Avoiding Thursday

[achrist70]

Re: Avoiding Thursday

Creighton will be picked first and will be in the pre-season top 25, because they only lose Young, and they still have the golden child.

UNI, Ill St, and Drake will all be very good and all return most, if not all, of their rosters. Those three teams will probably be picked behind Creighton in some order. WSU will have a lot of new guys but could potentially be good, and Indy St and Evansville will be decent too.

Its going to be an incredibly tough conference next year as well.

Losing Young will be a bigger loss for that team than most realize, although I think you can say the same about Johnny.

[KansasCityPanther]

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The way ISU Blue is playing; it's possible for them to takeout WSU (if they win Thursday night). This year's tournament is one of the toughest that I can remember. Basically, WSU has to play a three seed on Friday and Saturday.

How many years has it been since UNI had to play Thursday?

[domedays]

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I think 2003 and we had been in the play in game a bunch before that.

[BCPanther]

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ISU has no shot to beat WSU. You can't beat a team that talented and deep with 16 hours rest.

[FOTY]

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Creighton will be picked first and will be in the pre-season top 25, because they only lose Young, and they still have the golden child.

UNI, Ill St, and Drake will all be very good and all return most, if not all, of their rosters. Those three teams will probably be picked behind Creighton in some order. WSU will have a lot of new guys but could potentially be good, and Indy St and Evansville will be decent too.

Its going to be an incredibly tough conference next year as well.

I agree with what you said and anticipate that next season will be very similar to this season. Remember when there was talk of 3 or maybe even 4 MVC teams in the tourney? I wouldn't be surprised to hear some of the talking heads making the same prediction next year before conference play starts. IMO, the teams in discussion will be CU, UNI, WSU, ISUr, ISUb, and maybe even UE. Then, we start beating up on each otherand wind up with 1 or 2 making the dance (CU and the team that gets hot in February).

[ceaser150]

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ISU has no shot to beat WSU. You can't beat a team that talented and deep with 16 hours rest.

I agree with you. As banged up as they are now, no way. Odum has been playing hurt for a couple of weeks.

[UNI MadCat]

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The way ISU Blue is playing; it's possible for them to takeout WSU (if they win Thursday night).

Huh? I would hardly consider them hot right now, finishing 3-4 down the stretch including a loss at Bradley and a pretty embarrassing 20+ point drubbing @ Butler (who is not anywhere near the Butler of the past two seasons). They're a bit banged up as well. Anything is possible I suppose, but this one's not real probable.

[northwest iowa panther]

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I'm going out on a limb and predict the Wichata State coach will be the new coach at Nebraska.

[BCPanther]

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I'm going out on a limb and predict the Wichata State coach will be the new coach at Nebraska.

No chance. Why the hell would a coach as good as Gregg Marshall go to the graveyard that is Nebraska Basketball. If he goes anywhere it will be South Carolina.

[jnutt]

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there is some fear with Wichita fans that he'd go to S. Carolina because he's from there and they would have the funds to do it. Didn't want to go to NC State last year because he didn't like the boosters