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I agree, attend the WBB and enjoy their continuous improvement the last few years. It is a pleasure to see them have winning seasons and ncaa games.
It is sad that Cedar falls can have this team playing and winning like they have been and see no fan support show up.

The guys i thought might have something this year then the spiral down hits and doesn't appear anyone knows how to stop the flush. I know coach says they are shooters the scoring will come. But they have proven year after year we can't live by the last second 3 shot every possession. Or the old point guard dribble till 7 seconds left while everyone else lines up on base line to let them play one on five.

I remember the good wins too and those we hard fought fun games. But like this year they start our decent and die off and become mute point in conference.

It isn't hard to see which team really wanted to win today and each of the last few games.

This also might be a great time to reseat everyone in the mccloud center based on points. This way they might fill the place. Or be able to scootch the three hundred that are left closer, when the folks like me that sit all around me discontinue their scholarship support as well as their season tickets. They have received these donations since basketball was played in the dome and before.

I haven't been a coach for some time. But the players are not having any fun out there. And this has been going on for a few years. Sad to see the talent on the team go to waste in this manor. When players are walking up the floor looking like they do not want to be there, they shouldn't be.

The team gets so close but just can't finish competing.
I wish there was a way I could help these kids in their once in a lifetime chance.

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Guessing in practice the offense works and they hit a high percentage of threes

[UNIChippewa]

Is there a team chemistry issue?

I avoided this board after the SIU game and only reluctantly came on today after the newest trainwreck, but this is my first question as well.

How can we go from looking like a good team against quality opponents like SMU and NC State and even Villanova and Xavier (albeit in losses) to losing by a combined 22 points to beatable conference opponents to start off the MVC season?

Very, very disappointing start to MVC play. They better get it figured out, and soon.

[kochrab]

I don't know what you all saw, but even as ineffective as everyone was today, I liked the lineup of Phyfe, Friedman, Haldeman, Lohaus, and Rhodes more than our starters. They seemed to gel more and have better ball movement than the starters more often than not today. Insanely disappointed in this team the last 5 games. We could easily be 4-1 or even 5-0 these last 5 but we've gone 0-5.

[sevelev711]

At least Jacobson seems both aware and pretty pissed about the lack of effort, saying He benched Bennett and Klint because of "Production. Lack thereof would be a better way of putting it." He also said that there's no change in starters as of today, "but there's time between now and the next game."

Come on, Phyfe.

[TravelingPanther]

At least Jacobson seems both aware and pretty pissed about the lack of effort, saying He benched Bennett and Klint because of "Production. Lack thereof would be a better way of putting it." He also said that there's no change in starters as of today, "but there's time between now and the next game."

Come on, Phyfe.

If our season is hanging on Phyfe we are screwed. Lol

[UNIChippewa]

At least Jacobson seems both aware and pretty pissed about the lack of effort, saying He benched Bennett and Klint because of "Production. Lack thereof would be a better way of putting it." He also said that there's no change in starters as of today, "but there's time between now and the next game."

Come on, Phyfe.

You know, I hate to even write it, as both guys have given us some great games throughout their careers, but I'm beginning to wonder if not having them next season will be addition by subtraction. They certainly have talent and can produce, but it seems like they are either the reason why we win games or the reason why we lose games. There is not enough consistency from them, especially as seniors.

[northwest iowa panther]

I avoided this board after the SIU game and only reluctantly came on today after the newest trainwreck, but this is my first question as well.

How can we go from looking like a good team against quality opponents like SMU and NC State and even Villanova and Xavier (albeit in losses) to losing by a combined 22 points to beatable conference opponents to start off the MVC season?

Very, very disappointing start to MVC play. They better get it figured out, and soon.

Didn't we start 0-4 or 0-5 last year? I believe in the coaches and the players to right the ship.

Here's my take on the 40+ years of DI: Jim Berry, Eldon Miller, Greg McDermott and Ben Jacobsen have won an inordinate number of games against nonconference opponents in the months of November, December and early January. Many of these opponents failed to game plan for UNI in that they were superior in talent. Talent doesn't always win if you fail to game plan. The same is true in the NCAA Tournament. The better teams are too confident in their superior talent to game plan. The conference teams are able to game plan and many of our most successful teams have struggled in conference play.

