(06-06-2013 09:33 AM)CajunAmos Wrote:  

(06-05-2013 11:34 PM)BLEEDITRED Wrote:  

(06-05-2013 08:52 AM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  If the Cajuns had something similar we would be unbeatable at home.

Lack of replay monitors helps too.

I still laugh about that. Ronnie raged around the court, while they showed it on the HD overhead screens as the correct call. Rather than complain about the courtside monitor that wasn't required at the time, he should have looked up.

You understand the point of court side monitors, right?

(06-05-2013 04:24 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  According to the numbers of home record against Division I schools over the last 15 years, we have the following ranking (excepting departing WKU who would be #1 on this list otherwise):

1. South Alabama
2. Louisiana
3. Arkansas-Little Rock
4. Arkansas State
5. Appalachian State
6. Texas Arlington
7. Troy
8. Georgia Southern
9. Georgia State
10. Louisiana-Monroe
11. Texas State

Something of note is UTA and Texas State have played a ton of non-Division I schools during this time. You can't do that in the Sun Belt! You can only have 1 non-Division I game a year! ULM used to have a lot of non-Division I games before the Sun Belt enacted this rule.

I'm not going to speak for TXST, but UTA had to because we played in Texas Hall. Very few DI teams would play us at home, so it was either a DII team or another road game. Now that CPC is open, we didn't play a DII team this past year and only the opener in the previous year, which was still Texas Hall.

We are 46-23 at home against D1 teams in the last six years. Sadly, we went 7-8 in our first full year at CPC with some really inexcusable losses (12-6 away, go figure).

OU and Boise played us at home this year and I do believe Okie St will visit our first year in the Belt. CPC is really just a different environment and anything before the 2012/13 year is just not comparable.

(06-06-2013 03:39 PM)BLEEDITRED Wrote:  

(06-06-2013 09:33 AM)CajunAmos Wrote:  

(06-05-2013 11:34 PM)BLEEDITRED Wrote:  

(06-05-2013 08:52 AM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  If the Cajuns had something similar we would be unbeatable at home.

Lack of replay monitors helps too.

I still laugh about that. Ronnie raged around the court, while they showed it on the HD overhead screens as the correct call. Rather than complain about the courtside monitor that wasn't required at the time, he should have looked up.

You understand the point of court side monitors, right?

Yes I do. And once the league mandated that all schools have them the Cajuns did. If it would have been mandatory for the NCAA Division 1, the Cajuns would have had one. In point of fact, it wasn't at that time.

My humor was based on his argument that the shot did not take place before the time ran out when in fact it did, court side monitor or not. Storming around the court and confronting the facility manager or a female campus police office about not having the monitors wasn't going to change the officials calls or the end of the game. It was a temper tantrum.

(06-05-2013 11:43 PM)CatMom Wrote:  Hey Skully. We had to. Other wise we might not have won any games at all.

I remember seeing a release from the athletics dept a few seasons ago stating our mens program had like the 11th longest home win streak in the nation


and it was because of our sub D1 opponents like Our Lady of the Lake University Trust me, our fans are happy to be in a conference that limits it

(06-05-2013 11:34 PM)BLEEDITRED Wrote:  

(06-05-2013 08:52 AM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  If the Cajuns had something similar we would be unbeatable at home.

Lack of replay monitors helps too.

If they spent any money on replay equipment, Big Tits Bob Marlin would just break it during one of his many temper tantrums.

(06-05-2013 08:52 AM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  WKU is so damn hard to beat at Diddle because they are always so damn good.

I think you have it backwards. WKU is always so damn good because of the fans. Players come and go, coaches come and go, we've even made some pretty bad coaching mistakes. But the secret to WKU's longevity is the fans.

It's not just the size of the crowd or even how loud it is. It is the energy, the timing, and the understanding of how to affect the game. I will put WKU fans against any base in the conference in that regard.

(06-06-2013 06:34 PM)USACoN2012 Wrote:  If they spent any money on replay equipment, Big Tits Bob Marlin would just break it during one of his many temper tantrums.

it never gets old

Here is a recap video of the final home game versus Middle in the 2011-12 season. Just over 7200 at the game.

(06-06-2013 08:19 PM)topper1296 Wrote:  Here is a recap video of the final home game versus Middle in the 2011-12 season. Just over 7200 at the game.

This got me wondering what the largest attendance was/is for a Sun Belt conference game (in basketball)?

(06-06-2013 09:55 PM)tyler90wm Wrote:  

(06-06-2013 08:19 PM)topper1296 Wrote:  Here is a recap video of the final home game versus Middle in the 2011-12 season. Just over 7200 at the game.

This got me wondering what the largest attendance was/is for a Sun Belt conference game (in basketball)?

In recent times no doubt it was Middle's home game against Western last year with 10,500 or so IIRC. Before that (70s onward?), WKU, ULL, and MT drew huge numbers I believe.

(06-06-2013 11:27 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  

(06-06-2013 09:55 PM)tyler90wm Wrote:  

(06-06-2013 08:19 PM)topper1296 Wrote:  Here is a recap video of the final home game versus Middle in the 2011-12 season. Just over 7200 at the game.

This got me wondering what the largest attendance was/is for a Sun Belt conference game (in basketball)?

In recent times no doubt it was Middle's home game against Western last year with 10,500 or so IIRC. Before that (70s onward?), WKU, ULL, and MT drew huge numbers I believe.

South Alabama used to have good crowds as well, particularly in the 80's and early 90's. When the Sun Belt lost UAB, VCU, Old Dominion, Charlotte, and South Florida in 1991 it really took a hit on our attendance and interest in the sport thereafter. Now we have to be GOOD to draw good numbers.

Just for fun, here are the average attendance figures for the Sun Belt teams in the 1991 season:

6,415 -- South Alabama
6,406 -- UAB
6,174 -- South Florida
5,693 -- VCU
5,426 -- Charlotte
5,338 -- Western Kentucky
3,642 -- Old Dominion
3,579 -- Jacksonville

I thought this page, on top ten attendance, would give perspective on then vs now. WKU is ranked in 1971.
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketba...Ytop25.pdf

(06-07-2013 08:25 AM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(06-06-2013 11:27 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  

(06-06-2013 09:55 PM)tyler90wm Wrote:  

(06-06-2013 08:19 PM)topper1296 Wrote:  Here is a recap video of the final home game versus Middle in the 2011-12 season. Just over 7200 at the game.

This got me wondering what the largest attendance was/is for a Sun Belt conference game (in basketball)?

In recent times no doubt it was Middle's home game against Western last year with 10,500 or so IIRC. Before that (70s onward?), WKU, ULL, and MT drew huge numbers I believe.

South Alabama used to have good crowds as well, particularly in the 80's and early 90's. When the Sun Belt lost UAB, VCU, Old Dominion, Charlotte, and South Florida in 1991 it really took a hit on our attendance and interest in the sport thereafter. Now we have to be GOOD to draw good numbers.

Just for fun, here are the average attendance figures for the Sun Belt teams in the 1991 season:

6,415 -- South Alabama
6,406 -- UAB
6,174 -- South Florida
5,693 -- VCU
5,426 -- Charlotte
5,338 -- Western Kentucky
3,642 -- Old Dominion
3,579 -- Jacksonville

Well there we go! That's about right. MT was a huge draw back in the OVC day, I guess that really shouldn't count for SBC play lol. Even so, USA has a good tradition of basketball and I wish you guys could draw more to games. Always wanted to go to the Mitchell Center to see one. Maybe I will soon.