re: 2017-18 Colleges in Louisiana Season Long Basketball Thread

Cajuns beating the shite out of App State so far, 55-27

Tulane just beat SMU (who had won like 18 aac games in a row). Wow

Good night overall as teams in action went 3-1.

Tulane got a huge win last night over SMU winning 73-70. Cameron Reynolds led the Wave with 20 points in the victory. Tulane improves to 11-4 on the season and 2-1 in AAC play.

Louisiana Tech lost a tough one at home against UTSA by a score of 76-78. Jacobi Boykins had 24 for the Bulldogs in the loss. Louisiana Tech drops to 9-7 and 0-3 in CUSA.

ULL cruised past Appalachian State 78-45. Frank Bartley led the Cajuns with 16 points while Bryce Washington contributed 15 points & 10 rebounds. The Cajuns are now 13-3 this season and 3-0 in SBC play.

ULM beat Coastal Carolina 82-72. The Warhawks got a big night from Sam McDaniel who scored 28 points in the win. ULM is now 7-7 this year and 1-2 in conference play.

No games tonight.

Records updated in OP.

Wasn't me man. I gave the upvote to break the 3-3 tie

That was a huge win for Tulane

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Idk who else would be considered, but I would think if Tulane can get to 20 wins that Dunleavy would be in the running for national coach of the year

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Jamie Dixon
Bobby Hurley

Tulane recruited pretty well in Conroy's last 2 years (when he finally got rid of his all-Citadel staff). The difference is year 2 under competent coaching plus some additional personnel. The improvement began in February last season - played much, much better then than they had in the first 2 months.

UNO won again at McNeese in overtime.

The Privateers are off to a surprising 4-0 start in conference, the same record they started with a year ago in the Southland.

The Southland is stronger at the very top than it was a year ago, mainly because SFA was down last year. But overall, I think the conference is worse. Teams like A&M-CC and Houston Baptist are worse, while Northwestern State is one of the worst teams in America.

Southeastern has been impressive record-wise, but honestly, they were a very capable team last season. Just played inconsistent at times, for whatever reason. They did start conference play with a huge win against SFA.

Nicholls will be near the top of the Southland, as well. Could see three Louisiana teams near the top of the Southland standings at year's end.

Huge game for UNO next @ SFA.

Doubt LSU finishes better than 9-9 in conference.

Bobby Hurley would be the leader, as of now. However, they've started 0-2 in conference play. Will be interesting to see where they finish in the Pac 12.

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Will Tulane finish much better in the American?

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I think 10-8 is what they'll be shooting for.

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Regardless, LSU is about 50 spots higher than Tulane in both KenPom and Sagarin. They'd be favored on a neutral court.

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Tulane beat LSU by 10 in a scrimmage about a week before the season started. LSU would be favored because of their name and conference, but I don't think they're much better of a team, if at all.