Next Year

[Blue42]

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Saw some video from this week where Jake commented on his RS freshman. The quick take...

- Dahl -- had great RS year. 6'11'' and 270 lbs and can really move. That's a big freshman.

- Conrey -- good shooter. Getting in better shape. Still some work to do on quickness/agility but progressing.

- McDonnell -- Jake said he's 6'9" or 6'10" who can shoot and versatile game.

- Haldeman -- Jake said he's gonna be really good. Great competitor and can make plays. Always like it when a coach says "we got a good one." I remember Farley saying that about Eric Sanders when he was the scout team QB. That worked out pretty well.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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UNI hosts South Dakota St and North Dakota next year, per Jake's final call in show at the OP.

Puerto Rico:
Oklahoma: 6 (25-7)
Xavier: 7 (27-5)
Davidson: 64 (19-12)
UNI: 70 (22-12)

Arizona State: 99 (15-17)
Clemson: 131 (17-14)
Missouri: 223 (10-21)
Tulane: 231 (12-22)

[sivert]

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Remember how our O ran in the Texas game when Wes was in the game compared to when Wyatt was in the game? Completely different - and it worked pretty well. I love Wes, but I do think he's replaceable. We'll stick guys in there who can't do some things nearly as good as him, but can do other things better than him. Wyatt has shown to have a great pull up jumper - much better than Wes. We don't really know exactly what McCloud will give us, but I think he will have a much different style than Wyatt and Wes. It'll just depend how well and how quick he adjusts to college ball. The great thing about this team is that no matter what our O brings, our D is going to keep us in most games. Maybe that's just me, but I was much more worried about replacing Seth than Wes.

Yes. I'm in agreement.

[Blue42]

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UNI hosts South Dakota St and North Dakota next year, per Jake's final call in show at the OP.

Puerto Rico:
Oklahoma: 6 (25-7)
Xavier: 7 (27-5)
Davidson: 64 (19-12)
UNI: 70 (22-12)

Arizona State: 99 (15-17)
Clemson: 131 (17-14)
Missouri: 223 (10-21)
Tulane: 231 (12-22)

How the @#$% did Tulane get in that tournament?

[PantherHawk]

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UNI looking at any transfers? Just wondering for next year and moving forward.

I saw where former North Scott player just left Creighton. Marlon Stewart, the kid was pretty damn good in High School. He was better than the Baer kid at Iowa.

[SteinPizza]

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UNI looking at any transfers? Just wondering for next year and moving forward.

I saw where former North Scott player just left Creighton. Marlon Stewart, the kid was pretty damn good in High School. He was better than the Baer kid at Iowa.

I hope the answer to your question is yes. We have a scholly open due to Austin leaving, correct?

Was Stewart a big name in high school? I'd assume he generated some interest if he signed with CU.

[PanthersMBB]

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Don't you question why he is transferring? I know McDermott and how he coaches and Stewart did not fit in. It looks lilke Mac took a chance and it didn't work out. Why would UNI want him after Mac let him go? I doubt there will be interest they never offered him when he was in High School. and if there was issues during his time at Creighton I am sure Mac will let Jake know if there was interest in him

[PantherHawk]

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I hope the answer to your question is yes. We have a scholly open due to Austin leaving, correct?

Was Stewart a big name in high school? I'd assume he generated some interest if he signed with CU.

I guess there was nothing around here that hinted at any trouble with the kid. He was a solid player and was a Key component on NS title run a couple of years back. He is a solid guard who can score if needed. I realize he only scored 7 total points this year, but he was a freshman playing in the Big East!

I don't know why he is leaving CU, it was just reported that he asked for his release and CU granted it. So I don't think there was any issues.

[PantherHawk]

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Don't you question why he is transferring? I know McDermott and how he coaches and Stewart did not fit in. It looks lilke Mac took a chance and it didn't work out. Why would UNI want him after Mac let him go? I doubt there will be interest they never offered him when he was in High School. and if there was issues during his time at Creighton I am sure Mac will let Jake know if there was interest in him

So every transfer is trouble? I don't get what your saying, the kid went to a Big East school and didn't play very much. Maybe he feels he should be playing more? I don't know, but he apparently wants out of CU and the school granted it.

