Gameday: UNI vs. Wayne State

[Purrrrrfect]

Hopefully another great performance today by the Cats.

Here is how the Hawks faired against W.S. over the weekend.
(ps. I like our chances in Iowa City again)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081110/SPORTS020504/811100327

[Newshound]

Re: Gameday: UNI vs. Wayne State

Iowa played Wayne State, Mich., on Sunday. UNI is playing Wayne State, Neb. Both are Division II, but in different conferences.

[bendbutdontbreak]

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Different teams... Wayne State of Michigan was played yesterday by Iowa. Wayne State of NE will be played tonight by the boys in purple and gold

[06panther10]

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Wayne St. of Neb has already played at #10 Gonzaga this year, losing by about 50.

[Purrrrrfect]

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oh, my bad. It's Wayne State...can't we just put it altogether as one?
Either way, I still don't feel Iowa is going to be too grand, and it's still gameday!

[Panther Cat]

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Wayne St. of Neb has already played at #10 Gonzaga this year, losing by about 50.

Off topic a bit but I heard that Grant Gibbs played pretty well in this game. Guessing he'll probably redshirt for them though.

Since Coach Mac coached at Wayne State and turned their program around we have built a good relationship with them to come down and play us quite often. I'm so glad they got rid of the EA All Star teams, etc. They had good players but it's much more beneficial to play teams that actually play hard and play some organized basketball. Plus it gives some small schools a chance to make some money for their program.

[9YRPLAN]

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there are few things more exciting than following an exhibition game through gametracker. maybe i should start a dedicated game thread.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Gameday: UNI vs. Wayne State

gametracker is fairly absurd this year.

[UNI MadCat]

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so any want to comment on the game?

[Panther78]

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Just got back from the game. Had to be the worst exhibition of basketball by the Panthers I've ever seen. Missed shots, traveling, missed shots and more missed shots. Got a feeling that they will get better. I hope.

[UNI MadCat]

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44-27... ouch.

[Waverly_Panther]

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Not much offense. Decent defense. A lot of missed shots. A lot of turnovers. Quite a few steals, too.

Very interesting lineups on the court. At one point, there were 5 guards on the court. If the shooting doesn't improve, we could have some serious problems during the conference season.

[FerociousCat]

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The point a minute offense I understand against SIU, but Wayne St??

Johnny Moran is good, nailed his first 3 right away...had some nice steals.
The young/new guys provide nice moments...the rest just don't seem much different. We maybe looked better against Dubuque, but they out rebounded usTBrown was taller than all of them

[MediaPanther]

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I'm honestly scared we won't get to double digits at SIU.

[Newshound]

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This team is going to struggle with consistent offense and rebounding until they get some of their interior players back. They don't have a strong post presence right now. Say what you may, but Adam Koch's game is predicated on quickness and designed to take a defender off the dribble toward the basket. He's not your back-to-the-basket type guy. So when there's no consistent low-post threat and the shooting suffers like it did tonight, there's going to be some hard-to-watch offense.
The defense was encouraging. From just one game, you can see Moran is going to be fun to watch. He reminds me quite a bit of Bryan Mullins. He always has his hands in the cookie jar. Five steals, a blocked shot, takes a charge ... not bad.
The pieces are there for this team to be in the upper half of the Valley and win 20 games. They just don't have all the parts to the puzzle right now. You've got three guards -- Kwadzo, Ali and Moran -- who didn't even play in UNI's system a year ago.
Give it some time. Egsleder was cleared by doctors Monday and could begin practicing later this week. And from watching Rodenberg in practice, this guy will bring some stability to the front line in the second half of the year.