LAFAYETTE - The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team entered the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll for the first time this season when they were ranked No. 20 in the weekly poll released on Monday.
Louisiana, one of three Sun Belt Conference teams in the poll, increased its winning streak to six games last Saturday with a 92-72 win at McNeese State. The Ragin' Cajuns, ranked ninth in the nation in scoring offense (89.5), received votes in last week's poll for the first time in the 2016-17 season and is joined in the Dec. 5 poll by Sun Belt Conference schools UTA (No.