MBB Final: Louisiana 79, Marshall 68

[ZoomZoom]

Man I wish we could have had a squad this year. The league is so ripe for the taking, but nobody is good enough to take it.

It mystifies me how the heck USA loses TWICE to ULM yet, here they are today. Perfect example of two RPI wrecking losses for the first place team. Exactly why the SBC is a one bid league.

[Cajunsmike]

Actually, I thought last night was much better officiated than Wednesday by a WIDE margin. Still not great. They did call some ticky tack stuff toward the end, but the game was essentially over by then.

The only call I saw that was blatantly bad was the illegal screen called on Evens. The Marshall defender flopped and got the call.

Don't know if you heard the reference on radio or TV but the African American official is a realtor who, along with his wife, has a show on HGTV.

I also thought last night was better officiated than Wednesday. Easy to say that when you win of course. Now, at times I thought they believed they were calling an NBA game with all the traveling that was allowed and it went both ways. After Coach Z fussed about it enough, a travel was called on Killen and it was a big call. It helped fuel a late run of ours.

Now something else occurred last night that was good to see. That is several players, coaches, and trainers from years past were recognized at halftime. Players all the way from the Shipley years to Bob Marlin were in the group. Biggest cheer was for Hall of Famer, Coach Bobby Paschal. I wish that part of the evening would have been publicized more. Maybe it was and I just missed it. Seeing all those guys did bring back a ton of memories to us old timers.