Up Next: Evansville

[UNI Ka-Bullseye]

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Fran might throw a chair at the tv during the selection show if that happened

From my NSA monitored nexus 5

If so I hope they have a televised selection show party.

[ronfitch]

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that was quite smart of him to go with the high bounce and run out the clock.

I think Jake might've called that, but Wes executed on the floor.

[claw]

Not offensively, defense stayed solid. Bo made some huge plays yesterday despite not shooting it well.



Every game is a different guy - Morgan, Wes, Carlson (ok the last game was Wes too). Paul and Bo up next.

This. Rewatch the game. Paul lead the team in boards. Matt was in passing lanes and closed out nearly perfectly all day while playing 39 minutes.

Both of them require their defender to avoid collapsing on a Wes drive because of how dangerous they can be. They don't even have to be on to draw attention.

They were key in keeping the team focused late game.

[SteinPizza]

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Not offensively, defense stayed solid. Bo made some huge plays yesterday despite not shooting it well.

Every game is a different guy - Morgan, Wes, Carlson (ok the last game was Wes too). Paul and Bo up next.

Correct. Neither Bohannon or Jesperson seemed to adjust well to shooting in STL. Both also need favorable matchups to really light it up. Neither are athletic enough to get something going on their own, regardless of matchup. That said, both contributed defensively, especially Bohannon. I was a little surprised to see him matched up on Baker so much yesterday, but Jake knows his players better than me, certainly.

[hoopfan]

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Correct. Neither Bohannon or Jesperson seemed to adjust well to shooting in STL. Both also need favorable matchups to really light it up. Neither are athletic enough to get something going on their own, regardless of matchup. That said, both contributed defensively, especially Bohannon. I was a little surprised to see him matched up on Baker so much yesterday, but Jake knows his players better than me, certainly.

I'm guessing Bo was on Baker so Jeremy could roam around and be the guy who doubled the post touches and jump in passing lanes. Similar to why Jeremy was on Brown today. Brown isn't a great shooter which meant Jeremy was able to double Mock and jump at Balentine when he caught it coming off a pick. Jeremy can lock guys down when he's matched up with them, but he is really good when he's able to just fly around and create chaos.

[Gboom23]

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I'm guessing Bo was on Baker so Jeremy could roam around and be the guy who doubled the post touches and jump in passing lanes. Similar to why Jeremy was on Brown today. Brown isn't a great shooter which meant Jeremy was able to double Mock and jump at Balentine when he caught it coming off a pick. Jeremy can lock guys down when he's matched up with them, but he is really good when he's able to just fly around and create chaos.

I know Coach Jake mentioned that they changed who doubled down on the post from player X to Jeremy on one of his post game interviews. The interview was probably with 4 or 5 games remaining in the regular season. I believe the change happened toward the start of the winning streak. It appears to have worked.

[UNIdad]

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How was the call? I am looking forward to hearing it.

My wife listened with me for the first time. She loved Rima.

"Ka-Boom. Ka-Banzai." "Paulie Boy." "Washpun machine using the spin cycle." "One team is going to stay at Heartbreak Hotel."

She wondered if he had any voice left after the game. Loved it.

[UNIdad]

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You've said this so many times. Now I'm actually starting to believe it!

I think I've said it for every game in this streak. However, I admit that I was thinking "NIT run." UNIdaughter took me to school tonight when we talked about it. She asked how we could win the MVC and the NIT when winning the MVC would send us to the NCAA. Smart girl. Too smart sometimes. So, now I guess we just need to make an "NCAA run." It is the only way to keep the streak going until fall!

[vbfan19]

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"Ka-Boom. Ka-Banzai."

My apologies to Mr Rima and Mr Miyagi


oops, I guess that is "bonsai", not "Banzai"

[vbfan19]

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yet another perspective of the last possession and celebration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URSbH9OsAIA

[MNpanthers]

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yet another perspective of the last possession and celebration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URSbH9OsAIA

Watching these gives me the chills, can't even express how pumped I am that we just won our bid to the dance off that play. Thanks for sharing!

[sivert]

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Did he say Ka-bonsai? It's usually "ka-bamm! Ka-bullseye!" And lately he has added "Ka-bang!"

[CanuckPanther]

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Not having any knowledge of the site, the tournament and the fans, I have a question about the final game. The UNI site had shown the attendance for both earlier games in the tournament at 15,000 for one and 14,000 for the other. For the championship game, the attendance was something like 9,700. Why would the crowd for that game be so much smaller?

[UNIdad]

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yet another perspective of the last possession and celebration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URSbH9OsAIA

Wow. That is absolutely awesome. For someone who was listening to an audio stream in the car, it is so fun now to be able to relive it with these videos. This is my favorite so far.

[vbfan19]

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Not having any knowledge of the site, the tournament and the fans, I have a question about the final game. The UNI site had shown the attendance for both earlier games in the tournament at 15,000 for one and 14,000 for the other. For the championship game, the attendance was something like 9,700. Why would the crowd for that game be so much smaller?

SIU brings alot of fans, given the proximity of Carbondale to St. Louis (about a two-hour drive).
WSU brings alot of fans, given their recent overall success.
Evansville doesn't have quite as large a fanbase (they are a smaller school overall, with an enrollment of just 2500)

Plus, on Fri. and Sat., there would be fans there for the other game in the session, which count toward the attendance numbers for those particular games. But on Sunday, it is just the championship game, and most of the fans from the other schools have already left town.