What was Marlin talking about??

[Parrott]

Do we actually have a shot of hosting a game??

Yes. Attendance is a factor. So is finding a team willing to pay the hosting fee.

[jllanclos]

i don't think we get near 8k for a CIT game. 3k maybe 4k. but we'll be in dayton early that week anyway, not Lafayette.

igeaux.mobi

[CajunDreDog]

i don't think we get near 8k for a CIT game. 3k maybe 4k

igeaux.mobi

Agreed! NO WAY we get 8K for a game in a tourney that I've never even heard of (and I'm a huge sports fan)!!! We just barely got 8K for this one game. It was the largest crowd in like 8 years, lets not go all thinking we'll get that for every game here on out for the next several years.

[LFTCajun]

_ Agreed! NO WAY we get 8K for a game in a tourney that I've never even heard of (and I'm a huge sports fan)!!! We just barely got 8K for this one game. It was the largest crowd in like 8 years, lets not go all thinking we'll get that for every game here on out for the next several years. _

That's just not the feel I get from this current Cajun basketball mania. For me, at least, that 8K cared NOT who or what we were playing for. They wanted to watch a winner. But with a better overall record, there might have been more.

Many doubters still out there, but Marlin has just begun the conversion process taking the casual fan to the fanatic level.

One only needs to look at our student section! The rest of us FEED off of them. It all begins and ends with them!

[DieHard1280]

I wasn't there, but watched on Ragin Station. There were a LOT of fanatics at the game last night. The crowd was going absolutely nuts. It was a sight I've not seen in a loooong time.

[Boomer]

_ $15 a ticket 8,000 fans $120G
igeaux.mobi _

Plus ? hundred Dome Foams @ $8 plus per pop = ?????------plus ? hundred pepsis @ $5 per pop = ???? I think we could do it!!!!!

[zephyr]

_ No, if FAU wins the SBtourney, and the Cajuns play in the finals, UL gets NIT bid according to Bob Marlin. _

I believe Lanclos was correct. FAU is the ONLY school guaranteed postseason play.

[zephyr]

_ So there is no guaranteed conference rep for the NIT?
igeaux.mobi _

There is if the regular season champ does not go to the NCAA.

[jimbo]

A friend of mine that lives on the wrong side of the Atchafalaya Basin called me yesterday to tell me that UL basketball was the big talk on the b.r. sports radio station!! Can you believe that??? The high & mighty talking about the peasants of UL (thats what they call us).

Talk was also that Bob Marlin will be getting calls from bigger schools at the end of the season and won't be in Lafayette next year. They are showing their lack of intelligence again because rarely do coaches leave after one year, and with a win tonight gives him a .500 record. He has shown he is a good coach but i don't see him leaving after one year.

Still, it is nice to see that the purple & puke are taking notice of us!!!

[cajun4life]

_ A friend of mine that lives on the wrong side of the Atchafalaya Basin called me yesterday to tell me that UL basketball was the big talk on the b.r. sports radio station!! Can you believe that??? The high & mighty talking about the peasants of UL (thats what they call us).

Talk was also that Bob Marlin will be getting calls from bigger schools at the end of the season and won't be in Lafayette next year. They are showing their lack of intelligence again because rarely do coaches leave after one year, and with a win tonight gives him a .500 record. He has shown he is a good coach but i don't see him leaving after one year.

Still, it is nice to see that the purple & puke are taking notice of us!!! _

I don't see him leaving at all, if we continue to improve and fan support grows. Look the RCAF dished out a lot of cash to get Marlin here and if he is as successful as I think he will be then 6-7K for a Thursday game and 8-10K for a Sat home game will become the norm.

Once that occurs then UL will have the money to give him a substantial raise and it will be hard to beat the atmosphere at UL. We must remember that UL is a basketball school. It always has been. We lose fans in football to LSU, but in basketball that is not the case. This program is taking off on a rocketship. If HUD can succeed then you will see what type of support will carry over to every other sport.

[Bandwagon King]

_ Agreed! NO WAY we get 8K for a game in a tourney that I've never even heard of (and I'm a huge sports fan)!!! We just barely got 8K for this one game. It was the largest crowd in like 8 years, lets not go all thinking we'll get that for every game here on out for the next several years. _

Whether you get 8k or 6k or even 4k, this team needs some type of post season play. You have a future conference star that needs the seasoning. I look for Marlin to get a couple of big post up guys next year. They will need leadership. A lot of that leadership will come from JJ THomas. This guy needs post season pressure this year, while he doesn't have real strong post up help. This will make him way better in the future when he does have that help.

Besides, this team could play Slippery Rock on a Sunday night right now & most likely draw 6K, especially if the beat ULM & do anything in the tourey.

[Turbine]

Never turn down post season play, no matter the cost.

jmo
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