Up Next: Xavier 2: The Xavierening (Cincinnati)

[UNIGrainer]

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This is a young team and young teams are going to have days like this.

I love the optimism but I dont think an at large is in the cards for this tesm. They wont be consistent enough to get the 15 or so MVC wins we'll need to be an at large. There is very little margin for error.

[LA_Panther]

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Happy to see Brown get minutes. He looked like he was very focused. Just being on the floor with a Top 10 team will force you to grow up fast. And even though we lost big, I felt that Coach Jake was using it as a teachable moment. Many other coaches wouldn't handle it as well as he did. Just another example of how lucky we are to have him as our coach.

[MNpanthers]

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McCloud had some nice moments, drew some fouls and put in a nice layup at the end

[achrist70]

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Could be worse Drake lost to Alaska Anchorage today

[DownGoesKansas]

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Building an at large resume is never easy.

Likely uni will need to win the conference tournament to get in. By the end of the season they can likely do that.

While this may eventually be the case, its not true yet. We are in fine shape.

Win the next 5 (which we should), lose to UNC. And thats an outstanding non conference that we would take every year.

[sevelev711]

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Could be worse Drake lost to Alaska Anchorage today

To be fair, we should never need to compare ourselves to Drake, ever.

[orangetennis]

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Liked Brown today for his first action in a tough spot. We need his length.

We struggle against long teams that play hard D.

Need better ball movement and gotta play with a fearlessness to take big shots. Still looking a little timid at times wondering who's gonna take the shot.

Breaking in two new PGs with a tough non-con schedule. It'll come.

This.
A week of prep for this game wasn't gonna make a difference. X is just plain better than us right now, and a bad match up to boot.
We'll look better against lesser competition in the coming weeks. Especially Bennett.

[UNIDebo]

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Iowa is not very good, probably not even as good as Oklahoma. I would give us a better than 50-50 shot at winning that game.

I'd say 75%+.

We got 3 PGs all better than iowa's, cause they don't have one.

Fran must think the only positions are Power forward and small forward.

[MNpanthers]

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Iowa's D is pathetic so far, so good for our struggling O, combine that with our suffocating D and I like our odds in that one a lot