Remaining schedule

[06panther10]

Wichita State
Drake
@Indiana St
@Missouri State
Southern Illinois
Creighton
@Wichita State
Illinois State
@Evansville
@Bracketbuster
Bradley
@Southern Illinois


Its gut check time. It only gets more difficult from here on out. To finish top 4 we probably have to get 10-11 wins in the MVC, which would mean we have to go like 8-3 in our last 11 games.

As inconsistent as we have been, its pretty hard for me to find 7-8 wins in that remaining schedule.

[Kyle]

Re: Remaining schedule

At this point, I'll be happy with a top 6 finish. Avoid Thursday and hope we get hot in St. Louis.

[BCPanther]

Re: Remaining schedule

I see 6 wins in there. 9-9 and 20-11 or 19-12 depending on BracketBuster headed to StL.

Then again with this team we could do a hulluva lot better...











(or a helluva lot worse)

[Panther-Sheik]

Re: Remaining schedule

Enjoy the wins and flush the losses this year. Lots of youth getting minutes and we can literally beat anyone. Problem is, we can also literally lose to anyone. Hope for a hot streak and lots of confidence in St. Louis. If there was ever a UNI team that needed continued support from its fans and fellow students, though, it is THIS team! Go Panthers!!

[UnderParPanther]

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agree with that...

we all got our hopes up after the way this year started when clearly we were playing over our heads a little bit.

this team has played well on the road this year even though we havnt been able to finish off games of late and that bodes well for the mvc tourney.

[Kyle]

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If freaking Indiana State can win the tournament last year, I see no reason why we can't do it this year.

When it comes to March in college basketball, freshman are no longer freshmen. Our team will continue to grow, improve, and become a matchup nobody want's to face in St. Louis.

[achrist70]

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If freaking Indiana State can win the tournament last year, I see no reason why we can't do it this year.

When it comes to March in college basketball, freshman are no longer freshmen. Our team will continue to grow, improve, and become a matchup nobody want's to face in St. Louis.

I agree freshmen are no longer freshmen when March comes, however freshmen have to get there first, I think we are starting to see Seth start to wear down, hopefully, he can get a spark here soon.

[TommyT]

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If freaking Indiana State can win the tournament last year, I see no reason why we can't do it this year.

When it comes to March in college basketball, freshman are no longer freshmen. Our team will continue to grow, improve, and become a matchup nobody want's to face in St. Louis.

If we play on Thursday, we lose on Thursday. We play Friday, we have a chance to play Sunday. That's how this team is for this year.

[Panthers#1]

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At this point, I'll be happy with a top 6 finish. Avoid Thursday and hope we get hot in St. Louis.

Totally agree. At this point, avoiding the Thursday game is a legimate goal that I think this team (probably more us as a fan base) should be aiming for. The question is will they achieve it? If they do avoid it, it is a cause for celebration. It sounds bad to say but this is the point we are at.

[BCPanther]

Re: Remaining schedule

Bradley, SIU, Drake, and Indiana State are your Thursday night teams, imo...

[clenz]

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Bradley, SIU, Drake, and Indiana State are your Thursday night teams, imo...

I agree, but Drake is 4-3 in conference right now....

[BCPanther]

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People are jumping off the ledge and we are one game out of 3rd place with wins over both teams that are tied for third. The more I think about it, the more I think that people talking about playing on Thursday are way, way off base.

[williebat]

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Bradley, SIU, Drake, and Indiana State are your Thursday night teams, imo...

Hope Bradley looses in first round.

[MeOW!]

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I agree, but Drake is 4-3 in conference right now....

Which is why I think Sunday night's game versus the Bulldogs is HUGE. We very well could be fighting with Drake for the sixth seed in the Valley Tournament and to sweep them would give us the tiebreaker over them.

[Khan4Cats]

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We are even in turns of wins and losses from last year in conference. Last year we finished 10-8 and were the 4th seed. As Sheik said earlier, I don't see anyone on that list of remaining games that we can't beat. I also don't see anyone that is a gimme win. The guys are going to have to come prepared to play every night and for the whole 40 minutes, longer if needed.

I agree we the sentiments of wanting to make sure we use our bench at least a little more. Jake tends to go by feel and whom he trusts at a given time, I think he needs to make sure he gets the reserves in for a few minutes each half just to get the starters off their feet. He did it well against Missouri State, and was able to use timeouts to get breaks down the stretch once he went to his primary 5, but he needs to try and buy a couple minutes here and there the rest of the way. And where is Martino? He played in both the InSU and Drake games and we won, hasn't been seen since.