MBB G11 Final: Louisiana 62 Tech 83

[Big Buds]

Wow....I posted on the wrong thread......I'm creeping into Boomer territory....😨

Not too sure if you did. Much of the discussion on this thread is in regards to the longevity of Marlin's time with Louisiana and how it's time for a change. Your post seems appropriate.

[basinbear]

Too much dome foam last night

I wish I could blame it on that but I don't drink anymore.....

[DieHard1280]

Nobody understands how hard it is to win on the road in college basketball...

[BLU]

Well that went well lol, bad Saturday in Cajun Land.
Tulane first, Tech with the icing on the cake.
Loving it, now back to the beach for me.

[Turbine]

I agree on your basketball points and I'm not happy with where we are. But we had a record number of wins last year. Tonight sucked but according to MAT I had a good excuse for the blowout. Haha

Football on the other hand. I'm happy with Napier and glad he's our coach. But the team he took over that was broken and had minimal talent was one play away from bowling last year against similar competition. I don't see what miracle he worked.

Your making excuses for why Hud was handed a 6 win turn around and why Napier's 2 win turn around is so much better.

Half of RP was jumping ship when we lost to coastal. Like I said, if Monroe makes a fg and wins in OT. Same people are jumping ship.

The difference between the last 2 seasons is a few plays. ( I know we were more competitive and this team doesn't quit)

The difference between bustles 3-9 and huds 9-4 was miracles.

You make some good points but remember Marlin is getting a dose of that 2nd loss of the day -last chance to vent- wrath.

Even the dream team in Los Angeles, the LeBron Lakers have suffered blowouts this year. Basketball is a different animal.

[STPacronym]

The offense design could have been done by a biddy ball basketball coach. I realize Gant went down put Marlin wasn’t running an effective offense before. I am no basketball guru but even I saw that there was no organizational effort put into an organized offense.

Still no half court offense...

[cajun_lannister]

Nobody understands how hard it is to win on the road in college basketball...

Bwhaha

[Cajunfever]

I typically don't respond to these type of treads. While I like football and baseball, basketball is the sport I am most passionate about. What I saw last night was a team that does not have enough talented depth. We don't have any "bigs" besides Gant. I am very worried about next years team because we still have not signed anyone to take Gant's place. I was expecting our young players to show improvement this year to help replace the departing seniors from last year which has not happened. No one has stepped into the leadership roles that last year's seniors had. I don't see the "refuse to lose" mentality that we had last year. I don't see the cohesiveness that we had last year. I see a bunch of individuals not working as a team. I think Malik and Marcus did everything they could last night--the issue is Malik, Marcus and JeKeenan are quite leaders--we are missing vocal leadership. Our recruiting must improve--we need to recruit some bigs that can help rebound and protect the rim. Every year, I contribute a large amount of money to the basketball program. Based on the results I am seeing, I don't think that will continue.

[zephyr]

I would say being a consistent winning mid major basketball program in the south is “incredibly difficult” and relevant on top of that is even harder. And no I’m not defending marlin with that statement. I really can’t think of a relevant mid major in the south?

New Mexico State? Kind of out west
WKU? That’s basketball country
SMU, UCF, UAB, Memphis( maybe used too)

Anybody know of one example we can try to model ourselves after.

I mean it’s not Jamaican bob sledding, but I don’t think it’s as easy as football or the spring sports.

Houston?

[MetryCajun]

I typically don't respond to these type of treads. While I like football and baseball, basketball is the sport I am most passionate about. What I saw last night was a team that does not have enough talented depth. We don't have any "bigs" besides Gant. I am very worried about next years team because we still have not signed anyone to take Gant's place. I was expecting our young players to show improvement this year to help replace the departing seniors from last year which has not happened. No one has stepped into the leadership roles that last year's seniors had. I don't see the "refuse to lose" mentality that we had last year. I don't see the cohesiveness that we had last year. I see a bunch of individuals not working as a team. I think Malik and Marcus did everything they could last night--the issue is Malik, Marcus and JeKeenan are quite leaders--we are missing vocal leadership. Our recruiting must improve--we need to recruit some bigs that can help rebound and protect the rim. Every year, I contribute a large amount of money to the basketball program. Based on the results I am seeing, I don't think that will continue.

Thanks for the post. I have seen a handful of games and my observations are the same as yours. One additional problem is the lack of production from the SG position. If you were recruited for your 3pt prowess...you need to take and make a few. We have not replaced any of our departed seniors.