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Collegehoopsnet.com's 2006 preview of 144 teams in 144 days. It states their conference rank is "#7 MVC". I don't know if that means they think the MVC will have 6 better teams in their countdown preview, or if it means the MVC is the 7th best conference. Regardless, this is a pretty fun countdown for those college hoops junkies.
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Collegehoopsnet.com's 2006 preview of 144 teams in 144 days. It states their conference rank is "#7 MVC". I don't know if that means they think the MVC will have 6 better teams in their countdown preview, or if it means the MVC is the 7th best conference. Regardless, this is a pretty fun countdown for those college hoops junkies.The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory. -
For now, I'll take #7 out of 34. It would take some cahunas to rank us above a BCS conference. Which one do you think we should be higher than? Not the Big East or ACC. The SEC has two returning Final Fours. Pac 10 is sorta weak but it does have UCLA and Arizona, perrenial powers. Big 12 was down last year for sure, and Big Ten will be down this year. I think were right there with the BCS schools, its tough to put us ahead of one though.Sincerely,
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The big least?
I think you could easily make an argument that the MVC is better top to bottom than the big east. Top six is a legitimate possibility.If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times
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yes, #7 is their rank within the MVC conference. they are not saying the MVC is the 7th best conferenceOriginally posted by Panthers to the BoneJohn 3:16Comment
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Hawkeyes are 94th on their list...John 3:16Comment
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Drake #95.The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.Comment
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Do you think Northern Iowa will be ranked?BMPantherComment
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Yeah, in the countdown, I think they will be ranked somewhere in the 80's.The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.Comment
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even though we lost benny, crawford, and little, i wouldnt be surprised to see us ranked higher than the 80s (all depends on if they really look at our team close or not). I know the valley is tough this year but we do sport the best front court in the MVC. I dont think anyone can rival Stout, Coleman and then Jordan (off the bench). college ball tends to be a backcourt dominated game, but our front court will be able to take advantage of the fact that most MVC teams are undersized and more backcourt oriented. not to mention we do still start a PG that has played in the tourny 3 straight years and have some athleticism that we havent seen on our team in a while.Originally posted by Panthers to the Bone View Post
No matter what we are going to be the highest rated Iowa team
ISU: 134
Drake: 95
Iowa: 94
UNI: 76Last edited by pantherfan4ever; 08-26-2006, 01:34 PM.John 3:16Comment
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$0.02...in my mind there's no question the MVC is better than the Pac-10. Significantly better in the middle and bottom-the bottom of the Pac-10 is awful, Oregon & Oregon St. were the 3rd & 4th best teams in their state last yr (behind Portland & Portland St.) And the Pac-10 isn't that much better at the top to offset that. #7 of 31 leagues or whatever isn't bad, but it's not much of a stretch at all to put them 5th or at least 6th.Originally posted by joecooll6 View PostComment
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The Countdown is at #78 right now and still no UNI yet. I'm thinking that they will put us somewhere in the low 60's high 50's, but that's just my guess. They must have a lot of respect for us this season.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."Comment
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Well not quite 60s or 50s, but we will have to settle for 76th. oh well, just means we will have to prove everyone wrong againOriginally posted by merkpanthers View Post
Did anyone notice that they didnt mention Brooks once until the final prediction? I know the first 2 sections were about who left and who is new, but in "who to watch" they didnt even mention him. Mac and Jacobson were vocal about how Brooks will be the team leader this year as he is and has been the floor general for 4 years now. Just thought they should have mentioned something about him starting ALL 3 years that we have gone to the tourny since he arrived at UNI.John 3:16Comment
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Better to start off under-ranked than over. This team doesn't need the media propping them up to a top 25 ranking before they set foot on the court. That would be too much pressure on them. I'm looking forward to see how far Ben can elevate this team.If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times
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EVS Panther on another thread put up the UNI preview with UNI ranked at 76.
When you consider what UNI lost, and is only returning four players who saw any significant playing time, CollegeHoopsNet was pretty fair in its preseason ranking.
I did find their comment about Jordan Eglseder interesting. Nobody expects 20 PPG and 10 RPG, but 8-10 PPG, and 4-5 RPG is realistic.Last edited by DWadle1983; 08-27-2006, 09:34 AM."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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