2016-17 mens bb begins journey

[SteinPizza]

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I thought Coach was going very public with how pleased he has been so far with several of the newcomers. Not the usual close-to-the-vest "they haven't played a game yet" stuff.

Makes me optimistic!

What did he say? I caught a little of OPR where he talked about Ashton. Did he he say anything specific about Haldeman, Ted, Dahl...guys who will need to contribute for us to be good.

Today's DMR article made it sound like they're pretty high on both McCloud and Brown.

['70 Grad]

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The quotes in the article were the main meat. I went to the On Press Row website and listened to the last 1/3 of the Tuesday podcast.

[PanthersMBB]

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Center Justin Dahl

“I’m certain he has reached 7-foot now. When you put him and Bennett Koch next to each other, he is noticeably taller than Bennett ... He has gotten himself into great shape. For a young guy who is that big, his work ethic is tremendous. He’s 250, 255 pounds and runs well. He’s around the ball, he goes and rebounds, has good instincts, good hands. The ball seems to roll in for him instead of roll out. He’s got a lot going for him.”

Forward-center Luke McDonnell

“He is behind a little bit because of the injury he got last year. He hurt that knee and had to have surgery. He was out of full contact from Valley tournament time until mid-August. Being out that long, he’s got to catching up to do, in terms of his conditioning and some of the weight-room stuff. So he’s behind a little bit from that aspect, but, boy, we like him. He’s very skilled.”

Guard Spencer Haldeman

“He can play with the ball in his hands, he can play off the ball. He can really get going, can really shoot the basketball. We’re going to need that with Bo and Paul graduated.”


this is all on pod cast of ONPRESSROW bit.ly/2dwleTm

[panther-state]

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Okay I was playing around with SW Airlines website to check on some of their "low fare" deals that they're doing right now. The last available weekend of cheap flights ($59 each way) is March 3rd-5th...or the MVC tourney.

So those of you who know you can commit to the tourney but don't want to make the 5.5 hr drive and don't want to pay $200+ for airfare, I'd recommend booking in the next 24 hrs (or sooner, not sure when the Southwest deals are ending exactly).

[PanthersMBB]

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I feel like the marketing is getting worse for getting the word out on basketball. I have seen maybe 2 tweets on tickets for the season and nothing on TV. People have said they have seen nothing. As I said before no hype at all. Maybe tickets are selling so good they don't need to which I hope but doubt it. They need to look at what other teams do to promote their teams. I know times are tough but we need to be better. Do we ever have any TV adds for game tickets? or just hammering twitter an social media? I also think it is disappointing there is no Panther Madness this season.

[ronfitch]

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One of my managers is friends with the Netten family. Coach told them that they are really excited for McCloud to play here.

Secondly, I've been told by students or friends of McDonnell that he slipped on ice last year and tore his acl. That's why he was on crutches.

Westerberg from KCRG tweeted on the 4th (Media Day) that O'Donnell had surgery in the spring and started "full contact" in August (his quotes, not mine).

He tweeted a lot from Media Day:

https://twitter.com/ScottWesterberg

[06panther10]

I feel like the marketing is getting worse for getting the word out on basketball. I have seen maybe 2 tweets on tickets for the season and nothing on TV. People have said they have seen nothing. As I said before no hype at all. Maybe tickets are selling so good they don't need to which I hope but doubt it. They need to look at what other teams do to promote their teams. I know times are tough but we need to be better. Do we ever have any TV adds for game tickets? or just hammering twitter an social media? I also think it is disappointing there is no Panther Madness this season.

I get what you are saying, and agree, but we literally did not even have a finalized schedule until a week ago. Hard to really get after the marketing for tix too much when you cant for sure say what games we have or when they are.

[UNIdad]

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I feel like the marketing is getting worse for getting the word out on basketball. I have seen maybe 2 tweets on tickets for the season and nothing on TV. People have said they have seen nothing. As I said before no hype at all. Maybe tickets are selling so good they don't need to which I hope but doubt it. They need to look at what other teams do to promote their teams. I know times are tough but we need to be better. Do we ever have any TV adds for game tickets? or just hammering twitter an social media? I also think it is disappointing there is no Panther Madness this season.

It seems like a couple of business students doing internships could do wonders in dialing up the social media marketing. Why doesn't this happen? Surely there is no administrator who is deciding "Let's make sure we do a minimal amount of marketing." This is a main revenue source. Treat it that way.

[UNIhoops]

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I'm sure they're putting all the marketing into getting a big student section.

[UNIAlum2010]

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Some more pre-season press. Mid Major Madness did an article on "Captain Morgan" as they are calling him.

http://www.midmajormadness.com/2016/10/10/13206642/northern-iowa-panthers-jeremy-morgan-ben-jacobson

[PanthersMBB]

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Article in Courier

http://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/mens_basketball/uni-basketball-panthers-excited-about-new-additions/article_0b90ab54-d78b-5d03-848b-20444e63c853.html

[UNIhoops]

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Anyone know how to get some of these posters into the Des Moines area? Would love one for my classroom!

https://twitter.com/UNImbb

[95UNIGRAD]

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Anyone know how to get some of these posters into the Des Moines area? Would love one for my classroom!

https://twitter.com/UNImbb

Me too!

[Big Cats]

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Come to the Football game this Saturday. They are giving away Men's BB posters at the Hy Vee fun Zone at the NW entrance.

[claw]

That's about the only reason to go.