Ragin Cajuns report: Notes, quotes

April 2, 2008
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Notes, quotes · Strategy and personnel · Getting inside

FINAL RECORD
15-15, 11-7, tied for first in Sun Belt West.

WHAT WENT RIGHT
A young team with eight freshmen and sophomores among its top 10 players grew up in a hurry and put the program back on the path toward the NCAA Tournament after a two-year absence.

WHAT WENT WRONG
The Ragin' Cajuns often struggled for defensive stops down the stretch of close games and lost five conference games by 10 points or less, including four by an average of 4.25 per game.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"With the group of guys we have, our goal in the next year or so is to have a legitimate shot to go to the Final Four. I think we're in the progress stage. I think we're starting to take the necessary steps, but I do feel like the guys we have out on the perimeter, in a year or so, are going to be as talented as anybody else out there. Now we've got to add a couple more pieces to this puzzle, but that's the goal of our basketball team and basketball program." -- Louisiana-Lafayette coach Robert Lee, in the Lafayette Daily Advertiser.