Top UNI Basketball Games

[Kyle]

Re: Top UNI Basketball Games

I also think the UNLV games gets overlooked, for obvious reasons. Had we taken a drubbing against Kansas, the UNLV game would without a doubt be in every Panther fan's top 2-3.

Not only was it our second ever NCAA win, but the game itself very good and came down to the last possession.

[06panther10]

Re: Top UNI Basketball Games

My list:

1. Kansas 2010 (obvious, no contest)

2. Mizzou 1990 (highly ranked team, first ever NCAA appearance, First ever NCAA win, dramatic buzzer beater)

3. Iowa 1990 (in front of largest UNIdome crowd for any event ever, made a statement with first big time D1 win)

4. UNLV 2010 (only 2nd ever NCAA win, came against a really good team, great game dramatic ending)

5. Missouri State 2004 MVC title game (Double OT, got back to tournament for first time since '90, started our string of 3 straing tourney appearances, and put our program on the map with national respectibility)

6. Illinois St 2009 MVC title game (OT thriller, had to win to make the dance, great game, and really set us up for the next season's glory)

7. Green Bay MCC title game 1990 (great game, put us into NCAA tournament for first time, played in front of huge UNIdome crowd)

8. Bucknell 2006 bracketbuster (amazing game, amazing finish, national TV, win got us back into tournament)

9. Evansville 2009 (Cut down the nets, at HOME, winning first MVC title in school history)

10. Iowa 2005 (huge crowd in the dome, amazing game, two really good teams, and because F the hawks)


--Honorable mention--
-1990 MCC tournament games (all dramatic, all in the Dome)
-2005 Wichita State buzzer beater (big win that maybe got us into the tournament)
-2009 @Bradley (huge barrage of threes in a big comeback win capped off by a Moran game winner)
-2009 @Illinois St (MVC title on the line, MUST win to have a chance to win title at home against Evansville in the last game. We won in 2OT against a fantastic ISU team)
-2010 ODU bracketbuster (great game, great crowd, two good teams)
-2010 Wichita State (defacto MVC title game. BEST crowd in the history of the Mcleod Center)
-2012 Creighton (#12 ranked team, great crowd, amazing buzzer beater, and because F YOU Mac.)


That's the list.

[UNIGrainer]

Re: Top UNI Basketball Games

My list:

1. Kansas 2010 (obvious, no contest)......

2. Mizzou 1990 (highly ranked team, first ever NCAA appearance, First ever NCAA win, dramatic buzzer beater)

3. Iowa 1990 (in front of largest UNIdome crowd for any event ever, made a statement with first big time D1 win)

4. UNLV 2010 (only 2nd ever NCAA win, came against a really good team, great game dramatic ending)

5. Missouri State 2004 MVC title game (Double OT, got back to tournament for first time since '90, started our string of 3 straing tourney appearances, and put our program on the map with national respectibility)

6. Illinois St 2009 MVC title game (OT thriller, had to win to make the dance, great game, and really set us up for the next season's glory)

7. Green Bay MCC title game 1990 (great game, put us into NCAA tournament for first time, played in front of huge UNIdome crowd)

8. Bucknell 2006 bracketbuster (amazing game, amazing finish, national TV, win got us back into tournament)

9. Evansville 2009 (Cut down the nets, at HOME, winning first MVC title in school history)

10. Iowa 2005 (huge crowd in the dome, amazing game, two really good teams, and because F the hawks)


--Honorable mention--
-1990 MCC tournament games (all dramatic, all in the Dome)
-2005 Wichita State buzzer beater (big win that maybe got us into the tournament)
-2009 @Bradley (huge barrage of threes in a big comeback win capped off by a Moran game winner)
-2009 @Illinois St (MVC title on the line, MUST win to have a chance to win title at home against Evansville in the last game. We won in 2OT against a fantastic ISU team)
-2010 ODU bracketbuster (great game, great crowd, two good teams)
-2010 Wichita State (defacto MVC title game. BEST crowd in the history of the Mcleod Center)
-2012 Creighton (#12 ranked team, great crowd, amazing buzzer beater, and because F YOU Mac.)


That's the list.

I just about agree with this list entirely. Excellent post.

I would probably take out your #9 and replace it with the 05 WSU buzzer beater. I dont think we dance that year without that win, and if we don't dance that year, who knows what happens the year after and moving forward beyond that.

I would also just add to honorable mentions.
-2010 MVC Championship Game (Wasn't dramatic, but it was an MVC Tourney Title).
-Didn't we beat Wisconsin in the late 80's when we were just starting out as a DI team? I would put that on there.
-The win at Carver in 06-07 when we came from waaaaay back to get the W.
-Win over SIU in 03-04 when they were 17-0 in the league. Got us the #2 seed in the MVC Tourney too.
-2OT win vs. SIU in 05-06 (If memory serves, Grant Stout hit a 3 in OT to send it to a 2nd OT after SIU misssed a couple 1-and-1s.)
-Win over ISU in 09-10. Everyone was building up ISU and how good they were going to be and we came in and made a statement.
-Last year NIT vs. St. Joes- Legit (as in non CIT or CBI) postseason win on the road. Close game. 7 over 2.

Best thread ever by the way.