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2007-08 RAGIN’ CAJUNS MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME DAY NOTEBOOK Men’s Basketball Contact: Chris Yandle (Louisiana-Lafayette, 2004; Marshall, 2007) • E-mail: [email protected] • Offi ce: (337) 482-6330 • Cell: (337) 298-2099 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Sports Information • Cox Communications Athletic Center • 201 Reinhardt Drive • Lafayette, LA 70506 • Main Line: (337) 851-2255 www.RaginCajuns.com 2007-08 Schedule GAME 5 | 11/12 Tennessee Date Opponent Time (CT) N 6 Louisiana College (Exhibition) W, 95-81 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns (1-3) N 14 North Alabama W, 79-67 at 11 (AP)/12 (ESPN/USA Today) Tennessee Volunteers (6-1) N 16 at Louisiana Tech L, 56-64 Friday, November 30, 2007 • 7:30 p.m. ET N 20 at Oral Roberts L, 53-62 N 27 UAB L, 72-78 (ot) Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) • Knoxville, Tenn. N 30 at Tennessee 6:30 p.m. D 11 at UCF 6:30 p.m. Game Night Story Lines GAME RESET D 13 McNeese State 7:05 p.m. • Following a tough overtime loss at home to the UAB Blazers, Louisiana D 16 at Louisiana-Monroe• 1 p.m. faces arguably its toughest non-conference test of the regular season TV 44th Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawai’i) when the Ragin’ Cajuns visit Thompson-Boling Arena and the 11th- D 19 at Hawai’i 11:30 p.m. ranked Tennessee Volunteers. SportSouth (Randy Smith, P-by-P; Bill Justus, color); DirecTV Ch. 631 and D 21 Consolation/Championship Play TBA Dish Network Ch. 437 in Lafayette D 22 Consolation/Championship Finals TBA • Friday will mark the third consecutive season the two teams have met and the eighth meeting overall with the Vols winning the last three. D 29 Florida Atlantic• 7:05 p.m. RADIO J 3 Arkansas State• 7:05 p.m. • Perhaps the most memorable meeting in the series came in the fi rst Ragin’ Cajuns Radio Network (Jay J 5 New Orleans• 7:05 p.m. round of the 2000 NCAA Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. More than Walker, P-by-P), SportsRadio ESPN J 10 at UALR• 7:30 p.m. 11,000 fans were on hand to witness the 13th-seeded Ragin’ Cajuns 1420 AM (KPEL), 107.9 FM (KRKA) J 12 at North Texas• 7 p.m. nearly post an upset the fourth-seeded Volunteers. However, Tennessee The pre-game show begins 30 minutes J 15 Utah Valley State 7:05 p.m. went 23-of-29 (.793) at the free throw line to seal a 63-58 win. prior to tip-off (6 p.m.) J 19 Western Kentucky• 7:05 p.m. J 24 at South Alabama• 7:05 p.m. • In fact, three of the previous seven meetings in the series have come INTERNET BROADCAST J 27 at Troy• 1 p.m. in the postseason. Tennessee defeated Louisiana in the 1982 NCAA www.1079ishot.com J 31 Middle Tennessee• 7:05 p.m. Tournament in Indianapolis and later in the second round of the 1985 F 6 at Florida International• 6:30 p.m. NIT in Knoxville. LIVE STATS F 10 at Denver• 1 p.m. www.UTsports.com F 14 Louisiana-Monroe• 7:05 p.m. • Despite entering tonight’s game on a three-game losing streak, F 16 at Arkansas State• 7:05 p.m. Louisiana’s suff ocating defense was the story in Tuesday night’s WEB STREAM F 20 at New Orleans• 7 p.m. overtime defeat. UL forced a season-high 27 turnovers - the most since None F 23 UALR• 7:05 p.m. Rice committed 31 turnovers on Nov. 27, 2004 (a 75-61 UL victory). F 28 North Texas• 7:05 p.m. THE COACHES M 1 Denver• 7:05 p.m. • Louisiana has lost six straight games to an SEC opponent. The Cajuns’ UL: Robert Lee, 4th year (26-43) Sun Belt Conference Championship (Mobile, Ala.) last win against an SEC foe came in the 2002-03 season opener when UT: Bruce Pearl, 3rd year (52-20); 16th M 5 First Round Games (Campus Sites) TBD Louisiana upset No. 12 Mississippi State 79-76 in Starkville, Miss., on overall (369-104) Nov. 23, 2002. Since the 1998-99 season, Louisiana is 2-11 vs. the SEC M 9-11 Sun Belt Championship TBD with both victories coming against Mississippi State. SERIES • Denotes Sun Belt Conference Game Tennessee leads 6-1 • Louisiana is 11-38 on the road under fourth-year head coach Robert Home games (Bold) played at the CAJUNDOME (11,550) Lee and have lost four of the last fi ve road contests. UL is 1-9 on the All Times Listed are CENTRAL and SUBJECT TO CHANGE road during the month of November under Lee. Last Time Out Tonight’s Tentative Starters UAB 78, Louisiana 72 (ot) • Elijah Millsap poured in a career-high 26 points and University of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (1-3) had Louisiana on pace for its second home victory of the No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Ppg Rpg Stats/Notes season. 