5 in a row

[Panther789]

A look at the next few weeks.

12/6 vs. North Dakota - A nice appetizer before the football game.

12/9 @ Iowa - This team is probably a little better than a lot of people thought, but certainly a winnable game if we can guard the perimeter. Lots of fun winning at Carver for the 2nd time in a row.

12/13 @ Wyoming - This team is 5-1, including an 8 point win over Denver.

12/21 vs SDSU - A little revenge after they stole one from us last year up in their place.

12/28 vs. Indiana State - Get the conference season kicked off right with a big win.


Pick up these 5 and all of the sudden people are excited about this program again, and we spend New Years Eve watching a huge showdown at SIU.

This team has solid posts, and some guards that can shoot if they are getting the right shots. Unfortunately, we have laid a few eggs and have eaten up our margin for error. Its time to for this staff, and for these players to get their confidence back, and lets start rolling.

[Khan4Cats]

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I agree. These last couple before conference season are going to be big.

North Dakota will not be an easy game even if they are a D-II. They have already beaten UMKC, who in turn have beaten both Wichita State (at Wichita) and Bradley (neutral site). We have the size advantage, we need to be able to use it. This is a big game for Jordan to show he can dominate a smaller team and earn playing time. It would also be nice to get a good crowd to welcome Panther alum Brian Jones back to Cedar Falls. Come on everyone, a lot more people will be there for the football game. $5 basketball ticket with your football one, can't complain about that.

Iowa is much improved, but they don't run a system that can blow anyone out. We will again have the advantage inside, but we must be able to hit from the outside and prevent them from going off from outside.

Wyoming is a road game but on a neutral court, not the Cowboys home court. They also have former Shocker Sean Ogirri playing for them. Need to pick this road one up against the Cowpokes.

We owe South Dakota State for last year. Hopefully there is plenty of motivation for the guys that were here last year. I don't expect a big crowd since it will be on break, but we could be building momentum, especially if we knock off Iowa.

Indiana State has not looked good at all early, but they have mounted rallies, so there is something there. Need to get off to a good start in the Valley, especially heading to Carbondale for game 2. We get them on break as well, so their arena may not be as rocking and their big guy might not be back from his injury yet. Plus, the Salukis aren't a team that will show a zone defense unless absolutely forced to.

[run&blade]

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UNI has an inside game? If Jordan doesn't play like the second coming of Kareem right away he gets benched for the rest of the night. Jake then huddles the rest of the team and says, "just chuck and pray, if they beat us then we did EVERYTHING we could'.

I want UNI to win or lose with the inside game. Should have fed Jordan and maybe they could have controlled Brackins via foul trouble. The guards should have dribble drived right at him and force the refs to make a call. IMO Jake too quickly settle for a bombs away approach to the game and didn't roll the dice long enough with other options.

[jegbomb52]

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3-2 at best, very best. Prove me wrong Panthers. I would love to see it.

[jman2004]

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Pick up these 5 and all of the sudden people are excited about this program again, and we spend New Years Eve watching a huge showdown at SIU.

These five are VERY winnable. North Dakota has played team's tough this season, but it's time we win games we're supposed to win and take advantage of the home court.

Iowa will be tough in Carver, just because historically Carver has been horrible to us, but Iowa is a VERY beatable team and plays a style of basketball that we could soak up.

The other three are winnable as well. Wyoming kind of scares me because it looks like they score a lot of points, but I think we're on the brink of being that type of team as well, at least scoring more points than recent Panther fans are used to.

We should POUND South Dakota and Indiana State at home.

What scares me though, is that I have yet to see this team effectively put a team away. Maybe they did against Auburn, I didn't see it, but with their other wins this year, they let the opponents hang around for far too long. That could come back to bite us later in the season.

4-1 would be nice, 5-0 would be incredible. I just don't know what to expect with this team right now though . . .

[UNIFanSince1983]

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What are the two? I am just curious becuase at worst I can see 4-1 with the 1 being the Hawkeyes. If we play a crappy game I guess Wyoming could happen too, but I just don't really see it.

[jegbomb52]

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Iowa, and SDSU, ISU (blue) or Wyoming on the road. We will not beat Iowa (especially after they have seen ISU game.

