Up Next: Northern Colorado

[06panther10]

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Pehl looked good. I am very optimistic about what he can do for us this year. I hope he can do good things for us, because we need it badly from him.

Size is still a very, very big issue for this team.

[9YRPLAN]

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glad to see sonnens shot dropping in crunch time

[Panther'73]

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Thanksgiving break has already started for students.

[r54uni]

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Well, for starters, we gave up 69 points to a team that Vegas had us beating by 15. We got out rebounded by what I am guessing is a double digit number and we turned the ball over way too much. It seemed like we attempted more threes than twos and we hardly had any points in the paint or second chance opportunities. As fans we did not bring out A game either, the student section was non-existent and the fans that were there failed to really get into the game, IMO.

Did I adequately answer your condescending question?

If we are going to call out everyone - I think the McLeod has the worse tasting Diet Pepsi in North America!!!! Who's in charge of this?? This is inexcusable!!! IMO

[BCPanther]

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I thought we were good tonight.

Austin Pehl gave a great lift in the second half. We took their absolute best shot and got the win.

[Kyle]

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These early games are hard to judge, because we just don't know how good the opponent is.

ODU looked terrible against us but then reeled off three wins right after our game and played #2 Kentucky very tough today.

UNC was shooting lights out and we still managed to win by a comfortable margin. We have a lot to clean up, but this team is very young and will get much better as the season progresses.

It's a win. I'll take it.

[clenz]

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Well, for starters, we gave up 69 points to a team that Vegas had us beating by 15. We got out rebounded by what I am guessing is a double digit number and we turned the ball over way too much. It seemed like we attempted more threes than twos and we hardly had any points in the paint or second chance opportunities. As fans we did not bring out A game either, the student section was non-existent and the fans that were there failed to really get into the game, IMO.

Did I adequately answer your condescending question?

1. UNC was averaging 66 points per game so far this season, and scored 72 per game last season...they can score. Oh, and they shot over 68% from 3

2. We score more points in this game than they give up per game by a decent margin....even more going back to last season

3. Vegas doesn't know **** about anyone outside of the power conferences

4. Out rebounded by 10....not great, and that needs to improve. However, 8 of UNC's rebounds were "Team" rebounds - which are balls that go out of bounds and what not. Take that for what you will.

5. 15 TO's. Yep, that's more than we are used to seeing from a UNI team, but still decent, as I'd bet the NCAA average is 15-20. We also forced 25 TO's from UNC.

6. I wasn't at the game, as I had to work. However, Thanksgiving break started for UNI on Friday. That means the students are gone...I mean 90+% of the students are gone. Those still on campus during the game either have to work this week (still should have gone to the game IMO though) or are the foreign students who don't give two squirts about any sport in general. Remember the playoff crowd last year? All 5,000 people at the game? Also the game was against a school 98% of our fan base has never heard of. Northern Colorado has only been D1 for something like 4 or 5 years. A no-name team on Sunday night over Thanksgiving break is going to equal a bad crowd.

[clenz]

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Also if we can get 4-7 points per game from Pehl to go with 5-7 rebounds I'll take it every single time....period.

Much like Lucas, anything over 6 or 7 points and 7 rebounds is just gravy.

[ProwlingPanther]

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1. UNC was averaging 66 points per game so far this season, and scored 72 per game last season...they can score. Oh, and they shot over 68% from 3

2. We score more points in this game than they give up per game by a decent margin....even more going back to last season

3. Vegas doesn't know **** about anyone outside of the power conferences

4. Out rebounded by 10....not great, and that needs to improve. However, 8 of UNC's rebounds were "Team" rebounds - which are balls that go out of bounds and what not. Take that for what you will.

5. 15 TO's. Yep, that's more than we are used to seeing from a UNI team, but still decent, as I'd bet the NCAA average is 15-20. We also forced 25 TO's from UNC.

6. I wasn't at the game, as I had to work. However, Thanksgiving break started for UNI on Friday. That means the students are gone...I mean 90+% of the students are gone. Those still on campus during the game either have to work this week (still should have gone to the game IMO though) or are the foreign students who don't give two squirts about any sport in general. Remember the playoff crowd last year? All 5,000 people at the game? Also the game was against a school 98% of our fan base has never heard of. Northern Colorado has only been D1 for something like 4 or 5 years. A no-name team on Sunday night over Thanksgiving break is going to equal a bad crowd.

This is why I didn't get into detail with my original post. You can't post anything on these boards that aren't "rainbows and lollipops" without people getting defensive. I am happy with the win. I said I wasn't impressed with our performance. We can and will do better.

[Panther-at-Arms]

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Deon- Shot the ball well, still looks a little out of control at times on offense.

I seem to recall having the same complaint about Kwadzo.

[ProwlingPanther]

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Vegas knows plenty those buildings and lights aren't free.

[achrist70]

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I thought the crowd wasn't bad, considering the situation.

[Hail Our Panthers]

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1) How about some of those hustle plays by Moran?!
2) Found it interesting that Jake went with the vets in crunch time AJ, Koch, Sonnen, Pehl, Moran
3) The refs were laughably bad.
4) Good game out of Pehl, and its good to see. I don't know if anyone works harder than he does..he has gotten BIG. Anytime we get more points than fouls we're doing alright
5) Saw Syndergard (spelling IDK). Didn't know he quit the team
6) The new circle under the basket is not going to do our team any favors

['70 Grad]

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Good game. Except for the # of turnovers on both sides, it looked like a mid-season game. If NC plays/shoots this well on the road, they could do OK in our conference.

We got the kinks out of our game from that St Marys debacle. We are young, but our juniors/senior did the job down the stretch.

Not much from Seth tonight, even in his limited minutes (fouls in 1st half). Did not notice big positives from Max, but then no negatives. Deon looks at least as good as KA was as a freshman. Johnny leaving it all on the floor. Solid performance from Marc. Love Jake's potential - go for it. Good FT shooting.

[GoPanthers85]

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I thought the crowd wasn't bad, considering the situation.

The rest of the crowd had a decent turn out, just not the student section. I wasn't expecting 500+, but at least 100 would have been nice. But as my brother said "welcome to pre-Christmas break basketball."