UNI/Washington Game Thread

[DRAKELAWPANTHER]

This is going to be an interesting year. The first half, I really was thinking: Wow, our team is legit. Our inside play is unreal - I think the Valley is going to struggle trying to shut that down. But our perimeter play seems pretty bad. Just like last year, we blew plenty of WIDE OPEN three-point looks...not what you like to see. Hopefully as the year goes on, somebody will emerge as THE perimeter player.

I also give Jacobsen props - I think he's done a good job thus far. And I'm really impressed by those freshman...

[Matt Trump]

Hi Guys!

Congrats on a good game tonight. Your team looked great, and it was a heckova game. I think you've got a lot to look forward to this year.

Your team plays terrific pressure. Speaking as a Husky, I'm really glad we had this game tonight (win or lose), because I think it's a game that we benefit a lot from. Defense like yours shut us down a few times last year, so it's nice to see it early in the season.

We've got a young team, and it was nice to see them in a do-or-die situation. (A majority of our Playing Time in conference play is likely to come from 2 sophmores, 1 junior and 4 freshmen). Your guys are tenacious, and never gave up, despite a noisy student section, and some deflating calls.

Good luck this year guys. See you at the big dance!


(P.S. - We hate those FSN announcers too. Sheesh!)

Welcome! Thanks for the classy post! Now go win the Pac-10!

[Matt Trump]

But our perimeter play seems pretty bad. Just like last year, we blew plenty of WIDE OPEN three-point looks...not what you like to see. Hopefully as the year goes on, somebody will emerge as THE perimeter player.

I agree. We NEED a goto guy this year. Appleby hit their shots when they needed him and we airballed it when we needed a big 3. But, I think the depth of this years team will prevail and someone will emerge. Last year our guys were exausted from relentless defending all game and they couldn't nail the shots. This year we have the depth to spell the starters so I think the guys will be able to hit the shots at the end.

[MeOW!]

Coach Jacobson and the '06-'07 Panthers really impressed me last night, I'm excited for this season! Go Panthers!

[Sex Panther...]

1-9 on the season from beyond the arc. When will our point guard realize he is a point guard? Sorry Sex Panther I understand you idolize our point guard but he needs to reel it in and pass the shots up. He is doing great handling the ball though.

I'm bored at the moment so I'll take the bait. Idolize definitely isn't the right word since I use to babysit for him and watched him grow up, but I have never not admitted there is a bias to my thoughts. He took 5 shots, not 15 and needs to remain at least a threat from the perimeter. His career makes an interesting case study in my opinion. Do the other things he brings to the floor offset his struggles shooting? I think the success of the team while he has manned the point say yes.

...and I still believe he is going to turn his shooting around this year and we don't want him to stop looking at the basket.

[EVSPanther]

Great showing last night Panthers!!! The thing that I'm most excited about is the fact that we were "this close" and we didn't play anywhere close to our full potential, IMHO. Can you imagine this team firing on all cylinders! I hope that happens multiple times this year...Go Cats!

[Jonsoup]

Does anybody want to hear what they said on the post-game show? I don't know if this was on the Fox Sports Midwest station.

[Marc Wigim]

I'm thinking that if this team wasn't going through a youth movement right now, we would have won that game. The Panthers are still a contender, just like I've been saying all along.

And I present this to you: would the Huskies benefitted so much from those calls if it weren't a hometown classic? I've noticed that those classics are pretty much just an excuse to have the home team say they won something, and the refs wanted to make sure that Washington didn't lose their own classic.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist or anything, I just wanted to throw that out there for debate. I'm not saying anything either way.