This year's team? The jury is still out on it.

[sevelev711]

Didn't we start 0-4 or 0-5 last year? I believe in the coaches and the players to right the ship.

How are you defining "right the ship?" Because that team finished below .500. This team had at-large aspirations not three games ago. I'd love to be super wrong, but i don't think this team is going to do that. Last year's team didn't win a single Arch Madness game, this team isn't winning three games, or as it's looking right now, four games.

[GonzoCat]

Didn't we start 0-4 or 0-5 last year? I believe in the coaches and the players to right the ship.

Here's my take on the 40+ years of DI: Jim Berry, Eldon Miller, Greg McDermott and Ben Jacobsen have won an inordinate number of games against nonconference opponents in the months of November, December and early January. Many of these opponents failed to game plan for UNI in that they were superior in talent. Talent doesn't always win if you fail to game plan. The same is true in the NCAA Tournament. The better teams are too confident in their superior talent to game plan. The conference teams are able to game plan and many of our most successful teams have struggled in conference play.

This year's team? The jury is still out on it.

Quoted for truth. Speaking truth to power. The power in this case being the group think of PN, which long ago turned on the football team and is now starting to turn on the basketball team.

[unifan]

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Here's my take on the 40+ years of DI: Jim Berry, Eldon Miller, Greg McDermott and Ben Jacobsen have won an inordinate number of games against nonconference opponents in the months of November, December and early January. Many of these opponents failed to game plan for UNI in that they were superior in talent. Talent doesn't always win if you fail to game plan. The same is true in the NCAA Tournament. The better teams are too confident in their superior talent to game plan. The conference teams are able to game plan and many of our most successful teams have struggled in conference play.

This year's team? The jury is still out on it.

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I think there is some truth to that. Non-conference teams are getting to know us better, but nowhere near as well as the Valley teams. However, other Valley teams would experience similar things in their non-conference games then, but Valley teams still have been doing well against UNI (even though UNI would/should have a great scout on every team).

[PantherAlum 2008]

Didn't we start 0-4 or 0-5 last year? I believe in the coaches and the players to right the ship.

Here's my take on the 40+ years of DI: Jim Berry, Eldon Miller, Greg McDermott and Ben Jacobsen have won an inordinate number of games against nonconference opponents in the months of November, December and early January. Many of these opponents failed to game plan for UNI in that they were superior in talent. Talent doesn't always win if you fail to game plan. The same is true in the NCAA Tournament. The better teams are too confident in their superior talent to game plan. The conference teams are able to game plan and many of our most successful teams have struggled in conference play.

This year's team? The jury is still out on it.

So are you saying this coaching staff thinks we have superior talent and doesn't game plan or that other teams are just better at game planning? If our most successful teams struggle in conference play, that doesn't say a lot for our coaching staffs ability to game plan period. Other teams in the conference know us well and our playing style and we should equally know them just as well, so if we can't game plan well enough for conference games, I don't know how we would be able to for non-conference games.

[Neighbor]

So are you saying this coaching staff thinks we have superior talent and doesn't game plan or that other teams are just better at game planning? If our most successful teams struggle in conference play, that doesn't say a lot for our coaching staffs ability to game plan period. Other teams in the conference know us well and our playing style and we should equally know them just as well, so if we can't game plan well enough for conference games, I don't know how we would be able to for non-conference games.

The longer tenured coaching staffs are easier to scout.

[achrist70]

The longer tenured coaching staffs are easier to scout.

And Jake will make a few tweaks to the system and we will hopefully get back to looking like a good team. We are still lacking that player who can get to the rim and score consistently, hopefully Tywhon or Isiah are able to more.

[unifan]

And Jake will make a few tweaks to the system and we will hopefully get back to looking like a good team. We are still lacking that player who can get to the rim and score consistently, hopefully Tywhon or Isiah are able to more.

Isaiah really hadn’t had a breakout shooting game before this, so I’m hoping that will help him continue to look for the shots. Hitting some shots from outside will stretch the defense and open up the lane, as well. Nonetheless, we have several others that could benefit from that too.