Louisiana Men’s Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

February 28, 2023 · CSM Staff
 

Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns

Sun Belt (26-7, 13-5)

 
 
Big Wins: 1/5 Southern Miss (75-61), 1/14 at South Alabama (79-76)
Bad Losses: 12/29 at Coastal Carolina (76-77), 2/18 at James Madison (68-74)
Coach: Bob Marlin
 
Probable Starters:
Terence Lewis II, Senior, Forward, 11.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg
Jordan Brown, Junior, Forward, 19.4 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.2 bpg
Themus Fulks, Sophomore, Guard, 9.4 ppg, 5.9 apg
Kentrell Garnett, Sophomore, Guard, 6.7 ppg
Greg Williams Jr., Senior, Guard, 13.1 ppg, 1.3 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Joe Charles, Sophomore, Forward, 5.5ppg, 4.2 rpg
Jalen Dalcourt, Senior, Guard, 5.8 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 78.2 (39th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 69.9 (171, 12)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.4 (18, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 44.0 (200, 13)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.0 (218, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 37.5 (28, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.2 (290, 11)
Rebound Margin: 6.5 (15, 1)
Assists Per Game: 14.6 (74, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.2 (164, 10)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2018 NIT First Round loss to LSU
2016 CIT First Round win over Texas A&M
2016 CIT Second Round win over Furman
2016 CIT Quarterfinal loss to UC Irvine
2016 CIT First Round loss to Furman
2015 CIT First Round win over Incarnate Word
2015 CIT Second Round win over Sam Houston State
2015 CIT Quarterfinal loss to Evansville
2014 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Creighton
2012 CIT First Round loss to Rice
 
*all team stats through 3/5