23 La’Ryan Gary F 6-7 207 So.-HS 5.8 2.0 Played just 8 minutes vs. UAB (foul trouble) • However, a late UAB rally proved to be the diff erence 3 Elijah Millsap F 6-6 211 So.-1L 17.8 7.8 Scored a career-high 26 points vs. UAB as the Blazers squeaked past the Ragin’ Cajuns 78-72 in 32 Abray Milson C 6-9 240 Sr.-1L 3.0 3.8 Tied for fewest turnovers (2) among starters overtime Tuesday night at the CAJUNDOME. 21 David Dees G 6-5 209 Sr.-1L 10.0 5.5 DId not start for fi rst time this season vs. UAB 31 Maurice Barksdale G 5-11 187 Sr.-1L 2.0 0.5 Made fi rst start since Jan. 23, 2006, vs. UNO • Millsap went 10-of-22 from the fi eld, while hitting 3- of-4 shots from three-point range. The sophomore also added fi ve rebounds to his career total. Chris Gradnigo 11/12 Tennessee Volunteers (6-1) tallied 14 points and four rebounds, while Courtney No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Ppg Rpg Notes Wallace chipped in a season-high nine points. 1 Tyler Smith F 6-7 215 So.-TR 12.1 4.9 Iowa transfer; Granted waiver to play in 07-08 4 Wayne Chism F 6-9 242 So.-1L 9.4 5.9 Leads squad with 41 rebounds • UAB outscored the Ragin’ Cajuns 9-3 in the fi nal period 2 JaJuan Smith G 6-2 195 Sr.-3L 14.7 1.6 Scored career-high 32 pts in 109-40 rout of MT to take the road victory. Randell Daigle’s three-pointer with 1:50 on the clock in overtime tied the game at 72 all. 5 Chris Lofton G 6-2 200 Sr.-3L 15.3 3.3 Scored 31 pts vs. Louisiana last season But, it was not enough as the Blazers held off the Cajuns 15 Jordan Howell G 6-3 190 Sr.-3L 5.9 1.3 Leads the team with 23 assists for the win. 2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Tennessee Game • 1 Athletics Media Relations Information Commonly Asked Media Relations Questions and Answers Athletics Media Relations HOW DO I GET SINGLE-GAME (OR SEASON) CREDENTIALS? Chris Yandle (Men’s Basketball Contact) Assistant Sports Information Director • All requests for press, photo and broadcast credentials for 2007-08 UL home basketball games must be made in Offi ce: (337) 482-6330 writing AT LEAST FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE of each game OR prior to the season if all home game credentials are Cell: (337) 298-2099 requested. All requests should be e-mailed to Chris Yandle, Louisiana-Lafayette Assistant Sports Information Home: (337) 706-8050 Director, at [email protected]. Media credentials will be issued to working media members only. [email protected] WHERE DO I PICK UP MY CREDENTIALS? Daryl Cetnar (Women’s Basketball Contact) • During the week, credentials may be picked up in the Louisiana-Lafayette Athletics Media Relations Offi ce Sports Information Director located in the Cox Communications Athletic Center, Room 140. Offi ce: (337) 482-6331 Cell: (337) 654-6923 Home: (337) 291-2918 WHAT IF I CAN’T PICK UP MY PASSES PRIOR TO THE GAME? [email protected] • Credentials will be mailed (time permitting), but credentials which cannot be mailed will be left at the Media Will Call table located at the Media Entrance of the CAJUNDOME in the rear of the building. Credential requests for Chris Whitehead opponent media outlets will be overnight mailed to the opponent’s sports information offi ce unless otherwise Graduate Assistant requested. Offi ce: (337) 482-6329 [email protected] HOW CAN I REQUEST AN INTERVIEW WITH COACH LEE AND/OR STUDENT-ATHLETES? Heather Warren • Head coach Robert Lee will be available for phone and in-person interviews on most non-game weekdays Student Assistant during the season. Coach Lee will, depending upon his schedule, be available for brief comments following Offi ce: (337) 851-2255 the conclusion of practice each day. Please coordinate all requests at least one day in advance through Chris [email protected] Yandle in the UL Athletics Media Relations offi ce at (337) 482-6330. Jessica Lemoine WHERE DO I PARK AT THE CAJUNDOME? Student Assistant Offi ce: (337) 851-2255 • Media parking at the CAJUNDOME is located on the north side of the arena (adjacent to Congress Street).