[williebat]

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Iowa, and SDSU, ISU (blue) or Wyoming on the road. We will not beat Iowa (especially after they have seen ISU game.

we could easily beat Iowa and we could easily lose. I think ISU IOWA and UNI are all about equal in terms of talent and coaching. The in-state rivalry has recently become the in-state powder puff games.

A win at Iowa would be motivating for the team but not really that big a win considering they suck as bad as we do. A loss would be about as demoralizing as the ISU loss. We all know that we have the talent to beat these teams. Just frustrated when we don't.

BUT a win is a win. 5-0 is possible. UNI does seem to find a way to lose lately so the ND games scares me the most.

[jman2004]

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What are the two? I am just curious becuase at worst I can see 4-1 with the 1 being the Hawkeyes. If we play a crappy game I guess Wyoming could happen too, but I just don't really see it.

Wyoming is 5-1 right now, their only loss coming to Boise State on the road by one point.

It's a road game and we're an inconsistent team. Sure we should beat them, but we very easily may lose by 20 as well.

(For the record, Wyoming's 5 wins have ALL come at home. They have really yet to be "road tested". Not quite sure if that is reassuring or not . . .

. . . and I see Wyoming gets UCLA later this season. That'll be interesting to see how they play someone like that after we beat them. )

Iowa will not be easy either. Really, those are the only two games we SHOULD BE worried about, but as I said, we've proven to play to the level of our competition and that can work in our favor and against it as well.

[panthertrack]

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we could easily beat Iowa and we could easily lose. I think ISU IOWA and UNI are all about equal in terms of talent and coaching. The in-state rivalry has recently become the in-state powder puff games.

A win at Iowa would be motivating for the team but not really that big a win considering they suck as bad as we do. A loss would be about as demoralizing as the ISU loss. We all know that we have the talent to beat these teams. Just frustrated when we don't.

BUT a win is a win. 5-0 is possible. UNI does seem to find a way to lose lately so the ND games scares me the most.

::Cue the mob scene, everyone get your pitchforks because I'm about to say something that isn't popular::

I'm going to say that I disagree that UNI and Iowa are equal in coaching. Iowa has a guy one year removed from National Coach of the Year.

[Panther-Sheik]

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No pitchforks coming from me because that is more than a reasonable statement. It doesn't mean I (or you) have to believe that Jake is total garbage by making that statement, either.

[jman2004]

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::Cue the mob scene, everyone get your pitchforks because I'm about to say something that isn't popular::

I'm going to say that I disagree that UNI and Iowa are equal in coaching. Iowa has a guy one year removed from National Coach of the Year.

I'm hoping he meant "coaching style" when he made that comment, because I agree with you. I don't think you can compare Jacobson to Lickliter when speaking of accomplishments. They're not even close at this point in time.

[UNIFanSince1983]

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Wyoming is 5-1 right now, their only loss coming to Boise State on the road by one point.

It's a road game and we're an inconsistent team. Sure we should beat them, but we very easily may lose by 20 as well.

(For the record, Wyoming's 5 wins have ALL come at home. They have really yet to be "road tested". Not quite sure if that is reassuring or not . . .

. . . and I see Wyoming gets UCLA later this season. That'll be interesting to see how they play someone like that after we beat them. )

Iowa will not be easy either. Really, those are the only two games we SHOULD BE worried about, but as I said, we've proven to play to the level of our competition and that can work in our favor and against it as well.

Yeah I said it is possible, but I don't see them beating us. Their wins are against:

Cal State Bakersfield (3-4)
Prairie View (3-4)
Johnson and Wales (3-7) D-II I believe
Texas State (3-3)
Denver (0-5)

I think we have a little better resume up to this point. Like you said we are kind of inconsistent. The game is in Wyoming, but not on their home court. Even with the inconsistencies I do not see us losing to them by 20. But anything is possible.

[Khan4Cats]

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I'm hoping he meant "coaching style" when he made that comment, because I agree with you. I don't think you can compare Jacobson to Lickliter when speaking of accomplishments. They're not even close at this point in time.

I agree. I have to think he meant coaching style, because we have similar philosophies on both offense and defense. I don't see them blowing us out unless we shoot even worse than against ISU.

[panthertrack]

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If he meant style, I kind of see similarities. If he meant in stature... well.