Up Next: Evansville

[jegbomb52]

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Are you saying Jake should be let go?

not necessarily, my comments were more a lash at the all but 1 or 2 posters that jump down my throat when I make negative comments about this team.

What I am saying however is that we can't allow our program to fall to the depths that SIU fell after such sustained success.

[Codytwo]

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It was a good idea at the time because we would have received a nice amount of money had another school decided to buyout his contract.

[jegbomb52]

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It was a good idea at the time because we would have received a nice amount of money had another school decided to buyout his contract.

i've never looked at it that way but it makes total sense.

[Gboom23]

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We've got ourselves a Jekyll and Hyde basketball team right now. It's been that way since last year. It baffles me how a team can consistently play just below the level of their competition. I really believe we have the ability to beat almost anyone, but apparently none of those teams happen to be in the MVC.

[9YRPLAN]

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not necessarily, my comments were more a lash at the all but 1 or 2 posters that jump down my throat when I make negative comments about this team.

What I am saying however is that we can't allow our program to fall to the depths that SIU fell after such sustained success.

do you really think the main cause of our problems was anything within our control?

[Kyle]

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not necessarily, my comments were more a lash at the all but 1 or 2 posters that jump down my throat when I make negative comments about this team.

What I am saying however is that we can't allow our program to fall to the depths that SIU fell after such sustained success.

Ummmmmm....you do realize you told everyone MANY times we would be a Thursday night team the same year we won the conference right?

So, maybe posters have a reason to get on your case when you make such predictions ONE game into conference play.

[Hail Our Panthers]

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This is just last years team again with a tougher schedule. We'll get back to 9-9 in league play, and play UE in the 4/5 game again.

[PantherChic]

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I just wish we could see that fire and toughness they showed in the comeback all game long - or at least more than once a game.

[Silent Earl]

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you fuc**** are high as a kite if you don't think we aren't a Thursday night team...

Double negative means you actually said the opposite of what you meant, I think. Aren't you a teacher?

[Hail Our Panthers]

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you fuc**** are high as a kite if you don't think we aren't a Thursday night team...

We look like one, but SIU, Drake, IllSU, and Bradley are still more likely. We'll see if MSU comes back down to earth as well. I'm not worried yet...

[BBALL_NATION]

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.... They wilt like old lettuce when the lights are on. My how this team has changed in 3 years. SOFT!

Colt Ryan roams free for 29 and a W!

OK.. So I was not quite 100% correct. You held him to 21.

I have to say that nobody wants to play the Aces. They don't look like much but somehow they beat you up. ....Again compare this team to 3 years ago...Have to recruit tougher players.

[hoopfan]

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AJ had a nice run tonight, but it is pretty much inexcusable for 2 of your seniors to miss the front end of a 1&1 late in the game. At some point, you have to step up and make a play. They didn't do it tonight. After Jake missed he gave up an offensive rebound, committed a foul that led to a 3 pt. play.

We had no business being in the game down the stretch. The team came out with very little energy again tonight. You can say it is the intro video or whatever you want, but there is no energy in warmups either.

Do we change the lineup again? Deon wasn't effective off the bench again and never got into a rhythm. I guess that is hard to do when he is only getting 14 minutes after playing nearly 30 minutes a game for most of the year. Anytime our 2nd unit comes on the floor the game gets out of hand.

At this point, I'm all for more Deon, Seth, Bohannon, Sonnen and Buss/Koch on the floor.

[achrist70]

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The thing that made me the most upset tonight wasn't the missed free throws at the end, not the officiating, not that we didn't give Nate Buss a chance until the 2nd half, the thing that made me madder than anything else was the fact that the main exit to the south lot was closed causing me to sit in the lot for 30 minutes after I got into my car.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Didn't it used to be illegal for a player on the lane to yell and wave his arms when the free throw shooter cocks his arm to shoot? #5 did it on both Jake's and AJ's free throws. He yelled "Jake" on the first one. The next one he pretended like he was suddenly talking loudly to another player...in short, loud bursts. Very bush league, regardless, but I seriously thought that used to be illegal.

[jnutt]

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your senior leaders who are clutch from the line can't miss them at the end of games. Bohannon just barely loses the ball on the layup late. It's small mistakes that cost them the game. That and Evansville was perfect from the line in the 2nd half.

We ALWAYS seem to get back into the game when Buss comes in. I hope we see more of him. There are a lot of peices to this team and it's taking time to figure out who works and where.

Jeg. What do you want to wager on the whole "Playing on Thursday thing?"