Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

[clenz]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

As far as Nate making 4 of his 14 shots, seems like some may have been forced considering he only made 29% of them..and if they were open 3's on the back side, focus and get the ball to the back half please. Last time I checked, it was not difficult to make open 3's Please use warm ups effectively and shoot game speed.

Deon 0-2 0%, Johnny 1-4 25%, Jake 0-4 0%, ANOTHY JAMES 1-3 33%, Chip 1-3 33%, Nate 1-6 17%, Morrison 0-1 0%, Marc Sonnen 0-5 0% , Max 0-2 0%

Do you have a problem with Marc's game? He was 0-5 for the entire game, all of them were 3's. What about Jake Koch? As a team we shot 14% from 3....You should be complaining about EVERYONE that shot a three pointer given the way they were shot.



Again, it's an exhibition game. If you think Buss is going to put up 14 shots a game at UNI you clearly don't know the program.

[BCPanther]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

You obviously weren't there. I was shocked when I saw he took that many shots. Everything was an open look or putback attempt.

He definitely wasn't out looking to get as many shots as he could...

[Shooter24]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

If you're not going to do it in the regular season, don't do it in an exhibition game..It's like a high school scrimmage at the beginning of the year. You don't want one of your role players taking 14, 15 shots. The offense is not meant to run through them. If they're open, go ahead and be confident and knock the shot down. It comes to a point when you as a player know you're cold and need to do something else to better the team.

[D Panther]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

Nate's strength is is offensive ability. He is a 6'9' wing player. Several shots came when he posted up the other teams 3. People ask all the time who will score inside. I think Nate answered that Sunday. Also he will bring offence off the bench which is something we did not have last year

[TommyT]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

By reading all these posts, it looks like we will be having some lively discussions this year.

As long as we can get good post play and not having our post players throwing up a bunch of 3's, we should be solid this year.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

By reading all these posts, it looks like we will be having some lively discussions this year.

As long as we can get good post play and not having our post players throwing up a bunch of 3's, we should be solid this year.

i think its more likely that shooter is an idiot.

[Dexter58]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

If you're not going to do it in the regular season, don't do it in an exhibition game..It's like a high school scrimmage at the beginning of the year. You don't want one of your role players taking 14, 15 shots. The offense is not meant to run through them. If they're open, go ahead and be confident and knock the shot down. It comes to a point when you as a player know you're cold and need to do something else to better the team.

You weren't at the game. The shots he took were all within the offense. Actually the shots that all the guys took were within the offense. It's a first game whether exhibition or not. If you were there you would also see that there were even a few plays drawn up for Nate. Coach Jake, at halftime of the SIU game had said that we are looking to Nate to score some pts for us. I guarantee he will be hitting those shots during the season. The same as everyone else. We had the same problem at the beginning of last year. It's hard to duplicate a game situation unless you're in a game. Ask any athlete. We all know everyone's shooting %'s will go up.

[Khan4Cats]

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Nate is going to be a scoring option for us. He is the back up at the 3, which is currently manned in our offense by AJ. Kind of an interesting substitution pattern, especially if other teams try to bring in a small, quick guard to defend AJ and Jake comes in with 6'8"/6'9" Buss. But when AJ is off the floor, Nate is in and will be expected to fill that scoring role. The big thing is people should not expect him to be an inside prescence despite his height.

[Herdman]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

From the Des Moines Register:
Northern Iowa defeated Northern State (S.D.) 71-53 in an exhibition game Sunday afternoon in the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls.

Junior guard Anthony James led a balanced attack with15 points.

The Panthers had a 50-31 rebounding edge. Sophomore forward Chip Rank and freshman forward Marvin Singleton each gathered in 10 rebounds.

Northern Iowa will play another exhibition game at 7 p.m. Friday against Dubuque in the McLeod Center

[06panther10]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

Result from tonight:

Northern State - 53
Butler - 50

[casbern]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

Result from tonight:

Northern State - 53
Butler - 50

What?!

Okay... Northern State for the addition to the MVC.

[ubuntuCAT]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

Result from tonight:

Northern State - 53
Butler - 50

what the hell????

[jnutt]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

i thought they looked very good for d-II but DAMN

[Coachdags]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

Result from tonight:

Northern State - 53
Butler - 50

Any given Wednesday...

[CarsonT]

Re: Up first: Northern State (exh), and MVC media day

Butler led 50-41 with 4:34 remaining. Northern State closed the game on a 12-0 run including a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win it.

Doesn't really seem like the Butler team we've seen the past two years.