Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball program represents intercollegiate men's basketball at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.[3] The school competes in the Sun Belt Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and play home games at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana. Bob Marlin is in his eighth season as head coach.

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball
2020–21 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette
First season1911–12
Head coachBob Marlin (11th season)
ConferenceSun Belt
LocationLafayette, Louisiana
ArenaCajundome
(Capacity: 12,362)
NicknameRagin' Cajuns
ColorsVermilion and White[1]
         
Uniforms
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1972*, 1973*
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1972*, 1973*, 1992
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1972*, 1973*, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2004*, 2005*, 2014
Conference Tournament Champions
Southland: 1982
Sun Belt: 1992, 1994, 2000, 2004*, 2005*, 2014
Conference Regular Season Champions
Gulf States: 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
Southland: 1972*, 1973*, 1977, 1982
Sun Belt: 1992, 2000, 2018
Conference Division Season Champions
Sun Belt West: 2002, 2003, 2004*, 2008, 2011[2]
*vacated by NCAA

History

The Ragin' Cajuns in action at UT Arlington in 2020

Conference affiliations

1968 infractions

In 1968, Southwestern Louisiana was placed on two years' probation and barred from postseason play during that time for recruiting violations and for student-athletes receiving financial assistance from an outside organization.[4]

1973 death penalty

In August 1973, Louisiana—then known as Southwestern Louisiana—became only the second school to receive the so-called "death penalty" from the NCAA. The basketball team was found guilty of over 120 violations. Most of them involved small cash payments to players, letting players borrow coaches' and boosters' cars, letting players use university credit cards to buy gas and buying clothes and other objects for players. However, the most severe violations involved massive academic fraud. In the most egregious case, an assistant coach altered a recruit's high school transcript and forged the principal's signature. Several boosters arranged for surrogates to take college entrance exams for prospective recruits. The NCAA Council found the violations so egregious that it wanted to throw Southwestern Louisiana out of the NCAA altogether. It settled for scrubbing the Ragin' Cajuns' 1972 and 1973 NCAA Tournament appearances from the books canceling the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons, and stripping the school of its vote at the NCAA convention for three years. [5][6]

2007 major violations

In 2007, The Ragin Cajuns were found guilty of major violations in its men's basketball program. An NCAA investigation found that now-former player Orien Greene had relied on 15 hours of correspondence courses taken through another institution in order to remain eligible for the 2004 spring semester and the entire 2004–05 academic year. NCAA rules do not allow student-athletes to use correspondence courses taken from another institution to remain eligible. According to the NCAA, this was an "obvious error" that should have been caught right away, but the school's then-compliance coordinator, director of academic services and registrar all failed to catch it. When school officials learned about the violations, they vacated every game in which Greene participated—43 games in all, including NCAA tournament appearances in 2004 and 2005—and scrubbed Greene's records from the books. The NCAA accepted Louisiana's penalties and also imposed two years' probation.[7][8]

Postseason

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Ragin Cajuns have unofficially appeared in 10 NCAA Division I Tournaments. However, they have officially only appeared in six; the other four appearances have been vacated. In 1972, they became the first school to make the tournament in their first year of eligibility, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. They repeated this feat in 1973. However, both of these appearances were scrubbed from the books as a result of the 1973 infractions case. The Ragin Cajuns participated in the 2004 and 2005 NCAA tournaments, but both appearances were vacated due to major violations involving Orien Greene. Their official combined record is 1–6. All appearances prior to 2000 were when the school was still named Southwestern Louisiana.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result Notes
1972*N/AFirst Round
Sweet Sixteen
Regional 3rd Place Game
Marshall
Louisville
Texas
W 112–101
L 57–61
W 100–70
Vacated
Vacated
Vacated
1973*N/AFirst Round
Sweet Sixteen
Regional 3rd Place Game
Houston
Kansas State
South Carolina
W 102–89
L 63–66
L 85–90
Vacated
Vacated
Vacated
1982No. 8First RoundNo. 9 TennesseeL 57–61
1983No. 8First RoundNo. 9 RutgersL 53–60
1992No. 13First Round
Second Round
No. 4 Oklahoma
No. 12 New Mexico State
W 87–83
L 73–81
1994No. 11First RoundNo. 6 MarquetteL 59–81
2000No. 13First RoundNo. 4 TennesseeL 58–63
2004*No. 14First RoundNo. 3 NC StateL 52–61Vacated
2005*No. 13First RoundNo. 4 LouisvilleL 62–68Vacated
2014No. 14First RoundNo. 3 CreightonL 66–76

* appearance and records vacated

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Ragin Cajuns appeared in the 1971 NCAA Division II Tournament. However, that appearance was later vacated due to the same rules violations that stripped them of their 1972 and 1973 Division I Tournament results.

Year Round Opponent Result Notes
1971*Regional Semifinals
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National 3rd Place Game
New Orleans
Tennessee State
Assumption
Evansville
Kentucky Wesleyan
W 113–107
W 86–82
W 110–99
L 74–93
W 105–83
Vacated
Vacated
Vacated
Vacated
Vacated

* appearance and records vacated

NAIA Tournament results

The Ragin Cajuns appeared in two NAIA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–2.

Year Round Opponent Result
1965First Round
Second Round
Colorado State-Pueblo
Oklahoma Baptist
W 66–59
L 82–95
1967First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Findlay
Central Michigan
Oklahoma Baptist
W 110–73
W 70–62
L 65–66

NIT results

The Ragin Cajuns appeared in six National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 6–7. All appearances prior to 2002 were when the school was still named Southwestern Louisiana.

Year Round Opponent Result
1980First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
UAB
Texas
Minnesota
W 74–72
W 77–76
L 73–94
1984First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third Place Game
Utah State
Weber State
Santa Clara
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
W 94–92
W 74–72
W 97–76
L 59–65
L 70–71
1985First Round
Second Round
Florida
Tennessee
W 65–64
L 72–73
2002Opening RoundLouisiana TechL 63–83
2003First RoundUABL 80–82
2018First RoundLSUL 76–84

CIT results

The Ragin Cajuns appeared in three CollegeInsider.com Tournaments (CIT). Their combined record is 4–3.

Year Round Opponent Result
2012First RoundRiceL 63–68
2015First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Incarnate Word
Sam Houston State
Evansville
W 83–68
W 71–70
L 82–89
2016First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Furman
UC Irvine
W 96–72
W 80–72
L 66–67

Home venues

Earl K. Long Gymnasium

Blackham Coliseum

Cajundome

See also

References

  1. "ULL Brand Guide and Graphic Standards Manual" (PDF). Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  2. "Sun Belt All-Time Standings" (PDF). 2011–12 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide. Sun Belt Conference. pp. 93–95. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 16, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  3. "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns School History". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  4. "Legislative Services Database – LSDBi". web1.ncaa.org.
  5. "Legislative Services Database – LSDBi". web1.ncaa.org.
  6. Bradley, John Ed. "An Accidental Hero: Beryl Shipley, 1926–2011." Sports Illustrated, May 2, 2011.
  7. "Legislative Services Database – LSDBi". web1.ncaa.org.
  8. "Forfeits and Vacated Games - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
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