When Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns held their annual men's basketball banquet on Friday night, they kept insisting there was plenty of action left in the 2004-2005 campaign.

The Cajuns, who repeated as Sun Belt Conference champions with last week's 88-69 thrashing of Denver in the Sun Belt Tournament finals in Denton, will find out today just how challenging it will be to keep things going when the NCAA Tournament announces its pairings for the opening round.

"It's been quite a ride," said Robert Lee, who has guided the Cajuns to a school-record 20 victories in his initial year at the helm. "I can't tell you how proud I am of what this team has accomplished.

"I've got my mind on St. Louis (site of this year's Final Four). I remember at Midnight Madness, when I was working the crowd and talking about the Sweet 16, and a guy said 'He's crazy.' Well, it's getting ready to happen."

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Bruce Brown
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