We are Cajuns Basketball

[Hatch]

Can this team win 3 games in March?

In all honesty playing 3 games in 3 days next week will be an indicator of this. It will be interesting to see how the bench can contribute and keep minutes down for the starters. I want to see how Kobe does going 3 in a row with his fitness and if there is any drop in his production on day 2 or 3 can Butler step up. Can Ratliff come in and be effective on both ends of the floor if Kitenge gets in foul trouble? Can Thomas effectively run the point for 10 min so Fulks doesn’t have to go 35 minutes or more 3 days in a row. Can Hardy and Fields come in and contribute in a close competitive game especially if Garnett’s shots aren’t falling? It still surprised me those 2 didn’t see the floor at Toledo. Wright St will be a worthy opponent, they are 0-3 but played a neck and neck game against Toledo that they lost by 1 point and also played competitively at Indiana last night losing by 9.

[cajuns80]

DEFENSE #1

We can shoot which is an improvement from last year

Single digit losses again this year

Everyone can take the ball to the rim

Our Big Boy can actually play and will put up some numbers this year

Will be another special season ( w/o injury’s (

With this non conference schedule, single digit losses is not even close to an accomplishment. I have many concerns about how we are going to win games, especially with how we imploded at Toledo. If Charles gets in foul trouble like he did, we will struggle to win games.

[cajuns80]

In all honesty playing 3 games in 3 days next week will be an indicator of this. It will be interesting to see how the bench can contribute and keep minutes down for the starters. I want to see how Kobe does going 3 in a row with his fitness and if there is any drop in his production on day 2 or 3 can Butler step up. Can Ratliff come in and be effective on both ends of the floor if Kitenge gets in foul trouble? Can Thomas effectively run the point for 10 min so Fulks doesn’t have to go 35 minutes or more 3 days in a row. Can Hardy and Fields come in and contribute in a close competitive game especially if Garnett’s shots aren’t falling? It still surprised me those 2 didn’t see the floor at Toledo. Wright St will be a worthy opponent, they are 0-3 but played a neck and neck game against Toledo that they lost by 1 point and also played competitively at Indiana last night losing by 9.

Can Ratliff start when Marlin realizes Kitenge is not helping the team? Issue becomes they didn't go get a big and will struggle without a serviceable body down there to rebound and play defense.

[Million$Mullet]

Can Ratliff start when Marlin realizes Kitenge is not helping the team? Issue becomes they didn't go get a big and will struggle without a serviceable body down there to rebound and play defense.

I’m a big fan of Ratliff. Him adjusting to the speed of the college game is what is concerning to me as he seems to get himself into some silly foul situations. He’s gonna be a monster by the time he leaves.

[CajunNation]

Can this team win 3 games in March?

With these shooters, yes.

[Hatch]

With these shooters, yes.

Wednesday night was impressive breaking the school record but keep in mind that was LC, and 6 of those 18 threes came from Garnett. Now let me say I like Kentrell Garnett, love the walk-on to starter story, and he is a better on ball defender than most people realize. However his production down the stretch has noticeably tapered off the past 2 seasons. In his 10 career post season games he has scored a total of 26 points and is a very pedestrian 7-29 (24%) from three. In fact he has only hit double digits in the scoring column one time after February 1st each of the past 2 seasons. I know Mike theorized last year on the podcast that maybe he was just worn down after drawing the defensive assignments of the opposing team's top scorer every game and that may be true. Whatever has led to it he will need to step up this year and have a few big scoring games come tournament time if we want to win those 3 in March.

[cajuns80]

Wednesday night was impressive breaking the school record but keep in mind that was LC, and 6 of those 18 threes came from Garnett. Now let me say I like Kentrell Garnett, love the walk-on to starter story, and he is a better on ball defender than most people realize. However his production down the stretch has noticeably tapered off the past 2 seasons. In his 10 career post season games he has scored a total of 26 points and is a very pedestrian 7-29 (24%) from three. In fact he has only hit double digits in the scoring column one time after February 1st each of the past 2 seasons. I know Mike theorized last year on the podcast that maybe he was just worn down after drawing the defensive assignments of the opposing team's top scorer every game and that may be true. Whatever has led to it he will need to step up this year and have a few big scoring games come tournament time if we want to win those 3 in March.

Garnett is not a starting caliber 2 guard in this league. Our backcourt is way too small with him at the 2.

[Old-DaBoot]

We get them in our house first conference game of the year

[ZoomZoom]

We get them in our house first home conference game of the year

FIFY

[CajunEXPRESS]

Can they compete for a championship in basketball?

Absolutely. There’s no FCS or FBS in basketball thus no transition.