M. Basketball. Bulldogs Fall on the Road to Ragin' Cajuns

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Originally Posted by Russdawg

We got PANTSED:(

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This^^^^^

Is officially bad juju.

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Originally Posted by champion110

Pieces still coming together. We had high expectations with only 4 starters coming back. We all know White can put it together. We lost to this same team last year. We will hit our stride again about mid-season and roll....... That is what we have done the last couple of years. The key this year is if we can continue to roll through the CUSA tournament. I have no doubts that we will be at the top of the conference.

ULL gets WAY up for Tech, but this does not and has never determined our season.

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Only 4 starters? Sounds like a good problem to have.

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Originally Posted by techman05

Wow! We are gonna get absolutely housed!

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We got PANTSED:(

We got panty-hosed.

4 players coming back

One thing's for sure, its going to be a HIGH challenge to beat our marquis opponents X(

A new article has been posted on www.latechsports.com:

Erik McCree and Alex Hamilton combined for 52 points, but second half woes were too much to overcome for Louisiana Tech on the road as the Bulldogs fell to Louisiana-Lafayette, 94-86, on Wednesday night in the Cajundome.

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We were outrebounded on the offensive and defensive glass 29-42.

http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m.../tech1210.html

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Originally Posted by techman05

Again, did MW recruits any guys with size and not get them or does he just go for lanky guys that he hopes run the floor well. I thought he had recruited someone that was a legit big. Maybe I misheard, but I thought we found a 6'10" 250 type guy.

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We have a 7' 0" 210 pound guy (Joniah White). Gibby was 6'10" 290 pounds. It's not all about size, otherwise Gibby would have been a force to reckon with at 6'10', 290 lbs.

I just looked at the Box score. 5 LA Tech players played 8-9 min each tonight against ULL, but they only scored a combined total of 11 points. That's not enough scoring from the bench.

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

I just looked at the Box score. 5 LA Tech players played 8-9 min each tonight against ULL, but they only scored a combined total of 11 points. That's not enough scoring from the bench.

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Last year we had a ton of bench scoring. It was always one of the talking points for TV games and a major contributor to success.

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

I just looked at the Box score. 5 LA Tech players played 8-9 min each tonight against ULL, but they only scored a combined total of 11 points. That's not enough scoring from the bench.

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Jonah White --isn't he our 6'10 guy?-- played 9 min and scored 0 points and had 0 rebounds. Give me a frickin break! Is this guy a terrible athlete or what? (I don't know, so I'm asking.)

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

Jonah White --isn't he our 6'10 guy?-- played 9 min and scored 0 points and had 0 rebounds. Give me a frickin break! Is this guy a terrible athlete or what? (I don't know, so I'm asking.)

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He is a slight framed seven footer. Simply doesn't have the body mass to match up with sturdier builds. If I was Sheppard, I would build my body to a solid 245lbs and become a defensive stopper. We don't have a guy like that on the roster right now.

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Originally Posted by boxerdog

He is a slight framed seven footer. Simply doesn't have the body mass to match up with sturdier builds. If I was Sheppard, I would build my body to a solid 245lbs and become a defensive stopper. We don't have a guy like that on the roster right now.

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Can Sheppard defend the post? He isn't far from 240 now. I seriously consider playing him now. We have zero size and presence in post. Mcree is a 3 playing the 4. Kyser is a 4 playing the 5 and we have no 5. Really could have used Gibby for games like this. Edwards was our best post defender and player tonight. I think Mcree may have to become the 6th man and slide Kyser over and start Edwards. White is not even close to ready as I feared after watching him play a few games. He needs to play some but has a long way to go.

Don't kid yourself though this is a really good team who won belt, made the tourney and lost to a good Creighton team. They had a top 10 pick to draft but returned everyone else and Long is a beast. Their new pg is pretty good too. They only lost 2 games because Long was out and barely lost to McNeese because their pg was out and that s a tough place to play. I don't think this loss will hurt our ncaa chances as much as our pride when all is said and done. They will win a lot of games this year.