Last year, Robert Lee spent most of a "Midnight Madness" practice opener working the crowd at the Cajundome, using a wireless mike to talk to fans while members of his University of Louisiana men's basketball team held a brief scrimmage.

Lee could afford that luxury even as a first-year head coach, since he had the Sun Belt Conference's most experienced team last October.

His team didn't disappoint anyone, rolling to a 20-11 record for its fifth 20-win season in six years.

In three weeks when the Ragin' Cajuns open practice for this season - wherever they may be - Lee may again be in the crowd for the first practice. But this time, he'll be handing out rosters and making introductions.

The biggest question Cajun fans may have won't be whether the squad can make a fifth postseason trip in the last six years, or whether the team can three-peat with another Sun Belt title.

The more pressing question: Who are these guys?

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