Old Dominion White Out

[Panther-at-Arms]

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Where is the "up next" thread?

[UNI83]

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Where is the "up next" thread?

Better get that up. I saw on their website that us not having one yet is a serious sign of disrespect to them. Because apparently the fans control the respect that our team has for their team...

[Trapped in California]

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Is this going to be a twice a year experience now, with the CAA postings on our board that is?

[TommyT]

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What puffery have I put out there?


I heard that they list their players 4 inches shorter than the really are, just to make the other team feel better about themselves.

6'6" with the afro 6'9"...

[Big Cats]

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Test your Iowa education. Here’s a 5th grade geography question. Do you know where we got the name Old Dominion from? Every 5th grader knows the answer to that one.

King Charles II first coined the nickname “Old Dominion” for Virginia due to their support during the English Civil War. Old Dominion was once a campus of the College of William and Mary and, when they achieved their own four-year-college status, they dropped the old “Braves” and adopted “Monarchs,” in homage to King Charles II, who gave the college its name.

Something like this?

[r54uni]

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Great, so not only will you be smaller, you'll also be slower. I love it.

And length is certainly something we have in spades. Our 6"5 point guard Kent Bazemore has a 7 foot wing span, can knock down the jumper and slashes to the hoop. He is extremely atheltic, can block shots, throw down monster dunks and is near the leaguer leader in steals with those long arms. He can really shut down smaller guards defensively.

Our SG is 6"5 Ben Finney, a rugged do everything kinda guy who was offered a scholarship to play football at Virginia Tech. He was a WR who once had 300 recieving yards in a high school game in the rugged Hampton Roads area.
He is all heart, hustle and toughness. He can also knock down the three if left open. If there is a scrap for the ball, Finney is coming up with it.

Our SF is our 6"10 Pre-season CAA POTY Gerald Lee, who is shooting 63% from the 3 point line on the season (5-8) and can finish with either hand as well as knock down the j. He is shooting 53% from the field on the season.

Our PF and C are also long and athletic, with the 6"8 Keyon Carter shooting 32% from the 3 point line (18-57) which is down from his 39% (22-57) last year. Frank Hassell is our leading rebounder, a 6"8 C (who also has a 7 foot wingspan) who had 18 and 15 the last time he played a Missouri Valley team. And is coming off back to back double doubles.

The bench goes up to 5 players deep and they can all contribute. Right now there are 9 guys getting over 9 and a half minutes per game. The main guys to watch off the bench our Darius James a pg who can knock down the open 3, Trian Iliadis, a sharp shooter from Australia who was 3-4 from deep against Georgetown and has been heating up lately. He is shooting 50% from behind the arc in our last 5 games. He also is a scrappy defender. Marsharee Neely also gives us good minutes off the bench as a backup, he can hit some 3's and provide a spark and can occasionally "go off", like when he dropped 20 on Missouri.

Really looking forward to what should be a great game.

And yet you've managed to lose seven times?????:

[r54uni]

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And are .500 in games away from home?????

[Catmandoo]

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Good lord, are we playing the Lakers on Friday? That description sounds more like the NBA All-Star game last weekend.

[Silent Earl]

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

I'd say you are working with a pretty small sample size (1) to be drawing many conclusions.

We shot double our normal percentage and number on 3's last night, that is why we scored more. I'm trying to understand how the absence of JE would have caused that outside shooting performance.

I'm very concerned about ODU. They play almost as good of defense as us and they now have the advantage in the middle over us. I thought they were a poor outside shooting team like us, but now one of their posters says they are improved in that area. We are vastly improved in that area for one game, maybe it will continue Friday. If it does we win.

Oh well, I'm gonna go with the Panthers by 4.

[Panther-at-Arms]

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Better get that up. I saw on their website that us not having one yet is a serious sign of disrespect to them. Because apparently the fans control the respect that our team has for their team...

One game at a time. One thread at a time.

[ODUfan757]

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And yet you've managed to lose seven times?????:

Every loss we had OOC was close and to a team that is more than likely going to the NCAA tourney.

