Up Next: Creighton

[clenz]

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Just got back from the game. The d looked good. Free throws were a weakness Jake missed several and Tuttle needs to shoot a few hundred more at practice. I am looking forward to Tuttle getting stronger though. Scum fans booed more than any fans I've ever seen. But they are an interesting bunch the buck beers may have helped their understanding of the game. The guy behind me kept yelling hit him Doug. I was hoping Doug would hit someone and get run for a few games. I have decided that Doug transferred because he knew he couldn't play for Coach Jake. He would have to play defense.

Doug is a very good player, and I would take him on our roster...but I have noticed he tends to slack on D and is no threat on offense unless it is a back to the basket move. He is useless if he is forced to face up.

[jnutt]

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we would be RANKED if we could make a damn layup. You make those, you beat Kansas, you don't, you lose to Evansville. The margin for errror is low when you play the style we do. Still, we didn't score for 11 minutes and only lost by 3. Holy damn defense showed up tonight.

[Trapped in California]

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Overall I thought the team played very well other than the 10 minutes when the lid was on our hoop. Amazing that we weren't down 20 at that point.

One thing I hope they consider for the next game is taking letting Koch/Tuttle take it at 00 Echenique early and often. Echenique generally doesn't have the speed to deal with Koch away from the basket. If he is sitting on the bench in foul trouble, the entire complexion of the game changes, especially in the rebounding.

As big as Echenique is, I found it somewhat surprising how many shots of his were blocked (either cleanly or preventing a bucket + FT). I think he had at least 4 of those types of situations - he didn't end up making a FG.

[clenz]

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Overall I thought the team played very well other than the 10 minutes when the lid was on our hoop. Amazing that we weren't down 20 at that point.

One thing I hope they consider for the next game is taking letting Koch/Tuttle take it at 00 Echenique early and often. Echenique generally doesn't have the speed to deal with Koch away from the basket. If he is sitting on the bench in foul trouble, the entire complexion of the game changes, especially in the rebounding.

As big as Echenique is, I found it somewhat surprising how many shots of his were blocked (either cleanly or preventing a bucket + FT). I think he had at least 4 of those types of situations - he didn't end up making a FG.

The only thing Echenique has going for him is he is always going to be the biggest dude on the court....he has basically the bare minimum to be a big man in D1 ball. He is slow, pretty nonathletic, and is really only good for banging people out of the way to rebound.

[Panther Cat]

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Doug is a very good player, and I would take him on our roster...but I have noticed he tends to slack on D and is no threat on offense unless it is a back to the basket move. He is useless if he is forced to face up.

Actually Doug is is a threat on offense anywhere. He's shooting over 50% from 3 and it's not like he's only shot a couple. He's averaging 25 a game, he can play. As much as I'd like to wish he wasn't good, he's a great player and would be nice to have.

[clenz]

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Actually Doug is is a threat on offense anywhere. He's shooting over 50% from 3 and it's not like he's only shot a couple. He's averaging 25 a game, he can play. As much as I'd like to wish he wasn't good, he's a great player and would be nice to have.

His threes are mostly off of times where he was out there and is a spot up type deal.

He is a very very good player, but unless he can make a quick move in the post with his back to the basket he seems to struggle to get a good flow. It was clear that forcing him to think instead of just play was Jake's plan last night, and had it not been for AY, it would have worked perfectly instead of really well.

[jnutt]

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that was our "Superbowl" according to Moose's favorite Blue Jay fan.

[achrist70]

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How can it be our super bowl they don't have a football team.

We should have dressed Boothby last night he would have shut down Dougie.

[Luckycat]

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Tough loss to stomach, not only because we had several chances to win the game, but because it is to those Creighton DBs...

On the bright side, we played pretty well, and played with a lot of energy for the 3rd straight game. Thought we played some amazing defense for most of the night, and really took Doug out of the game for the most part.

People just need to take a deep, deep breath and realize just how incredibly tough it is to win on the road. Especially this road game, against a top 25 team in front of 17K liquored up people. Its tough to stomach a loss to these whiney a-holes, but we should feel pretty good about how we played. Koch and AJ shot horribly from the field, and we still had a shot to tie at the end.

I feel good about our team, and if we can keep playing like we have this past week, we are still going to do a lot of great things this year. Gotta keep our heads up, because we have a tough MSU team coming in on Friday. Go Cats.

GET TO THE MCLEOD ON FRIDAY PEOPLE!!!!!!!

Agree with this reasonable post as opposed to "Welcome to the Not. In. Tournament" crap. Get a grip folks. We are not going to win every game. We were in this to the end and should have won and we didn't. But every game gives these guys a learning experience and I trust Jake will see that they recognize it. I won't question his decisions and I have to laugh at some on here who want to suggest that they know better than he, who should play and for how many minutes.

[achrist70]

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We are so close right now, when this team gets there (which Jake and the staff will accompish) we have a chance to beat any team on any night, any team. The only true difference I see with this team and two years ago is a "big" body in the paint. That doesn't mean that we can't be effective in the post. This team is still young, and learning when they become educated WATCH OUT!

[jnutt]

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article up (sorry I work at 7 am got back at 1 and didn't have time until today) the game was fingertips away on steals for UNI (that lead to CU buckets) as well as shots that rolled in and out. Close. More thoughts here and video (if youtube stops being retarded)

http://iowasportsmonster.com/headlines/thenutthouse.php

[williebat]

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We are so close right now, when this team gets there (which Jake and the staff will accompish) we have a chance to beat any team on any night, any team. The only true difference I see with this team and two years ago is a "big" body in the paint. That doesn't mean that we can't be effective in the post. This team is still young, and learning when they become educated WATCH OUT!

LIKE I agree we are very close to being very special. We should have one maybe 2 legit losses so far. Youth and inexperience have cost us three games. We are getting better every game. What to do about AJ. Jake says keep shooting and they will fall. I agree with this.

I am very excited for a strong finish to this season. We are still in this thing for 1 or more likely 2nd place.

[Hail Our Panthers]

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I hope you're right willie but we've still got to play Wichita twice, MSU twice, CU once, and InSU on the road. It'll be tough to get out of that 4/5 game

[williebat]

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I hope you're right willie but we've still got to play Wichita twice, MSU twice, CU once, and InSU on the road. It'll be tough to get out of that 4/5 game

Well, I will be at the CU game with my son so that should help. No doubt the valley is good this year. But so are we.

[Born-a-Panther]

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i dont feel like we are that far away from being good. honestly i cant think of much to complain about other than our shot selection. guys go hunting for shots are start chucking.

Completely agree. Exciting time to be a Panther.