Gottlieb says....

[Panther Fan]

"I love Northern Iowa in this game" and said he often times tells people that are looking for good wagers something along the lines of "you're welcome for this pick" and repeated, "I love Northern Iowa in this game".

Was filling in for Golic this morning on M&M, helping Greeny fill out his bracket. Said UNLV has a nice team, but they're all players are about the same size and they rely a lot on pressure defense; Lon Kruger has done a very nice job with this team.

But said UNI is 9th in nation in least turnovers and mentiond Eglseder.

I know it doesn't matter; I've still got mixed feelings on Gottlieb after a few of his comments after our Iowa victory a few years ago. But this is the great part about the week of the tournament. Fans of small little directional schools, that plays in crappy mid-major conferences, who never had a flash of success due to one of the most seedy scandals in NCAA history, get to hear their team talked about on Mike and Mike.

[PantherHawk]

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I remember when Benny J name was mentioned on "Dream Job" Some guy on there picked us to beat Ga Tech that year. And we almost did only lost by 5pts, had a shot to take the lead late in the game!

[Rebelbacker]

Re: Gottlieb says....

"I love Northern Iowa in this game" and said he often times tells people that are looking for good wagers something along the lines of "you're welcome for this pick" and repeated, "I love Northern Iowa in this game".

Was filling in for Golic this morning on M&M, helping Greeny fill out his bracket. Said UNLV has a nice team, but they're all players are about the same size and they rely a lot on pressure defense; Lon Kruger has done a very nice job with this team.

But said UNI is 9th in nation in least turnovers and mentiond Eglseder.

I know it doesn't matter; I've still got mixed feelings on Gottlieb after a few of his comments after our Iowa victory a few years ago. But this is the great part about the week of the tournament. Fans of small little directional schools, that plays in crappy mid-major conferences, who never had a flash of success due to one of the most seedy scandals in NCAA history, get to hear their team talked about on Mike and Mike.

Enjoy it now. You'll be back in obscurity Friday morning.

[UNI Prof]

Re: Gottlieb says....

Enjoy it now. You'll be back in obscurity Friday morning.

Eh, we've enjoyed the Top 25 ranking for a good chunk of the season.

[01PantherFan]

Re: Gottlieb says....

Enjoy it now. You'll be back in obscurity Friday morning.

I will be glad for Friday so that every single post on here doesn't have some dbag from Vegas making a comment

[ubuntuCAT]

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Win or lose I can't wait for the UNLV fans to be gone.

[UNI MadCat]

Re: Gottlieb says....

Enjoy it now. You'll be back in obscurity Friday morning.

We can't all buy championships.

[Marc Wigim]

Re: Gottlieb says....

Enjoy it now. You'll be back in obscurity Friday morning.

Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke!

[coachdon]

Re: Gottlieb says....

Talk about obscurity, I really haven't heard much about NULV all season. I guess that's the way it is though for middle of the league, unranked mid-major from out west.

[TommyT]

Re: Gottlieb says....

Talk about obscurity, I really haven't heard much about NULV all season. I guess that's the way it is though for middle of the league, unranked mid-major from out west.

It's not NULV, it's UNLV = University of Nevada's Large Vag*na's

[Rebelbacker]

Re: Gottlieb says....

Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke! Let's go Duke!

You forget the 30 point beating we put on Duke in the national title game the year before. Still a record.

But what am I asking you for. You have 1 NCAA win in your history.

[coachdon]

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Thanks for the clarification Tommy..lol

P.S. I hope that's not too big of a word for those well educated rebels...

[Rebelbacker]

Re: Gottlieb says....

We can't all buy championships.

You can't even get past the second round or have a better than 20% winning percentage in the NCAA's.

[Leatherhelmet]

Re: Gottlieb says....

question for reb fans:

I watched video of UNLV today including one trouncing of BYU.
It appears #33 Tre'von Willis has great court vision and a nice three ball.
How is his ankle injury?

You were 4 point favorites over San Diego State yet lost by 10. You were outrebounded by 11 and scored only 45 points yet lead at one point 38-34.
The papers described SDSU as more "athletic" than UNLV which surprised me because the video I have seen is UNLV has plenty of athleticism, but undisciplined on the boards and over-reliant on 3 point shooting.

Why was the offense so bad against the Aztecs?

[Rebelbacker]

Re: Gottlieb says....

question for reb fans:

I watched video of UNLV today including one trouncing of BYU.
It appears #33 Tre'von Willis has great court vision and a nice three ball.
How is his ankle injury?

You were 4 point favorites over San Diego State yet lost by 10. You were outrebounded by 11 and scored only 45 points yet lead at one point 38-34.
The papers described SDSU as more "athletic" than UNLV which surprised me because the video I have seen is UNLV has plenty of athleticism, but undisciplined on the boards and over-reliant on 3 point shooting.

Why was the offense so bad against the Aztecs?

An actual basketball question. I would be happy to answer you.

Tre's ankle will not be 100% but he will go as will Derrick Jasper another starter that has been out since late January. Tre is not a great 3pt shooter, but is a good scorer. He shoots above 52% inside the arc. He is very good at getting in the paint and scoring or finding an open teammate. He is also very good at the line, hitting at above 85%.

People are hammering us over the SDSU game but that was one day after we played BYU and SDSU played UNM. Both teams were gassed and the play suffered. There is no question SDSU is more athletic than us. And it's not really close. SDSU is one of the top rebounding teams in the country and we shot the ball very poorly. There wasn't really a good flow in the game. Both sides played very poorly. SDSU also has our number. They swept us last season.

I wouldn't say we over-rely on the 3, but it is definetely part of our gameplan. We have hit a 3 in every game since the rule came into effect in the late 80's. We have made a big effort to limit the amount of 3's we've taken during the year. The bottom line is that we are a much more dangerous team when we do hit the 3 because it opens up lanes to drive the ball and our pick and roll game is more effective because the defense is less likely to help off one of the shooters.