How Cool is This - 29,000 show up for Butler's Final Four Practice!

[JCPanthers]

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Nope..just more to do from a recruiting perspective. ..IF there was a big time recruit from Chicago or the Twin Cities...and I had a choice between Cedar Falls or Indianapolis and everything else equal...then I think 9 times out of 10 we lose that recruit. I know there are exceptions..but I think it happens more than you think.

[TheMacHouse]

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The last time UNI won a game in the NCAA tournament was the last time a non-Big 6 conference team won a national title. Could there be a repeat this year?

[olivestreet95]

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I sure hope to hell that Butler beats the PUKE Blue Devils.......

[UNIpanther99]

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The last time UNI won a game in the NCAA tournament was the last time a non-Big 6 conference team won a national title. Could there be a repeat this year?

Wow, what a contrast in styles though... There is nothing about this Butler team that resembles Tark's Running Rebels of 1990.

[Panther789]

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My prediction:

Duke 70

Butler 56

That said, this is about the 4th time I've thought Butler was going down.

[CFBalla]

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Officials' minds right now: "Duke MUST win this. We MUST help them."

[DWadle1983]

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Nice half by Avery Jukes. Maybe Matt Howard should get into foul trouble more often. Oh, wait he does every game.

[DWadle1983]

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I know Butler is referred to as a Mid-Major....but you have to admit...being in Indianapolis definitely has benefits that most mid-major schools do not have.

Not any more because isn't Cedar Falls getting a Buffalo Wild Wings?

[JCPanthers]

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Not any more because isn't Cedar Falls getting a Buffalo Wild Wings?

Whatever...smart a$$.

[Newsbreaker]

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Not any more because isn't Cedar Falls getting a Buffalo Wild Wings?

Just wait until all our games go OT next year, then tell me how much of an advantage that hellhole is.

[JayJ79]

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Just wait until all our games go OT next year, then tell me how much of an advantage that hellhole is.

Thankfully, I don't recall ever seeing TC use a tshirt cannon in the McLeod.

[DWadle1983]

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Whatever...smart a$$.

Yes, I am. I didn't realize you had started the BWW thread. I wasn't picking on you.

I'm not sure that the school location is making a huge difference because all things aren't really equal in recruiting to the point that the school location is the deciding factor. If we're looking at Butler and Northern Iowa and if we're honest about it Butler has their program at a higher level than where UNI is at right now. We hope that UNI can become like Butler but right now it isn't.

[06panther10]

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I'm not sure that the school location is making a huge difference because all things aren't really equal in recruiting to the point that the school location is the deciding factor. If we're looking at Butler and Northern Iowa and if we're honest about it Butler has their program at a higher level than where UNI is at right now. We hope that UNI can become like Butler but right now it isn't.

They are at a higher level because they almost won a national title, but they are not that much ahead of us as far as our programs go.

We play in what is undoubtably a better conference, and that is something that is always important. Fan support is pretty similar, as butler does not have the attendance numbers that you would think. I think that they commonly get 5-7 K for most games.

Talent wise, comparable IMO. Butler does have better players now, with some guys being NBA prospects, but they don't have players like that very often. We are not far behind at all.

Point being, that could have just as easily been us out there tonight.

[DWadle1983]

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They are at a higher level because they almost won a national title, but they are not that much ahead of us as far as our programs go.

We play in what is undoubtably a better conference, and that is something that is always important. Fan support is pretty similar, as butler does not have the attendance numbers that you would think. I think that they commonly get 5-7 K for most games.

Talent wise, comparable IMO. Butler does have better players now, with some guys being NBA prospects, but they don't have players like that very often. We are not far behind at all.

Point being, that could have just as easily been us out there tonight.

I agree with you why Butler's program is at a higher level, it isn't that they're in a better conference, it isn't that they draw 15k a game. You look at what they have returning next season, Hayward, Howard, and Mack, they're a pre-season Top 10 team, maybe even Top 5, again. UNI doesn't have anybody like Hayward, and when you look at Mack and Howard, when he stays out of foul trouble, are very good players too although maybe not quite NBA caliber.

[06panther10]

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Hayward is the only player that UNI nor any Valley team has right now. That guy is a stud, and an elite athlete. The rest of their team is just like the rest of the MVC.