Despite some epic matchups in the past few years that seemed to brew some bad blood between the teams, Louisiana-Lafayette men’s basketball coach Bob Marlin said Saturday’s game at Georgia State doesn’t have any special significance.
“I think we treat it like every game,” Marlin said Friday. “It’s the next game. It’s a conference game, an important game.”
The Cajuns (6-8, 2-3 Sun Belt) and the Panthers (11-3, 4-1) have taken turns representing the conference in the NCAA tournament in the past two years. They have combined for some great games — like last year’s thriller in the Cajundome (which the Cajuns won 84-80), and the conference tournament championship game the year before (which the Cajuns won in overtime).