I remember watching him in high school and i wished more schools would of gone after him. He was a smooth player in high school, reminded me of Morgan at ICW. Just very smooth and able to handle the ball and pull up from anywhere to shoot. He is a good player, but he would have to sit a year anyways, so maybe he might go JUCO a year and then come back. Who knows

[Panther100]

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I think the Northern Iowa MBB team needs to compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference. That would be difficult due the new membership of 15 teams and travel costs to the Eastern Time Zone. However, it would improve recruiting opportunities in St Louis and the Eastern Time Zone. The A10 normally has 3-5 teams in the Dance and 1 NIT team. Second place in the MVC doesn't guarantee a thing. Not to mention the bottom four MVC teams (9 games a season) ruining our overall SOS. I could actually stomach that non Division I game much easier if we competed in a better league! Another option would be the MWC, but that would involve upgrading Football to the FBS Level. That option would appear to be more expensive. Okay Haters, let it rip!

[sivert]

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If wishes were horses...

[SteinPizza]

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I think the Northern Iowa MBB team needs to compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference. That would be difficult due the new membership of 15 teams and travel costs to the Eastern Time Zone. However, it would improve recruiting opportunities in St Louis and the Eastern Time Zone. The A10 normally has 3-5 teams in the Dance and 1 NIT team. Second place in the MVC doesn't guarantee a thing. Not to mention the bottom four MVC teams (9 games a season) ruining our overall SOS. I could actually stomach that non Division I game much easier if we competed in a better league! Another option would be the MWC, but that would involve upgrading Football to the FBS Level. That option would appear to be more expensive. Okay Haters, let it rip!

If you've been following this board long, then I assume you threw this out to generate some pointed responses . Mine won't be one of those, because there is some some logic to some of your points.

The lack of bids, and bottom half teams being a real drag on the upper league teams is one of the reasons WSU is talking about leaving. In that respect they're right. It would also potentially improve the level of recruit by opening up some higher populated geography.

Where your argument falls apart are the travel costs for all non-revenue sports. Also, some here won't like it because they over-emphasize the importance of FCS football in all of this. Hence the "bring the Dakota schools into the MVC" talk. That misses what's most important, IMO. Also, who says the A10 wants us? We're a strong men's BB team, sure, but they may dislike the increased travel for an outlier school as much as we do.

Bottom line, I think the bottom level MVC schools needs to get their $&/@ together and improve their programs, particularly those with some lineage and close proximity to talent. There's no excuse for Bradley to bad as bad as they've been. SIU is showing signs of life, but should be consistently better than they
are. Loyola is showing signs too, but they're behind SIU. It's probably an easier fix for those teams to improve than it is for UNI to start conference shopping.

[PantherHawk]

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If you've been following this board long, then I assume you threw this out to generate some pointed responses . Mine won't be one of those, because there is some some logic to some of your points.

The lack of bids, and bottom half teams being a real drag on the upper league teams is one of the reasons WSU is talking about leaving. In that respect they're right. It would also potentially improve the level of recruit by opening up some higher populated geography.

Where your argument falls apart are the travel costs for all non-revenue sports. Also, some here won't like it because they over-emphasize the importance of FCS football in all of this. Hence the "bring the Dakota schools into the MVC" talk. That misses what's most important, IMO. Also, who says the A10 wants us? We're a strong men's BB team, sure, but they may dislike the increased travel for an outlier school as much as we do.

Bottom line, I think the bottom level MVC schools needs to get their $&/@ together and improve their programs, particularly those with some lineage and close proximity to talent. There's no excuse for Bradley to bad as bad as they've been. SIU is showing signs of life, but should be consistently better than they
are. Loyola is showing signs too, but they're behind SIU. It's probably an easier fix for those teams to improve than it is for UNI to start conference shopping.

Yup agree, how can these schools be so bad, with the loads of talent they have around them? I realize Bradley is breaking in a new coach and I think what all 10 scholly players from last years team left? So they are going to go through their struggles. SIU & Ill St need to get some better players.

But it also goes into the non-conf scheduling. These teams need to go out and play some good teams. Can't be scheduling the RPI 300+ teams all the time. Need to beat some good teams in the non-conf. I remember a while back when Bradley made the sweet 16. Those teams were awesome and Arch Madness was crazy. Like to get back to those days.

[unipanther2154]

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why stop at the A-10? Might as well just join the big 12....

[UNIhoops]

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Have we had a year that we should have been in the tourney and didn't get in? I'm not sure if I can think of a time the conference hurt us. Partly because Jake schedules non-conference games to get us in.