CIT Round 2: Northern Iowa vs SMU 7PM CST (free official stream also)

[Hail Our Panthers]

Re: CIT Round 2: Northern Iowa vs SMU 7PM CST (free official stream also)

this whole season went into the tank because we lost the big guy. we were thin with lucas and had nothing without him. so guys had to change on the fly late in the season. losing Kwadzo will be big but not AS big. Is Kwadzo a better player than Lucas? Yes. But Kwadzo took AJ under his wing and the improvement is unbelieveable. Next year, he'll be even better and the guards we have a very good and should have some coming in with a ton of upside. This IS the best recruiting class we have ever had. It leaves Jake a ton of options. We just need the bigs to step up and learn to rebound, set screens, and play better D. They are all very young and even Lucas wasn't great at first. They have a whole off season to work on it with a sour taste in their mouth. Not to mention a damn good coaching staff. Next year will have its growing pains but there is a ton left in the cubbard/tank to keep UNI in the top of the MVC for years to come.

Good post, but the 06 class was pretty good
Kwadzo Aheleghbe
Ali Farkokhamesn (transfer)
Kerwin Dunnam
Adam Koch
Jordan Egleseder

Time will tell if the 2011 class will match the accomplishments of 06, but the 06 class was at the least more balanced and complete. It does seem like Mitchell, Tuttle, Singleton, and maybe Bohannon have potential to be better than all of those 06 guys tho.

[Hail Our Panthers]

Re: CIT Round 2: Northern Iowa vs SMU 7PM CST (free official stream also)

I liked the superstition of not doing an official thread. Smart move from Achrist, moose and Hail. I blame the loss on this.

Ha I'm sorry. We mixed up our superstitions several times throughout the year. This one backfired

[ProwlingPanther]

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Ha I'm sorry. We mixed up our superstitions several times throughout the year. This one backfired

Was blaming the loss on this thread for not following the superstition Hail.

[jnutt]

Re: CIT Round 2: Northern Iowa vs SMU 7PM CST (free official stream also)

Good post, but the 06 class was pretty good
Kwadzo Aheleghbe
Ali Farkokhamesn (transfer)
Kerwin Dunnam
Adam Koch
Jordan Egleseder

Time will tell if the 2011 class will match the accomplishments of 06, but the 06 class was at the least more balanced and complete. It does seem like Mitchell, Tuttle, Singleton, and maybe Bohannon have potential to be better than all of those 06 guys tho.

Koch was a stud from day 1 and looked like the new Grant Stout. Ali came a few years later so I can't count him in that group. Would LOVED to have him for 4 years though. And Jordan was a work in progress until his senior year. This looks A LOT like what we have right now. So I'm hopeful for the future. I plan on writing more on that (since I will have nothing to write about for the Sports Monster since we have no baseball any more). But for now, I gots me thoughts on the game.

http://www.iowasportsmonster.com/

thanks for reading guys, thanks for the thoughts on the games as well, and see you guys in a few months for football season. I just hope the Cubs don't take years off my life like UNI Football and Basketball did this year.

[Casey'sitsallgood]

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Good post, but the 06 class was pretty good
Kwadzo Aheleghbe
Ali Farkokhamesn (transfer)
Kerwin Dunnam
Adam Koch
Jordan Egleseder

Time will tell if the 2011 class will match the accomplishments of 06, but the 06 class was at the least more balanced and complete. It does seem like Mitchell, Tuttle, Singleton, and maybe Bohannon have potential to be better than all of those 06 guys tho.

oops......

[Casey'sitsallgood]

Re: CIT Round 2: Northern Iowa vs SMU 7PM CST (free official stream also)

I just hope the Cubs don't take years off my life like UNI Football and Basketball did this year.

[UNI83]

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I have no problem (so far) with Beaton's coverage. He's fairly honest about the good & bad. Isn't that what you want out of a beat writer?

I've enjoyed Beaton's coverage.

No he isn't full of blind purple and gold kool-aid articles but that is fine.



I think Pehl will be the most improved player on the team next year. Yes, go ahead and insert the "that won't take much effort on his part" joke from the hater crowd but he seems to have a ton of upside and has looked much better late in the season that he did when he first started starting.

A full off season of expecting the minutes, preparing for the minutes, preparing for the grind, etc... will lead to much more improvement than going into the season expecting 1-2 minutes in a blow out game and then being thrown into the starting role in the middle of the conference season and expected to fill the role of an all conference type player.

[Panther-Sheik]

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I've enjoyed Beaton's coverage.

