirt freshman next year. Don’t know if we knew about his concussion issues. Clearly Lafayette seems a 3 year project if ever.

So losing Kobe last January was a big blow. It’s not one guy this year.

He’s gotta do a better job of getting freshman who can possibly be all conference at some point. And have significant freshman years

[ULvictory]

That shouldn't be hard to understand.

When last season ENDED UL had 41 years of experience on the roster.

When this season BEGAN there was 22 years of experience on the roster.

So, we should just set up that narrative before any games are even played like it was this year?

Yes, losing those three guys was a big blow. But we should have enough talent already to not have to use this line of thinking before the season even starts.

[wscoog]

The worst part is the lazy defense. Multiple times gsu would dribble it up against a set defense make 1 pass to a guy for a wide open 3. Way too easy for d1 basketball.