For UNI and Pantherswin from Hoya

[JerryLH]

Hi Guys!!

Congratulations on a great season. I am truly sorry that it ended the way it did. I think both teams played well below their abilities. This was not a good show for either team. The team that beat Wichita State, LSU and Bucknell did not show up nor did the team that beat Duke. Sometimes that happens in the first game in the first round.

UNI missed many open looks in the second half. However, Georgetown's best two players had horrible games, Brandon Bowman and particularly Jeff Greene.

Pantherswin. I am sorry for the reception you received for your comments on our board, but what did you expect when you called Jeff Green a "jerk." You don't know him and that was totally out of character. He is incredibly articulate and I have never seen that type of emotion from him. Perhaps that was because he had a stinker yesterday scoring only two points.

Anyway, good luck to the Panthers next year

Jerry

[Panthers Win!!]

Thanks Jerry. The Georgetown fans on their board were, on the whole, the most ungracious and rude I've seen in my many years. What did I expect? Maybe it's too much to expect from an anonymous message board but I expected an explanation and defense for Greene's play when I asked what was up with him yesterday. What no one deserves were the numerous uncalled for and unprovoked personal disparaging comments by the vast majority of the G-town fans on that board about the conference, the State of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa, the UNI team and UNI fans.

Greene did seem like a jerk to me in yesterday's game. I asked if he always played that way and speculated that perhaps that’s the way he motivates himself or if it was out of frustration. Curiously it wasn't just my opinion. Fans from other MVC schools called him a "thug" on the Vally Talk board. Stout has not been accused of dirty play that I've ever seen and personally I've never observed him engage in anything but good tough defense but knocking Stout's hand away that was offered as a gesture of sportsmanship after Stout committed a foul with Greene scowling at him and then Greene later having to be restrained by a teammate from going after Stout lead me to speculate about the guy's character. I suppose in hindsight it was a provocative comment but sincere and tame compared to the UNI belittling fest that was taking part on that board.

[JerryLH]

Hi Again!!

After reading your post, I went back and look at the whole thread. I disagree with you about the rudeness. Prior to your "Jeff Green is a jerk" comment, I found no evidence of any rudeness except for one tongue in cheek comment by Buffalo Hoya and then numer of other posters jumped all over him.

You might be interested in looking back at the Georgetown board again. there is a thread titled "What is wrong with Jeff Green." The thrust of the thrread was that this was so absolutely out of character for him. He is usually very mild mannered. This is the only time Geen has EVERY looked frustrated and out of control.

If I get a chance, I am going to look at the game again. I watched it on my computer and the games are archived. I am going to focus on Jeff and see if I can spot what upset him so much

I think that you will see a totally different Georgetown team tomorrow. Good luck to you

Jerry