No he isn't full of blind purple and gold kool-aid articles but that is fine.



I think Pehl will be the most improved player on the team next year. Yes, go ahead and insert the "that won't take much effort on his part" joke from the hater crowd but he seems to have a ton of upside and has looked much better late in the season that he did when he first started starting.

A full off season of expecting the minutes, preparing for the minutes, preparing for the grind, etc... will lead to much more improvement than going into the season expecting 1-2 minutes in a blow out game and then being thrown into the starting role in the middle of the conference season and expected to fill the role of an all conference type player.

And actually practicing the UNI offense and defense on a week-in and week-out basis instead of mimmicking the next opponent. That can't be discounted.

[UNI83]

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And actually practicing the UNI offense and defense on a week-in and week-out basis instead of mimmicking the next opponent. That can't be discounted.

Exactly, and I'm glad you brought that up. I failed to mention it but that is huge for a players development.

One of the big things that was said about Austin when he first started was he looked lost and like he didn't belong. Of course he looked lost, he hadn't run the UNI offense since preseason and even then he was running it while being told/thinking he wasn't going to see a lot of time this year.

[Pantherfan77]

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this whole season went into the tank because we lost the big guy. we were thin with lucas and had nothing without him. so guys had to change on the fly late in the season. losing Kwadzo will be big but not AS big. Is Kwadzo a better player than Lucas? Yes. But Kwadzo took AJ under his wing and the improvement is unbelieveable. Next year, he'll be even better and the guards we have a very good and should have some coming in with a ton of upside. This IS the best recruiting class we have ever had. It leaves Jake a ton of options. We just need the bigs to step up and learn to rebound, set screens, and play better D. They are all very young and even Lucas wasn't great at first. They have a whole off season to work on it with a sour taste in their mouth. Not to mention a damn good coaching staff. Next year will have its growing pains but there is a ton left in the cubbard/tank to keep UNI in the top of the MVC for years to come.

I agree....Kwadzo was our best player, but I think we all learned that Lucas was our most valuable. He was the 1 guy we had who could not be replaced. Just look at the record pre injury and then post injury.

[SteinPizza]

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I have no problem (so far) with Beaton's coverage. He's fairly honest about the good & bad. Isn't that what you want out of a beat writer?

Exactly. I have not had one problem with anything I've read from Beaton, and think he does a good job. Beat writers offer opinions all the time, especially when talking about the future of any team. If UNI played a bad game, I want the beat writer to tell me that, in so many words at least.

I haven't read the article in question yet, but if he's saying we'll have problems finishing in the top 3, he's right. Some here seem to think the incoming freshman class will suddenly give us an inside game - there's no way in hell you can count on that. We certainly could finish top 3, but it's nowhere near a lock. The suprise team to watch out for, IMO, is Drake. Their freshman guard is a gamechanger, and they'll have a healthy Van Deest.

[FOTY]

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The suprise team to watch out for, IMO, is Drake. Their freshman guard is a gamechanger, and they'll have a healthy Van Deest.

That is dependent on Phelps having the ability to coach....

But, yes, I do agree. With the talent present on that team, they SHOULD contend.

['70 Grad]

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I agree....Kwadzo was our best player, but I think we all learned that Lucas was our most valuable. He was the 1 guy we had who could not be replaced. Just look at the record pre injury and then post injury.

Double agree. Without Barz & McD, we didn't have the depth down low to handle an injury.

However, our record pre-injury and post injury may have taken a bit of a dip if it was Kwadzo rather than Lucas who got injured too.

If Kerwin doesn't get hurt, how much experience does James get for next year?

All speculation & can't be proven.

[achrist70]

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Double agree. Without Barz & McD, we didn't have the depth down low to handle an injury.

However, our record pre-injury and post injury may have taken a bit of a dip if it was Kwadzo rather than Lucas who got injured too.

If Kerwin doesn't get hurt, how much experience does James get for next year?

All speculation & can't be proven.

Way to pull out the name Brett Barz, and I think that ANTHONY JAMES gets plenty of experience this year even if Kerwin isn't injured he was averaging over 10ppg before the injury even occurred.

[SteinPizza]

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IMO, you can't pull out Barz as an example, because the coaching staff had plenty of time to recover from that. They should've recruited someone who could have contributed meaningful minutes down low. IMO (again), that player is not Jake Koch. To me, it's obvious his best ball is played facing the hoop. He's got too much athleticism to waste on nothing but post moves. Take that, and his ability to shoot outside, and he presents a matchup problem for most of the teams we play. Down low, he's just another 6'9 kid looking for the ball.