Old Dominion White Out

[Victory_For_UNI]

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.....or that Drexel went into Creighton in the Bracketbusters in 05-06 and won. Or that same year, George Mason went into Wichita State and won. Or beat them again later that year in the Sweet 16.

I'm really glad that four years ago, some team in your conference beat a team from our conference. That definitely illustrates your point that the 09-10 ODU basketball team is really good.

[Khan4Cats]

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A cocky fanbase......I like it.

Nevermind that we went into Bradley last year and won.....or that Drexel went into Creighton in the Bracketbusters in 05-06 and won. Or that same year, George Mason went into Wichita State and won. Or beat them again later that year in the Sweet 16.

It's not like the CAA owns the Valley or anything.

Amusing. Let's see....

Drake (8th place MVC) beat Georgia State (8th place CAA) by 7 on a neutral floor in Florida

George Mason (3rd place CAA, 2 games back) beat Creighton (4th place MVC, 6 games back) by 3 whole points AT George Mason.

Those same teams have played ODU and UNI in conference. The results?

ODU and GMU split their games, each winning by 16 at home.

UNI swept CU, winning by 8 in Omaha and 18 last night.

We'll see who owns who Friday.

Bring on the butterflies!!

[Silent Earl]

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With Jordan out, ODU will be the first team that really gives us problems in the paint. Of course, if our guards shoot Friday like they did last night, it won't really make any difference who is is the middle. Unfortunately, based on history, that was a once every two year shooting performance by the back court. If they could just shoot half that well on a consistant basis I like our chances the rest of the season.

[Khan4Cats]

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With Jordan out, ODU will be the first team that really gives us problems in the paint. Of course, if our guards shoot Friday like they did last night, it won't really make any difference who is is the middle. Unfortunately, based on history, that was a once every two year shooting performance by the back court. If they could just shoot half that well on a consistant basis I like our chances the rest of the season.

We shot 48% from 3-pt last night, it was our 5th best performance of the year from that distance. Not exactly a "once every two year" thing.

I agree, we need to shoot well from outside to be a much better team, but I don't think we have to necessarily shoot that well all the time to be. We also only gave up 52 points. That alone will win a lot of ballgames.

Also, not worried about the middle. Rodenberg filled in very nicely, even if he didn't score-Lawson absolutely could not move him off the block. Rodenberg=German for brick wall. O'Rear=Irish for pain in the a$$.

[Silent Earl]

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1 out of 2 would be 50%, that doesn't make it a better performance than 13 out of 27. We are the worst 3 pt shooting team in the conference and last night was easily our best outside shooting game in conference in over two years. Doing it against NDakota is nice, but doesn't mean much.

The O'rear/Rodenberg combo scored almost one third of JE's average. Like I said, that's fine if we are suddenly going to have great guard shooting, but I'm not holding my breath on that yet. Fridays game is going to be when we miss him the most. If we win that one I think we win out, with or without Jordan.

[JayBilasBitesPillows]

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Now this is getting fun.

The point remains that you said UNI would beat our boys by 14 points. No way I am betting a ham/oysters for a couple of ears of corn. Hell, the Indians on Manhattan Island brokered a better deal.

So, are you going to honor your wager with something of value, or not??

Also, was really impressed in how you support your team. Found this fan photo of yours, who claims to be an Austin Pehl supporter....I guess he shaved the other '3' on the front.



Oh, and for your entertainment, our most hated rival has some really weird traditions. Ever see a frisky Chihuahua and a Great Dane??...

[Khan4Cats]

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1 out of 2 would be 50%, that doesn't make it a better performance than 13 out of 27. We are the worst 3 pt shooting team in the conference and last night was easily our best outside shooting game in conference in over two years. Doing it against NDakota is nice, but doesn't mean much.

The O'rear/Rodenberg combo scored almost one third of JE's average. Like I said, that's fine if we are suddenly going to have great guard shooting, but I'm not holding my breath on that yet. Fridays game is going to be when we miss him the most. If we win that one I think we win out, with or without Jordan.

We shot over 50% against Boston College (5/9), Siena (9/16), and Missouri State (9/17) this year as well as the barrage at UND. Last year we had 50% or better against SDSU (6/11), SIU (6/12), WSU (11/19), MSU (6/12), and Indiana State (7/13). You said we only shoot that well once every two years. Clearly you we wrong on that. We are a good outside shooting team-as long as we do it in rhythm and as part of the offense. This year we are at 35.2% from 3, last year we were 34.6%-were we a bad shooting team last year?

