Looking at 2015-2016

[Panther100]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

Lindey's Magazine has Northern Iowa 4th in the MVC. They rank WSU 7th nationally. Lindey's projects Maryland to cut down the nets.

[BCPanther]

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Wichita is going to win the league, not much doubt there when you run out Baker and VanVleet.

Two, three, four is going to be UNI, Evansville, and Illinois State in some order. We win the coaching matchup hands down, not even close. If Marty plays his son 30 minutes a night and chooses to run Balentine off 1500 illegal screens a night instead of feeding the Lituanian, they won't be better than 10 or 11 wins in the league. Who knows which guys will be eligble when with Illinois State? Who knows who quits and transfers from now until league play starts?

I actually really like our chances for 2nd, simply because we're never going to beat ourselves. The other two do that on occasion.

Side note that could kill Evansville-- They are (allegedly) going hard after cutting down illegal screens. That's Evansville's entire offense.

[GonzoCat]

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I'm not conceding anything to WSU at least until I see our team play.

[BCPanther]

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I'm not conceding anything to WSU at least until I see our team play.

I like your style.

[06panther10]

If we we are as committed and disciplined on defense as we were last year, we can be a tournament team again. Tuttle was special player that put us over the top, but we can still be an excellent team if our team defense is played at a high level again.

I think that after last year, more than ever, Jake has fully realized how monumentally important the commitment to our defense is to our success.

[Panther100]

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Athlon Sports tabs Northern Iowa 2nd in MVC. However, the Panthers are not projected into the NIT. They predict Kentucky to raise the trophy.

[SteinPizza]

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Wichita is going to win the league, not much doubt there when you run out Baker and VanVleet.

Two, three, four is going to be UNI, Evansville, and Illinois State in some order. We win the coaching matchup hands down, not even close. If Marty plays his son 30 minutes a night and chooses to run Balentine off 1500 illegal screens a night instead of feeding the Lituanian, they won't be better than 10 or 11 wins in the league. Who knows which guys will be eligble when with Illinois State? Who knows who quits and transfers from now until league play starts?

I actually really like our chances for 2nd, simply because we're never going to beat ourselves. The other two do that on occasion.

Side note that could kill Evansville-- They are (allegedly) going hard after cutting down illegal screens. That's Evansville's entire offense.

Objectively, I'd rank Evansville over us based on returnees.

Two sleeper teams are Drake and Loyola. Both teams have good players returning. For Drake: If the 7' new guy from Poland can mesh with Enevold and contribute, they'll have some size that's unheard of in this league. Timmer and Madison are both good, returning guards, and they also have a newly eligible transfer from Penn State. I'm not saying they'll win the league, but they'll be better than expected, and could upset some teams.

[Panther100]

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Milton Doyle made Athlon's pre season 1st team MVC. Reed Timmer 11.5 Jacob Enevold Jensen 8.5 ppg. I have Loyola 3rd and Drake 6th.

[Panther100]

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McDonnell needs to play. Bradley is picked 10th in the MVC. Bradley's bigs are Davante Cooper 6' 10" 216, Luuk Van Bree 6' 9" 208, Scottie James 6' 7'' 226, Callum Baker 6' 9'' 245, Mike Shaw 6' 8" 235, and Alex Foster 6' 8" 231.

[hoopfan]

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McDonnell needs to play. Bradley is picked 10th in the MVC. Bradley's bigs are Davante Cooper 6' 10" 216, Luuk Van Bree 6' 9" 208, Scottie James 6' 7'' 226, Callum Baker 6' 9'' 245, Mike Shaw 6' 8" 235, and Alex Foster 6' 8" 231.

I'll bite...why does that mean McDonnell has to play? There is a reason Bradley is picked to finish 10th. Why would we want to dictate our personnel on what Bradley is doing?

[FOTY]

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Objectively, I'd rank Evansville over us based on returnees.

Two sleeper teams are Drake and Loyola. Both teams have good players returning. For Drake: If the 7' new guy from Poland can mesh with Enevold and contribute, they'll have some size that's unheard of in this league. Timmer and Madison are both good, returning guards, and they also have a newly eligible transfer from Penn State. I'm not saying they'll win the league, but they'll be better than expected, and could upset some teams.

Totally agree with you. Giacoletti is slowly building a program which will take a BIG step forward this season. I would not be shocked to see them sneak into the #4 or 5 spot at season's end.

[unipanther2154]

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I'll bite...why does that mean McDonnell has to play? There is a reason Bradley is picked to finish 10th. Why would we want to dictate our personnel on what Bradley is doing?

nooooooooooooo!!! Why did you bite lol? Anything and everything that is said is pure stupidity. For instance just because another team has a 6'8 200 pound guy now we HAVE to play ours......just dumb

[95UNIGRAD]

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I'll bite...why does that mean McDonnell has to play? There is a reason Bradley is picked to finish 10th. Why would we want to dictate our personnel on what Bradley is doing?

Exactly....they're tall and terrible. So what? Sounds like someone is reading the rosters and not taking into account at all whether height = talent. I see a collection of stiffs out of the names mentioned.

[Panther100]

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nooooooooooooo!!! Why did you bite lol? Anything and everything that is said is pure stupidity. For instance just because another team has a 6'8 200 pound guy now we HAVE to play ours......just dumb

Will the wind whistling between the ears ever cease? The opponent changes from man to man to box and one. We're ignoring that. We don't pay any attention to the competition?

[Panther100]

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I'll bite...why does that mean McDonnell has to play? There is a reason Bradley is picked to finish 10th. Why would we want to dictate our personnel on what Bradley is doing?

The worst team in our league can red shirt two and have four bigs. What do you think the rest will do?