Next Year

[DownGoesKansas]

Re: Next Year

I am not sure that Kwadzo truly wasn't our best player last year (don't hang me for saying that) he just didn't have to do as much as he does this year.

If he was playing like was this year then maybe, but he was just too turnover/bad decision prone last year. But don't get me wrong he was very important!

Also expecting walk-ons to play meaningful minutes is not a very good idea. It just doesn't happen that often in college hoops. If we had a walk on center that would be one thing but we do not.

[Panther-Sheik]

Re: Next Year

Kwadzo has been the straw that stirs the Panther drink for 3 years now. Like a great musician or artist, he will be missed and probably appreciated more after he is gone. That isn't to say that the next Kwadzo isn't coming next year, though

[UnderParPanther]

Re: Next Year

i really feel like a cubs fan reading this thread.....i have no idea who's going to get minutes next year, it def seems like we are going to be loaded w/ guys around the same talent level (or at least it seems that way). i really feel like there's going to be some disappointment (and maybe some transfers, hope not though) w/ playing time/roles.

my off season wishes are:

pehl develops into a 20+ minute player
no injuries
both koch and rank add another 10-15lbs in the weight room
no injuries
one of our bench guys has a breakout summer (channeling buss)
no injuries
a decent non-conference schedule

[achrist70]

Re: Next Year

i really feel like a cubs fan reading this thread.....i have no idea who's going to get minutes next year, it def seems like we are going to be loaded w/ guys around the same talent level (or at least it seems that way). i really feel like there's going to be some disappointment (and maybe some transfers, hope not though) w/ playing time/roles.

my off season wishes are:

pehl develops into a 20+ minute player
no injuries
both koch and rank add another 10-15lbs in the weight room
no injuries
one of our bench guys has a breakout summer (channeling buss)
no injuries
a decent non-conference schedule

270 pound Jake Koch? I would rather have 245 pound Chip Rank, and 230 pound Nate Buss.

[Khan4Cats]

Re: Next Year

We're going to have some size to choose from next year. Will it be big enough to absorb a pounding inside? Probably not, but it will be far more mobile on the offensive end as the only one of the posts who will not be able to put it on the floor and drive or shoot from outside will be Pehl.

We're going to miss Kwadzo but we have several guys who played quite a bit of point and a high-level recruit who was specifically recruited for the point in Jake's system. Also remember that Tartan's head coach stated that he felt Sonnen was a better player than any of the other players that he had sent to UNI. He has shown flashes, be interesting to see what he can do with more opportunities.

Of the recruits: Mitchell and Singleton will almost certainly play, Tuttle and Bohannon will be a matter of how the staff feels the returning players will fill roles. I would expect Lyle to redshirt.

We're going to look very similar to the team we had in 2008-09 when Travis Brown was the only senior and the junior class carried us with the rest of the team young, talented but learning and filling roles.

[achrist70]

Re: Next Year

I think that Johnny Moran will have a far bigger role that Travis did.

[UnderParPanther]

Re: Next Year

redshirt johnny and prepare for a huge 2012-13 season....

[Hail Our Panthers]

Re: Next Year

redshirt johnny and prepare for a huge 2012-13 season....

Ha now that is a solid idea

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Next Year

We saw how big of an impact the loss of ORear had. The loss of KA will be 2 or 3x as bad. But if James, Rank and Sonnen can continue to improve and the Mitchell kid, along with Buss and Tuttle, can contribute, I think we could be a middle to upper MVC team with a shot to contend.

I disagree on KA. He's a great player, but we have other guards who can defend, lead, and score. Lucas was a heads up, tough nosed defender, and we didn't have anyone that could even try to fill his shoes.

[achrist70]

Re: Next Year

I have said if a few times, but I believe that our Senior will be the key next year. I do expect to go through a few growing pains as we will only have 4 upper classmen.

[Hail Our Panthers]

Re: Next Year

as we will only have 4 upper classmen.

Johnny, Koch, Sonnen, James, Pehl

(deactivate douche mode)

[ESands12 Nation]

Re: Next Year

Moran, James, Sonnen, Kock, Pehl

Rank
Mitchell will be primary guard off bench.
Tuttle
Singleton
Morrison- I could see him Transfer

Buss- will play the 3 maybe a little.
Syndergaard- I have heard good things
Bohannon- depends how Buss, Syndergaard, Morrison mitchell and singleton play.

Lange- not many
Martino- not many
Humple- not many minutes
Lyle- redshirt

[JungleCat]

Re: Next Year

Holy schmoly do I love the direction this team is going...
Deon Mitchell = Marc Sonnen + Kwadzo
Marvin Singleton = Draymond Green + Lucas O'Rear
Matt Bohannon ... well it runs in the name folks
Tuttle by all accounts fits the typical UNI Big guy... maybe Koch + Stout?
Lyle... well I can't quite find anything.

[jnutt]

Re: Next Year

why would Morrison transfer? he's the next Brooks McKowen in my opinion. He didn't play a ton of minutes but neither did AJ last year. I think people forget how much these guys like playing for Jake, Hogan, Johnson, and Green

[Panther AC]

Re: Next Year

why would Morrison transfer? he's the next Brooks McKowen in my opinion. He didn't play a ton of minutes but neither did AJ last year. I think people forget how much these guys like playing for Jake, Hogan, and Glas

Rich Glas has been coaching at Concordia-St. Paul for about three years now. Try Green and Johnson instead