As for whether or not Rody or O'Rear pick up Jordan's scoring is irrelevant if they continue to play good defense. We have other players on this team who are capable of scoring more and can score in bunches if we need them to. Heck, we have had 7 different players lead the team in scoring this year and 8 who have scored in double figures in a game. One player does not make or break this team-and if teams want to back off and give us the outside shot, we have players who can hurt them.

[Khan4Cats]

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Now this is getting fun.

The point remains that you said UNI would beat our boys by 14 points. No way I am betting a ham/oysters for a couple of ears of corn. Hell, the Indians on Manhattan Island brokered a better deal.

So, are you going to honor your wager with something of value, or not??

Also, was really impressed in how you support your team. Found this fan photo of yours, who claims to be an Austin Pehl supporter....I guess he shaved the other '3' on the front.

I am looking forward to seeing Austin Pehl play against ODU, since he only comes in in mop-up duty.

Bring on the butterflies!!

[monarch]

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The problem is, you aren't even the best team in your (#12 RPI) conference. Some directional school, that didn't even want to identify its location in its name because it plays 3rd fiddle in its city, leads your conference. Sad.

I heard about these Iowa Midwest girls – scary – see we are from the beach, usually when we see a sight like this, its usually just washed up on the beach.

[UNI83]

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The O'rear/Rodenberg combo scored almost one third of JE's average. Like I said, that's fine if we are suddenly going to have great guard shooting, but I'm not holding my breath on that yet. Fridays game is going to be when we miss him the most. If we win that one I think we win out, with or without Jordan.

without Jordan we played with more rythem and timing then I have saw in a long time and scored more points than we normaly do. I don't care if Rodey doesn't score if we win

[Silent Earl]

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without Jordan we played with more rythem and timing then I have saw in a long time and scored more points than we normaly do. I don't care if Rodey doesn't score if we win

I don't care if he scores if we win either, but just so I'm clear, are you attributing our scoring lots of points to Jordans absence? Is that what you seen?

[UNI83]

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I don't care if he scores if we win either, but just so I'm clear, are you attributing our scoring lots of points to Jordans absence? Is that what you seen?

It does appear that we scored more without him. So yes, I would say that is what I have seen.


You make it sound like without Jordan's points we won't score or win because it takes 2 people to score those same points. That isn't going to be the case.

[Panther789]

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It does appear that we scored more without him. So yes, I would say that is what I have seen.


You make it sound like without Jordan's points we won't score or win because it takes 2 people to score those same points. That isn't going to be the case.

Lets not go down this road. There is no need to over-analyze Jordan's presence or lack thereof from this point on.

We have a very good team and we have all year. We are extremely balanced, and a lot of guys can step up and contribute on a nightly basis.

Jordan is a PART of that very good team. We are a very good team both with him and without him, but there is no question that he makes this team better. The coaches know that, the rest of the team knows that, and the rest of the MVC knows that.

[ODUMan4Prez]

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Should be a great game Friday Looking forward to it.

I really think our size will give you guys fits. I understand you have played against size before but probably not the way we play, having a usual line up of 6'5'' 6'5'' 6'8'' 6'8'' and 6'10''. May not start that way but we do do that. We have been shooting the three much better lately and when we are knocking down threes we haven't won a game by less then 10.

Now, we are a streaky 3 point shooting team however so if we can knock down 6-7 threes I believe we win the game. If not, we need to offensive rebound like crazy. Which we do very well every game. Without your 7 footer I think our rebounding ability wins us this game.

[Khan4Cats]

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Should be a great game Friday Looking forward to it.

I really think our size will give you guys fits. I understand you have played against size before but probably not the way we play, having a usual line up of 6'5'' 6'5'' 6'8'' 5'8'' and 6'10''. May not start that way but we do do that. We have been shooting the three much better lately and when we are knocking down threes we haven't won a game by less then 10.

Now, we are a streaky 3 point shooting team however so if we can knock down 6-7 threes I believe we win the game. If not, we need to offensive rebound like crazy. Which we do very well every game. Without your 7 footer I think our rebounding ability wins us this game.

I like how they keep bringing their 'Size'. They don't have size, they have height and, probably, length.

We have size. They have 2 players over 220 pounds. We have 4 at 240+ not counting Pehl or Jordan. If this game gets physical-we hold the advantage, depending on how CAA officials call it.

We have dealt with length all year. Boston College, Wyoming, Iowa State, Iowa, Missouri State, Wichita State, Creighton-all have or had more height and length than we usually put on the floor. This will be nothing different.

Bring on the butterflies!!