re: 2016-17 Louisiana Universities & Colleges MBB Overview and General Discussion

I'm not sure if they had a lot of people transfer out, but on last years roster I only see one Senior listed, so I assume that most of their players returned. They were only 12-22 last year though.

I'm pretty surprised too, but I admittedly don't know much about their program.

Any Tulane fans want to fill us in?

Yeah, but I don't think he has enough attempts to qualify.

He's taken 57 and the lowest amount I see in the NCAA rankings is 78. I'm guessing 75 attempts is the cutoff right now.

Liking this thread thanks for the info

All state schools are in action this weekend except for UNO who doesn't play until Thursday. Here's the list of games this weekend.

Saturday Games
LSU (1-3) hosts Alabama (2-1). Will be interesting to see if the Tigers can put up a better effort at home after the disaster earlier this week in College Station.

Louisiana Tech (3-1) stays on the road to play Old Dominion (4-1). This would be a big win for the Bulldogs in conference play should they get the win on the road.

ULL (2-1) hosts Georgia Southern (3-0) in a big conference game for the Cajuns. Georgia Southern is the only undefeated team in Sun Belt play and a Cajuns win would put them in a first place tie.

ULM (0-3) looks to get their first conference win as they host Georgia State (1-2) in Monroe.

Northwestern St (1-3) tries to make it two conference wins in a row as they host Sam Houston St (3-2).

Nicholls (2-2) tries to bounce back from their loss last night as they go to Stephen F. Austin (2-2).

Southern (2-2) hosts Arkansas - Pine Bluff (3-0) and the Jags look to beat one of two undefeated teams in the SWAC.

Grambling (2-2) travels to take on the other undefeated team in SWAC play Texas Southern (3-0).

Sunday Games
Tulane (1-3) tries to win their second consecutive conference game as they host SMU (4-1).

And the other game on Sunday is an in state matchup. McNeese (2-2) travels to Hammond to face Southeastern (3-2).

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Hopefully the Cajuns keep up the free throw shooting from the last game.

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Seriously. If you only count guys with more than 10 FTA, the leading FT shooter is Bartley at 71%. Not great. The good thing is they get to the line a lot.

Question... would #1 in NAIA LSUA fit in among these teams in the middle of the pack?

Rough weekend for state schools as the teams in action went 3-8 overall. Below is a recap of the games this weekend. Standings and RPIs have been updated in the OP. Going to update individual statistics later.

LSU lost 66-81 to Alabama to drop to 1-4 in conference play.

Louisiana Tech won their 2nd straight conference game on the road as they beat Old Dominion 75-63 to move into a 2nd place tie in conference at 4-1.

ULL dropped a tough one against Georgia Southern 76-81 in the Cajundome Saturday night. Cajuns drop to 2-2 in conference.

ULM went to overtime with Georgia State but ended up losing 65-73. Warhawks are still winless in conference at 0-4.

Northwestern St couldn't pick up their 2nd straight conference win as they lost on the road to Sam Houston St 68-77. Demons are now 1-4 in conference.

Nicholls dropped to 2-3 as they lost a rough one on the road 60-80 at Stephen F. Austin.

Southern had a big win at home as they beat Arkansas - Pine Bluff 76-75. A-PB was previously undefeated in conference. Southern is now 3-2 in league play.

Grambling dropped to undefeated in conference play Texas Southern 55-76. Grambling is now 2-3.

Tulane couldn't make it 2 in a row as they lost yesterday against SMU 64-80. Tulane is now 1-4 in conference.

And finally Southeastern moved to 4-2 in league play as they defeated McNeese 79-75 yesterday. McNeese drops to 2-3 in conference.

Another rough night for state schools as in state teams went 1-3 last night.

ULL lost at home to Georgia State 86-101 to drop to 2-3 in conference. The Panthers put on a shooting clinic shooting over 60% for the floor and over 50% from three.

ULM lost another really close game at home against Georgia Southern 60-62. Warhawks are still winless in conference at 0-5 but have been really close to breaking through in their last two games.

Grambling stayed on the road for a second consecutive game and came up short against Prairie View A&M losing 82-94. Grambling is now 2-4 in league play.

The lone win of the night belonged to Southern who beat Mississippi Valley State at home by a score of 87-81. Southern is now 4-2 in league play and is in second place in the conference.

ETA: There are no in state teams in action tonight. There will be a lot of games involving state schools on Wednesday.

Great idea and great thread burdman. Much support.

Northwestern State is currently missing our best player due to injury (Zeke Woodley). He should be back relatively soon. Demons should be able to make a solid run towards the conference tournament once he returns.

Had him and Jalen West (out for the year) been healthy I have no doubt the Demons would have been in contention for the conference title/NCAA tourney this year. Even without Jalen I think the Demons have a solid shot once Woodley returns.