Up Next: Iowa State

[orangetennis]

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I think the patented Panther D will be there Wednesday night, I just hope we make some shots!

[UNI Fight]

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No go for CFU. They have this note on their site:

ISU has given exclusive TV rights for the November 30 UNI at ISU men's basketball game to Mediacom. Because of that, the game will not be on CFU Cable, Dish Network or Direct TV, and it will not be available over-the-air on any broadcast TV channel. It may be available online through Iowa State's website for a fee, though no online coverage has been announced yet.

If you object to this decision by the Iowa State Athletic Department, they can be reached by email or on Facebook.

I do object...Mediacom is terrible.

[Newsbreaker]

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The fact that ISU's local TV coverage is cable only is a joke. Even we get on broadcast TV.

Along those lines, and I apologize for changing the subject momentarily, but does anyone know what channel the Iowa game will be on in DSM. Is WOI putting it on 5.2?

[paMANther]

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On ESPN.com it says that the game will be on ESPN3

[UNI Fight]

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So...I'm hearing a lot of ISU jabbering that this game in Ames will truly decide the champion of the South Padre Invitational? Ummm UNI won it fair and square. I understand they were 4-0 and we were 4-0 but ISU knew the tiebreaker rule just the same as we did. Allow the fewest points and that's the tiebreaker. UNI plays better defense. We won. This game is on ISU's home court, not a neutral court, this isn't part of the south padre tournament, it is part of the Big Four trophy between UNI-Iowa-ISU-Drake. So far ISU is 0-1 in that running.

University of Northern Iowa...2011-12 South Padre Island Invitational Champions.

[Purrrrrfect]

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mythically they are stating...since neither played each other...yes, we won the tournament by the rulebook, but not really fair when you don't play each other (i.e. BCS 3 undefeated teams, one gets left out and never plays, could be considered a co-national champ). So, yes we won, but for non-tournament recording stats...this will be for the title/bragging rights you could say.

[porkchop]

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I don't have Mediacom ...... any watch parties going on in the DSM area for this one??

[BCPanther]

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Christopherson is now the new Juilius Michalik as far as being there for a decade

Nah, Michalik could actually play...

[Moose39]

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I believe we held him to 10 points last year, and then he went off for 30 points against Iowa. I believe we can do it again!

[Moose39]

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From CF

Re: ISU vs UNI.. Unofficial South Padre Championship

Yep, defense and rebounding > trophy. Good job UNI, you won a tourney that we had the same record in haha.

Love the sour grapes there.

[9YRPLAN]

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On ESPN.com it says that the game will be on ESPN3

OK dont quote me on this, because i dont recall exactly what I was told because i was at a wedding and it was late...

but i heard that a lot of ISU's games that were slated for ESPN3 or Gameplan are no longer available on there. this is because mediacom recently completed a fiber optic connection into hilton. previously, there would have been a satellite truck there and ESPN then could just pick up that feed and put it in ESPN3 or Gameplan. this isnt possible with the fiber optic connection going directly into mediacom's system. ISU fans are pretty pissed about it because they paid for Gameplan.

if someone can clarify or correct me, feel free.

[porkchop]

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I disliked this "tournament" from the get go due to the format. It's more of a jamboree with no "real champion"; I wish it would have been a real championship format.

The tiebreaker is really arbitrary IMO; why does defense determine a champion any more than offense does?? Some teams are defensive oriented and some are offensive oriented; a team shouldn’t be penalized or rewarded for their style of play. If it would have been determined by points scored ISU would be the "champs". I think a better barometer would have been point differential (based on both scoring and defense), where ISU would have won 77 (19.25 per game) to UNI's 50 (12.5 per game).

I'm proud of how the team played and that they "won" the event, but I'm not wasn't fan of the format and understand where ISU fans are coming from.

As far as this being the defacto "title game", if was on a neutral court I'd have no issue calling it that, but it’s not ........ even though I think Panthers will prevail at the end of the day.

Go Cats!!!

[Panther93]

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I disliked this "tournament" from the get go due to the format. It's more of a jamboree with no "real champion"; I wish it would have been a real championship format.

The tiebreaker is really arbitrary IMO; why does defense determine a champion any more than offense does?? Some teams are defensive oriented and some are offensive oriented; a team shouldn’t be penalized or rewarded for their style of play. If it would have been determined by points scored ISU would be the "champs". I think a better barometer would have been point differential (based on both scoring and defense), where ISU would have won 77 (19.25 per game) to UNI's 50 (12.5 per game).

I'm proud of how the team played and that they "won" the event, but I'm not wasn't fan of the format and understand where ISU fans are coming from.

As far as this being the defacto "title game", if was on a neutral court I'd have no issue calling it that, but it’s not ........ even though I think Panthers will prevail at the end of the day.

Go Cats!!!

IIRC, the format was changed to make sure that UNI and ISU didn't play each other down there because they were playing a few days later. I don't know who requested it, but I would think that either coach wouldn't be too excited about playing the same team twice in the span of 5 days.

[porkchop]

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IIRC, the format was changed to make sure that UNI and ISU didn't play each other down there because they were playing a few days later. I don't know who requested it, but I would think that either coach wouldn't be too excited about playing the same team twice in the span of 5 days.

Yeah I noticed the format was changed to accommodate that from happening, you can't fault the change. The schools aren't at fault seeing how you don't turn down an invite to these exempt tournaments. The onus is on the tourney for inviting both these schools knowing they play annually. There's 342 schools to choose from, I don't really understand how they managed to screw that one up.

[UNIpanther99]

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Tournaments like South Padre are not about winning a championship, it's much more about enhancing your NCAA tournament resume. Both Iowa State and UNI did that, so I'm sure both coaches are happy with the results.

Now, if it was Maui or Battle 4 Atlantis... Yes, winning would be more important.