Iona!!

[The Coletrain]

89-72 Iona over Iowa State last night in Ames!! I don't know if that will help us or hurt us, but I think that shows if you shut down their running game and make them shoot jump shots in the half court we should come out of their with a big win. FYI - that snapped their 21-game non-conference home winning streak.

[ceaser150]

I was really hoping UNI would get to play them while they were ranked. It will be interesting to see how this loss affects the game Tuesday. ISU committed 2 cheap, ugly flagrant fouls in the last few minutes. They were obviously extremely frustrated at the end. I think if UNI can come in and get off to a fast start ISU will fall apart. On a side note, Iona is no cupcake. They are predicted by most to win their league.

[merkpanthers]

Well ISU had looked pretty aweful for the teams that they have been playing. I have a feeling that UNI can give ISU a good beating just like last year. It will be interesting to see what happens on Tuesday night. Go Panthers!

[AmesPanther]

ISU has had 1 really good game, 1 ok game, and 3 horrible games. It all depends on what team shows up. They seem to all shoot great or all shoot bad. No one guy is off and others are on. The strange thing is this is really last years team minus Homen/Staple; but yet Stinson/Blalock have played some bad ball.

Iona played great, they hit 3's, hit free throws, just played a solid game. ISU couldn't hit anything. Stinson played a bad game; really he has played a lot of bad games. Carr fouled hard and bad at the end and Curtis grabbed him right away and told him to knock it off. There were no students and really not much of a crowd so no home factor.

UNI has played some bad games this year also, but I think overall UNI is a more consistent team. I think ISU is going to have quite a few early losses much like last year and win a lot late in the year. If I had to bet I'd say UNI will win; but ISU has a lot of talent and with a full Hilton things could easily go the other way.

[wonkadog]

the thing is...

that Hilton won't be full tomorrow night. The students should be back and ready to go but I have a feeling some of the "bandwagon" student fans won't see this as a "big" game. Also, the game being on a Tuesday night won't help things either, as will the loss the other night.

I'm waiting for the line to come out so I can pound UNI and make some $$. ISU still can't guard the 3 and can't shoot it either. I'm thinking the folks in Vegas will have to make ISU favorites in order to get even amounts of money on both sides of the line, all making it a better payout for me

Bottom line, if ISU finds a 3-point shot this should be a good game. If they can't, well you guys should have fun ridiculing my team some more, just make sure you throw in the "street ball" and "thug" comments to make it complete.

[Marc Wigim]

wonka,

Was Iowa State just flat against Iona or what? Yes Iona is good in MAAC, but Iowa State should've easily handled that game. Was there something amiss other than 3-point problems?

[BCPanther]

Gee, A classless Wayne Morgan team. Where have we seen that before, hmmm?

[NJ Panther]

That lost, coupled with what occured last year in the Dome, should have ISU extremely motivated and ready to play tommorrow. UNI should been incredibly pumped up as well. This is just the sort of game to Benny to come out of his shell and destroy people. Should be a good game.

[panther2317]

I hope they're still on snooze mode when the ball goes in the air tomorrow night

[BobCat]

I think ISU's season so far really shows how much they relied on Vroman/Homan/Staple to be a solid threat in the paint the last few years. Now that they're gone and the new guys haven't really gotten it together for them yet, it puts a lot more pessure on Stinson and Blalock to shoulder the load. I think they're really struggling without the inside/outside game. Hopefully, this will allow Stout and Coleman to really dominate.

That being said, I am a little worried as either of those two guards can drop some serious numbers on any given night and they will take this year's game a helluva lot more seriously than last year.

I'll be working during the game, but will have Rima and K.B. keeping me company on the radio. Make some noise in Hilton, Panther fans!!!!

[AmesPanther]

Good post BobCat. I agree. I think Taggart is 2 months from stepping up to fill the Homan shoes and Marsden is a year from stepping up. That works out well for UNI on Tuesday.

[NJ Panther]

I just had to post this because I think its funny as hell, and somewhat remotely (ok, hardly at all) relevant to this thread: Samford 52 Southern Miss 33, and yes that really is a final score from a basketball game. You go Larry! Ok Panthers, lets give Wayne and company a similar thrashing (although lets score more then 52 points in the process)

[AmesPanther]

I've always thought Larry was a good coach, but a bad recruiter. He needs a guy like Wayne to bring them in and then he can coach.

[BCPanther]

Can you guys imagine how tough ISU would be if Larry was coaching this amazing talent that Wayne has brought in. They might win the Big 12 every year.

But Wayne is Coaching tonight-
UNI 71
ISU 59

[AmesPanther]

Archibald is a good game coach. I think ISU is in trouble if he leaves.