Final: Louisiana 72, Texas 100

[Cajunsmike]

I trust his number crunching as well. I was going by memory when I said Samford had a winning record but I had not checked in a couple of weeks. I know their schedule has been challenging. By the same token, East Tennessee had a losing record last time I checked. They have had injuries but must have people back now. They played LSU to the wire a few days ago. As far as SMU goes, disappointment of losing to the Cajuns may have impacted the follow up games. The loss last second loss to Hawaii adds to their rough season. No one really knows how strong opponents will be in this day of rapid roster turnover. We will begin to see how prepared Cajuns are for conference play starting Thursday.

[IberiaCajun]

Based on the D1 teams we have faced so far…

McNeese 3-10
Samford 6-7
ETSU 4-9
SMU 5-8
Harvard 8-5
La Tech 7-5
UNO 3-8

So that’s 2 out of 7 teams with a winning record

36-45 against teams other than us

36-52 if you include the losses to us

Thanks for the research! It is always good to know who our wins are against.

[ZoomZoom]

Based on the D1 teams we have faced so far…

McNeese 3-10
Samford 6-7
ETSU 4-9
SMU 5-8
Harvard 8-5
La Tech 7-5
UNO 3-8

So that’s 2 out of 7 teams with a winning record

36-45 against teams other than us

36-52 if you include the losses to us

This^

As Mike and others have pointed out, this team is an obvious work in progress. Any talk today of being a post season caliber team is ludicrous.

[VObserver]

I did not watch the Texas game, but I have watched Chris Beard teams at Little Rock and at Texas Tech. They play defense, and their half court offense is patient, disciplined, has excellent spacing, excellent ball movement and excellent play away from the ball. In other words, everything that Bob Marlin teams don't have.

[CajunNation]

I did not watch the Texas game, but I have watched Chris Beard teams at Little Rock and at Texas Tech. They play defense, and their half court offense is patient, disciplined, has excellent spacing, excellent ball movement and excellent play away from the ball. In other words, everything that Bob Marlin teams don't have.

Can we send a belated Christmas present to Bob?

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[Cajunsmike]

I listened to the Texas game. One difference from the Beard teams of the past was they shot the three ball early in the shot clock and in transition as well. I don’t know if that had anything to do with Beard being suspended and someone else in charge.

[cajuns80]

I listened to the Texas game. One difference from the Beard teams of the past was they shot the three ball early in the shot clock and in transition as well. I don’t know if that had anything to do with Beard being suspended and someone else in charge.

They shot early in the clock because our defense was never getting set. Everything they shot was wide open.

[zephyr]

They shot early in the clock because our defense was never getting set. Everything they shot was wide open.

Correct. Texas loves transition as they are amongst the top fast break teams in the country. It just turns out we were giving them those open shots and they took them and they hit them. We are actually percentage wise a much better 3 point shooting team.

[Cajunsmike]

I think we had trouble setting our defense because of all the pressured shots we were forced to take. When that happens, floor balance is off as you try to get back on defense.

[Turbine]

It was Texas A&M Commerce but Marcus Carr hit 10 3-pointers Tuesday.

Perhaps Texas is good at shooting 3s