'13-'14 Schedule

[06panther10]

Here's UNI's release for the TV and time, btw.

http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&ATCLID=209160160

[DistrictBaller]

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You guys still have Deon Mitchell right? He sliced through our press like a hot knife through butter a couple of seasons ago.

When you have a dynamic guard like that, you always have a chance. VCU will be good, but the McLeod Center can be a really tough place to play and with Deon handling the ball... it's going to be a good one to watch.

VCU led the country in steals and turnovers forced per game the last 2 seasons. I remember UNI being really good against the pressure in 2012 though. You guys had an insane shooting night. I think Tuttle and Mitchell are the 2 guys left from that squad.

Looking forward to this one. Should be a great match-up. Definitely not a gimme. We do return 4 of our top 5 scorers from a 27-win team last year that got a 5-seed in the tourney so we'll be pretty good.

[DistrictBaller]

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As will it for VCU.

Hopefully we will not get Zelton Steed'd this time like we did at your place...

Yea I remember the calls being really weird towards the end. Not complaining, but definitely not a great display of the quality of refereeing in the Missouri Valley. I thought we were the better team, but I also thought we got some help down the stretch there. You guys had a really good shooting night, way above your averages if I remember correctly. Mitchell looked like a phenom that night.

I really expected him to blow up this past year and followed him a little bit. It seems like he had a bit of a disappointing year, but man he can play.

What's the feeling around the Panthers this year? I'm no expert in the MVC so feel free to share about your squad and I'd be happy to share about VCU if anyone would like to learn more about us.

[achrist70]

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I don't think anyone really knows for sure. Tuttle is a top 5 player in the league in my mind, and hopefully Mitchell is more consistent on a nightly basis and then he is right up there. We have some good pieces on the team but putting the puzzle together will be the challenge. Finally I think we are hoping that we get good contributions from two freshman Jeremy Morgan (best player on a top 25 high school team nationally) and Ted Friedman (big bodied post)

[ubuntuCAT]

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have we ever had a game not part of an event or conference schedule on any of the ESPN channels

[ubuntuCAT]

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have we ever had a game not part of an event or conference schedule on any of the ESPN channels?

[BCPanther]

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have we ever had a game not part of an event or conference schedule on any of the ESPN channels?

I think one of the games in Iowa City might have been on the U right after it launched a few years ago, but other than that I can't think of any.

This is a BIG deal. It really shows the respect our program has earned from across the country. Now we just need to sell the place out...

[DistrictBaller]

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I don't think anyone really knows for sure. Tuttle is a top 5 player in the league in my mind, and hopefully Mitchell is more consistent on a nightly basis and then he is right up there. We have some good pieces on the team but putting the puzzle together will be the challenge. Finally I think we are hoping that we get good contributions from two freshman Jeremy Morgan (best player on a top 25 high school team nationally) and Ted Friedman (big bodied post)

Gotcha.

We're adding an ESPN 4-star freshman in JeQuan Lewis (http://espn.go.com/college-sports/ba...0/jequan-lewis) who ironically enough had offers from Wichita State and Northern Iowa this year as well as a 2012 ESPN 100 SF who was ineligible last year and red-shirted in Jordan Burgess (http://espn.go.com/college-sports/ba...jordan-burgess).

Lots of good young talent on the squad, but our core will be the returners. Juvonte Reddic (14.6 ppg, 8.1 rpg last season) had a good game against UNI our last time out (15 pts, 11 boards, 3 blocks as a soph) and will be a senior this year. Is widely considered the best big man in the A-10 this year and NBADraft.net has him as a first-round draft pick following this season in their 2014 Mock Draft. He participated in the Nike Big Man Skills Academy in NJ and the Nike LeBron James Skills Academy this summer and played well.

Treveon Graham was our leading scorer last year (15.1 ppg, 5.8 rpg) and will likely be a first-team A-10 pick with Juvonte Reddic. He played for Team USA in the World University Games in Russia this off season and started along with UNI Public Enemy #1 Doug McDermott. He also played at the Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp in Winston-Salem, NC last weekend.

Briante Weber is the reigning A-10 DPOY and has led the nation in steal percentage each of the last 2 seasons. He's got really quick hands and a 44" vertical and looks to be the heir apparent at PG. He participated in the Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp and SLAMOnline named him the best defender at camp of all the guards in attendance. His D is definitely ahead of his offense and he's a poor 3-point shooter but he has a nice mid-range game and is a terror defending on the ball.

Rob Brandenberg is another returning double-digit scorer (10 ppg) who is currently on 5-game European tour of Germany and the Czech Republic with Global Sports Academy. He scored 13 points against UNI in our last match up and has had a great summer according to Shaka Smart.

We also return an A-10 Rookie Team member in Melvin Johnson (2012 ESPN 100 recruit) who really came on down the stretch playing very well and is expected to get more minutes as a sophomore.

We also got a 5th-year ACC transfer who is immediately eligible from Florida State in 6'8, 240-pounder Terrance Shannon. Shannon averaged 7.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg, and 1.2 spg for FSU in the ACC last year and should provide more post depth for VCU alongside Juvonte Reddic. We're hoping those numbers translate well to the A-10.

Lots of known quantities on the squad so we should be a very good top 25 squad all year. It will be a tough chore to come up to Cedar Falls and get a win, but several basketball media types have also stated that this should be Shaka Smart's best team at VCU, so they should be up to the challenge.

[BCPanther]

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I am really looking forward to watching the athleticism that VCU brings. Probably the best overall athletes since Kenneth Fareid played here his senior year...

[DistrictBaller]

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Whew, now that's a player. Faried was a monster. Not sure we have anyone quite that dominant, but we do have a young guy we think could be a similar type of player in Mo Alie-Cox.

He was a 2012 recruit who was also ruled ineligible due to a high school transfer issue and will suit up for VCU this season. 6'6, 251, single-digit body fat, a size 11 hand, and a 7'1" wingspan. He can palm a basketball with his thumb and index finger. He's got all the physical tools, but we haven't seen him play a minute of D1 ball yet so it's hard to say anything definitive about how good he could be.

Shaka says he'll help us this year, so we'll see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXFJ65iV--g

[BCPanther]

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I'm with you Baller...

Faried had the most impressive two or three dunks that have ever happened here.

[ubuntuCAT]

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I think one of the games in Iowa City might have been on the U right after it launched a few years ago, but other than that I can't think of any.

This is a BIG deal. It really shows the respect our program has earned from across the country. Now we just need to sell the place out...

I meant home games, should have clarified. Agreed this is a BIG deal.

[panther-state]

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It might be awhile until anyone that physically talented comes to the McLeod Center again. That guy was unreal. Morehead State hit the lottery with him.

[DistrictBaller]

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It might be awhile until anyone that physically talented comes to the McLeod Center again. That guy was unreal. Morehead State hit the lottery with him.

I think I said that 456 times during his last season to everyone I talked to about college basketball.

He was just a hoss. That's a once in a lifetime type of talent for a mid-major program.

[9YRPLAN]

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I think one of the games in Iowa City might have been on the U right after it launched a few years ago, but other than that I can't think of any.

This is a BIG deal. It really shows the respect our program has earned from across the country. Now we just need to sell the place out...

Espn has rights to big ten home games. His