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

[techman05]

We got PANTSED

This^^^^^

Is officially bad juju.

[maverick]

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.

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

[Russdawg]

Wow! We are gonna get absolutely housed!

We got PANTSED

[TYLERTECHSAS]

We got panty-hosed.

[Tech77]

4 players coming back

[Blue Dawg]

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

[News_Bot]

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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[DogsWin]

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

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

[Dawg Fan]

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.

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.

[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.

[Blue Dawg]

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.

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.

[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.

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.)

[boxerdog]

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.)

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.

[Gooddawg]

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.

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.

[Gooddawg]

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.