Final: Louisiana 72, Texas 100

[JamesTheJeweler]

I keep reading the same crap. Year 13 and we still have people that don't see the trend. EVERY time we play decent to good competition, they shoot the lights out. There is a reason for that. We have a defensive specialist coach that has very rarely fielded a good defensive team. Do people realize this?

Honest question, because obviously I didn't watch that embarrassment: How many of those shots were contested or with hand in face? Texas shot over 50% from the field and 54% from 3. How many of those shots were wide ass open?

Dude, their speed and ball movement was impressive. We looked like a high school team compared to them

[ZoomZoom]

Dude, their speed and ball movement was impressive. We looked like a high school team compared to them

Sounds like a 1 seed v 16 seed type of game.

[MountainDew]

I keep reading the same crap. Year 13 and we still have people that don't see the trend. EVERY time we play decent to good competition, they shoot the lights out. There is a reason for that. We have a defensive specialist coach that has very rarely fielded a good defensive team. Do people realize this?

Honest question, because obviously I didn't watch that embarrassment: How many of those shots were contested or with hand in face? Texas shot over 50% from the field and 54% from 3. How many of those shots were wide ass open?

This right here. I’ve been screaming it for years. If every team with a pulse we play shoots the lights out, what does that tell you? We’re the most unlucky program in CBB history? Hell no. It should tell you that our defense is trash. Or at the least our defensive scheme is trash. If you believe that we just keep having bad luck with teams shooting well against us then I have ocean front property in Arizona to sell you.

[zephyr]

Texas beat Gonzaga 93-74 and shot worse from 2,3, and ft line. Silver lining.

Correct Jacob. Texas is an excellent team with lots of talent in all positions. They shoot it especially well at home. I would have liked for us to slow them down at the beginning before letting them get hot but they are tough and they destroyed Gonzaga on that same court. I've seen them play 3 or 4 times now and they can be a contender at the end of the year.

[zephyr]

This is a typical example of Bob Marlin coached team against better competition. UNO lost by 21 to #1 Purdue and that was a butt kicking. 28 point loss could have been 40+ but they pulled Bevo off the corpse.

Actually, that wasn't a butt kicking. UNO was lingering around 12-13 points at the 5 or 6 minute mark. They also got the raw end of some poor officiating and had guys pick up fouls and foul out on crappy calls.

[zephyr]

Best game they played all year….according to Baghdad Bob

Yeah, he must have not watched the Gonzaga game

[ULvictory]

Yeah, he must have not watched the Gonzaga game

Oh no. He said in the postgame that they played better against us than against Gonzaga. No lie.

[zeppelincajun]

Oh no. He said in the postgame that they played better against us than against Gonzaga. No lie.

Gonzaga was a warm up for them. Everything up until this point has basically been exhibition. You don’t win 27 games 5 years ago and walk around without a target on your back. At this point, it would be merciful to our players if Bob retired. Every team we play throws their best shot + the kitchen sink at us because of the Bob fear factor.

[Million$Mullet]

Oh no. He said in the postgame that they played better against us than against Gonzaga. No lie.

The direct correlation is that they played better against us because compared to Gonzaga, we were a walk in the park. I always play better against a midget compared to when I play my 6’6 brother.

[JMV JustMyView]

The direct correlation is that they played better against us because compared to Gonzaga, we were a walk in the park. I always play better against a midget compared to when I play my 6’6 brother.

Get your brother to UL. They could use him.

[ZoomZoom]

Mothership analytics gives us a 40.8% chance at CCU, 41.5% at ODU. No point spread out yet.

[ULvictory]

Gonzaga was a warm up for them. Everything up until this point has basically been exhibition. You don’t win 27 games 5 years ago and walk around without a target on your back. At this point, it would be merciful to our players if Bob retired. Every team we play throws their best shot + the kitchen sink at us because of the Bob fear factor.

Well as previously mentioned, teams celebrate in the locker room like they have won the Super Bowl after they beat us because that’s what it’s like to beat the Ragin’ Cajuns.

Last night struck a chord by the way we played. I get that Texas is a good team, but it’s always the same song and dance with us: beat bad teams, boost the record, then lose to good teams before explaining how those good teams “came to play because it was us they were playing.” It happens every year. When are we going to stop embracing mediocrity and complacency?