The Book: 2007-08 Ragin' Cajuns Basketball

[Cajunsmike]

Huge win getting a head start in the conference race, hopefully this team can gel even more on the trip to Hawaii. I personally wouldn't have taken the redshirt off of Bureau and saved him for next year but he was big in the 2nd half.

Although they haven't done it every game this year there are a bunch of different guys on this team that can score, lets just hope at least two of them can get hot on any given night. Millsap and Dees weren't even on the floor at the end, just an example of the depth.

With the amount of turnvovers Milsap suffers, I would not have had him in at that point. That is not to say he should not play earlier in the game. If he is in at the end, I don't want him handling the ball. I would have him rebouding. Dees and Milsap were not in because the other guys were the ones who got us back in the game and they deserved a chance to win it.

[cajunlove]

_ Huge win. Congrats to the team and to Coach Lee. Keep it up guys. I love the taste of Crow. _

I hope that they can keep it up. Check your PMs.

[Cajunsmike]

Knee jerk reaction a win wasn't worth the cost long term.

One win is not worth the cost. However, he may be the difference in 5 or 6 wins which will allow the coach to keep his job. That may be why he made the move. Also, our school needs something positive in the worst way right now as we embark on an effort to raise funds for athletics. I was for redshirting Bureau too. However, the problems we were having scoring indicated to me we would have been looking at a season with about 5 or 6 wins total without another guy being able to score on the floor.

[cjntgr]

WHOO HOOO!! What a big road win against the conference favorites! Way to go guys!

[CajunCharlie]

_ Huge win. Congrats to the team and to Coach Lee. Keep it up guys. I love the taste of Crow. _

Especially in a sauce piquante! Jambalaya so-so.

[NewsCopy]

MONROE - Time slowed to a crawl as UL freshman Chris Gradnigo watched his last-second shot sail toward the basket Sunday. "When it left my hand it looked good," Gradnigo said. "It didn't have a lot of rotation on it, but it felt good." Now, so do the Ragin' Cajuns. Gradnigo drilled the go-ahead 3-pointer with 11 seconds left as UL stunned UL-Monroe, 68-67, to snap a six-game losing streak and win its first Sun Belt Conference opener in four years. The late-game theatrics by Gradnigo, who finished with a team-high 15 points, ended two other losing streaks for the Cajuns (2-6 overall, 1-0 SBC): They had lost three straight at ULM (4-6, 0-1) and nine straight in December dating back to last season. "We defended him well," said ULM coach Orlando Early, whose Warhawks trail the all-time series 39-16. "But he made a tough shot." ULM, the preseason favorite to win the SBC's West Division, saw its 15-game winning streak at Fant-Ewing Coliseum - the nation's sixth-longest active mark - end after blowing a 12-point lead in the second half. The rest of the story Joshua Parrott jparrott@theadvertiser.com

[geo_cajun]

"We defended him well, he just made a tough shot"

I LOVE that!!

[DestinCajun]

WHOO HOOO!! What a big road win against the conference favorites! Way to go guys! _

A tough opponent with some very impressive OOC wins already that was on a long home court win streak and picked first in the SBC West.

As they use to say on Bedico Creek, "It just don't get any better'n that".

[rhineaux]

_ "We defended him well, he just made a tough shot"

I LOVE that!! _

Is it official? Are you legit now?

[Cajun Express]

_ One win is not worth the cost. However, he may be the difference in 5 or 6 wins which will allow the coach to keep his job. That may be why he made the move. Also, our school needs something positive in the worst way right now as we embark on an effort to raise funds for athletics. I was for redshirting Bureau too. However, the problems we were having scoring indicated to me we would have been looking at a season with about 5 or 6 wins total without another guy being able to score on the floor. _

CM, You and I see it totally different. Redshirts in basketball may have some benefit if your team is loaded and doing well. I mean think about this. We were saving this guy by redshirting for something that might be of value five seasons in the future. Not a chance. Play your best basketball players in almost every case.

You also made a comment somewhere that Bureau might not have wanted to play this late in the season. I highly doubt that. These good players are highly competitive and motivated. I know he might even say the accepted thing about redshirting, but down deep these young men want to play. Maybe if we were over half way into the conference season he may want to maintain his redshirt status. That is not the case, the season is not nearly done from a numbers standpoint.