MBB: Louisiana Puts 19-Game Home Winning Streak on the Line Against EKU

[HoustonCajun]

Gauntlet of a schedule. It's the last thing Marlin and KH have to gloat over.

No, sadly Marlin also gloats over UL being the only team in the country to have 2 games with 18 3 point games. That is about all he can hang his hat on. He lives and dies on the 3 point shot and each player playing an out of control isolation game.

[Turbine]

No, sadly Marlin also gloats over UL being the only team in the country to have 2 games with 18 3 point games. That is about all he can hang his hat on. He lives and dies on the 3 point shot and each player playing an out of control isolation game.

I would gloat over "2" EIGHTEEN 3-point, games too.

The sad part (from my point of view) is that this is the only option for the 13 year old system he runs.

He should have a more flexible system.

[ManAboutTown]

. . . sorry, but 19 in a row in about anything is impressive . . .

2 winning teams in that stretch. 6 non D1 wins.

There is nothing impressive about that list.

[JMV JustMyView]

2 winning teams in that stretch. 6 non D1 wins.

There is nothing impressive about that list.

I agree

[cajuns80]

I agree

and that EKU team he just beat has to be a bottom 20 D1 team...they were awful

[anhil8tor]

If you have a 19 game home win streak and no one is there to see it, does it actually exist?

[Cajunsmike]

and that EKU team he just beat has to be a bottom 20 D1 team...they were awful

EKU did not shoot well last night and they turned it over too much. However, they have 7 guys returning from a team that won 23 games last year. They also lost in the finals of their conference tournament, and in the finals of a pay for play post season tournament. They have one of the leading shot blockers in the nation and are one of the leading rebounding teams in the country. They are one of the favorites to win their league this year. I think saying they are awful is a little bit of hyperbole. That being said, the Cajuns will have to play better than they did last night to win on the road. Still too much trouble finishing at rim. The way they rebounded last night is encouraging however. They will win one of those road games eventually. When that happens, they will have confidence needed to have success in those venues. I think that is an issue right now. Hopefully they will gain that road win before conference play or before they are too far into that part of the schedule.

[cajuns80]

EKU did not shoot well last night and they turned it over too much. However, they have 7 guys returning from a team that won 23 games last year. They also lost in the finals of their conference tournament, and in the finals of a pay for play post season tournament. They have one of the leading shot blockers in the nation and are one of the leading rebounding teams in the country. They are one of the favorites to win their league this year. I think saying they are awful is a little bit of hyperbole. That being said, the Cajuns will have to play better than they did last night to win on the road. Still too much trouble finishing at rim. The way they rebounded last night is encouraging however. They will win one of those road games eventually. When that happens, they will have confidence needed to have success in those venues. I think that is an issue right now. Hopefully they will gain that road win before conference play or before they are too far into that part of the schedule.

Mike that EKU team was awful. Look at their NET. It was 2 bad basketball teams playing last night. They didn't have a single guard that I would take over ours, and ours outside of Fulks are not good. And to celebrate getting outrebounded still is why this basketball is going nowhere this year. They cannot win on the road playing ball like this. Nothing is changing with how the roster is constructed.

[Cajunfever]

EKU did not shoot well last night and they turned it over too much. However, they have 7 guys returning from a team that won 23 games last year. They also lost in the finals of their conference tournament, and in the finals of a pay for play post season tournament. They have one of the leading shot blockers in the nation and are one of the leading rebounding teams in the country. They are one of the favorites to win their league this year. I think saying they are awful is a little bit of hyperbole. That being said, the Cajuns will have to play better than they did last night to win on the road. Still too much trouble finishing at rim. The way they rebounded last night is encouraging however. They will win one of those road games eventually. When that happens, they will have confidence needed to have success in those venues. I think that is an issue right now. Hopefully they will gain that road win before conference play or before they are too far into that part of the schedule.

Our effort on defense was very good last night. We forced them into 19 turnovers while we had 10 which allowed us to have 10 more shot attempts then they had. That was the difference in the game. They outrebounded us by 1, we hit 1 more 3 pointer. Kobe's effort on the glass was much better than previous games. We are playing our starters too many minutes--they each had over 31 minutes last night with Joe, Themus and Kentrell at 34 minutes. Not sure why Michael Thomas did not play in the second half, only played 3 minutes in the first half. Butler had a nice game, he really needs to step up for us to be successful the rest of the year. I thought Ratliff made some nice plays but only had 7 minutes of action. Hardy played with nice energy last night. We need him and Fields to contribute.

[BeauCajun]

Thomas has an ankle issue that occurred in the first half.