Happy to see everyone excited

[cajuns80]

I get this line of thinking 100%. I do and its how I felt going into this season. But, if this team is able to close out a tougher than thought SBC with a regular season title but somehow falter to someone who is hot in the tournament, I will not see this season as a failure. I'm sorry.

It's a failure if you do not win the tournament. That is the only goal for Marlin. Getting the 1 seed for the tourney is very important though. Letting USM and Marshall battle it out on the other side of the bracket is crucial.

[zephyr]

It's a failure if you do not win the tournament. That is the only goal for Marlin. Getting the 1 seed for the tourney is very important though. Letting USM and Marshall battle it out on the other side of the bracket is crucial.

I want to make the tournament as much as anyone. However, if we were to win the regular season but get tripped up in the tournament, it would be a disappointment but I'd also consider it a great season.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I want to make the tournament as much as anyone. However, if we were to win the regular season but get tripped up in the tournament, it would be a disappointment but I'd also consider it a great season.

Clearly your definition of great is somewhat lower than mine. Maybe we should go to something a little less subjective. Rating the season 1-10. A regular season championship maybe 7, tournament championship 8, a NCAA win a 9, and ten for sweet sixteen win or better. We definitely aren’t great yet.

[CajunVic]

Clearly your definition of great is somewhat lower than mine. Maybe we should go to something a little less subjective. Rating the season 1-10. A regular season championship maybe 7, tournament championship 8, a NCAA win a 9, and ten for sweet sixteen win or better. We definitely aren’t great yet.

I see in this analysis only 8 teams in the country are great . . . a little tough don’t you think . . .

[ZoomZoom]

Not excited here, just very content. Win the next two, then everyone will be greatly excited.

The TOs and FT issues cannot exist this week in order to be successful. Those are up to coaches to get the guys focused AND the team to respond.

[zephyr]

Clearly your definition of great is somewhat lower than mine. Maybe we should go to something a little less subjective. Rating the season 1-10. A regular season championship maybe 7, tournament championship 8, a NCAA win a 9, and ten for sweet sixteen win or better. We definitely aren’t great yet.

I don't think its lower. I think its different. You clearly don't define the season, you define the few games in March as a higher metric of accomplishment but I was speaking about the overall season. If we win a conference championship, that would likely mean we have to win Thursday and probably drop no more than 1 game left on the schedule. That's a 25-5 record and conference champs. I'd call that a great season. If we didn't make the tournament, it wouldn't make the regular season any less special. It's hard as hell to win a conference championship and it builds consistency in a program which is better for the long term.

However, of course the season would be all that more special to make the tournament. That's a goal and an important one.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I don't think its lower. I think its different. You clearly don't define the season, you define the few games in March as a higher metric of accomplishment but I was speaking about the overall season. If we win a conference championship, that would likely mean we have to win Thursday and probably drop no more than 1 game left on the schedule. That's a 25-5 record and conference champs. I'd call that a great season. If we didn't make the tournament, it wouldn't make the regular season any less special. It's hard as hell to win a conference championship and it builds consistency in a program which is better for the long term.

However, of course the season would be all that more special to make the tournament. That's a goal and an important one.

I don’t limit the season to regular, tournament, or the dance. It’s how you define your program. Everyone in the SBC gets to the tournament. What do you call a team that wins the regular season championship and goes to the sweet sixteen vs a team that wins the regular season championship, and loses the semifinal. Plus Duke would never call making the NCAA great but we might.

[CajunVic]

Duke may not be a good example this year . . .

[Turbine]

"Great" is a moving target.

A baby's first words or steps are great.

[lcitsh]

I don't think its lower. I think its different. You clearly don't define the season, you define the few games in March as a higher metric of accomplishment but I was speaking about the overall season. If we win a conference championship, that would likely mean we have to win Thursday and probably drop no more than 1 game left on the schedule. That's a 25-5 record and conference champs. I'd call that a great season. If we didn't make the tournament, it wouldn't make the regular season any less special. It's hard as hell to win a conference championship and it builds consistency in a program which is better for the long term.

However, of course the season would be all that more special to make the tournament. That's a goal and an important one.

The Cajuns' non-conference strength of schedule is ranked #182, dead square in the middle of the 363 Division 1 teams. The overall strength of schedule is ranked #258, which means the Sun Belt teams are significantly weaker than the Division 1 teams the Cajuns have played out of conference. If beating this type of competition is your definition of "special," and then they can't finish the job by winning the conference tournament, then indeed, your standards are very different.

[Million$Mullet]

Fkin party poopers up in here

[CajunJeaux]

The Cajuns' non-conference strength of schedule is ranked #182, dead square in the middle of the 363 Division 1 teams. The overall strength of schedule is ranked #258, which means the Sun Belt teams are significantly weaker than the Division 1 teams the Cajuns have played out of conference. If beating this type of competition is your definition of "special," and then they can't finish the job by winning the conference tournament, then indeed, your standards are very different.

Agreed. Great explanation.