vs. McNeese

[NSU2003]

Neither team could catch a break yesterday.

In the Lady's game for a second game in a row the other team gets lucky from behind the 3-point line...McNeese averages 29% but shot 42% at the end of regulation. Every time the Lady Demons would go on a run and push their lead to 9 points McNeese would come down and hit a couple 3 pointers in a row. Even players who hadn't made a single one all year made them yesterday.

The Mens team is just snake-bit with bad luck this year. Every time we play a team they end up averaging higher than normal in a category that they usually struggle in. Yesterday McNeese had players with career high games. However, I can't for the life of me figure out why Killian would have the ball with the chance to win the game with 5 seconds left. There are two players I have yet to see hit a basket and that's Killian or Kisseonlalaloulal...so why Matt would have the ball is beyond me.

[NSU2003]

Also, as soon as our young players in the paint can finish those shots under the basket this team will be VERY good team...we had a size advantage against the Cowgirls yesterday but didn't take advantage of that and started jacking up threes in the 2nd half instead of pounding the ball inside.

[purplestorm]

It's Kissoonlal (Ethiopian name ... great people ... superb food), and he hit a couple three's last week. He can shoot from the outside and would be well-qualified to shoot a last-second shot, along with Woodley, Thompson, Hall or Welcome. You're correct on Killian, that's not his shot. We're still winless against D-1 competition. That's something I NEVER, ever thought I would utter out of my mouth or type about our team. But, that's where we are.

[NSU2003]

Especially with the number of Division I teams we play in a season...statistically speaking, it's probably MORE difficult to go winless in a basketball season than not!

Anybody know how many teams went 0-fer last year in all of DI basketball? Plus, we play in the freaking SLC...one of the worst DI basketball leagues in the NCAA DI.

[NSU2003]

I didn't check every team behind us but about half of the ones below us have at least 1 Division I victory, even if it's their only victory.

[Cajundemon11]

Even with Jalan out this is still quite a disappointment. We've always been in the upper tier of the southland in basketball, although this is disappointing I highly doubt this team goes 0-18 in conference play.