What a long, strange trip it's been

[Panthers to the Bone]

Re: What a long, strange trip it's been

One word: Charge

Johnny has done a great job of drawing charges this year, especially down the stretch. Johnny will be fine. His outside shot may not be falling, but a spring break full of outside jumpers will help cure that!

[Kyle]

Re: What a long, strange trip it's been

Johnny had two amazing break away layups this weekend. Both required tremendous control and athletic ability. He also had a few nice steals.

The great part of our guard court is it only takes one or two of them to heat up for us to come away with a W. Have all three ever been hot on the same night? That would be scary...and I'm talking about Ali at the end of the UIC game scary.

[DrewDog]

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I think Johnny will be just fine and for a true freshman, has been a tremendous addition for the Panthers!

Yes, it has been a strange trip this year. In December there were glimpses of how good this team could be. They played a half against TX Southern or Chicago St. that was unbelievable. I kept saying to myself and others the talent is there but we are young. I found myself thinking back to the lonely nights in the Dome for games during the late 1990s. Those were some long nights for me and my 1,000 closets friends. Some nights it was so bad you could hear the wind whipping outside. UNI Men's hoops has come a long way!

[PantherChic]

Re: What a long, strange trip it's been

I think Johnny will be just fine and for a true freshman, has been a tremendous addition for the Panthers!

Yes, it has been a strange trip this year. In December there were glimpses of how good this team could be. They played a half against TX Southern or Chicago St. that was unbelievable. I kept saying to myself and others the talent is there but we are young. I found myself thinking back to the lonely nights in the Dome for games during the late 1990s. Those were some long nights for me and my 1,000 closets friends. Some nights it was so bad you could hear the wind whipping outside. UNI Men's hoops has come a long way!

1000 friends? Some nights it was more like 400 friends Those were the years when we would come home with at least 1 t-for-3 each game since the odds of catching one were pretty good in that crowd! Wow - we've come a long way!!! Great to be a PANTHER!

[Khan4Cats]

Re: What a long, strange trip it's been

I am a little worried about Johnny Moran though. He had an awful shooting weekend and hasn't looked very good offensivly for quite some time. He makes up for it with his hustle, defense and pure 100% all the time attitude. I sure hope he snaps out of his offensive funk in the next week and a half.

Not much mentioned about it on here but I think the NBA three line really screwed some guys up this weekend.

I'm not worried about Johnny. I was told he hurt his left thumb in the Indiana State game, and if you go back and watch the games from Sat/Sun, you can see he really struggled with control everytime he tried to use his left hand. The good news is he has 10 days to get it healed-which should be plenty.

As you said though, his shot was off, but his hustle and attitude were/are always there.

We're going to be a TOUGH draw for someone.