TOURNEY TIPS OFF: Georgia State, Jonas Hayes, and the Cajuns BATTLE—Who Survives and ADVANCES?

The Sun Belt tourney tips off.

We got postseason awards and we got huge midweek matchups.

Let's talk about it next.

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We wanted to get this in before the Sun Belt tipped off today.

Didn't really preview the two ball games that are going on.

We got postseason awards and again, just huge midweek matchups

that are not as one side of this as you think as it turns out.

So today, you do have the Cajuns taken on Georgia State.

That's 5 p.m. Central time, 6 p.m. Eastern time.

And then ODU and ULM.

ULM's only conference victory against ODU.

ODU is an 11 and a half point favorite.

And Georgia State is a one and a half point favorite.

Turns out, sources tell me and that may or may not be Kevin Foote.

That Dorian Finister is expected to play for the cage.

He's had a concussion a couple of games ago.

And he is expected to play.

We'll see.

All right.

These two, you know, Georgia State has just, you know,

the bottom fell out of it after starting the Sun Belt 6 and 3.

But they always battle.

They always just come up short.

A lot can be said for the Cajuns.

They did have a nice run in the middle of the season to avoid having their

fewest wins in program history at seven would have matched that mark.

But they just been banged up all year long.

All right.

I'll go all Homer and take the Cajuns in this one.

You want to say he's maybe on his last leg over at the Georgia State.

It has for Kwanis White.

And you can say the same thing about Jonas Hayes.

He just can't get him.

Forget about over the hub to the home.

All right.

But they always play hard.

Just can't finish down the stretch.

Cajuns just to been banged up.

You guys know I'm a much more of a reasons guy than excuses guy.

But they lose one or two guys.

They lost like four or five guys.

And you know that's obviously going to make a big difference.

They're tough defensively.

And if they hit some shots, they're very difficult to beat.

So I will say I don't think either one of these two teams is going to win another

ballgame in the Sun Belt Conference.

The winner of this game is probably going to lose their next ballgame.

All right.

But we'll see.

Good experience for Kwanis White to be a head coach in a conference tournament.

Quick turn around since Friday.

And we'll see what happens with George State.

Their head coaching situation.

All right.

As far as old Dominion.

Former player.

Mike Jones has not had that program in the right direction in a couple of years.

Another one of those teams that you just.

Have some interesting and impressive wins.

And yet they do lose the ULM.

Not only did they lose the ULM, they lost to him in that hole.

I get in there tough because they have explosive.

But it's not.

They just can't finish either.

Whatever it is at the end of the games.

They have difficulty finishing.

So we'll see how that goes.

And a lot can be said.

What we say about George State and the cage and same thing for ULF.

I mean, they're obviously not a particularly good basketball team.

But some of these games are.

You know, they weren't pretty close.

They got blown up by South Alabama and Troy.

That Troy ball game was close for a minute.

Well, for more than a minute.

It was 44-43.

The four Troy went on for an 80 to 65 victory.

They lost Arkansas State 102-94.

Troy needed a minor miracle to hold them off 77-76.

Texas State beat them 95-84.

Ball State beat them 73-68.

Right.

They beat Old Dominion 85-79.

Lost to coastal by four.

Lost to Georgia Southern by three.

They could blown out by Marshall and Arkansas State one time.

So there's that possibility of getting blown out.

But they tend to play tough.

All right.

So we'll see what happens.

Christian Lewis has been very good for ULM the season.

And again, it takes a certain kind of moxie to, you know,

when you've won one game in 17 in the conference.

And they even lost the Mac challenge in the middle of all that

to come out and play hard and try and play spoiler.

Are they almost into Troy?

No real spoiler here trying to win a conference championship.

And, you know, a couple of conference ball games.

Again, I think, oh, did you would have the best shot at moving?

I will look at the bracket here in a second just to make sure I agree with myself.

Only because they just seem to be for lack of a better term.

It gets a frenic.

I'm just not sure.

I'm really just not sure what to expect from Odeo on a regular basis.

See, they get, they get Georgia Southern.

So Odeo, you can absolutely be Georgia Southern next.

All right.

Whereas Georgia State of the occasion is getting James Madison.

I don't think they're going to win that ball game.

So I think James Madison will advance.

And I think, well, again, the Old Dominion Georgia Southern matchup could be a

for grabs.

Let's see what those two teams did this year just to see.

Old Dominion lost to Georgia Southern 87, 84 and lost to 93, 86.

So Georgia Southern has beaten him twice so far, but in both times,

close ball games.

So we shall see how that goes.

And again, James Madison is going to win and beat the Cajuns or Georgia State,

whereas even ULM has a shot at Georgia Southern.

So although Georgia Southern did put on that,

dropping on Marshall, that was surprising.

That's a pride they did twice this year.

