Lunardi Moves UNI to a Lock

[adampanthers]

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I'll be cheering the Panthers on to victory from Peppers in Cedar Falls... UNLESS somebody has an open seat in a car heading down for the Championship game. I'd love to chip in for gas / whatever gets me down there! I can't handle watching another game on TV! Let me know if anybody has an open seat! Thanks, and GO PANTHERS!

[run&blade]

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I would expand the field to 68 and have 4 playin games or also have playin games for the 2 seed opponents. No more then that IMO.

[DWadle1983]

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I would expand the field to 68 and have 4 playin games or also have playin games for the 2 seed opponents. No more then that IMO.

The weak at-large field this year has made it harder to make the case for expanding the number of teams in the Tournament.

I read an article written by Florida's Billy Donovan where he argues that too many players don't have a chance to experience the NCAA Tournament with only 65. I would agree with this argument only if the expansion primarily benefited schools outside of the so-called power conferences but that's not what's going to happen. I don't think any of us want to see 14 and 15 loss teams in the Tournament regardless of how tough of a schedule they played.

I think more of a reason for Donovan's argument although he doesn't say so is that fewer power conference coaches will be fired because they can make the case they took their team to an NCAA Tournament or did so more years. While his job isn't in danger, you forget how much Florida has fallen off since their two championships.

[DWadle1983]

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Warren Nolan's RPI numbers, which will be the same as everybody else's, has already appeared online for the games through Saturday and Bradley ended their season at Number 100 so UNI's record for games against the RPI Top 100 is 12-2. Hopefully Bradley doesn't move down going forward. The NPI is Nolan's rankings. Somebody in another thread wondered how much Iowa State moved up in RPI and it's to 114 from 138. Now if they had only beat Missouri.

Record vs. RPI/NPI Teams
RPI NPI
1-50 3 - 1 2 - 0
51-100 9 - 1 3 - 1
101-200 10 - 0 13 - 1
201+ 5 - 2 9 - 2

[9YRPLAN]

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College basketball is spiraling downward. Take a second watch espn classic or BTN...its sad how the game has become three balls on offense and forearms to the midsection on offense.

[ceaser150]

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Lunardi moved Wichita to 1st 4 out status. It probably is irrelevant since a loss today would move them down even furthur. They would need a ton of help to move in for an atlarge. But it goes to show how many bubble teams are playing their way out right now.

[UNIpanther99]

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Lunardi moved Wichita to 1st 4 out status. It probably is irrelevant since a loss today would move them down even furthur. They would need a ton of help to move in for an atlarge. But it goes to show how many bubble teams are playing their way out right now.

It's really almost cruel for him to do that... toying with Shocker fans. Hard to feel sorry for them though. Break their hearts today Panthers!

[northwest iowa panther]

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Win, win situation for UNI today. Win the championship and it will enhance our seed. Lose today and with WSU being in the NCAA tourney it will increase the pool of money for the MVC and increase our share of tournament money. I doubt if our administration is pulling for the Shockers, but with our budget concerns, "we will cry all the way to the bank."

[Panther-Sheik]

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Win, win situation for UNI today. Win the championship and it will enhance our seed. Lose today and with WSU being in the NCAA tourney it will increase the pool of money for the MVC and increase our share of tournament money. I doubt if our administration is pulling for the Shockers, but with our budget concerns, "we will cry all the way to the bank."

Exactly what I was thinking. I definitely want our boys to destroy Wichita and their fans' dreams today, but the consolation prize isn't too bad considering our financial state.

[06panther10]

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Hey, I'd love for the MVC to get multi bids again, but if we can win another championship, improve our seed, and stop the wheatshockers from going to the tourney, I'm all for winning the game.

[Panther789]

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Hey, I'd love for the MVC to get multi bids again, but if we can win another championship, improve our seed, and stop the wheatshockers from going to the tourney, I'm all for winning the game.

Absolutely. Winning the game will help us financially as well. Additionally, I believe the MVC gets a bigger piece of the pie if we advance in the tournament, something that is more likely with a win today.

Most importantly, lets own this conference.

[mwatje]

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I love controlling our own fate! Seed predictions anyone? I'm going out on a limb and hoping for a 6 seed, but no lower than a 7!

[DWadle1983]

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Hey, I'd love for the MVC to get multi bids again, but if we can win another championship, improve our seed, and stop the wheatshockers from going to the tourney, I'm all for winning the game.

MVC will get an additional share for each round UNI advances so in the end it can work out the same for the MVC as a whole if today's win gives UNI a better seed and a more winable game and better for UNI by getting that extra share from the MVC for playing in the games.

I hope for a 6 seed, but thinks it's probably going to be a 7.

[PantherAlum05]

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A 7 in Milwaukee or Oklahoma City would nice - easy travel for us folks in Iowa.

[Barnstormer]

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A 7 in Milwaukee or Oklahoma City would nice - easy travel for us folks in Iowa.

Oklahoma City easy? Are you kidding me? That Kansas Turnpike puts me to sleep everytime... It's evil.

I would take that over cheese land though.