@Richmond - 1st place in the A-10, going the the tourney, close game til the end.

@Dayton - also near the top of the a-10, more than likely going to the tourney, VERY close game until the end.

Miss St. on a neutral court - close to being a tourney team, they beat us by 14 but it was in the single digits for most of the game

Missouri on a neutral court - ncaa tourney team, again, only lost by 5.

Our other 3 conference losses were all to very good teams in Mason, VCU and Northeastern and all on the road.

We've played a MUCH tougher schedule than you at this point in the season and should be ready to go when we roll into Iowa.

[ubuntuCAT]

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Every loss we had OOC was close and to a team that is more than likely going to the NCAA tourney.

@Richmond - 1st place in the A-10, going the the tourney, close game til the end.

@Dayton - also near the top of the a-10, more than likely going to the tourney, VERY close game until the end.

Miss St. on a neutral court - close to being a tourney team, they beat us by 14 but it was in the single digits for most of the game

Missouri on a neutral court - ncaa tourney team, again, only lost by 5.

Our other 3 conference losses were all to very good teams in Mason, VCU and Northeastern and all on the road.

We've played a MUCH tougher schedule than you at this point in the season and should be ready to go when we roll into Iowa.

close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

RealtimeRPI has your SOS at 90 and ours at 116 not a huge difference if you ask me.

[TravelingPanther]

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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.

Wyoming is pretty tall.

[ODUfan757]

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close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

RealtimeRPI has your SOS at 90 and ours at 116 not a huge difference if you ask me.

That's because you play in the Valley where the worst teams are still half way decent. The dregs of the CAA, Towson, UNCW, Ga State, etc. really kill our SOS.

For what its worth, our OOC SOS was 17th in the country and will only increase when we play you guys.

[ODUMan4Prez]

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So...What does this post (posted on CAAZone about your team) say about puffery?

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Re: ODU @ UNI Game Thread
Panther Fan here...

Just wanted to stop by and say that I can't wait for the big game on Friday. It should be great national exposure for two teams that can use it. I feel that the winner of this game definitely has the inside track to the tourney, while the loser is going to have to finish really strong for that at-large bid.

Some Panther insight on our team....

Starters-
G - Johnny Moran: HUSTLE player. Can shoot the three very well, and plays extremely smart. He will be diving all over the place.
G - Ali Farokmanesh: JUCO transfer who has started every game for UNI. Shoots lights out, but his size costs him a lot against bigger players.
G- Kwadzo Ahelegbe: Point guard, leader. Drives really well to the basket. Plays great defense when he wants to. Can shoot too much, but when he is hot, he is HOT!
F- Adam Koch: Our best player. MVC POY candidate. Great on both ends of the floor. Long and athletic. Drives the lane well, shoots threes well, and is the best FT shooter on the team.
C/F: Lucas O'Rear: Not typically a starter (Egleseder DUI), but always gets 20+ minutes. Fan favorite. Works very hard. Gets a lot of offensive rebounds. Not much of a scorer, but the best defensive player on our team hands down. Big guys do not score much on him. RARELY out of position.

Bench
Kerwin Dunham: Great shooter. Will be matched up against a longer guard/forward.
Anthony James: Defensive standout. Doesn't shoot much, but can do damage when he is on.
Adam Koch: Jake's younger brother. Gets a lot of minutes and has had some very good games. Plays great defense and gives us much needed depth.
Matt Sonnen: Freshman PG. Gets a lot steals in limited minutes. Will play much more this game. GREAT three point shooter.
Adam Rodenburg: Typically never plays, but is now because of suspension to Jordan. Big and strong. Terrible offensively, but definitely adequate on the defensive side of the ball.

UNI will go 10-11 deep all game long. They switch out in shifts, and always try to keep everyone rested. We rarely get in foul trouble, and we are a very good free throw shooting team. Do not let the last two games fool you...we normally don't put up as many threes, and we normally do not make as many as we did last night. Hopefully we stay hot, but I would imagine this game will stay in the 50's. Should be a great defensive game.

Prediction: UNI 59
ODU 55

So...puffy?