The Ragin ' Cajuns finished the 2017 – 18 season 27 – 7 , 16 – 2 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season championship . The conference championship was the school 's first since first regular-season title since sharing the 2000 title and its first outright title since joining the conference in 1991 . They defeated Texas State in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament before losing in the semifinals to UT Arlington . As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament , they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to LSU
Sun Belt Tournament
2018 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2018–19 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team