MBB Final: Louisiana 56, Houston 71

[angeleast]

Dayton was always able to get those kind of games. Never understood that.

Their coach tries

[ZoomZoom]

Yes, I saw that. For a decent portion of the game the deficit was over 20. I had to check the score twice when I saw it. How is Dayton getting all of these schools to go play them not to change the subject. They've gotten Miami, Kansas and Virginia Tech to go play them at their place beating all three of them. I never thought I'd see Kansas travelling to play a lower level team like that but they got 3 P5 teams to play them at home. We need to do some serious investigating.

Dayton has a good pedigree. They won the NIT Championship in ‘62 (THE tournament before the NCAA came along). They’ve remained relevant since, with only a few off stretches. Amazingly, they’ve only had two automatic bids since the NCAA’s started.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton...27s_basketball


Also found this...

The Dayton basketball team...18 NCAA Tournament appearances ...They once played in the championship game of the tournament, in 1967 when the Flyers lost to UCLA 79-64 in the title game.

Overall, the Flyers have a 19-20 record in the NCAA tournament, including three appearances in the Elite Eight and seven appearances in the Sweet Sixteen.

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So 11 of their 18 appearances, they made the round of 16. Impressive.

Basketball is their all in sport. Football is FCS since 93. Was D-1 thru ‘76. Dropped to D-3 between 76 and 93. Won a few D-3 titles. Did appear in the 1951 Salad Bowl. Nope, not making that up.

They been hosting NCAA play in round for years, same travel logistics for big teams traveling makes sense.

https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/n...played-in.html

[Policarp]

Big Fish finishes with a bang et shock da world...
...Cajuns win by 2!

Also.....
Jameson is so awesome!!!!!

[ManAboutTown]

Regardless of what we think of this coach, winning tonight would be a big boost for our program. And we desperately need that…

[CajunEXPRESS]

Regardless of what we think of this coach, winning tonight would be a big boost for our program. And we desperately need that…

Wanting and expecting are two equal emotions. I’d love for Bob to start winning at extremely high levels, go deep into the NCAA dance and become a great legend coaching us into old age leaving a unparalleled legacy of greatness.

A random win isn’t moving the needle. No UL fan wants a loss ever

[ManAboutTown]

Wanting and expecting are two equal emotions. I’d love for Bob to start winning at extremely high levels, go deep into the NCAA dance and become a great legend coaching us into old age leaving a unparalleled legacy of greatness.

A random win isn’t moving the needle. No UL fan wants a loss ever

Actually people do want Marlin to lose. I hear it all of the time.

But a win against a top 15 team would be a feather in the cap of the program. The fact remains, if he doesn’t make the dance, he’s not roaming the sidelines in 2022.

We need to win this game for the program.

[ZoomZoom]

Two possessions, two turnovers.

[ManAboutTown]

Our assist to turnover /ratio is 0.74

Not a typo

[Million$Mullet]

Solid offensive start.

[ZoomZoom]

Actually people do want Marlin to lose. I hear it all of the time.

Said it the other day. Some rather be right than see the Cajuns win. Same people will be unhappy with the new coach. Book it.