Game 17- Valpo (Black out!)

[sevelev711]

Very normal, comfortable, NET boosting double digit victory.

[orangetennis]

UNI's world famous electric offense is going to win it again for 'em.

52 2nd half pts, tied our season high for points scored (not counting Luther) and shot over 57% for the game! That's hella good...too bad we needed it because we gave up 78, but I'll take the W

[achrist70]

Hey Mudra Jake and AJ had a message during the post game. Shut your damn mouth.

[sevelev711]

Man there's AJ being a bum again, 3 whole turnovers and only 2 assists? Why is he even playing?

...You know what it's not even a fun take to make fun of. Mudra's take of "AJ isn't that good" reminds me of a take I saw in a different forum I'm on, where they said they hate movie critics so much that they automatically assume that the inverse of critics opinion is good. So like, in their mind, Cats is actually great while 1917 sucks, because critics said the opposite. And both that take as well as this take are of the same branch, the "It's so bad I can't even think of a joke" branch. How can you even dislike a player that much? I wasn't a fan of Paul Jesperson, doesn't mean I don't approve of the buzzer beater.

Anyhow, the team got their teeth kicked in over a 10 minute stretch or so but hung on, and that's big. I'm not a huge believer in "character building games," but if such a game did exist, this would be one of them. Good win, rest and recover for the Bradley game.

[UNIChippewa]

Man there's AJ being a bum again, 3 whole turnovers and only 2 assists? Why is he even playing?

...You know what it's not even a fun take to make fun of. Mudra's take of "AJ isn't that good" reminds me of a take I saw in a different forum I'm on, where they said they hate movie critics so much that they automatically assume that the inverse of critics opinion is good. So like, in their mind, Cats is actually great while 1917 sucks, because critics said the opposite. And both that take as well as this take are of the same branch, the "It's so bad I can't even think of a joke" branch. How can you even dislike a player that much? I wasn't a fan of Paul Jesperson, doesn't mean I don't approve of the buzzer beater.

Anyhow, the team got their teeth kicked in over a 10 minute stretch or so but hung on, and that's big. I'm not a huge believer in "character building games," but if such a game did exist, this would be one of them. Good win, rest and recover for the Bradley game.

Probably closer than we all would have liked, but we still put up 88 freakin' points in spite of that first half drought. We've won games coming from behind before, but usually we score in the 50's and keep our opponent in the 40's when we go through those offensive dry spells.

If Coach Jake isn't careful, he's going to get a reputation as an offensive coach.

[GhostOfRedeker]

Did you guys chase off Mudra, or is he just pissed that the Panthers won?

[enkamania]

Did you guys chase off Mudra, or is he just pissed that the Panthers won?

He was mocking our offense, then we put up 52 in the second half, so he's going to be busy for a while.

[sevelev711]

Probably closer than we all would have liked, but we still put up 88 freakin' points in spite of that first half drought. We've won games coming from behind before, but usually we score in the 50's and keep our opponent in the 40's when we go through those offensive dry spells.

If Coach Jake isn't careful, he's going to get a reputation as an offensive coach.

Oh for sure. I don't know if there's any UNI team that could've withstanded a 22-4 run, simply because I can't think of the last time a UNI team would be able to have enough offense to come back. A 20-0 run for UNI offense over like 6 minutes, is absolutely crazy. There are halves where the average UNI team wouldn't score 20. This is a different UNI team. And I'm here for it. All they need to do is tighten it down on defense a bit and stop turning it over.

[mwatje]

When was the last time you enjoyed watching UNI on offense? This is a season to savor and it's going to have a great ending.

[Wxcpanther]

Normally I'll only read the last few pages of the ingame part of the thread, went all the way through tonight and boy am I glad I did. Mudra returned (very briefly...funny how that works) and I think we're all on the same page after that one. Valpo showed me a lot tonight, they only have one senior on the roster. Their next couple years could be really really good. Credit to them because that program was left for dead last offseason. What more is there to say about AJ other than, he's a sophomore. We get 2 more years of him continuing to develop his game. I feel comfortable saying he will be the best to ever wear purple and gold when he finally leaves campus, and knowing how much he loves this school and program growing up around it, I can imagine how much a title like that would mean to him.

[kochrab]

Just watched the replay since I was busy during the game. Didn't look at the ending score at all before watching. Man, I was worried at the end of the first half. But AJ the ice-in-his-veins Green is absolutely incredible. This offense is fun to watch too. Valpo is not a bad team, credit them for playing hard and putting up 78.

[UNIGrainer]

Wasnt able to watch live because of work, and the replay cut off the first 17 minutes but it looks like that was a blessing. What a start to the half and another great performance by AJ.

[kochrab]

Was also reading through the valpo board last night... a few comedians on there believe their team is better than the panthers with one of their other players not injured or a new recruit? Couldn’t fully tell. Don’t get me wrong, they’re good, but for real?

[domedays]

Another decent crowd for a weeknight. More importantly the crowd was more active, and loud enough to bother the other team. Of course it was hard not to be fired up with the second half start.

[Cannic88]

Very normal, comfortable, NET boosting double digit victory.

stayed at 39.