MBB Final: Louisiana 66, Northern Illinois 64

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DEKALB, Illinois – The Louisiana men's basketball team takes a break from conference play as they face Northern Illinois in round 2 of the MAC-SBC Challenge on Saturday in DeKalb, Illinois.

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DEKALB, Illinois – The Louisiana men's basketball team takes a break from conference play as they face Northern Illinois in round 2 of the MAC-SBC Challenge on Saturday in DeKalb, Illinois.

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Really hope the league re-evaluates this. Complete waste of money.

[Cajunsmike]

It will be reevaluated. One of the reasons for it is to get home games vs other D1 opponents for 2 mid major conferences. They simply need 1 game in November and 1 in December

[IdeaL]

Cajuns trail 21-14 with 12:00 to go in the 1st half

[IdeaL]

Louisiana - 28
NIU - 39

Halftime

[60swerethebest]

And now tied at 39. Let’s see how long this run goes.

[RaginScotsman]

Strong second half. Come on, fellas.

[60swerethebest]

Fading. Need to make this shot. Up by one with 33 secs.

[IdeaL]

Cajuns win 66-64

[60swerethebest]

Whew.

[ZoomZoom]

Cajuns cover the -1.5 spread.

NIU was a dog at home to UL. Wow.

[ZoomZoom]

It will be reevaluated. One of the reasons for it is to get home games vs other D1 opponents for 2 mid major conferences. They simply need 1 game in November and 1 in December

The advantage is the two games are technically D1 games.

The downside is the MAC and the SBC are in the same 1 bid league boat. Cross playing with the MAC only solidifies both leagues’ poor NET rankings.

NIU has a NET of 353. 4 of 12 MAC teams are 300+. 4 of 14 SBC teams are 300+.