NIT

[basinbear]

If our guys are healthy we can win this game

[Turbine]

If our guys are healthy we can win this game

What is your experience for players healing times with high ankle sprains?

[VObserver]

Agree we should be hosting. We had a special season. A season that came to an end by 3 points with 2 of our best players not contributing at all. Our RPI is better.. the pundits beat that RPI drum when its in their favor, but don't mention it otherwise. Why is it they don't want any "Mid Major" to succeed... except for when its good for commercials. How did we get screwed by the NCAA and the NIT?

Hopefully our guys are healthy and motivated. We need to win by double digits... but man I have some concerns... Whats the odds we get out coached on the road? UGH.

I agree with Bear that if we are healthy we can win this game.

That being said, during Marlin's tenure the Cajuns are 2-21 in road games vs top 100 RPI teams, 0-7 in such games over the last three years, so history is not on our side. Like the stock market, past performance does not guarantee future results, so there is hope.

Were this game in Lafayette, the odds would be much better. The Cajuns under Marlin are 7-5 at home vs top 100 RPI teams, 2-2 in the last 3 years.

[zephyr]

If our guys are healthy we can win this game

We are not healthy. Neither Gant nor Stove will be anywhere close to 100% by gametime.

[CajunT]

Get where you are coming from. No doubt the system does not work in our favor. However, some people just want to support their team regardless of the difficult circumstances. You would do the same for the baseball team.

Absolutely! There is no reason for Cajun fans not to go support their team if they can make it. If we want the NIT to consider the UL program in the future, attendance in Baton Rouge is important regardless of what I think of their decision.

[Cajunsmike]

Mike, with all due respect, not a single baseball fan would be excited to play LSU (especially on the road) or anyone in a second tier post season tournament if we fell short of our goal of the NCAAs.

Two totally different scenarios.

You would still support your team. I also don't think many basketball fans are excited that it is LSU we are playing. We just want to support our guys.

[ManAboutTown]

So what then are you and MAT's solutions to the Cajuns being sentenced to a post season NIT game in BR?

1 shame and berate Cajun fans that still want to support their team on Wednesday?

2. No show, team and all because BR might get some benefit from it?

3. File suit for TRO cause the Cajuns have been wronged?

. . . ???????

Let us all know?

Yesterday was not a time for solutions. Yesterday was a time for truth, and the truth is, the system is a farce. It will always be a farce. The truth is, the reason we can’t put 6-7k in the Cajundome (top 3 venue in the south for basketball) is because people figured out a long time ago, that NCAAB is a total sham.

It’s not an indictment on our fan base. My god, we put nearly 50k in the super dome and 12k in our park for a baseball super regional.

Our fan base, all things considered, is too freaking notch. G5, held down for 40 years and toiling in a terrible conference.. and we still show up in droves.

We deserved to host an NIT, and we damn sure shouldn’t have to be doing to butt ____ LA to play those mouth breathers in their dump of an arena.

Unfortunately, there is no solution. Deck will always be stacked against us. Especially in basketball. If you guys wanna chop up some solutions today, I’m not going to sit here and tell you how to be a fan. I’m also not going to sit here and pretend like we didn’t get totally let down in the SBC tourney and screwed over by the NCAA, again.

[Duggie35]

Absolutely! There is no reason for Cajun fans not to go support their team if they can make it. If we want the NIT to consider the UL program in the future, attendance in Baton Rouge is important regardless of what I think of their decision.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to leave Lafayette early enough to make a 6:00 PM game, so I'll have to watch on TV. Remember that if you are driving in to Baton Rouge from the west you will need to cross the river. That means you will need to leave about noon to make it for 6:00!!!!!

[MetryCajun]

I was trying to bait Metry 😂

No seriously, I didn’t know they beat Michigan. I don’t consider those other teams great wins.

Sorry I didn’t take the bait. I don’t follow college basketball outside of the Cajuns so I couldn’t have answered. From the reply’s here It looks like they had a couple of good wins. Too bad we are banged up. It would have been a good barometer for our program.

[IberiaCajun]

Unfortunately, I will not be able to leave Lafayette early enough to make a 6:00 PM game, so I'll have to watch on TV. Remember that if you are driving in to Baton Rouge from the west you will need to cross the river. That means you will need to leave about noon to make it for 6:00!!!!!

Is it worse coming from the east? How about taking Hwy 70 from Morgan City and crossing at the Sunshine Bridge?