Okay.

Let's take the time out.

We're going to flip to the postseason awards.

Scott Frost got coach of the year.

We got Chase Harris getting player of the year.

And we'll go over the first and second and maybe third teams as well.

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All right.

So Sunbelt postseason awards.

Oh, I want to go back one thing.

I meant to do this about the Sunbelt turning.

And how the broadcasters are on.

They're not on site.

They're in New Orleans.

Because they want to take advantage of that.

Studio that they have.

Then why don't they take full advantage of it?

Why do they go to break?

Why not have like a 30 minute intro.

And then just stay there in between ball games.

So what if it's 30 or 40 minutes?

There's not a shortage of things to talk about.

If you just want to talk about basketball,

you can come preview and each team in each game.

It's not that difficult.

If you want to include baseball, you can do that as well.

There's no reason to go to.

And this event hasn't started yet, screen.

When you have.

Potential Sunbelt audience.

So another missed opportunity.

Would you have to pay somebody?

Sure.

You got to put them up for a week.

Of course.

But.

Have would have plenty of people interested in hosting the Sunbelt

Commerce tournament.

I don't know why.

They don't.

They don't do that.

So it seems to be.

I would think the benefits would far outweigh the costs.

All right.

To do that.

Why they would not do that.

So that's just an idea that.

It should be for the basketball tournament, softball tournament,

and baseball tournament.

Don't go away.

You have a captive audience.

Keep them.

You know.

Very, very strange.

All right.

Now on to the postseason awards.

All right.

Just nobody surprised.

Scott Cross from Troy is your.

A coach of the year.

You know.

Again, still not really understood what happened towards the end.

I know Theo Seng got hurt.

It was pointed out by a faithful listener, despite what he likes to claim.

That they really haven't beat anybody as late.

They had a.

Easy schedule outside of South Alabama.

And they lost to South Alabama.

Right.

They played the Cajuns once in ULM twice.

They barely got past.

ULM the first time.

So.

Haven't really heard his name connected with any other jobs.

I try to keep on pumping them up for Syracuse.

There may be another former.

Some about coach who may be in line from that who is from that region.

Brian Hachin.

So we'll see what happens there.

But really well deserved by.

Scott Cross to be into that.

And as.

Matt Stewart had.

Had mentioned.

I don't know.

Someone else should have gotten it as well.

You know.

Coach of coastal Carolina.

I should have gotten it.

Justin Gray.

Turn that program around.

Right.

They're the three seed.

Right.

I'm not sure anybody saw that coming a couple of weeks ago.

And.

You know.

They're in.

They're pretty good shape.

Let's see how they finished the season up.

You know, they lost James Madison by two.

Otherwise, they won five out of their last six.

You know, they had a tough loss to.

South Alabama losing 53 48.

They lost the Arkansas state.

And they lost James Madison.

The only issues with two of those losses.

The gym you lost in the Arkansas state last.

It was at home.

That's the only that's the only issue.

All right.

They're losing at South Alabama.

No shame to that.

That defense is tough.

It can be very tough.

53 48.

So.

And these other losses.

They lost to J.M.U.

67 65 Arkansas state by four.

And lost South Alabama by five.

So.

You know, those are their last three losses.

How many overall one two three four five six seven.

10 11 12 13 14.

I mean, they're 11 and three in their last 14 volumes.

That's impressive.

So Justin Gray has done a fantastic job.

Yeah.

Has for the player awards.

All right.

You did have chase Harris as.

The player of the year from.

A South Alabama.

Newcomer of the year was a Joshua Beetle.

Who's been very good for the aforementioned coastal Carolina.

Shanty clears beats J.M.U.

At the end.

Let's see what else we got.

We have the defensive player of the year.

Is a loop Wilson from app state.

Freshman of the year DJ Hall.

And you got the sixth man of the year.

Joey.

Jamala.

I'm not sure if that's how you say his name.

I.

Chamba.

Maybe just Chamba.

I had an X-ray in there.

Just Joey Chamba.

From Arkansas state.

I think all those guys are.

Very much so.

Well.

Deserting.

All right.

Let's do the sum belt.

All first team.

Beetle got it from coastal Carolina.

Tom is out from Troy white.

Fricks from Marshall.

Chase here from South Alabama until week weeks.

From Southern.

Miss.

I mean, you know.

Weeks and Chase.

We're going at it for that scoring title.

You know, South Alabama.

Just had a little bit better of a season.

Then Southern.

Missed it.

Not that much better.

But just a little bit better.

And that's why maybe chase Harris.

I don't know if you saw that article.

He leads the nation.

At percentage of his points at the rim.

That's amazing.

Also about second team.

DJ Hall from Texas state.

Carolina Hamilton.

From Georgia state case and Jennings from Appstate.

