MBB G5: Louisiana 61, Tech 56

[DieHard 1280]

Wow. Congrats Cajuns!

[ZoomZoom]

I will give credit to the Big Fish on this one. He did or said something at the half to get these men back in it!
AKWUBA is a baller man. Those Rebounds were the difference.
Lets Geaux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ll happily have a slice of humble pie too. Turned it off a minute into the second, went play with the grandson. Healthier for me.

Minor melting on BnB. Mostly pictures of the tv setup in some trailer. Guess he’s watching the reaming TCU is laying on Tech at the same time as MBB.

http://www.latechbbb.com/forum/showt...sh-on-Saturday


McNeese had Youngstown State cancel on them. You think we’ve played some weak sisters, MSU played programs I’ve never heard of.

[wscoog]

Gueye is a very good player but should be benched every time he shoots a 3. He simply is not a good shooter out there.

[Cajunsmike]

I will give credit to the Big Fish on this one. He did or said something at the half to get these men back in it!
AKWUBA is a baller man. Those Rebounds were the difference.
Lets Geaux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The thing that changed from the first half to the second half was simple. He had three starters back out there, especially Malik Wilson on defense. Agree that the first half performance was poor (and that is a kind term). Regardless of how many bench guys were out there, execution has to be better than that to beat any D1 team. However the main reason we looked so bad in first half was he sat Wilson, Gueye, and Awkuba as soon as each picked up their second foul. I know his philosophy is a player rarely plays in the first half after he picks up his second foul. However, tonight there was a real danger the deficit would be too large to make up. Most encouraging thing about tonight was the play of Isaiah Richards. 9 points with some key buckets. He also played much better defense in the first half than the second half. That kid is improving game to game which indicates good things are on the horizon as he is a pure freshman. You can win games by shooting 35 percent if you play good defense, rebound well, and make free throws We did all of those things in the second half.

[CajunAmos]

Gueye is a very good player but should be benched every time he shoots a 3. He simply is not a good shooter out there.

I haven't seen where Gueye is a good shooter from anywhere.

[Cajunsmike]

I’ll happily have a slice of humble pie too. Turned it off a minute into the second, went play with the grandson. Healthier for me.

Minor melting on BnB. Mostly pictures of the tv setup in some trailer. Guess he’s watching the reaming TCU is laying on Tech at the same time as MBB.

http://www.latechbbb.com/forum/showt...sh-on-Saturday


McNeese had Youngstown State cancel on them. You think we’ve played some weak sisters, MSU played programs I’ve never heard of.

When are we playing McNeese? I thought we were at the 25 game limit considering we have played 5 games, have games against UNO/ VCU planned for next week, and have 18 conference games scheduled. Maybe because we went to Vegas we get an extra game as some tournament was involved with that.

[Cajunsmike]

Just found out VCU canceled our game which was scheduled for Friday on the road. McNeese has replaced them. That game will be next Saturday at 6 in the Dome.

[ZoomZoom]

Just found out VCU canceled our game which was scheduled for Friday on the road. McNeese has replaced them. That game will be next Saturday at 6 in the Dome.

No surprise. VCU wanted out that 90k payday they owed us. Ranks right up there with a lot of the cancellations in football yesterday.

[Hatch]

I didn’t get a chance to watch the game until this morning. In my opinion one of the biggest differences in the tale of 2 halves was the reliance on the 3 in the first half. 1st half field goal attempts were 14 from 2pt range and 15 from 3. The 2nd half was 25 from 2pt range and 10 from 3. Some of that was from the change in defense creating some more transition baskets, but there was a clear transition in the game plan as well. There was a little 6-0 run at the beginning of the come back were they went inside and scored on 3 straight possessions I think. It also reversed the foul trouble from Akwuba to Lofton, eventually causing him to foul out. A big part of that was having Richards to be able to still attack down low while Akwuba was on the bench, he is turning into a fine young player. I agree on Dou’s outside shooting starting to become cringe worthy. He is now 2-14 from 3 on the season and 1 of those 2 was the lucky bank he got in the LSUA game. All in all a nice come back from dead win, per the ESPN win probability Tech was at 98% about 2 minutes in to the 2nd half.

[Turbine]

...per the ESPN win probability Tech was at 98% about 2 minutes in to the 2nd half.

Louisiana taking a 2% chance of winning and WINNING has to be a big confidence builder.