Final: Louisiana 44, Tech 65

[Cajunrunner]

ok Turbine, if they will not extend us the courtesy, we can refer them by their unacceptable usage

La (LA) Tech University
Tech University
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Louisiana Technical University
Louisiana Technical College
Louisiana Technical
La (LA) Technical
L.A. Tech – Pronunciation – “EL-AYE Tech”
LT University
LTU
Techsters (w/o Lady)
Lady Bulldogs
Dawgs

Well we wouldn’t have to think of childish ____ to respond to childish ____ if our administration had a pair and was willing to let them wilt away in CUSA.

[zephyr]

I haven't been able to really watch any of the games yet. Can someone who has seen games tell me what's wrong with the offense? Is the team not attacking the basket, is it simply cold shooting, or is it a bad system for the players we have? Are the players trying to shoot too many threes? All I see is blowout scores and no talk about what the offense actually looks like.

All of what you mentioned, it just depends on which game and which time to point to. Earlier in the season, way too many 3's especially since we shoot it under 30% as a team so it really doesn't make sense to shoot 25+ per game. We don't really have any guys who can get to the rim and break down a defense creating open shots. We've been trying to get the ball inside more, especially to Evans and there has been some success there but nothing too consistent. Bottom line is we just aren't that talented, especially offensively and we lack basketball smarts. Too many dumb fouls at dumb times in the game. If you will notice, we routinely get outshot at the FT line by large margins.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Patience

[Cajunsmike]

All of what you mentioned, it just depends on which game and which time to point to. Earlier in the season, way too many 3's especially since we shoot it under 30% as a team so it really doesn't make sense to shoot 25+ per game. We don't really have any guys who can get to the rim and break down a defense creating open shots. We've been trying to get the ball inside more, especially to Evans and there has been some success there but nothing too consistent. Bottom line is we just aren't that talented, especially offensively and we lack basketball smarts. Too many dumb fouls at dumb times in the game. If you will notice, we routinely get outshot at the FT line by large margins.

Good analysis. We also lack shooters, plain and simple. The free throw discrepancy has been better as of late. Our effort at Tech was good on the defensive end but inability to score was a problem once again.

[zephyr]

Patience

I agree with this, if for not other reason than I really have no choice. We are locked in with coach Q for a while so we have to hope things can turn around next year. The only issue is what type of damage will this year do to his ability to bring in NIL money next year to try to bring in better talent? I will still go to the games but winning only a few games all year will have to make recruiting tougher especially if we can't bring in the same type of money.

[CrazyCajun]

Sampsons first team at Houston was worse than when he took over, huge jump year 2 and never looked back.

[moorecajun]

Sampsons first team at Houston was worse than when he took over, huge jump year 2 and never looked back.

Thanks for posting; a glimmer of hope for the future. I will still be at the games but it is a struggle for our guys on offense; it is like shooting at a hoop at a carnival, it just never seems to go in.

[RedBug58]

Coach Q has 6 top notch players in the Queue! We are crossing the burning sands right now. The land of milk and honey is next year. (For smart people, this is the time to lock in some great season tickets)

[Cajunfever]

Coach Q has 6 top notch players in the Queue! We are crossing the burning sands right now. The land of milk and honey is next year. (For smart people, this is the time to lock in some great season tickets)

Redbug--I don't disagree with what you are saying The issue I have is everyone was saying how talented a group of players Coach Q signed (including Q saying it himself). In fact, there were several comments of the signing class being the most talented in school history--in addition to us signing our highest ranked high school player in our history. When you also consider the NIL budget this year was 4x higher than we had last year, the results are very disappointing. Either we did a terrible job of evaluating talent or we are doing a terrible job of coaching the talent. I think it is a combination of both of these.

[babysitter]

Coach Q has 6 top notch players in the Queue! We are crossing the burning sands right now. The land of milk and honey is next year. (For smart people, this is the time to lock in some great season tickets)

And if you think these 6 "top notch players" are gonna come here after a sub 10 win season, you're brain dead. I remember after the 2018 baseball season when Robe said "we're bringing in the calvery next year". How'd that work out ?