Recruits

[r54uni]

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I was more impressed with the way we attacked their zone defense. In the past we have not been very effective against the zone. We had many good looks around the basketball and were not just settling for late shot clock threes.

[Khan4Cats]

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The problem with the press break against ODU was that we weren't trying to "beat" the press, like we normally would/have. We were thinking of killing the clock and not the opponent. I think that is why you saw moves like Johnny dribbling back to their side of the court when he could have as easily got across half court...just trying to take more time off the clock. I'm sure Coach Jake will address this and it won't be as big of an issue, if it is applied later.

THIS.

Teams have had some success using a press on us-Wyoming rattled us early in that game until we got used to it. Same with Siena. Wichita caused problems in Wichita, but that was also noise which limited our communication. Creighton-not so much.

Once we see a press for a little bit, we are fine. But throwing it on in desperation time did cause some issues-though we weren't exactly in 'attack mode'.

[Casey'sitsallgood]

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We also have his brother, JE, and O'Rear to go around for now . . . in the future we may need Jake's size down low. He hasn't shown much in that regard this season.

But I agree with you . . . he hasn't been asked to play down low this season.

One thing I have noticed is that both Koch brothers rebound well for as much as they don't play around the rim. Both can get after the boards.

[Purrrrrfect]

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THIS.

Teams have had some success using a press on us-Wyoming rattled us early in that game until we got used to it. Same with Siena. Wichita caused problems in Wichita, but that was also noise which limited our communication. Creighton-not so much.

Once we see a press for a little bit, we are fine. But throwing it on in desperation time did cause some issues-though we weren't exactly in 'attack mode'.

I was noticing/scouting our own team in the ODU game as also the entire season really that our bringing the ball up the court is the easiest thing to do defend.

Its the same thing over and over again. As a defender you know the inbounds pass guy is going to set an open court screen somewhere between both 3pt circles. The two defenders just have to communicate to talk through the screen. KA should never breathe inside the 3pt line in that case.

When teams start pressing, the inbounds guy is kinda taken off guard at first and thus the 2-1-2 trap occurs as we see in WSU and ODU games. As an offensive pressbreak, we should know that as soon as you see pressure to get a third guy to come help. KA, as good of a ball handler as he is, isn't going to beat the guards from Nova, Texas, Syracuse, or even UConn. I just don't want us to be solely reliant on KA for a ball handler in the backcourt...i think that is our biggest weakness.

[UNI83]

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I was noticing/scouting our own team in the ODU game as also the entire season really that our bringing the ball up the court is the easiest thing to do defend.

Its the same thing over and over again. As a defender you know the inbounds pass guy is going to set an open court screen somewhere between both 3pt circles. The two defenders just have to communicate to talk through the screen. KA should never breathe inside the 3pt line in that case.

When teams start pressing, the inbounds guy is kinda taken off guard at first and thus the 2-1-2 trap occurs as we see in WSU and ODU games. As an offensive pressbreak, we should know that as soon as you see pressure to get a third guy to come help. KA, as good of a ball handler as he is, isn't going to beat the guards from Nova, Texas, Syracuse, or even UConn. I just don't want us to be solely reliant on KA for a ball handler in the backcourt...i think that is our biggest weakness.

We all know you hate KA, but if you watched our press break most of the season, you would see it isn't KA doing it all alone, unless it is a press only in the fact that a guy is in the back court. If it is a full press we have 3 guys, sometimes 4 involved in breaking it

[06panther10]

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I was noticing/scouting our own team in the ODU game as also the entire season really that our bringing the ball up the court is the easiest thing to do defend.

Its the same thing over and over again. As a defender you know the inbounds pass guy is going to set an open court screen somewhere between both 3pt circles. The two defenders just have to communicate to talk through the screen. KA should never breathe inside the 3pt line in that case.

When teams start pressing, the inbounds guy is kinda taken off guard at first and thus the 2-1-2 trap occurs as we see in WSU and ODU games. As an offensive pressbreak, we should know that as soon as you see pressure to get a third guy to come help. KA, as good of a ball handler as he is, isn't going to beat the guards from Nova, Texas, Syracuse, or even UConn. I just don't want us to be solely reliant on KA for a ball handler in the backcourt...i think that is our biggest weakness.

I don't think you have watched more than 10 minutes of our games this year.

[r54uni]

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The press that ODU applied late in the game is not a press you would see a team play early in a game. They didn't care if they fouled because of the time and score. They were playing with recklessness and desperation. A press like that any other time in a game would result in a lay-up drill. Ask Grinnell!!

[ilovecats]

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go to espn.com, under mens basketball, look under recruits and UNI...have a list plus updated stats on players and comments on the type of player and their overall grade. McDermott keeps going from a 92-94 and back again.

According to ESPN, we are looking at a 6'4 shooting guard from Kentucky named Chad Jackson, who has a grade of 86 and is the #94 shooting guard in the country. Anybody know any more info. on this kid and how serious we are about him and vice-versa?

not sure where espns finding there info http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recru...6season%3d2010

but his rivals profile and his list of schools he is considering is a little different. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...-Jackson-67837

[UNI83]

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There seems to be something odd here. According to ESPN he is considering Eastern Kentucky, Murray State, UNI, and Moorehead State (can't say I blame him for that one)...but according to rivals it's North Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, etc...


Why do I not believe ESPN on this one?

[Silent Earl]

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According to Rivals he doesn't have an offer from any of those "big name" schools he has interest in. So maybe he made out a dream list, but is now getting a bit more realistic in his search for a school.

When I graduated from UNI this was my list of jobs I was interested in:

President of the United States
Starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers
CEO of General Motors (this was a few decades ago)
Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Chief talent recruiter for Big Earls Goldmine

None of those worked out and I had to settle for a somewhat lower position.

[ilovecats]

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Maybe not offers from Kentucky or North Carolina but it does say he has offers from Xavier and West Virginia...

[randyb]

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Can somebody tell me where I can find a quick rundown of our 2010 commits? I've taken a look at the recruiting section here but it's hard to decipher who's committed and who hasn't, for 2010 & 2011 and so forth.
I just wanted a nice rundown of who's on the come, height, weight, HS maybe some stats & stuff...

thanks

I saw a link on panther nation somewhere that listed the MVC recruits for 2011. I've looked on espn but can't seem to connect to that same link. Whoever put it on PN, would you post the link again? Thanks!

[ProwlingPanther]

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http://www.hoopsreport.com/news/hoopsnews/chadjacksoncommitstojamesmadison

Chad Jackson is off the table.

[casbern]

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Some news on Cully Payne

Alexander has offers from North Dakota and North Dakota State. Northern Iowa and Iowa State are also giving him a hard look. He attended the Panthers’ game with Old Dominion last month. Alexander is averaging 18.9 points for an Iowa Central team that is 22-9.

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/d...r-point-guard/