LSU/UL NIT matchup

[Turbine]

Wait a second here. So we we post on here and Facebook how we should have been the higher seed. We post, and our coach comments, that LSU has been afraid to play us.

Then when they beat us by 8 points, we complain that they don't have any class?

I don't give two ____s about LSU either way, but the "lack of class" that's being complained about, we helped bring upon ourselves this past week. LSU had no lack of motivation from us.

How about we just keep our mouths shut and play. That's what Robe did last week.

Go back and read Robe's comments when LSU quit playing UL in baseball after the 2002 regional.

Marlin has a stronger case towards pointing out idiocy than Robe ever did, and Robe had a slam dunk case.

[VObserver]

Go back and read Robe's comments when LSU quit playing UL in baseball after the 2002 regional.

Marlin has a stronger case towards pointing out idiocy than Robe ever did, and Robe had a slam dunk case.

Marlin had no case. Do you understand that 14 of our 25 division 1 wins were against teams that would struggle to beat Dematha high school, and the other 11 were against mid level programs (101-200 RPI)? We had a nice season, with great kids who play hard and are fun to watch. But we did nothing against top level competition, and have
not done so since Marlin got here.

That is not our players' fault. They are good enough to compete at a high level. Our coach is not.

[Turbine]

Marlin had no case. Do you understand that 14 of our 25 division 1 wins were against teams that would struggle to beat Dematha high school, and the other 11 were against mid level programs (101-200 RPI)? We had a nice season, with great kids who play hard and are fun to watch. But we did nothing against top level competition, and have
not done so since Marlin got here.

That is not our players' fault. They are good enough to compete at a high level. Our coach is not.

That's a totally different conversation so let me rephrase;

Louisiana basketball has a stronger case towards pointing out LSU's idiocy of avoidance than Louisiana baseball ever did, and baseball had a slam dunk case.

[Louisiana84]

I don’t agree. Sorry, Basin. I have a ton of respect for you, seriously.

But we started this. Unfortunately, we didn’t finish it.

You have a right to your opinion, even if it's wrong.

Marlin did not say anything that was not factual. I will never fault him for standing up for his team and his program. You act like we should "know our place" when that is the root of ALL THAT IS WRONG here. And Marlin SAID IT. And he was right when he said this game would have had a different outcome had it been played in Lafayette.

Two teams. 60 miles. We've played teams that are a thousand miles more distant more times. We didn't start ANYTHING. LSU started it with an attitude of they're too good to play us. And they started it WAY BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. Get an understanding of history.

[alum81]

I have beleived for a very long time that you should not complain about your seeding until you beat a higher seed. Think about it, if you are seeded too low then the higher seed got screwed having to play a 6 who is really a 3. Win, then say you were seeded too low.

We can argue about how each coach acted before, during and after the game but the bottom line is the coach from BR got his job done last night, the coach form Laf. did not.

I have rarely seen any Cajun team play as poorly as we did in the 1st half of the game last night. Why they played so badly I don't know, but it was a Hugh game and this was a very good Cajun team who lost almost every game that was built up to be big game.

Nevertheless I had fun watching basketball this year for the first time in a while. GEAUX CAJUNS

[AboveAverage]

I have beleived for a very long time that you should not complain about your seeding until you beat a higher seed. Think about it, if you are seeded too low then the higher seed got screwed having to play a 6 who is really a 3. Win, then say you were seeded too low.

We can argue about how each coach acted before, during and after the game but the bottom line is the coach from BR got his job done last night, the coach form Laf. did not.

I have rarely seen any Cajun team play as poorly as we did in the 1st half of the game last night. Why they played so badly I don't know, but it was a Hugh game and this was a very good Cajun team who lost almost every game that was built up to be big game.

Nevertheless I had fun watching basketball this year for the first time in a while. GEAUX CAJUNS

Winners with crying towels are petty

[ManAboutTown]

Winners with crying towels are petty

Corn dogs in _______s is not natural..

[ManAboutTown]

Here’s the deal..

Whether they’re talking good about you or bad about you, they’re talking about you.. Wasn’t pretty but I bet Maggard and company aren’t too upset about the coverage.

Our basketball program hasn’t gotten this much pub in YEARS. And it was an NIT game. Against a very average basketball team.

[Kid Cajun]

I wasn’t able to go to or watch the game. I’ve read some comments here and just finished watching the highlights and both post game press conferences.

Anyone who says LOUISIANA playing LSU is not a big game is kidding themselves. The hype around LSU being in the SEC and their programs having won national championships gives their programs a certain mystique that playing a Sunbelt opponent will never have even when LSU team is not good. I think that atmosphere and them being an instate rival is great for our program, athletes and fans.

Because of their reputation and and the conference they are in, people assume they would have better players and coaches.
Unfortunately we lost to them last night on the basketball court and how sweet a win would have been.

However, watching the post game coaches interviews, you can see them on KATC ap, I was much prouder to be a Cajun fan than I would be to be a Tiger fan. Their coach seemingly didn’t care about the Cajuns and never thought of us but sure did have every game score and every opponent memorized. He admitted that he called time out so we could enjoy playing him. Completely CLASSLESS. When someone doesn’t think much of you they don’t have every statistic from the last three years memorized and rattle off at press conferences. To Wade it wasn’t about winning it was about trying to embarrass and harass our team and coaches. He is childish and juvenile and I would be embarrassed if he was our coach.

Marlin didn’t bait the tigers, he said what he thought was right and I agree. Just like Tom Brady gets calls his way from officials because he’s “Tom Brady,” LSU got higher seed because they are LSU. Marlin was professional and although emotional during the game but I was proud of him and have a lot of respect for him. I would have preferred a win but it didn’t happen. He said he would have rather played in Lafayette but didn’t really make excuses.

Great season Cajuns and Coach Marlin, I tip my hat to you for being the adults in the room and promoting our University with CLASS!!!

[VObserver]

That's a totally different conversation so let me rephrase;

Louisiana basketball has a stronger case towards pointing out LSU's idiocy of avoidance than Louisiana baseball ever did, and baseball had a slam dunk case.

That is still not accurate, Turbine. It absolutely would be good for both programs, I am not disagreeing with that. But baseball was in 2002 and still is a nationally relevant program. At no time since Jesse Evans left ( Lee coached Evan's players in the 2005 vacated wins year) has UL been relevant in terms of being competitive with really good teams, and the last time we were really relevant was the NIT final 4 year or the year of the NCAA win over Oklahoma, or the year we won the Great Alaska Shootout over Patrick Ewing and Georgetown.

Bob in 8 years has not won a single road game against a top 100 team from any of the 8 basketball power conferences (the P5 plus the Big East, the AAC and the A10). His only 2 top 100 road wins were against Sam Houston State and LTU, both of which had good RPI the same way we do; beat a bunch of mid level teams and don't have bad losses.