On to Basketball - Loyola Chicago game thread

[bendbutdontbreak]

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in repsonse to the flu argument...he looked really good in the 14 minutes he played so i doubt the flu could be an excuse for not playing him more. if you can play 14 minutes you can play 20...he only played i think four minutes in the second half. I think we lose alot when going to the orear at this point. It jordan couldnt play tongiht give the majority his minutes to koch and coleman.

[Panther89]

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I'm sorry I missed it. The weather here made it difficult to get there, so my tickets went un-used. I did, however, listen to Rima, and he kept me in the know over the radio. For that guy to do a football game, and then a basketball game SOLO, he's probably sucking down the lozenges today! I'll be there Wednesday to cheer extra hard for what I missed last night. Go Panthers!

[GonzoCat]

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Nice work by JCPanthers to send Gary a couple of dogs. Poor guy was probably famished.

[CR Panther]

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Stuck in the ice and couldn't make it. It killed me to not be there. Thanks to those who stuck around. Listening on the radio, I felt for Gary and really miss Kevin when he isn't there. That was a nice win.

Hey Panther fans/students...it's time to jump on the basketball team's wagon! I've been disappointed in the attendance in each game this year. It is an exciting team with a lot of young talent. And I promise the competition the Panthers play far exceeds any of the other in-state schools. Please make the Wednesday attendance the norm going forward. Beautiful facility right on campus with an exciting team. The games are simply two hours long and it surely beats almost anything else going on. Looking forward to seeing more of you this season as we wrap up non-conference and begin defending our home court through MVC play.

[Sevan]

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I agree CR - as a student who has been to every game this year, the lack of support is starting to really be a drag. Let's see how many of the UNI Student tickets ended up going to people who are going to show up and root for the Hawkeyes...

[ubuntuCAT]

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I agree CR - as a student who has been to every game this year, the lack of support is starting to really be a drag. Let's see how many of the UNI Student tickets ended up going to people who are going to show up and root for the Hawkeyes...

With football over I think we will see attendance jump up greatly! along with the conference season rolling around.

[BCPanther]

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With the calendar for basketball moving up this year, I think it really caught people off guard.

I am sure that we will set a McLeod record on Wednesday night and then with good games against Nevada and the Valley coming up, we are going to see 6000-6500 in there every night. I think we will end up having a better average attendance for Valley game this year because we don't have so many games that fall while students are on break. I think football created enough 'Panther Pride' that it will carry over to basketball!

[Khan4Cats]

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I hope you're right Brett. I'm a little skeptical that our next four home games will draw as many fans as the last football game, and that includes both Iowa and Nevada.

As for the Loyola game, it seemed as though Jake was trying some different combinations as well, letting Dunham run the point quite a bit and having Coleman and Viet on the floor with him to help.

I would expect to see a lot of Eglseder on Wednesday against Iowa's big men. I am hoping either Reed is full speed and ready to go on Wednesday or they let him get an extra week plus of healing. No reason to play him if he's not fully ready to go.

[DRAKELAWPANTHER]

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Viet seemed to be considered the weak defensive link last season. Has he improved much in this regard? He seems to be getting increased playing time...

[Khan4Cats]

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Viet played more against Loyola because Montgomery was having problems with the multiple screens that were being run and his man was able to get several open threes off. Coach Jake mentioned on the post-game that Viet was able to read those and handle it better.

That said, Viet is still pretty much a one-dimensional player=shooter. He is limited defensively to guts and experience, and he's not much of a ball-handler on the offensive side. He played a bit on Saturday (and I think it was as much while Dunham was running point) and he will have games where he will see quite a bit of action if we play teams that sit in a zone as well as being used down the stretch as either a long-range bomber or free throw shooter to help bring us back or ice games.