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Down to an 8 seed according to Lunardi. WSU a 9, Creighton a 7, SIU an 11. MSU not one of the next 8 out. All of those seem a bit low compared to other things that have been posted, but at least he still has 4 MVC teams in
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Lunardi has no clue what he's talking about. We play a great team in our conference at their place and we drop down 3 seeds or at least 9 spots. It's just flat out crazy. We just have to keep winning games and that's why they are played on the court and not on paper.Coach Whisenhunt 1/18/09. "There was never any complaints about not being named the starter, all he wanted was an opportunity and he took advantage of it. Kurt is probably one of the greatest individuals you'll ever meet. Kurt worked hard on a lot of things that a lot of times older quarterbacks aren't willing to do. That's a credit to his humility and his competitive drive, and the reason that we are here today in great part is what Kurt Warner has done for us." -
To be fair, Lunardi said in his analysis that the Panthers would climb back up in the next few weeks. He still thinks they'll get about a 5 or 6 seed.
"Once it starts, it never ends."
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FYI, in this weeks 'hypothetical' bracket (and remember, these are made like the season ends today, not taking any future games into account), we'd be down for a potential Sweet 16 match-up with Iowa.
and then the world would end.Comment
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unfortunatly, as much as we disagree, i wouldnt say "Lundardi has no clue what he's talking about" as he pretty much picks the field of 64 correctly every yearOriginally posted by merkpanthersJohn 3:16Comment
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and in one article i found, they have Iowa going to the final four!Originally posted by NewsbreakerJohn 3:16Comment
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Lunardi has his crew do their homework, and do it very well. They know whats up most of the time, and I think that 4 teams from the MVC in any of those seeds is huge. Remember were just exstatic about a 12 seed last year and this is only his prediction if the season ended today, as News pointed out. I think that this is a fair assessment given the beatings we are all giving each other in the Valley. Its a tough conference and people lose some tough games. Ohh well, odds are we will still make the tourny and that will be fun no matter what.
GO PANTHERS!!!
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Yes...but he picks them correctly on Selection Sunday. So his bracket today means nothing...except it gives basketball junkies like us something to argue about for 34 days until the real bracket comes out.Originally posted by pantherfan4ever
"10% of life is what happens to you, 90% is how you react to what happens."Comment
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Oh no News, the world would not end. You would just have a bunch of people running around the state in Hawkeye shirts saying "I graduated from UNI so I don't care who wins"Originally posted by NewsbreakerIllinois State Fan at a St. Louis White Castle 3:45AM Saturday March 6th:
"White Castle?" "more like Black Castle..."
You stay classy Redbirds.Comment
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You mean to tell me when the local papers, TV stations and media outlets are pimping Iowa, with UNI unfortunately being covered in a secondary manner, you wouldn't melt right through the floor?Originally posted by jegbomb52Comment
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News, it wouldn't matter...because UNI would win...and that would start the Hawkeye Nation meltdown of the millenium. Two teams from Iowa in the Sweet 16...playing each other...it would make for an interesting week for sure...I would be willing to bet...KCCI in Des Moines would do the best job of covering both teams, WOI would be next and The Hawkeye Network, otherwise known as WHO-TV would give biased coverage towards the Hawkeyes.
In eastern Iowa, KWWL would do a good job, KCRG and KGAN don't know UNI exists anyway and in the QC's KWQC would talk all Iowa and then Illinois, then mention UNI. Otherwise Tom Cornellis doesn't know where Cedar Falls is on the map."10% of life is what happens to you, 90% is how you react to what happens."Comment
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I agree, I think UNI would win the rematch, but the *****ing and moaning on here the week before would be epic in proportions.
The spectacle on HR afterwards would be outlandish as well.Comment
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Here's the thing...can you blame UNI fans for wanting equal time in this state? At that point in a season (getting to the Sweet 16) doesn't UNI deserve equal attention? Also, at that point, the Panthers will be participating in the third straight NCAA Tournament.
Gone are the days when you run the UNI score at the end of a sportscast and have UNI fans be satisfied. I think if UNI fans see less than fair treatment, they'll write to their local stations and be heard. In the past, UNI fans would be ok with a score. Today, we want the coverage we deserve. Is that so wrong? Will it ever be equal? I'm not convinced that it ever will be equal, but it's better now than it ever has been and I'm not willing to go back to the way it was. Because we have 100's more fans like me, I'm convinced it will get better. And it should."10% of life is what happens to you, 90% is how you react to what happens."Comment
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If you can pull up this page on ESPN, it shows Lunardi's list where Creighton is the lowest 7 seed, UNI is the highest 8 seed, and Wichita State the highest 9 seed.
I was looking at the five remaining games on the MVC schedule, and I think you would project UNI to finish 4-1, Creighton, Wichita State, and Southern Illinois 3-2, so UNI will go back up to a 5 or 6 by the end of the regular season.
I think there should be some worry about whether SIU would receive an at-large bid if they don't do well in the MVC Tournament. Missouri State realistically has no chance of an NCAA bid short of winning the MVC Tournament because they play a tough closing MVC schedule (road games at SIU and UNI, home game against Creighton), and have to play at UW-Milwaukee in the Bracket Buster.
See how quickly I can edit. UNI has always deserved equal treatment this season with Iowa and Iowa State because pre-season they were projected to be as good as Iowa and Iowa State, like SI's Top 25. That being said, most Iowa TV station viewers are Iowa and Iowa State fans, not UNI, so UNI will not receive equal attention.
If many UNI graduates could care less about UNI, and I spoke to one of those Saturday night who lives in Iowa, (For instance, he follows UNI so closely I had to explain to him that no UNI was not borderline as far as making the NCAA Tournament), the coverage disparity won't end soon.Last edited by DWadle1983; 02-06-2006, 03:53 PM."Lot of people talked about Ohio State or Georgetown or Michigan State or whoever, [or] Maryland in our bracket. When the brackets came out, the first team I looked at was Northern Iowa," Kansas Coach Bill Self.Comment
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I'm not saying we're wrong for expecting it, but this is almost PRECISELY what would happen with a UNI - Iowa NCAA Tournament rematch:Originally posted by panther2317
*Each outlet has 1 or 2 people at the venue, following the teams. You'd get an Iowa Slanted story, with smaller blurbs about UNI. You'd see a bit on the first meeting. Most likely, the coverage would be 60/40 Iowa. You think people around here are going to be happy with that? No way. In reality, the media outlets are dealing with a HUGE Iowa fanbase in the state, and a smaller UNI one, and that's what's important to ratings and dividing up time.
If we're both in the sweet-16, but in different places, you'd see a closer, more even coverage.Comment
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