Up Next: Creighton

[hoopfan]

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with Johnny and AJ going 7-23 and Young torching us on the other end, how did Deon not get more than 8 minutes of playing time? Seems like he could have given us a different look on offense and although he isn't great defensively, it would have been a change of pace on Young as well. I didn't get to watch the game and this is based solely off the box score, but it doesn't make sense. Unfortunately this has been the trend for Johnny all year long now.

Can someone enlighten me?

[Codytwo]

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with Johnny and AJ going 7-23 and Young torching us on the other end, how did Deon not get more than 8 minutes of playing time? Seems like he could have given us a different look on offense and although he isn't great defensively, it would have been a change of pace on Young as well. I didn't get to watch the game and this is based solely off the box score, but it doesn't make sense. Unfortunately this has been the trend for Johnny all year long now.

Can someone enlighten me?

Deon turns the ball over too much.

[UNIGrainer]

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Crayton will need someone to step up to replace Young next year. Hope they can find someone whose dad is looking for a job.

[jman2004]

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There just needs to be some awareness of who that should be on any given night. Tonight late in the game, I'm thinking Marc.

AJ needs to realize that it doesn't always have to be AJ.

[r54uni]

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We've been down double digits early and won games, and we've been up double digits early and lost. There's no consistency.

Could be because we have one senior. We will be fine - relax and enjoy the rest of the year!!

[Hail Our Panthers]

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Dean really struggles at finishing at the rim sometimes, also. Hopefully it'll come

[jman2004]

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Deon turns the ball over too much.

Don't care. He's a playmaker. He needs more minutes than 8 to grow as a player. He needs to be on the court more with some of the starting five too. Plus, he could've possibly provided an offensive spark when we were in one of our many ruts tonight.

[Codytwo]

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Dean really struggles at finishing at the rim sometimes, also. Hopefully it'll come

I really hope that Deon can develop into a Kwadzo-type player, except a little earlier than Kwadzo did (senior year).

[LA_Panther]

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So frustrating. UNI should not have been up by just 1 at the half. Why do the Panthers seem to have an awful scoring drought every game? Darn it! This could've been one of those at-large resume-builders. Hopefully the Panthers will get revenge on Feb. 4th.

[NortedeIowa]

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Could be because we have one senior. We will be fine - relax and enjoy the rest of the year!!

This. There were some missed opportunities for sure, but we did hold Crayton to their lowest point total and narrowest win so far this year, not to mention at their home arena.

Also, is there some discount outlet for extra-long white t-shirts in Omaha or something? Looks like Dougie, Gibbs and a few other guys split a multi-pack.

[hoopfan]

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Don't care. He's a playmaker. He needs more minutes than 8 to grow as a player. He needs to be on the court more with some of the starting five too. Plus, he could've possibly provided an offensive spark when we were in one of our many ruts tonight.

I agree 100%. I would rather have a turnover in transition while pushing the tempo than Johnny forcing a step back fallaway jumper or AJ forcing jumpers in the 1/2 court offense. IMO those are turnovers as well, but don't show up in the stats.

There are going to be some growing pains with any freshman, especially a PG, but when the offense went dry like it did for stretches tonight, why not put him in and let him run the floor? Make Young get up and down the court and wear him down.

[06panther10]

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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!!!!!!!

[orangetennis]

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i liked the spark Deon & Morrison gave us after we went 0-15 from end of 1st-first 5 min of 2nd. he's still too careless with the rock but he's got quickness that the D is not expecting from UNI. that can be big in spurts.

[UnderParPanther]

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I really hope that Deon can develop into a Kwadzo-type player, except a little earlier than Kwadzo did (senior year).

really? kwadzo was pretty good soph thru senior year...i think he was the mvc all tourney team his jr year

i think deon is going to be better than kwadzo, just needs experience and he'll quit making freshman mistakes.

[Codytwo]

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Updated standings since the start of last season:

Doug 3 UNI 1