WBB: Louisiana Edged Out By Marshall in Defensive Skirmish

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It’s time for us to move on from Brodhead.

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Don’t look now, Marshal WBB is making a run at the 7 game gauntlet. 4-0, plays 3rd seed Troy next.

It worked as designed, down to top 4 in MBB & WBB.

Just another example, follow the money. Nobody has a realistic chance of winning 5, 6 or 7 days in a row. Hotel rooms, meals and transportation spent in Pensacola just because.

Just adds crappy NET ranking numbers to be absorbed by the eventual champion. Want the eventual champion one day to have a chance at a decent seed? Got to trim the baggage. Compounding bad NET numbers help nobody, except those who want to hold the non power programs in their place.

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Arkansas State beats JMU in OT 86-79. A massive crowd of 847 in attendance.


Other than Title IX, anyone wish to justify this expense? Who is making the money at the end of the day?

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Arkansas State beats JMU in OT 86-79. A massive crowd of 847 in attendance.


Other than Title IX, anyone wish to justify this expense? Who is making the money at the end of the day?

It also doesn't help attendance to play the game at 1pm on a Monday.

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It also doesn't help attendance to play the game at 1pm on a Monday.

Men’s final drew 3,187.

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Arkansas State beats JMU in OT 86-79. A massive crowd of 847 in attendance.


Other than Title IX, anyone wish to justify this expense? Who is making the money at the end of the day?

A big part of the problem is that WBB in the SBC since MT, Little Rock and WKU left has largely been horrible. It is understandable that the Caitlan Clarks and JuJu Watkins type players aren't coming to SBC schools, but there is no excuse for the dumpster fire that is SBC WBB [only 4 of the 14 teams are in the top 1/2 of NET rankings, only 1 in the top 100]. There is a whole lot of don't caring going on in AD's offices around the SBC when it comes to hoops in general [MBB has 4 of 14 in top half of NET, 2 in the top 100].

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For some reason the filters here don't like the word d u m p s t e r.

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A big part of the problem is that WBB in the SBC since MT, Little Rock and WKU left has largely been horrible. It is understandable that the Caitlan Clarks and JuJu Watkins type players aren't coming to SBC schools, but there is no excuse for the dumpster fire that is SBC WBB [only 4 of the 14 teams are in the top 1/2 of NET rankings, only 1 in the top 100]. There is a whole lot of don't caring going on in AD's offices around the SBC when it comes to hoops in general [MBB has 4 of 14 in top half of NET, 2 in the top 100].

And the SBC’s one top 100 NET women’s team will be sitting at home come selection Sunday. Just like the men’s only top 100.