Msu @ uni

[Khan4Cats]

Okay time to stretch the streak to 4

Missouri State comes in at 0-4 in the Valley, but they CAN NOT be overlooked. They will come in and play some tough-nosed defense and our guys need to be prepared to continue with the same intensity that they have shown during this streak.

The Bears have battled some adversity but have still been in a lot of games. They took Evansville (tied with us in the league and undefeated at home) to overtime in Evansville. They also lost to Illinois State in overtime in Springfield and beat Arkansas, a team that has been playing very well as of late.

Their senior starting guard Spencer Laurie broke a hand (non-shooting) in the game against the Aces, don't know what his status will be for us. They have a good senior F in Cooks, who is just back from a concussion. Sophomore C Will Creekmore has been a force in the middle. They still have Fuehrmeyer and the other Laurie at G, so there is experience.

I still think is a game we should win as long as we do what have been doing. Our depth should help us and may be tested a little if Jordan is still gimpy. If we can, it would be nice to give him as much rest as possible in preparation for next week against Evansville's 7-footer, but we need to focus and win one game at a time. We've played well enough to put ourselves into 2nd place in the Valley early, need to keep it up at home now.

Go Panthers!

[TravelingPanther]

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I was told that MSU will only have 9 players available.

[9YRPLAN]

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i wonder if spencer laurie ever walks off the court thinking, "man, i really let my team down today...oh wait, i own wal-mart. sweet!"

[06panther10]

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i wonder if spencer laurie ever walks off the court thinking, "man, i really let my team down today...oh wait, i own wal-mart. sweet!"

Is that true? If so, I just donated 50 bucks to him today.


Lets hope we welcome the new MSU coach to CF with a big L.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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The Laurie's mother, I believe, is a child or grandchild to Sam Walton.

[FerociousCat]

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Is that true? If so, I just donated 50 bucks to him today.

Only $50? It's nearly impossible to enter Wally World or Sam's Club & not drop $100...the connection is confusing but explained here...

http://www.pitch.com/2003-01-16/culture/hey-big-spencer/

Hopefully the hot shooting continues & the Khan streak as well...
Go Panthers!!

[Panthers to the Bone]

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By the way, I'm incorrect. The Laurie brothers are grandchildren of Bud Walton (Sam's brother). Anyone remember 'Bud's' stores? Short lived I think.

http://www.business-figures.com/b-SamWalton.php

Members of the Walton family held 5 spots in the top 10 richest people in the United States until 2005. Ann Kroenke and Nancy Laurie, two daughters of Sam's brother, Bud Walton, hold smaller shares in the company and are also billionaires in their own right. If he were alive today, Sam Walton would be the world's wealthiest person – estimates state that he would be twice as rich as Bill Gates. Today, some people have the following opinion about Walton: "He was a good guy, except if he was running you out of business."

[Newshound]

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In my opinion, this is a scary game for UNI. With the exception of Drake and Auburn (way back in early November), MSU has played everyone close.

Even without Spencer Laurie, this team has a lot of capable weapons in Cooks (6-4 guard/forward) that can shoot but also post you up; Creekmore (6-9 physical post) and Knapp and Weems (two frontcourt guys combining for 18 points and nearly 9 rebounds).

MSU's size and physical play could give UNI some fits, particularly if Eglseder can't log significant minutes because of his ankle. More than anything, it just limits UNI's depth up front against a MSU team that will have four guys 6-6 or taller playiing big minutes.

This is a huge game, too. If UNI wins, they are sitting pretty good at 4-1 with road games at Evansville and Drake. A loss and they'll need to win at least one, if not both games next week, to keep pace. You can't lose another home game, particularly another home game to a team that will be in the play-in round of the MVC tournament.

[DrewDog]

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Actually, the Laurie brothers are not related to Bud Walton. Nancy Walton Laurie is their aunt through marriage. Their dad's brother is married to her. If you recall, Nancy Walton Laurie and her husband Bill Laurie gave $25 million to the Mizzu for its new basketball arena with it being named after their daughter Paige, who had gone to USC. Then it came out that her roommate at USC was paid $20,000 to do Paige's homework at USC. Needless to say, the arena is not named after her now.

By the way, I'm incorrect. The Laurie brothers are grandchildren of Bud Walton (Sam's brother). Anyone remember 'Bud's' stores? Short lived I think.

http://www.business-figures.com/b-SamWalton.php

Members of the Walton family held 5 spots in the top 10 richest people in the United States until 2005. Ann Kroenke and Nancy Laurie, two daughters of Sam's brother, Bud Walton, hold smaller shares in the company and are also billionaires in their own right. If he were alive today, Sam Walton would be the world's wealthiest person – estimates state that he would be twice as rich as Bill Gates. Today, some people have the following opinion about Walton: "He was a good guy, except if he was running you out of business."

[Panthers to the Bone]

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Thanks for the correction.

http://www.pitch.com/2003-01-16/culture/hey-big-spencer/

Spencer's aunt and uncle are Nancy and Bill Laurie -- Nancy being the daughter of James L. "Bud" Walton, who cofounded Wal-Mart with his late brother, Sam Walton. Nancy and Bill own the St. Louis Blues and the Savvis Center, the arena in downtown St. Louis where the Blues play.

[jman2004]

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So either way, the Laurie's have some money . . .

[UNIChippewa]

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Rodenburg and O'Rear will need to have solid games for us, it looks like.

I didn't know about Egleseder's ankle until now. Is it a serious sprain or something? Poor guy, it seems like he just cannot get over the hump with injuries and actually ever be 100%.

[joecooll6]

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Remember last year? We started off the season pretty decently, I believe we were 3-2, and then 0-5 Bradley came in and took us to the woodshed? Theyve played close games, this is the kind of team primed and determined to get a win. We will need to play our best tomarrow, just like we did our last 3 games or we will lose.

[Panther Cat]

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I see this game is scheduled to be on FoxSports/Comcast. But looking at the TV guide (for mediacom in CR) it shows that hokcey is on Comcast? Does anyone else see that or am I wrong on that? Hopefully the game is on, it says it will be on UNI's website so I'm hopeful that is true!

[Khan4Cats]

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Remember last year? We started off the season pretty decently, I believe we were 3-2, and then 0-5 Bradley came in and took us to the woodshed? Theyve played close games, this is the kind of team primed and determined to get a win. We will need to play our best tomarrow, just like we did our last 3 games or we will lose.

I agree entirely with the sentiment. Cannot look past anyone and must take care of the home court.

The info you had is off though. Last year we started 2-0 before losing 4 in a row. You might have been thinking 06-07 when we started 4-0 and then went to Illinois State and lost in OT. I think ISU may have been 1-3 or 0-4 at that time and we had just come off a win over SIU.