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  • #16
    Re: Good Article

    Originally posted by panther-state View Post
    If anyone here ever watched the practices that Jake held for the redshirts/freshmen last year (Buss, Martino, Syndergaard, etc...), Martino looked very solid and I'm actually more excited to see how he does than Nate Buss.
    Sounds like you were there, so thanks for the insight. That said, what he said about Buss also intrigues me. Any kid who's 6'8 and has the ability to shoot outside, put it on the floor, and post people up should have us very excitied, because we've had very few of those. Adam Koch, and that's about it. Eric Crawford could do those things too, he was just 4 inches shorter. Jake has shown some flashes of that, but needs to do so more consistently before he's in that same category. Grant Stout, Gruber, Schneidermann, etc. were more one dimensional on offense.

    Given the above, I'm more interested in Buss than Martino. Martino sounds like more of a long shot with serious upside. I say long shot because walk ons and DIII level recruits almost never make a meanginful contribution at the MVC and above level. For every one-off who made it, you can point to 1,000 who haven't. If we struck gold, so to speak, that's fantastic.

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    • #17
      Re: Good Article

      I really think that when you look at Max you need to look at the entire package, he wasn't just a basketball player in high school like so many D1 recruits are, he played as many sports as he could, and excelled at all of them. He was also the valedictorian of his class at Kennedy, which is an amazing accomplishment with all of his activities especially at a school that size. I really think that now that Max is concentrating on only basketball he will excel. I think we got not only a great basketball player, but a great all around athlete, and an all round great individual.

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      • #18
        Re: Good Article

        Originally posted by achrist70 View Post
        I really think that when you look at Max you need to look at the entire package, he wasn't just a basketball player in high school like so many D1 recruits are, he played as many sports as he could, and excelled at all of them. He was also the valedictorian of his class at Kennedy, which is an amazing accomplishment with all of his activities especially at a school that size. I really think that now that Max is concentrating on only basketball he will excel. I think we got not only a great basketball player, but a great all around athlete, and an all round great individual.
        Exactly and the fact that I've heard about Buss since I first came to UNI (and already knew a little about the kid) while Martino I had never seen before or heard about just made him all the more interesting to me. Thats probably why I'm really excited to see what he can do, more so than with Buss. Plus we have Ben Jacobsen coaching him so any of these guys could excel far and beyond our expectations for them

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        • #19
          Re: Good Article

          Originally posted by 43's pop View Post
          Any time the team can stay together through the summer and get in extra team practices and play meaningful opponents, the team will prosper during te regular season. Previous trips to Australia, the World games, etc only prove the point. Success followed all those teams.
          Um... the year following the trip to the WU Games was the year Kwadzo got hurt, Jostens & Colemans senior year. Success?

          Also this team will be deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep for the next couple seasons. and not just deep, deep with talented players.
          Originally posted by rockybison
          You guys suck so bad. Please never let me come back. Ya had 20 yrs by yourself and ya fckd it up. SU rolls in and does it in 4, prolly next year too. Living in a shadow is killn ya.

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          • #20
            Re: Good Article

            Originally posted by Casey'sitsallgood View Post

            Also this team will be deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep for the next couple seasons. and not just deep, deep with talented players.
            Yep, it will be a very important two years for our program and Coach Jake.

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            • #21
              Re: Good Article

              Originally posted by Casey'sitsallgood View Post
              Um... the year following the trip to the WU Games was the year Kwadzo got hurt, Jostens & Colemans senior year. Success?

              Also this team will be deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep for the next couple seasons. and not just deep, deep with talented players.
              Had Kwadzo not been hurt that season would have been much better.


              Oh, and we still had 18 wins that year, which at the time was something like 4th most in school history.

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              • #22
                Re: Good Article

                Not just Kwadzo going down, but Carlton Reed went down. Matt Culliver didn't make it past the first month of the school year, and UNI started Drew Lundberg I believe at PG to begin the year! It was a pretty unusual season. More stability now.

                And also posters, it's JacobSON...not SEN. He's our coach...learn to spell his name!
                The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.

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                • #23
                  Re: Good Article

                  Originally posted by Panthers to the Bone View Post
                  And also posters, it's JacobSON...not SEN. He's our coach...learn to spell his name!
                  Maybe he should release his birth certificate and clear all this up.

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                  • #24
                    Re: Good Article

                    I don't know about you guys but I just can't get enough Panther basketball.

                    I'm stoked for the 11-12 season. Even with our youth I see this team being a real threat for another MVC title (which I feel we may have won this yr if Lucas had stayed healthy.)
                    Mitchell & Singleton could be special talents for us.

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                    • #25
                      Re: Good Article

                      I do not see us as a threat to win the MVC title next year. Too young, too small.

                      We should be a very very good team in two years, I believe we will challenge for the title then. But next year, I see us having another year similar to this past year winning 18-20 games.
                      UNI FIGHT

                      Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
                      iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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                      • #26
                        Re: Good Article

                        Originally posted by 06panther10 View Post
                        I do not see us as a threat to win the MVC title next year. Too young, too small.

                        We should be a very very good team in two years, I believe we will challenge for the title then. But next year, I see us having another year similar to this past year winning 18-20 games.
                        Ummm Indiana State? Only 3 seniors (only 2 played regularly) but 5 freshmen and no one over 6'8. Sure they completely overachieved and had O'Rear not gone down they entire season may have turned out differently but the still won Arch Madness and made the NCAA's. I'm just saying lets not rule anything out especially when we have Jacobson at the helm.
                        Last edited by panther-state; 04-27-2011, 11:50 PM. Reason: Spelling Error

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                        • #27
                          Re: Good Article

                          Originally posted by panther-state View Post
                          Ummm Indiana State? Only 3 seniors (only 2 played regularly) but 5 freshmen and no one over 6'8. Sure they completely overachieved and had O'Rear not gone down they entire season may have turned out differently but the still won Arch Madness and made the NCAA's. I'm just saying lets not rule anything out especially when we have Jacobson at the helm.
                          Overachieving, small teams usually are no threat come tourney time. Realistically, we will be 18-20 wins and threatening an NIT bid just like someone stated above. We certainly can do better, but let's see what happens.

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                          • #28
                            Re: Good Article

                            Indiana State and Creighton should be on top and then it is really anyone after that, I think we could easily make a serious run in the league once we are accustomed to playing with each other, and the two mentioned teams are far from unbeatable.

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                            • #29
                              Re: Good Article

                              Wichita St will be a very good team next year as well.

                              I'm not sold on Indiana St being a championship contender.
                              UNI FIGHT

                              Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
                              iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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                              • #30
                                Re: Good Article

                                Originally posted by 06panther10 View Post
                                Wichita St will be a very good team next year as well.

                                I'm not sold on Indiana St being a championship contender.
                                WSU was supposed to be good this year. losing only one starter n all...

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