MBB Final: Louisiana 72, Troy 57

[moorecajun]

I looked at their schedule too and yeah, it is a head scratcher. They got an ACC road win, but FSU started the year 1-9. Still an ACC road victory and those are hard to come by.

Doing what we did to Troy without Brown was super impressive. Doing that to any league team would have been impressive.

This team is certainly trending up. Hopefully some buzz is growing around the community. Let’s get out to the dome and support them.

The students did their part and brought a very nice crowd.

Very good win, let's keep it up.

GEAUX CAJUNS!

[zephyr]

Scott Cross has a really weird team.

Troy lost to something called the University of St. Thomas Tommies and SIU - Edwardsville.
They also beat FSU and have been competitive in league play (other than getting housed by a bad App St team).

Even without Brown, sounds like we beat a team we should've beaten. Especially at home.

Troy played about as bad as a team can play, especially in the first half. They literally missed two dunks and a layup while getting seemingly every call. They also didn't hit any outside shots and once they recovered from the punch in the face we gave them to go up 20 in the first half, they just couldn't recover. I wouldn't expect to see them play like that again and certainly not in the SBC tournament.

[ZoomZoom]

Scott Cross has a really weird team.

Troy lost to something called the University of St. Thomas Tommies and SIU - Edwardsville.
They also beat FSU and have been competitive in league play (other than getting housed by a bad App St team).

Even without Brown, sounds like we beat a team we should've beaten. Especially at home.

Scott Cross’ team had poor ball handling on display the first half. And when your tallest player makes 2 of the 3 treys your team makes, it again makes one question his guards. Didn’t expect that from Troy.

It was obvious last night whose game plan and team was better.

Weird, maybe, but Cross recruited them.

I want to see the same effort Saturday night. I’m sure the staff challenged the team with JB out…to go prove they’re a good team w/o JB.

The second half I realize the plan was to extend our possessions, just missed shots that should of been made. Was impressed Troy never got that typical big run 99% of teams down make. We still had 3 time outs up in the board late in the game and Troy had smoked all theirs.

[ManAboutTown]

Scott Cross’ team had poor ball handling on display the first half. And when your tallest player makes 2 of the 3 treys your team makes, it again makes one question his guards. Didn’t expect that from Troy.

It was obvious last night whose game plan and team was better.

Weird, maybe, but Cross recruited them.

I want to see the same effort Saturday night. I’m sure the staff challenged the team with JB out…to go prove they’re a good team w/o JB.

The second half I realize the plan was to extend our possessions, just missed shots that should of been made. Was impressed Troy never got that typical big run 99% of teams down make. We still had 3 time outs up in the board late in the game and Troy had smoked all theirs.

I've seen USM play 3 times and I've now seen Troy play twice.
I have absolutely no idea how Southern Miss beat Miss St and I'm even more befuddled as to how Troy beat FSU.

[CajunEXPRESS]

The students did their part and brought a very nice crowd.

Very good win, let's keep it up.

GEAUX CAJUNS!

UL isn’t doing its part from a visual perspective. Those empty seats reserved for the visitors make the dome look empty because of the tv view from other side.

[Hatch]

As well as this team has played I still think there are only 2 guys with the capability of putting the team on their back when they have to and that is Brown and Williams. Last night Greg picked up his 2nd foul with just under 9 minutes to go in the first half and ending up sitting the rest of the half. You are then without your 2 best players and undersized with Richards in foul trouble too. At the time the lead was 17 and Troy has the ability to score quick, could have easily got it to single digits or closer before the half. Instead the Cajuns extended the lead to 26 before closing the half at 24. They continued to play great team basketball in that stretch and Julien proved he still had the ability to takeover a game even if just in small spurts. That was my biggest takeaway from last night.

[CajunJeaux]

UL isn’t doing its part from a visual perspective. Those empty seats reserved for the visitors make the dome look empty because of the tv view from other side.

No clue why an entire section is dedicated to visitors when there are never more than 5 rows of visitors, on the best of nights.

[CajunJeaux]

As well as this team has played I still think there are only 2 guys with the capability of putting the team on their back when they have to and that is Brown and Williams. Last night Greg picked up his 2nd foul with just under 9 minutes to go in the first half and ending up sitting the rest of the half. You are then without your 2 best players and undersized with Richards in foul trouble too. At the time the lead was 17 and Troy has the ability to score quick, could have easily got it to single digits or closer before the half. Instead the Cajuns extended the lead to 26 before closing the half at 24. They continued to play great team basketball in that stretch and Julien proved he still had the ability to takeover a game even if just in small spurts. That was my biggest takeaway from last night.

Lewis II played really well last night too.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Lewis II played really well last night too.

He’s a godsend as Theo’s replacement.

[HoustonCajun]

No clue why an entire section is dedicated to visitors when there are never more than 5 rows of visitors, on the best of nights.

While the empty seats are not a good look, the Dome looks very impressive on TV! 17-4 should bring a great crowd on Sat. This team deserves it and it is time for support from students and the community.

[ManAboutTown]

UL isn’t doing its part from a visual perspective. Those empty seats reserved for the visitors make the dome look empty because of the tv view from other side.

That's not why it looks empty.

[CajunEXPRESS]

That's not why it looks empty.

This is a big visual. The Dome was nearly half full according to official attendance numbers. We no longer occupy the upper sections by design, so my basketball facility capacity is around 6000.

When the camera pans the crowd it appears much better.