Louisiana Lafayette (12/1/12)

[CMJ]

Hey...it's conference time. We can still turn this around!

[filmerj]

For the sake of my health, I might have to skip this one.

[angel1972]

Can't wait to see what Shawn Forest (who in my opinion should have gotten the head coaching job) has for. Will probably be an emotional game for the boys considering the relationship they had with Shawn. Go mean green

[UNT90]

Hope we keep it under -10.

Yes, that is how low my expectations are for Saturday.

[oldguystudent]

I have to go rent a tux on Saturday. If it costs me something stupid like $500, I'm going to be in no mood to head up to Denton afterward. Can't take two psychological orifice violations in one day.

[GreenBat]

Hey...it's conference time. We can still turn this around!

:lolu: :lolu: :lolu:

Oh wait, you're serious!

:ninja: :ninja:

[oldguystudent]

We can still turn this around!

[Green P1]

Post of the week.

[CMJ]

:lolu: :lolu: :lolu:

Oh wait, you're serious!

:ninja: :ninja:

I was sorta half kidding, hence the whistling past the graveyard emoticon.. Though, it is possible given we're just seven games into this mess.

[Army of Dad]

Can't wait to see what Shawn Forest (who in my opinion should have gotten the head coaching job) has for. Will probably be an emotional game for the boys considering the relationship they had with Shawn. Go mean green

He wasn't ready either. Besides he needed to take a resue writing class too.

[untbowler]

Would not mind a repeat of 2011-12 season suck it up first half and 500 in conference and then make a run in the tournament as team clicks.Stranger things have happened

[MeanGreenTexan]

Would not mind a repeat of 2011-12 season suck it up first half and 500 in conference and then make a run in the tournament as team clicks.Stranger things have happened

This is starting to look like a much more realistic goal. But this is still a huge disappointment.

[untbowler]

This is starting to look like a much more realistic goal. But this is still a huge disappointment.

With the expectations on this team it would be a disappointment, but ultimately the main goal is getting to the post season

[CMJ]

With the expectations on this team it would be a disappointment, but ultimately the main goal is getting to the post season

Look, at this point if we make the tournament in one of the First Four games - I think most of us would be thrilled. However, we thought this year we could maybe get into the 12 or 13 line (some folks dreamed maybe even into a 11 or 10). That is...not just making the Dance, but a realistic shot of advancing. Now, we could still get in, and maybe pull a stunner (look at last year with two 15's winning). However, your odds of winning as a 15 or 16 are almost nil.

We're gonna have to play much better all conference season to avoid a 15 or 16 seed at this point. On a plus side though, the Belt is up this year in the RPI rankings, so perhaps it's not unreasonable if we got hot.

[CurveItAround]

I just want to see the team start getting a shot off before the shot clock hits 25. If we are only going to shoot 20% on our good nights, then we need to shoot a higher volume.

[Green Dozer]

Can't wait to see what Shawn Forest (who in my opinion should have gotten the head coaching job) has for. Will probably be an emotional game for the boys considering the relationship they had with Shawn. Go mean green

Yes, it would have been great! Then we could top it off by having the resume issue surface about now.

[GrandGreen]

ULL played Mitchell better than anyone last year, and would expect the same. Mitchell is going to have play smart or he will be on the bench in foul trouble for much of the game, that is what happened against ULL last year with Tony completely off his game. Obviosly the rest of the team is going to have to take the pressure off Tony, something they have achieved rarely this year.

Should be an interesting game, a good game by NT could be the needed turnaround, another bad loss and this season will be even more difficult to recover. Pre-season, I admittively stupidly didn't think this team could lose more than 3 or 4 Belt games, now I am wondering if they can even play JJ ball. About .500 in conference and a strong run in the conference tournament.

[Green Dozer]

I hope your right, but I think the common denominator for strong runs in the tournament was JJ. He seemed to get the most out his players more so than the other coaches. If we are just chugging along, and not sprinting at the end of the season, I don't see much hope in Hot Springs.

[CMJ]

Game starting about 20 minutes late because the women's game (who won!).

[CMJ]

ULL 9

NT 6

15:58 to go

Cajuns hit a three and carved us up on a backdoor play.

[CMJ]

NT 15

ULL 14

11:59 to go

Playing with more energy the last few minutes.

[CMJ]

NT 24

ULL 21

7:45 to go

Both teams trade runs.

[bleedgreen4ever]

Once Benford started substituting every 10 seconds after the team was on a good run, Cajuns cut the lead to 3. What is he trying to accomplish with all these subs? Can't he learn it brings no consistency?

[CMJ]

NT 33

ULL 30

3:31 to go

Chris Jones is playing a lot better than he has as of late. Hope this continues.

[CMJ]

NT 39

ULL 39

Halftime