Adam Olson from South Alabama.

He's really one of the keys.

To this whole tournament.

If Adam Olson goes off.

And the score in 20 points.

South Alabama is tough.

It's tough to beat.

But he's got it.

It can't just be free throws.

You can't go three for 10.

And just get a bunch of free throws and make 20 points.

He's got to.

He's got to shoot it around that 45.

50% mark.

You know, he really does.

And then you get Jake Cooper.

That's what happens if Adam Olson is shooting it.

Then you can fall off and do Jake Cooper.

And you just let chase Harris go to the bucket.

Because he's only getting two points.

And remember.

You know, if it's Arkansas state against South Alabama.

South Alabama.

Arkansas state's going to attempt 43 pointers.

Right.

It's going to be a tough.

It's going to be a tough matchup.

So we'll see how that goes.

But South Alabama is going to need to count on Adam Olson to have a big tournament.

If they're going to make a right.

All right.

Elsewhere.

Let's hear a second.

Oh, and Jalen spear for Marshall could say the same thing.

From Marshall, you know, that Jalen spear is going to.

And then the thing is he shoots it from anywhere across his half court.

He may not even have to cross half court to shoot it.

He does.

He's got no conscience.

He can shoot it from the top of the key.

Or he can shoot it about five steps back towards the logo.

So Jalen spear could be.

Big in this tournament as well as Marshall is the second or the third.

No, the second seat.

All right.

Cliff Davis from J.M.U.

Is all signed up.

Third team.

Alonzo.

Alonzo Dodd at App State.

Christian Harmon from Arkansas state.

Justin McBride from J.M.U.

And Victor Valdez from Troy.

Victor Valdez is kind of one of those, you know, point forward type of deals.

It shoots it.

You know, half a dozen times or so.

But it's going to rebound.

And it's going to give you assists.

So those are the teams.

I don't think there's any surprises.

Let me know what you guys think.

But I think in this case.

The Sunbelt did get it right or the people voting.

I did not vote.

I didn't have a vote.

But that was pretty much.

I think that I think everybody got it right.

All right.

If you make a case for Justin Gray, certainly.

But Troy wanted.

And.

It does go to Scott Cross.

All right.

Just like it went to I think went to Richie Riley last year because they were the number one seed.

Although there was a four way tie at the end.

All right.

We got huge midweek baseball games coming up today.

And then tomorrow.

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All right, Dave Schultz, lock down some about your teams every day, got a few more minutes

here before we start boarding, heading back to Louisville, going to Charlotte, got to

lay over there, probably where I'm going to finish posting this.

And then we get to Louisville, which I may be thankful I'm missing the surrogates game.

That's a tip off at nine o'clock Eastern time.

We land just after nine o'clock.

Oh, darn.

I can't sit through.

It's going to be a brutal basketball game.

All right, meanwhile, baseball.

And we got some huge matchups.

I mean, Southern Miss and Mississippi State are playing tonight.

You got LSU over at the Cajun's hosting LSU.

And these are different for different reasons, okay.

And then in years past, all right, and probably still will be for this year.

We'll see what the Cajun's can do.

But normally, these midweek ball games for the, and I mentioned this during the season,

or during the previews, well, all those coaches, right?

They're not necessarily as big for them outside of playing other players that don't get

to play on the weekends.

We got to see what they can do.

Some did not play very well last night for LSU, is the way that it is.

Because LSU is always going to have those SEC teams, Mississippi State, same thing.

They're going to have those SEC teams, so the RPIs are going to be hot.

They're going to be regardless.

But, of course, Southern Miss is RPI is.

They're winning, but because of the teams they've played, they're way up there, right?

Coastal Carolina's got a lot of wins, or I'm not, of course, Arkansas State, but they're

not in the top 20 yet because of the teams they've played, all right.

So it's a big opportunity for, you know, and we'll get to more games here for Southern

Miss and the Cajuns.

The thing is, it may not hurt LSU for Mississippi State.

Because if Mississippi State finishes seventh in the RPI, that's not going to hurt Mississippi

State.

That's not a, that's not a thing.

Cajuns are 14th.

I think last time I checked, we'll check here in a minute.

So it's not going to hurt LSU if they lose to the Cajuns.

Let's see where the Cajuns are.

14th has of this broadcast.

So that's not going to hurt anything either.

It's not, you know, let's not change the fact that it's a big opportunity.

These are home games, right?

Usually you go to the SEC team, but these coaches do a good job.

You know, Jay Johnson's done a good job going around the state.

I think Skipertman started it, Paul Menary picked it up and just does a good job.

They know that, you know, LSU is a flagship in this case, and they have plenty of fans

all over the place, but it's a great recruiting thing for them as well.

And it's also getting them ready in this case, a lot of, a lot of new guys.

They're going to be playing in front of a packed house.

