'13-'14 Schedule

[Codytwo]

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On Twitter TD said "We have had some discussions about continuing a home and home series. Nothing final yet but I expect the series to continue."

Nothing was mentioned about not playing against Doug again.

[BCPanther]

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I have no problem with not playing Doug again. It gives both programs a chance to get this whole thing behind them. We played Doug 7 times, that's plenty.

Playing Creighton in the future will still be a big game, but over time it will be less about Mac and more about having a Big East team on the schedule. Enjoy it while it lasts, after Mac gets fired the series will end...

[SteinPizza]

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I have no problem with not playing Doug again. It gives both programs a chance to get this whole thing behind them. We played Doug 7 times, that's plenty.

Playing Creighton in the future will still be a big game, but over time it will be less about Mac and more about having a Big East team on the schedule. Enjoy it while it lasts, after Mac gets fired the series will end...

Good point about it ending when he leaves. As for a firing, I wouldn't be shocked to see him depart willingly after a couple of years. If the rumors are true that both he and the AD were against this move, you can't blame him for bailing. If the company you work for makes a major strategic decision you disagree with, you should at least start seriously looking around.

[achrist70]

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I wouldn't mind playing CU in a post season tournament next year and ending Dougie's career

[06panther10]

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We won't schedule because our crowd treated Doug so rude and mean during his previous trip? Or, is there other reasoning behind this statement?

No, not that at all. I'm sure its more of a mutual feeling. No need for all the drama to continue.

[06panther10]

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If CU wants to be competitive in the BE, then they shouldn't be going up against us much. Some, but not 80% of the time like its been the last several years. They now need to routinely go hard after the type of guy who would be a semi-realistic "dream" recruit for us. I also don't see them signing a whole lot of Iowans going forward, or put another way, their roster needs to look a lot more like Iowa State's. CU now plays in a better league than Iowa State, but hopefully you see my point.

You have made several posts like this, knocking the talent in Iowa. There has been a good deal of D1 talent produced in Iowa, and much of it has been high major in quality. Kansas, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Iowa, etc are more than happy to pluck kids out of the state of Iowa but Creighton should refrain from doing so anymore so that they can be competitive in the new Big East? Come on.

An no, the new Big East is not a better league than the Big 12.

[CyCarp]

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You have made several posts like this, knocking the talent in Iowa. There has been a good deal of D1 talent produced in Iowa, and much of it has been high major in quality. Kansas, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Iowa, etc are more than happy to pluck kids out of the state of Iowa but Creighton should refrain from doing so anymore so that they can be competitive in the new Big East? Come on.

An no, the new Big East is not a better league than the Big 12.

It's been a few years, but I swear I heard a while back that Iowa has some of the best basketball talent per capita in the US. Anybody recall?

[achrist70]

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Agreed Iowa has many quality players that can play key roles in a very good team, will Crayton have to step up recruiting? Yes, but to say they still can't recruit Iowa isn't true at all. I mean Roy Williams loves to take kids out of the state.

[SteinPizza]

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I make no secret of the fact that I don't think much of the talent in Iowa compared to Illinois, Michigan, etc. Iowa blows away states like the Dakotas, so in that regard Iowa does produce a few very good players considering it's largely rural. Put another way, UNI would rarely be competitive in the MVC if you limited our roster to only Iowa natives every season. We'd have a good team every once in a while, but would spend most years playing on Thursdays. Fortunately, we live in a mobile society.

Edit: Forgot to make my main point...that there's no way in hell that you be upper level consistently in a league like the BE by spending a lot your recruiting time and resources in a state like Iowa. If you did, you'd be hoping to beat out North Carolina and Kansas for players like Barnes, Paige, Heinrich, etc. That's the type of guy you need to have to beat programs like Marquette, Georgetown, etc. in other words, guys who are legit NBA talents (although remains to be seen with Paige).

[run&blade]

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I wouldn't mind playing CU in a post season tournament next year and ending Dougie's career

Do big east teams play in the "xyz please write a check invite"?

[hoopfan]

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I have no problem with not playing Doug again. It gives both programs a chance to get this whole thing behind them. We played Doug 7 times, that's plenty. ...

Does this mean when Doug graduates we can quit blaming him and Mac for ruining our program or will that continue for several more years? After all, Doug would've been graduating from UNI as well, which means we would have had recruits lined up to replace him.

[SteinPizza]

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Does this mean when Doug graduates we can quit blaming him and Mac for ruining our program or will that continue for several more years? After all, Doug would've been graduating from UNI as well, which means we would have had recruits lined up to replace him.

Bingo! Congrats to Hoopfan for speaking the truth. For all of you McD "birthers" out there, Hoopfan just made two very good points, although semi-thinly vieled.

['70 Grad]

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Unless that is irony,I don't agree. Potential for more wins while he was here + the publicity and $ it would have brought-> potentially even better recruits after he left.

May not have been a huge boost, but you never know. To quote Eldon Miller - "Once it starts, it never ends."

Note - I am not a GMac hater. He totally turned the program around. (With help from his staff?? )

[BCPanther]

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'70 is dead on. We'd be an absolutely elite mid-major at this point, coming off our 5th straight Valley Title...

[run&blade]

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Unless that is irony,I don't agree. Potential for more wins while he was here + the publicity and $ it would have brought-> potentially even better recruits after he left.

May not have been a huge boost, but you never know. To quote Eldon Miller - "Once it starts, it never ends."

Note - I am not a GMac hater. He totally turned the program around. (With help from his staff?? )

Eldon was wrong....after the sweet 16 it did end. Didn't capitalize on recruiting to the next level. Unless you count Doug who was planted at uni by his dad. He sure as hell wasn't some recruiting coup by the panther staff.