UNI vs. DePaul

[Panther789]

I think its impossible to overstate the importance of this game for the Panthers.

A win means:

1. A win over a BCS team.
2. A likely shot at Tennessee, a team hovering around the Top 10.
3. Two television appearances later in the tournament.
4. A huge RPI boost with potential games against Tenn/Purdue/BC/St. Joes

A loss would mean:

1. A likely bad loss on our post-season resume.
2. Games against teams like East Carolina/SD State/BC-St Joes loser.


DePaul went 9-24 last year with zero Big East wins, and they are predicted to finish at or near the bottom of the Big East again this year. They probably lost their best player when Dar Tucker left in an attempt to make it in the NBA.

Their top 2 returners are Will Walker, a 6 ft guard who averaged 14.6 ppg last year and Mac Koshwal who removed his name from the NBA draft. He is a 6ft 10 center who averaged 12.2 points and 9.6 rebounds last year.

[ubuntuCAT]

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Well put 789 this game and tournament are VERY important for UNI and the Valley.

[06panther10]

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Kind of off topic, but Tennessee, who is also playing in the tournament, is beating UNC asheville right now 66-14 at the HALF...

[Casey'sitsallgood]

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Kind of off topic, but Tennessee, who is also playing in the tournament, is beating UNC asheville right now 66-14 at the HALF...

Final tally: Tennessee - 124 UNCA - 49

[Panthers to the Bone]

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This game scares me. DePaul has great athleticism, despite their record last year and lower expectations. The one thing with DePaul is that they have been able to recruit very well...they just haven't been able to put it all together. Let's hope they don't figure it out for at least another game.

DePaul beat Columbia last night in Chicago.

http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=293210305

[UNIFanSince1983]

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DePaul struggled against Columbia...

That does not change the fact that they should be a dangerous team for us to face. They will be athletic and will have good players. This game scares me quite a bit. We really need this win so we can face the big boys (although Tennessee looked really good against Asheville last night).

Columbia was 12-16 last year and only 7-7 in the Ivy. I would hope we are better than them and they gave DePaul all they could handle. So I would like to think we can beat them soundly.

LETS GO PANTHERS!

And a side note DePaul did win a conference game just not during the regular season last year. They beat Cincinnati in the Big East Tourney.

[Matboz]

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I couldn't find a TV schedule on the Paradise Jam website, anyone know which games are televised?

[UNIFanSince1983]

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The headline of this article says it will be streaming live online on Friday, but in the article it says nothing about it.

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story...ne-This-Friday!

If you really want TV for it I would check out channelsurfing.net as it may be on there, but I cannot confirm that until Friday

[CincyPanther88]

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Doesn't DePaul have that kid who committed to UNI but changed his mind or am I thinking of NIU?

[Khan4Cats]

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Doesn't DePaul have that kid who committed to UNI but changed his mind or am I thinking of NIU?

Mike Bizoukas, a 6-1 guard, originally committed, then backed out to go to a "bigger" program. He played a few games two years ago as a true freshman then ended up with a hardship because of mono. Played 30 games last year, averaged about 2 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2 assists.


This is a big game becuase of what others have said. Win this and not only is it a BcS win with the residual of the Big East playing into our RPI (opponents-opponents) in a positive way, it likely sets up 2 more BcS games as well. Would love to get 2 wins out the Jam to boost our post-season resume, win 3 and we could be getting serious votes for the polls.

[UNIFanSince1983]

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If we win 3 it is likely we have gone through Tennessee and Purdue. That will get us probably into the Top 15, not just serious votes.

[ryan19]

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Mike Bizoukas, a 6-1 guard, originally committed, then backed out to go to a "bigger" program. He played a few games two years ago as a true freshman then ended up with a hardship because of mono. Played 30 games last year, averaged about 2 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2 assists.


This is a big game becuase of what others have said. Win this and not only is it a BcS win with the residual of the Big East playing into our RPI (opponents-opponents) in a positive way, it likely sets up 2 more BcS games as well. Would love to get 2 wins out the Jam to boost our post-season resume, win 3 and we could be getting serious votes for the polls.

[ceaser150]

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If we win 3 it is likely we have gone through Tennessee and Purdue. That will get us probably into the Top 15, not just serious votes.

Purdue's starting PG, Lewis Jackson, could be out for the year. They may be a bit more vulnerable this weekend.

[06panther10]

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Its going to be tough for us to matchup with all of these teams athleticly. We are going to have to beat these teams with great defense, and a lot of it.

[Gboom23]

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We are going to have to beat these teams with great defense, and a lot of it.

Exactly. It's going to be the fundamentals that win games for us this weekend - just like always. Defense, free throws (better improve over the Denver game), and turnovers are very important. GO PANTHERS!!!