It's going to be hostile.

They'll be plenty of LSU fans there, but that's a good chance to play on the road before

they hit SEC play.

So it's a great opportunity to go for the Cajuns and Southernist, but we have many more,

many more games than just those two, all right?

So tonight, or today, let's see if it is tonight or today, all right?

So today, in fact, first pitch is a 2 p.m. Eastern time.

Coastal Carolina's at NC State.

NC State is highly ranked, right?

Where's NC State?

I thought NC State was highly ranked.

Didn't they just put up 90 runs?

Did I see that?

I don't know.

I don't see that.

I don't know if they don't have a high RPI right now.

I thought they were pretty good, though.

Still, this is a road game to go play against a power four school.

That is big.

And see if Coastal Carolina can sort of rinse out what happened this past week at George

Mason, James Madison hosting George Mason, Marshall is a Virginia Tech.

That's an afternoon ballgame, all right?

Georgia State has already beaten George's Tech once.

How did they get it again?

Can they win another ballgame?

I mean, that would be huge for the Panthers.

Let's see what the Panthers are.

So I know that Northeaster moved up like 64 spots after last night's win.

Let's just see where Georgia State is heading into the ballgame.

And you imagine if they sweep George, if they sweep George's Tech, they're sitting at 91.

They'll be top 50 if they take down George's Tech again.

That's awesome.

Let's see what else we got.

ULM hosting, South Eastern, they've won six on rows of the war hawks looking to continue

that.

We talked about Southern Miss.

And this would be State.

Arkansas State is at La Tech.

La Tech is pissed.

Not only did they get beat, but somewhat embarrassed by Southern Miss.

We're going to find out a little bit what La Tech is about, but we're also going to find

out Arkansas State.

It's two ballgames.

And if Arkansas State can go and rush it and take down the bulldogs or even split, it's

a good spot for Arkansas State, all right?

South Alabama is in Montgomery playing UAB.

All right.

Wednesday, you get AppState hosting Wake Forest.

Troy is at Vanderbilt, right?

Cajun's hosting LSU, Southern Miss hosting Nichols.

And again, you got Arkansas State at Louisiana Tech.

You have an odd, I think doing an odd Thursday, Friday, Saturday deal with, I guess Troy's

playing in a tournament.

So Troy gets a Texas State.

I'm going to look around.

Texas State is on.

He's playing Washington State on Thursday.

Is that a series?

Let's see here.

It is a series.

Maybe that could be a Texas Washington State thing.

Yes.

They're playing a series.

All right.

And we'll get to the weekend later on.

But again, just huge opportunities for the Sun Belt.

And yet, it may not hurt the SEC teams at all if, even if, you know, the Cajun's finishing

a top 20 RPI.

It doesn't hurt you, right?

That's, that's the good thing here.

A big picture.

Our Southern Miss fans going to be pumped.

It should be.

Cajun fans going to be pumped.

It should be.

It did see not a whole lot of sales from Southern Miss fans.

I did see one prominent Cajun's fans selling his tickets.

But, you know, a maybe you can't make it.

And at the same time, can you pay for your entire season ticket package selling

ones tickets where I don't know how much tickets are.

But he was getting a pretty good coin for one ball game.

Can't blame somebody for.

I can go to every other home game except this one.

And recoup what I paid.

Maybe more.

I don't know how much it costs up.

So I did see that post.

Out there in social media.

So we'll see if the Sunbelt can take advantage of again.

They finished off some weekend series with some suites.

It wasn't good for others.

It's just a huge opportunity.

And again, that was.

It was this past week.

Two weeks, I think, where the midweek was huge for the Sunbelt.

And the baseball started to notice that, right?

And so.

We'll see how it goes today and tomorrow.

It was a big time opportunity.

As far as like LSU is concerned, the occasions are concerned with LSU.

LSU is not hitting.

They did come around last night against the way back end of the Northeastern bullpen.

Who couldn't throw strikes all of a sudden when they're up by 11.

But a chance to close it off.

So we'll see if the bats come around for LSU.

Because basically LSU fans knew it was over when it was.

It wasn't over at four.

Nothing.

It was certainly over at 10.

Although more than a few LSU fans did stick around.

I will.

I will say that I wasn't planning on stick around for all four hours.

Because the game should have been over at 9.30.

It's at 10.30.

But always good to catch up with.

With my guy, my clever.

Alright, so that's.

That's pretty good.

Maybe this can get him going.

And as I mentioned on the morning.

Quick video.

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I showed up in Baton Rouge.

And they went through out of four.

Just saying.

I mean, those are just the facts.

Just put it out there.

Alright.

So looking forward to basketball.

We'll have a full episode for basketball and baseball on.

Wednesday.

I'm not working as it turns out.

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We'll keep that going.

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