CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

[DWadle1983]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

I don't think people are being that negative about the team, it's just that based on the last 4 years, the expectations were that this team had a chance to get an at-large NCAA bid or NIT bid. We have basically no chance of this happening. The 7-2 record means little, because we've played one of the weakest schedules in D-1.

The injuries to KA and Reed are just bad luck that we haven't had the past 4 years...

I do think that this is a young team and it's great to see all the young guys getting minutes. I also think this team could get better as the year goes on and certainly has the potental to be a great team in the next few years, I just don't think miracles will happen this year, like starting to make way more 3's...

I agree that people are just looking at what might have been and will still be scratching their heads at the end of the season looking at the SDSU and Iowa losses. The LSU win a couple of years ago put UNI in the NCAA Tournament that season, and these two losses could keep them out.

[jman2004]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

Those losses definitely won't help, but if we finish near the top of the Valley (1 or 2), we'll still have a shot at an at-large.

[williebat]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

Those losses definitely won't help, but if we finish near the top of the Valley (1 or 2), we'll still have a shot at an at-large.

I agree if we finish 1 or 2 and win a game at MVC tourney we will IMO get an at large.

What concerns me is right now we are just not looking that good. A lot of it comes down to brown and Viet putting up some bad numbers and some coaching decisions that leave me wondering.

I would like to see our coaches let our athletes play more up tempo esp against weaker teams like Iowa and SDSU or UMKC. Personally I think our game plan was very flawed for all three of those games.

If we can out run them we should. This is not UNI 1998 this is UNI 2007 and we have some amazing athletes on our team that can tear it up if Coach Jake would let them.

Do we have same game plan for every game or would it not go to reason that some teams need a different approach?

[panther91]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

We had 7 turnovers in 8 minutes in the 2nd half last night. Several of those happened when we forced tempo. We need to value the ball first.

[Hacksaw]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

I don't blame the players for waning down the stretch... It has to be hard to concentrate for a full 40 minutes with Julissa Bermudez sitting courtside. (I'll call it the Tony Romo syndrome.) It's worth your time to google her if you haven't already.

[unigriff]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

boy a large majority of you are really starting to sound like Iowa fans.
-blame the coach(es),
-blame the player(s),
Not satisfied with a WIN...seriously..you shouldn't have expectations so high and your heads in the clouds forever with a team who starts only 1 senior, a 2nd year head coach still trying to get his bearings, and an always difficult schedule.
Coach Jake isn't a div. 1 collegiate coach for nothing. And I believe he has a 26-15 record, which last i checked is over .600 winning percentage. Go trying coaching a division 1 team, with all the tangents that go with it, including recruiting, and see how easy it looks.

Be disappointed with the struggles, be happy with Ws...which should always outweigh the struggles.

[Kyle]

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I think the most frustrating thing is seeing/hearing the open 3's not fall. Our offense is built to capitalize on the 3...we've seen it work in the past, we've seen guys like Brown, Viet, Josten go on some runs and knock em down....sounds like we're still getting all of the same good looks but the same guys just aren't having them go in.

I looked at the rest of the Valley's 3-pt % and they are all bad. Nobody has even cracked into the 40% range. A lot of teams are below 30% and some below 25%...ouch!!!

[DRAKELAWPANTHER]

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Griff - if our excuse this year is youth...then what was our excuse last year?

That being said...the amount of young talent we have on our team is really encouraging. If we can keep up this type of recruiting, we should enjoy some solid years ahead. No excuses then.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

the problem isnt youth. the problem is a lack of scorers.

[DRAKELAWPANTHER]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

Amen, 9yr. Amen.

[Marc Wigim]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

the problem isnt youth. the problem is a lack of scorers.

I agree with this completely. Our defense is going to win us games this year, likely not our offense.

[panther91]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

Agree 100% ... we need to continue to guard, rebound and try to keep the turnovers to 10-12 a game.

[Matt Trump]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

The biggest problem I have right now is that the games we lost this year looked just like the ones we lost last year. You would think that after 1 year this would change. It hasn't. If the opposition sits in zone, it seems that our team looks clueless. We still see the passing of the ball around the arc aimlessly until the shot clock is down to 5 and then a desperation, failed shot. Its frustrating as a fan to see this again and again.

[Matt Trump]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

boy a large majority of you are really starting to sound like Iowa fans.
-blame the coach(es),
-blame the player(s),
Not satisfied with a WIN...seriously..you shouldn't have expectations so high and your heads in the clouds forever with a team who starts only 1 senior, a 2nd year head coach still trying to get his bearings, and an always difficult schedule.
Coach Jake isn't a div. 1 collegiate coach for nothing. And I believe he has a 26-15 record, which last i checked is over .600 winning percentage. Go trying coaching a division 1 team, with all the tangents that go with it, including recruiting, and see how easy it looks.

Be disappointed with the struggles, be happy with Ws...which should always outweigh the struggles.

Boy Griff, if only we can be such great fans like you.

Being critical as nothing to do with being an Iowa fan and everything to do with being a plain old fan. We ARE disappointed with the struggles. HELLO.

[Marc Wigim]

Re: CFU will air the UMKC and Nevada away games on Channel 17

I agree... we may not have the resources of Iowa or ISU, but we do expect to compete.