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[jman2004]

Seriously. We went to the line 19 times tonight vs. Drake's 10. We went to the line 9 more times than them and and they only hit 3 less free throws than us.

THAT'S THE BALLGAME RIGHT THERE!

63% from the line when you're making 19 trips is PATHETIC.

Not to mention shooting 60% from the line vs. Wichita State and going to the line 28 times to their 17 (in another loss).

How can a team of "shooters" miss free throws 4 times out of 10 as a team? Wine about the officials all you want, fact is, despite the fouls called, we made it to the line in a close, sloppy game 9 MORE TIMES than our opponent and we shot 63% and LOST.

These guys are better than this. SNAP OUT OF IT!

[9YRPLAN]

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how many times did koch even touch the ball?

[Hail Our Panthers]

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Koch was there tonight? I didn't even notice.

[06panther10]

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Drake packed 3 or 4 players in the lane all night and begged us to shoot jumpers and we couldn't hit any of them.

[paMANther]

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Koch was there tonight? I didn't even notice.

Somebody needs to give him an ego check. He is playing absoluty horrible and I really dont think he is all that good. I think O'Rear is better then what he his and should see more minutes. He made alot of bad passes and forced up some bad shots tonight. I think his head got a little to big after that ONE or TWO big game he had earlier

[UNIAlum95]

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Anyone jumping on Adam needs their head examined or needs to learn a bit about basketball. Every team knows that Adam is the one consistent threat from UNI. They are doubling and tripling him every time he touches the ball. Until one of our guards decides that hitting an open shot might free up the middle, we are in serious trouble. Has no one noticed the similarity to last year right now? No outside shooting threat so we can sit in a lazy zone against UNI and pack the lane so there is nothing there. This streak sits on Kwadzo, Johnny, Ali, Travis, and Kerwin. Those guys can't hit the broadside right now and none of them want the shot. Until that changes, we are in serious trouble. I wonder if Siena will play zone against us. I know I would.

[1988]

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I hopw we didn't peak to early.

[Panther-Sheik]

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I hope we can peak again

[JCPanthers]

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I hope we can peak again

Peak? Hell, I hope we can win again. If we play like we did last night we'll end the season on a 6 game losing streak.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Peak? Hell, I hope we can win again. If we play like we did last night we'll end the season on a 6 game losing streak.

You made me laugh, bro. Then I realized I was laughing to keep from crying. Siena on Saturday will tell us a lot.

[Purrrrrfect]

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Friday spread, Siena by 9

[northwest iowa panther]

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During our 11 game win streak we had a few games that we won that maybe we shouldn't have. All teams go through peaks and valleys, hot streaks and slumps. When you're winning it seems too easy and you hope it never ends. Everything you try is "gold." When you lose your mojo, it's tough to find the solution that's causing the losses. I think Jake has the right approach in that the players didn't get too high on any of the wins and they shouldn't be too low with the latest losses. Confidence is the key and teams that run the fine line between winning and losing can lose their confidence very quickly. The good news is if this team continues to play hard, and just a couple of things go right they'll be back winning close games.