2019-20 MBB: Louisiana 81 Detroit Mercy 62

[Cajunsmike]

I know we've heard how great Uc-Irvine is but they've had a tough run of it thus far including a loss to this same Detroit Mercy team.

Detroit Mercy hit 15 three balls against Cal Irvine. That is somewhat luck and tough to beat anyone when that happens. I expect a tough game tomorrow as Irvine was off today. At Wyoming, a couple of guys who had been playing had minor injuries according to what Jay said today.

[IberiaCajun]

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[zephyr]

Detroit Mercy hit 15 three balls against Cal Irvine. That is somewhat luck and tough to beat anyone when that happens. I expect a tough game tomorrow as Irvine was off today. At Wyoming, a couple of guys who had been playing had minor injuries according to what Jay said today.

Mike, I've seen DM play a couple times this year. They are essentially a one man show. They do not do anything particularly that well. If Irvine is that good, you would expect them to not have a problem with a team that struggles to score across the board. We were told that they would be one of our toughest non conference games and they may be but they aren't nearly as good as most of us thought they were.

[zephyr]

Was on the road, listened to the game. I always liked Justin simply because he tried. Even despite his weight issue and insistence of dribbling down low.

But if I remember correctly, Justin's issue was he was not considered as a first, second or third option by Marlin. Well, seems that hasn't changed at DM, and any idea of payback fell flat, along with the "greener pasture" doesn't look that great.

I've seen DM play a couple times thus far this year and he's the same player. He can come in and give a spark or he'll come in and disrupt the offensive flow. I liked JM when he played within the offense and concentrated on rebounding and being a catalyst on offense with his passing. He was actually a good passer when he was playing well. He just wanted to be the man and took every opportunity he got to score and he often ended up forcing things that weren't there hence the large number of turnovers. That was why he drove me nuts and in some ways, I'm happy to see it hasn't changed and was just us holding him back.

[Cajunsmike]

Mike, I've seen DM play a couple times this year. They are essentially a one man show. They do not do anything particularly that well. If Irvine is that good, you would expect them to not have a problem with a team that struggles to score across the board. We were told that they would be one of our toughest non conference games and they may be but they aren't nearly as good as most of us thought they were.

Irvine has not done as well as expected. They were good last year and have most of their guys back. You never know why something like that occurs. Still, they have to possess some talent in order to have accomplished what they did last season.