Final: McNeese 88, Louisiana 62

[Policarp]

That seems to be the history of UL. New coach, same old same old. No different than Marlin, so far.

Hud, Napier were not same old hires....both were competitive open market hires. Q was done similarly. No doubt he'll need a second recruiting cycle to fill skills gaps. This team desperately needs an inside post scorer. Our game is ALL perimeter......have to balance that with inside out scoring.

[ZoomZoom]

Just wondering if this was the worst loss to McNeese in the history of the series.

No second worst. 88-46 in 1957.

[RoarMan]

No second worst. 88-46 in 1957.

Nice! Thanks for the research.

[Swamp]

So, before color tv. Not so bad.

[Turbine]

"slow start"

Even if the teams had started off identical, McNeese would have won this game.

[ZoomZoom]

Slow start? How about the whole game?

I actually enjoy our press releases. They can turn the worst situations into rainbows, kittens and unicorns. The “top 50 finish” in cross country this week was the best. Actually finished…50th.

Sadly, this whole athletic year is shaping up to need a lot of “polish”.

[Cajunsmike]

So McNeese no longer has Will Wade but they still mopped the floor with us.

The McNeese coach was Will Wade's top assistant at LSU. They have a couple of players back from last year's team. The Cowboy pure freshman from Georgia named Johnson may have been the best player on the court. Great pickup for the Cowboys. The dribble drive offense off the weave the Cajuns are trying to employ was well scouted by McNeese. Many turnovers or very contested shots came from the pressure the Cowboys put on the Cajuns defensively. Much of their offensive success was due to the struggles the Cajuns had on offense. They were able get in transition and score easily. The Mullett is right in that the team may need to get QUALITY bigs from the portal to turn this around.

[CajunVic]

looking like it was not the big fish after all . . .

[CajunRed]

The McNeese coach was Will Wade's top assistant at LSU. They have a couple of players back from last year's team. The Cowboy pure freshman from Georgia named Johnson may have been the best player on the court. Great pickup for the Cowboys. The dribble drive offense off the weave the Cajuns are trying to employ was well scouted by McNeese. Many turnovers or very contested shots came from the pressure the Cowboys put on the Cajuns defensively. Much of their offensive success was due to the struggles the Cajuns had on offense. They were able get in transition and score easily. The Mullett is right in that the team may need to get QUALITY bigs from the portal to turn this around.

Aren’t we lacking a quality big, a quality power forward, a quality slashing forward, and another quality shooter?

[ZoomZoom]

Aren’t we lacking a quality big, a quality power forward, a quality slashing forward, and another quality shooter?

You forgot point guard.