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[run&blade]

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Drop football would kill the athletic department IMO.

12,000 people go to those games and tail gate. Many of them out of towners that bring kids to campus that might become future students.

Basketball draws about 3,500 and most of them are locals. North Carolina or any P5 school isn't stripping foot in McLeod for the foreseeable future to drive ticket sales.

Football I think brings in a lot of donations and is always a nice draw.

Drop football and many people will migrate to iowa and iowa state on Saturdays and probably stay there for basketball season. People are not just going to sit on their coach during football season and wait for basketball to start.

Travel expenses for all the sports would go through the roof in the A10 or Big East.

Where they are at is fine for now. What the power five schools do in football is the key domino and when they make a move away from the rest of the football teams uni is in great shape to be in that next level.

[UNIDebo]

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Competitively just as good? nah... close? Kind of

WSU has been to the tournament 5 years in a row and won 9 games in the tournament in those 5 years. UNI has 5 NCAA wins in history.

UNI isn't even on the same planet in terms of fan support and $$. I would imagine WSU basketball makes more $$ than UNI basketball/football combined. Might not even be that close.

Sorry chief, don't care purple all the way.

[MNpanthers]

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They're paying the cucumber, what? 2.5M?

Haha thanks for slipping that in there. Every time I see him now I think of Larry the cucumber

[sivert]

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Haha thanks for slipping that in there. Every time I see him now I think of Larry the cucumber

It's uncanny, isn't it? Especially when the refs make a call against him and he makes his incredulous half open smile at them.

[Panther100]

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Don't needs 50Kseat stadium for the MWC

MWC was a 1 bid league this year and the champion was a 14 seed. Regular season champ didn't get into the tournament

There'd be no difference in FCOA between FCS and FBS

What are rabbit fans?

The rabid fans are the cricket chirps for Simpson College on Dec 21, of course. Insert spell check. Yeah, its more like 30,000 seat FB stadium for the MWC. The BB MWC usually has 2-3 Dance bids with another 1-2 to the NIT. Adding UNI, WSU, and NDSU would make it 14 teams for BB 15 for FB... The MWC would open up recruiting in the Mountain /Pacific Time Zones...

[DownGoesKansas]

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Back to actual discussion of next year. We have a ton of minutes available so it will be interesting.

My prediction:

PG: Haldeman/McCloud
SG: Lohaus/Haldeman
SF: Morgan/Klint
PF: Klint/McDonnell
c: Koch/Dahl/Ted

Tanner/Brown: Really not sure what to expect from those two.

We have a scholarship available. I hope we look for a transfer wing (maybe a clone of Jesperson? ) who has to sit out then have 2 to play. Once Morgan graduates we have a desperate need for wings, It will also help balance classes.

Bump. Can we please move all of this other nonsense to a different thread.

[CyCarp]

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They made the FF as a mid major, have been very relevant in national conversation the last several years, have some lineage for attracting talent, have more money, play in a basketball crazy state (even if it is largely rural), and just graduated two AAs. You sure you want to make that comparison?

Edit: we're not completely out of the team picture here. But, we have a ways to go to catch up with them. It is what it is.

I'll stand by my comments until I see Wichita do it with different guys. Over the past 15 years we've made the dance more than them. By your logic, is George Mason a better program than us? I mean, they made a Final Four too. I'll agree that they have the higher populated area and more fans, but I completely disagree that they are leaps and bounds ahead of us as a program. The FVV/Baker era is over so we'll see how they continue. They barely scratched their way into the tourney with those 2 All-Americans.

[Blue42]

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Drop football would kill the athletic department IMO.

12,000 people go to those games and tail gate. Many of them out of towners that bring kids to campus that might become future students.

Basketball draws about 3,500 and most of them are locals. North Carolina or any P5 school isn't stripping foot in McLeod for the foreseeable future to drive ticket sales.

Football I think brings in a lot of donations and is always a nice draw.

Drop football and many people will migrate to iowa and iowa state on Saturdays and probably stay there for basketball season. People are not just going to sit on their coach during football season and wait for basketball to start.

Travel expenses for all the sports would go through the roof in the A10 or Big East.

Where they are at is fine for now. What the power five schools do in football is the key domino and when they make a move away from the rest of the football teams uni is in great shape to be in that next level.

R&B and I aren't always on the same page...but I like what he's cooking here.

[UNI Ka-Bullseye]

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Back to actual discussion of next year. We have a ton of minutes available so it will be interesting.

My prediction:

PG: Haldeman/McCloud
SG: Lohaus/Haldeman
SF: Morgan/Klint
PF: Klint/McDonnell
c: Koch/Dahl/Ted

Tanner/Brown: Really not sure what to expect from those two.

We have a scholarship available. I hope we look for a transfer wing (maybe a clone of Jesperson? ) who has to sit out then have 2 to play. Once Morgan graduates we have a desperate need for wings, It will also help balance classes.

Any chance youngest Bohannon changes his mind and it works out with UNI? Not quite the height you were mentioning, but if he's got the shot and the heart of Matt, he would be a fabulous addition.

[Username]

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I think Northern Iowa can compete with Wichita State, but you have to give respect to where it's due.

A final four. An undefeated regular season. A sweet 16 and a 2nd round. They have set a firm foundation, and still have a solid roster. Now UNI is no slouch, and should be good for the 3rd straight year.

[OhNewby]

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Any chance youngest Bohannon changes his mind and it works out with UNI? Not quite the height you were mentioning, but if he's got the shot and the heart of Matt, he would be a fabulous addition.

Almost certainly no. My understanding is that Haldeman and Jordon Bo have pretty similar games, combo 1-2 guards who can really shoot it. Plus I think we're still pursuing Brad Davison in 2017, which seems like a better balance to recruiting classes. Not to mention A.J. Green in 2018; we're going to be loaded at guard.


I think Jordon Bo has a better chance of getting minutes going to Iowa next year, given their cupboard is pretty empty.

[sivert]

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Two years ago, at Big 4 Classic, after almost every play the Panthers huddled up. Several times I saw the Hawks looking at them with an expression of, "What do you guys keep talking about?!?"

The rule changes coming into this year (fewer TOs and not called by coach) make teams more dependent on a floor general.
So... Tuttle... Bohannon... 2016-17?

[BCPanther]

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Morgan and Lohaus will be the guys on the floor next year. Great leaders, winners.

[ubuntuCAT]

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I'll stand by my comments until I see Wichita do it with different guys. Over the past 15 years we've made the dance more than them. By your logic, is George Mason a better program than us? I mean, they made a Final Four too. I'll agree that they have the higher populated area and more fans, but I completely disagree that they are leaps and bounds ahead of us as a program. The FVV/Baker era is over so we'll see how they continue. They barely scratched their way into the tourney with those 2 All-Americans.

Wichita has done a lot more than just the final four year.

[SteinPizza]

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Wichita has done a lot more than just the final four year.

Exactly. WSU has had other great players too. It hasn't been all FVV and Baker. The guy who was 6'4 for them last year (name escapes me), was Mr. Do Everything for them for a few years. Cleanthony Early was a stud, and he's playing in the NBA. The PG on their FF team was great, etc., etc.