Bob Marlin

[ULvictory]

Wait Jay said we are easily the second best program in the sbc

"Once again, that age of entitlement rears its ugly head. Maybe it's how Millenials are these days."

[ZoomZoom]

I found this:
So, in the last 6 years the Cajuns have made it to the conference tournament championship game one time. In 2014 the Cajuns beat the Panthers in OT and Bryant Mbamalu was the MVP. The Cajuns have never made it back to the conference finals since then. In 2018 they lost to UTA in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, GAST has won the tournament 3 times in the last 5 years. They have been in the finals 4 times in the last 6 years.

I believe Bob Marlin said he wanted to compete for championships. You cannot compete for the championship if you do not make it to the finals.

2014
Louisiana–Lafayette 82–81 (OT) Georgia State Bryant Mbamalu, Louisiana-Lafayette
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2015
Georgia State 38–36 Georgia Southern Kevin Ware, Georgia State
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2016
Little Rock 70–50 Louisiana–Monroe Roger Woods, Little Rock
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2017
Troy 59–53 Texas State Wesley Person Jr., Troy
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2018
Georgia State 74–61 Texas–Arlington D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
2019
Georgia State 73–64 Texas–Arlington Malik Benlevi, Georgia State
Campus Sites – First Round
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)

So the 2019 regular season and tournament champion pulls a 14th seed.

[ManAboutTown]

Another selection Sunday has come and gone. Another opportunity to promote our brand and our university.

Aaaand Bob’s basketball team is a a no show, again.

We are so irrelevant in basketball, it’s not even debatable. But hey, at least we recruit nice kids...

[ManAboutTown]

So the 2019 regular season and tournament champion pulls a 14th seed.

That’s how awful this league is perceived to be. And how awful it actually is.

But hey, TOP 4!!!!!!!

[RaginScotsman]

Another selection Sunday has come and gone. Another opportunity to promote our brand and our university.

Aaaand Bob’s basketball team is a a no show, again.

We are so irrelevant in basketball, it’s not even debatable. But hey, at least we recruit nice kids...

Hey, they still haven’t announced the teams the teams that will receive a invite to the prestigious Vegas16.

[Turbine]

Chew on this a little while: we had 4 conference losses to teams with RPI worse than 200. If we win all 4, we are the undisputed #1 seed, win 3 of 4 and we are at worst a 2 seed. I certainly don't think it is too much to ask to be undefeated vs the dregs of Division 1.

Mind blown

[ZoomZoom]

That’s how awful this league is perceived to be. And how awful it actually is.

Agree, except not perceived. The bottom of the belt is that bad, and on any given night the top team can lose. GAST dropped 5 games in league. 11th place Troy took them out once this year.

[zephyr]

With all due respect, your expectations are just not good enough. There's nothing wrong with 4th on rare occasions. This is the SBC expectations should be top two. But that's my view.

I’d never hire a guy who consistently finishes 4th or worse.

We should be building a program that wins the SBC regular season and does it on a fairly consistent clip. If we do that, the postseason and NCAA appearances will follow. Its easier to recruit to a winner and build a program that does rather than just get to the NCAA tournament every so often and lose in the first round.

[Cajunfanatico]

We still play men's basketball? Who knew?

[ManAboutTown]

The apathy is the biggest concern.
Outside of the social club, the gluttons for punishment and the generation that remembers Jesse’s teams, the public at large (including students) could give a fuhck about this basketball program.

Another thing that’s funny is how mad y’all get at Charlie for posting numbers and facts. You can complain about his persistence, but the man is telling the truth. Numbers don’t lie. Next year will be a decade with only one tourney appearance. Twenty years of purgatory. Twenty years of irrelevance.

Amazing how happy and co__ortable people are.

[axg8750]

I recently spoke with Mike, he told me to relay all of you this:

Reason is he gave up posting here for Lent and will also try to limit my visits here in general. He also had some medical procedures done on his legs and has one more coming up next week.

I think we can all wish him for the best.

I do wish him a speedy recovery. The reason I asked is because of the timing that he went silent on Ragin’ Pagin is very convenient.

Hopefully no RP for lent = less stress = faster recovery.

[IberiaCajun]

So the 2019 regular season and tournament champion pulls a 14th seed.

That's right.
They take on Houston, the #3 seed, whose record is only 31-3!
They don't stand a chance.
They are ranked 121st in the NCAA, so a 14th seed might be generous.
Houston was ranked 4th, yet they got a #3 seed.
They probably feel sighted. Wouldn't want to face them.