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Does not appear that the Lamar administration and athletic department wants to do that, so they will probably settle for 2nd again and another season of sitting at the house. Lamar’s men and women in Basketball, baseball, and softball simply choke when it comes to the post season tournament since the ncaa committees only will take the post season winner Lamar will continue to sit at the house, unless they figure out what it takes to win the tournament

Lamar wins game 1 8-5

2 more losses for Lamar softball. May not even make the conference tournament It is time to send this coach packing, because they simply do not compete well

Why have the ncaa basketball officials gotten so bad. They don’t call traveling, carrying the ball, 3 seconds in the lane, and obvious offensive charges any more. I understand that Duke is the obvious better team than Baylor, but 19 FT’s to 2 in the 1st half is ridiculous. The flagrant on Baylor I understand but why was the obvious intentional elbow by Flagg in the 1st half not flagrant I have now seen at least 3 games where the officials did everything in their power to try and allow the better seed to win

Good puts them at 6-6, unfortunately they are still near the bottom of the conference. Hopefully they will get on a roll

If the ncaa did things right they should have a March madness tournament for the mid majors separate from the majors allowing them to have a better chance for success

Simply stating the facts. You are correct most conferences can’t get the quality teams that the major conferences can and the ncaa has really messed up allowing players to get paid. This is one of the major reasons why it is no longer team, just a bunch of individuals that transfer from conference to conference for the money. Unfortunately college athletics are becoming like the pro leagues and getting to where they are not fun to watch

Very nice season for McNeese, had a Huge upset vs Clemson, unfortunately the loss to Purdue again shows the weakness of the SLC. They played hard, however the SLC just can’t get the higher quality players to be successful at the national level

Good news is that McNeese made it to the 2nd round, bat news is they got beat pretty bad by Purdue!

That is very good for the SLC, however the only team that will be invited to a regional will be the team that wins the conference tournament. The committees in the major sports do not think highly of the SLC

Remember that Lamar had a pretty good record and a good 2nd place finish in the SLC and didn’t even get a sniff to one of the Rinky Dink tournaments. The committee members do not like the SLC and you can rest assured they are not happy with this upset, I just hope Clemson doesn’t fire their coach over this loss like Texas is about to do to Terry!

You are correct. Great win for MC Neese. They tried their best to blow it at the end, however I was wrong on 1 and done. Some teams from the ACC are not very strong. Face it, today Clemson had shooters about like A&M, not very good , but you are correct, I blew the call on this game. I am glad they won, however the SLC is still a very weak conference and why only the winner will get a bid for March Madness

Another nice non conference win vs Tulane and a pretty decent record. It’s sad that they can’t win conference games, which will do their season in

You have a good point, however basketball committees are not favorable to the SLC. They simply do not think that the teams that are not the winners are worthy of an invitation

Lamar had a good record this season 20-13. It was a better season than the last several years, however they were not good enough to get invited to any post season tournament IMO Hopefully they will improve next year The only SLC to get invited a tournament is the winner because it is a weak conference

Lamar seems to have a decent team and has some gutty performers, but I guess they can’t find enough quality pitchers. Looks like the reliever in the 8th today couldn’t get it done I can’t figure out how they can beat teams that are pretty good in non conference, but when they get into conference play, they struggle They have a good season record as of today, however a not to sweet 3-5 conference record. If they keep going down this path, they are likely to be a middle of the road conference team. Hopefully they will get it going in a positive direction

I feel for the Lamar softball team. They just don’t compete very well under Hooks leadership Appears as of today that they will finish in the middle to the bottom in conference play

That is a good point, however Lamar is probably not going to do that INO Lamar’s athletic staff as well as the president of Lamar are happy with mediocre results

Not going to happen, so they will continue struggling in the recruiting aspect. What the city of Beaumont with the help of Lamar is to revitalize the South Park area close to the college. Probably won’t happen and as Trump would say what a dumb statement by AggiesAreWe. I enjoy most of your post. however that was inappropriate I was stating why they struggle recruiting and those reasons are Hugh part of it. You think that is why they struggle in every athletics program !!!

Point well taken. Simply stating recruiting at Lamar, a commuter college with very little athletic support is very tough. The college is ugly, in a poor part of town and refineries right next to the gym makes recruiting tough. I am sure Brooks is doing the best he can do That being said, their season is over unless they are invited to a tournament of the Rinky Dinks

You are correct it is about the players and Brooks struggles recruiting but I have to admit that he should be SLC coach of the year this year. My post is very accurate on being in an extremely weak conference A rating of 20 in conferences is pretty poor(30 last year was awful)

Thank you for acknowledging that they are in a weak conference!

McNeese has a decent team, however they will be 1 and done in the tournament due to an extremely weak conference

Sorry I meant 20-13 after today’s loss

Yes a much better season under Brooks this year 20-14 after today’s loss is much better than the past few years and a 2nd place finish in conference is a plus Maybe they can continue to improve next season!