Up Next: New Mexico

[Blue42]

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Indiana's nicknames for Lucus? "The Mountain Man!!!" Had an Indiana fan tell us (after our win over them) that when their fans saw Lucus, they decided they had the game in the bag - a Mountain Man like Lucas can't play ball! He also followed that with - H---! he CAN PLAY ball. Very complimentary of our team.

Funny stuff.

Lucas has played in 5 NCAA tournament games in his career, won two, beat the #1 seed in the NCAA tourney, played in a Sweet 16 game, won two regular season conference titles and two conference tournament titles.

He's also been drafted by a MLB team, pitched a season of professional ball, and will do so again in the future.

No one on Indiana's roster can touch any of that. He hardly needs to prove anything about his basketball career...or his athletic ability...to anyone from IU.

[achrist70]

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when were we on the big ten network?

Iowa game, and I also believe that some of the Fox Sports guys do this as well.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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Dana Altman was notorious for calling UNI "Northern". Wasn't too fond of it then...not too much now, either!

[JayJ79]

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your point being?

that it is either a double standard or that some UNI fans are way too sensitive in this regard.

I understand getting bothered when the school is refered to as "NIU", since that raises confusion with another school, and is flat out inaccurate.

But someone referring to UNI as "Northern" is not inaccurate.

[panther2317]

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Sorry but Alford is an A+ tool. We are just glad to be able to show him how to lose yet again. Not well liked in this state. Hey Steve you have played us many many times. Do you know anyone else who calls us Northern? Seriously dude. It is UNI or Northern Iowa or the panthers but Northern?

I'm not defending Alford, but did you know just about every other school in the Valley calls us "Northern"?

I lived in Springfield, Mo and spent the first year correcting someone everytime they said it...but it didn't take so then I learned to ignore it.

[Cat80]

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I've referred to other teams as Southern, Western, Trees Southwest(until recently), etc. and have heard UNI referred to as 'Northern' for years. Thought it was all part of the shorthand references everyone uses in the MVC and MVFC. How cool would it be if we became known as 'Northern' nationally? Whenever any commentator anywhere used the term 'Northern', it becomes common knowledge the reference is to UNI. Can't wait for the FCS NC game between Northern and Nova. Or the Final Four game, whichever comes first.

[Panther-Sheik]

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I guess I don't get the all out hatred of Alford by some Panther fans. Did he ever do anything specific against UNI? I understand that Hawkeye fans don't like him because they think he ran their storied program into "the ground", but why would UNI fans hate on him so much? Shouldn't we be more appreciative of him for his work at Iowa than negative towards him? Just sayin'.

[achrist70]

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I guess I don't get the all out hatred of Alford by some Panther fans. Did he ever do anything specific against UNI? I understand that Hawkeye fans don't like him because they think he ran their storied program into "the ground", but why would UNI fans hate on him so much? Shouldn't we be more appreciative of him for his work at Iowa than negative towards him? Just sayin'.

Personally I don't think that Hawkeye fans can truly be mad at Alford for the job he did at Iowa, his record wasn't that bad. Sure he didn't get them to the next level or even the sweet 16, something that Tom Davis could do. There is the other thing, I still think and I am sure that Hawkeye fans think that Tom Davis got the shaft at Iowa, and Alford is the face that is associated with Davis' firing. The other thing is that Iowa fans got tired of hearing how Alford was going to take the coaching job at Indiana anytime now, something I am sure New Mexico fans will get tired of hearing in the coming years.

I am by no means an Iowa fan, but I do remember being upset when Davis got fired after reaching the sweet 16 to hire a pretty boy.

Personally I don't think Indiana wants Alford, and I don't think they ever will. Alford is a great recruiter but many question his actual coaching ability. At Indiana they are able to get good recruits still based on the name (not as good as in the past but kids still want to go there), they need a man who has coaching abitity. So why bring in another coach whose main strength is recruiting.

[r54uni]

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I actually thought Alford was a bad recruiter, got Iowa kids that would have come to Iowa regardless, but did a decent job of coaching his mediocre talent??

[TH1974]

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Which is "one of basketball's most storied programs"?

Alford is a douchebag.

[achrist70]

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I actually thought Alford was a bad recruiter, got Iowa kids that would have come to Iowa regardless, but did a decent job of coaching his mediocre talent??

He got better recruits than Davis got

[9YRPLAN]

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He got better recruits than Davis got

uh no, and its not even close

[r54uni]

Re: Up Next: New Mexico

Neither of them were George Raveling - let's just leave it at that!!!

[BCPanther]

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I always thought Alford did a great job on the bench. He made players better than theyvwere when they got there. Never understood the hate for the guy...

[UNIMIS2001]

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Neither of them were George Raveling - let's just leave it at that!!!

Phelps at Drake may be the next George Raveling.