"We didn't overlook Arkansas State either. This West division is pretty good. This isn't football where the teams are not very good. These teams are good."
Wow!
There are no valid excuses for this loss.
It doesn't matter how "due" a 10-straight loss team is or isn't.
When you let a 10-straight loss team jump out to a 19-5 lead, you did not have your team ready to play.
Insults football by calling the division weak. Bahahaha!!!
Get back to me when basketball finishes the season ranked in the Top 15.
This is something that makes it hard to be a fan. When the highest paid coach, with more backing than counterparts, can't put forth a team that's expected to own the division, something's off. I don't know if it's the coach, the culture, or state of NCAAB, but it's something. I can't give entertainment dollars from my family's budget to this, when my wife and kids don't enjoy watching. Plus, losing stinks.
How does someone with a voice of the school/program make this seem okay? I don't ask in jest, I really just want to understand - cause it's getting more difficult.
I am done with Coach Marlin. He doesn’t have to insult the football team’s accomplishment to explain his team’s loss to the worse team in the conference. He needs to take responsibility and get his team ready to win. We won games with him out. I know all I need to know that his days are numbered here. He’s overpaid and it’s time to bring winning basketball back to the dome!
Simply put, ball was not going in the basket the other night. That magnified all the other mistakes. That also allowed ULM to take the air out of the ball after they took the lead on Thursday night. We are OK at playing defense for 20 seconds but not 30. We frequently give up a basket in last 5 seconds of the clock when teams hold it. We still had way too many turnovers today but that was not highlighted due to the shots going in. Basketball today in both the pro and college game is all about which team shoots the three ball the best. That is the case almost regardless of record of the teams. ULM hit 11 threes the other night while we hit 14 today. This may have been the worst loss of the year for ULM and I am sure they will tell you it is because we were hot from outside. I am not sure the dominance of the three ball on outcome is a good thing for the game. In fact, I would argue it is a detriment to the game. Still if we want to be more successful going forward, we have to find better shooters or have the current guys shoot it like today more consistently. We also can't get more than a few points behind so teams don't hold it on us.
Holding the ball by the Warhawks came once they had the lead. You are correct in that the four 3 pointers in that stretch by the Warhawks caused the Cajuns to hang their heads some. Still, my main point remains. Team that shoots it best from three wins. Couple of those threes you mentioned by ULM were fairly well defended.
Although the following article is related to the NBA and not college, I think the premise holds. Basically it makes the point that the team that shoots the three well ball the best usually wins. Explains lots of upsets in the NBA this year. College game has lots of similarities. Personally, I think it is terrible for the game. Rules need to be changed to lessen the number of three pointers taken. College line should be moved to the NBA line and NBA line should go to 30 feet with short corner three being eliminated. One analyst suggested that after a certain no. of threes are attempted or made (say 40 in pros or 30 in college) every shot made from behind the arc count only as two points. That would be interesting would it not. Anyway the three game losing streak is explained by giving up 11 made threes in each one. We need to continue to work on insuring we lessen that number in remaining games.
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/2.point-shooting
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