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Big game, big crowd, big audience, big opportunity today.
In just a few short weeks, CBS will cram "One Shining Moment" down our gullets as somebody cuts down the nets.
As far as I'm concerned, our moment is now. Our March begins this morning. This is where we solidify our tournament resume, clinch our seed, set the stage for the best march in school history, to match the best season in school history.
Today is the day we, again, remind the world what we all know. That UNI is the oft forgotten gem of our great state. That we, with fewer resources, fewer fans, less opportunity, less money and no where near the exposure, can accomplish anything that our more well-known brothers in Ames and Iowa City can. That when people think of Iowa Basketball, the first thought can and should be the UNI Panthers.
Beyond that, the throne as the best team in the best non-BCS league is open and ours for the taking. Who cares if the trophy will be sittin the the McLeod Center next year, perception is reality, and we can take the crown and hoist it high on our collective heads today.
Every Cinderella doesn't begin in some neutral court gym in March, it starts on a cold February day where some team looks at that castle on the hill and says "We belong there" and starts to believe in the improbable. They all have the same goal, not just to spend a night at the ball, but to become the belle, to wear the crown.
We have that opportunity. If ESPN and CBS will soon be running stories about the Cinderella from Cedar Falls, we will all remember that it began in earnest today.
Get on up...the time is now! GO PANTHERS!
In just a few short weeks, CBS will cram "One Shining Moment" down our gullets as somebody cuts down the nets.
As far as I'm concerned, our moment is now. Our March begins this morning. This is where we solidify our tournament resume, clinch our seed, set the stage for the best march in school history, to match the best season in school history.
Today is the day we, again, remind the world what we all know. That UNI is the oft forgotten gem of our great state. That we, with fewer resources, fewer fans, less opportunity, less money and no where near the exposure, can accomplish anything that our more well-known brothers in Ames and Iowa City can. That when people think of Iowa Basketball, the first thought can and should be the UNI Panthers.
Beyond that, the throne as the best team in the best non-BCS league is open and ours for the taking. Who cares if the trophy will be sittin the the McLeod Center next year, perception is reality, and we can take the crown and hoist it high on our collective heads today.
Every Cinderella doesn't begin in some neutral court gym in March, it starts on a cold February day where some team looks at that castle on the hill and says "We belong there" and starts to believe in the improbable. They all have the same goal, not just to spend a night at the ball, but to become the belle, to wear the crown.
We have that opportunity. If ESPN and CBS will soon be running stories about the Cinderella from Cedar Falls, we will all remember that it began in earnest today.
Get on up...the time is now! GO PANTHERS!
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