100 days til Panther Basketball..

[06panther10]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

I have a hard time with just speculating that some players are "gone".

We are not a program that over-recruits and then cuts players at a whim.

Both players you mentioned are walk-ons and wouldn't necessarily be looking at prime playing time as RS Fr anyways.

Our program has been built with walk-on type players who provide bodies to bang on in practice and don't worry about playing time: Brian Haak, Joe Green, Adam Rodenberg... Without them, we aren't a successful team.

I'm as excited as anyone about UNI basketball, but we need to be prepared for the first part of this season to be a struggle. We have a lot of new talent coming in-but as with any team it is tough to blend the new parts and figure it out (remember we lost at UW-Milwaukee and Iowa early last year). Add to that the fact that most of the team is comprised of true or RS freshman and there is going to be a learning curve.

I believe in this coaching staff's ability to mold a TEAM out of these parts, but it will take some time. But that TEAM will include more than just the 5 on the floor at a time and 5-7 reserves who may see playing time. It will require everybody to contribute-from practice, to study sessions, to travelling/being together as a cohesive TEAM. We've got what looks to be an upgrade in athletes over years past, how well they come together will be the key.

Totally agree. Good post.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

no offense, but i find it hard to believe that we would not have been successful without the players listed.

[Moose39]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

99 days until Panther Basketball.

On December 15, 2007 UNI defeated Wartburg by a score of 99-48.

[blien]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

good one Moose!

[achrist70]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

99 days until Panther basketball, there is no 99 on the roster this season. If I was on the team there would be.

But a basketball court is about 99 feet long, if you add a few feet to both sides..something like that

A basketball court is 94 feet long, come on Hail I expect more than that from you.

[Moose39]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

good one Moose!

[Hail Our Panthers]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

But a basketball court is about 99 feet long, if you add a few feet to both sides..something like that

A basketball court is 94 feet long, come on Hail I expect more than that from you.

I understand by now that reading/writing is not a major strength, but I did expect a bit more from you

Maybe you just didn't pick up on the sarcasm..which is understandable. We need some type of animation for that

[Moose39]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

Good Morning Panther Nation. Or good night, depending on how you look at it. Anyways, it is technically 98 days away from the start of Panther basketball.

Unfortunately, there is no 98 on the basketball roster.

According to ESPN, 98% of the participants in ESPN.com's Tournament Challenge, which had just under 4.8 million brackets in 2010, chose Kansas to advance to the Sweet 16 over UNI

[panther-state]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

Good Morning Panther Nation. Or good night, depending on how you look at it. Anyways, it is technically 98 days away from the start of Panther basketball.

Unfortunately, there is no 98 on the basketball roster.

According to ESPN, 98% of the participants in ESPN.com's Tournament Challenge, which had just under 4.8 million brackets in 2010, chose Kansas to advance to the Sweet 16 over UNI

I still love saying "Ali Farokh-ucked-up-my-bracket"

[Durf73]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

After watching practice yesterday Oliveria is very, very raw. He has a lot of work to do between now & the beginning of the season if he is not going to red shirt.

[Dexter58]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

After watching practice yesterday Oliveria is very, very raw. He has a lot of work to do between now & the beginning of the season if he is not going to red shirt.

How's everyone else look?

[Dexter58]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

Were Koch and Moran practicing?

[Durf73]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

Were Koch and Moran practicing?

yes both were practicing! 16 guys on the practice floor! And I'm not sure who the 17th player was on the exercise bike!

[Durf73]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

How's everyone else look?

Hard to tell from practice but they were fired up & going hard. Anthony James was putting on quite a three point show before practice started. I was also impressed on the veteran guys helping the new guys on how drills were run & finer points of the game that they were working on during drills.

[06panther10]

Re: 100 days til Panther Basketball..

http://www.unipanthers.com/sports/m-...072811aaa.html