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[MVCBeat]

Hello Panthers,

Awesome win last night. I was very worried after game one, but it was great to see Austin establish himself in game two. Will be interesting to see how this plays out and what advantage getting all these young guys extensive minutes will present next year. I just posted the week 5 updated power rankings. I am also using the ten teams from my first article, "Every MVC School's Best Basketball Team of the 20th Century" to play out a simulated all-time MVC season using whatifsports.com. Part one of my two part series on that is also posted. UNI's participant is the 2010 Sweet 16 team.

Have a happy new year all.

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[BrockLesnar]

After Evansville, (2-7,1-3). I wanted to commend Kimmons for going home to help his family. Great kid! God and family are always first. Yes, we're short without Green, Kimmons, and Anderson. Things happened all should return when able to do so. We still need to be thankful for what we have. Twelve healthy guys, coaches, staff, and some fans too. I still have hope we can finish up 6th place and shock the World with 3 in a row at the Arch, but we need changes in strategy. We need to improve the assist to turnover ratio, get to 50-50 rebounds and loose balls, close out on shooters in 3-range, and shoot better. It's hard to know specific changes due to that I have only watched one game with Saint Mary's College way back at the beginning. I have read another post where we have a chance to develop newer players like Heise, Born, Carter, Betts, Henry, Gauger, and Mar. Roger that! Next year's recruiting class of Courbot, Wolf, and Duax all look good even if their season has issues with the Pandemic. Most players should return, but I think the Berhow kid could have an overseas offer to consider. Better days ahead! Stand up and be proud Panthers!

[BrockLesnar]

I disagree with the above article that states the 2010 team was our best 21st century team. Of course, it's debatable, but for my money the 2015 team is the best 21st century team with the school record of wins. True, the 2015 team lost to Louisville in the round of 32 compared to the 2010 team defeating Kansas, but considering record, personnel, coaching, etc. I'll still take the 2015 team. The records on both 2010, (29-5), vs (31-4), 2015, were both quite impressive, though.

[MVCBeat]

I disagree with the above article that states the 2010 team was our best 21st century team. Of course, it's debatable, but for my money the 2015 team is the best 21st century team with the school record of wins. True, the 2015 team lost to Louisville in the round of 32 compared to the 2010 team defeating Kansas, but considering record, personnel, coaching, etc. I'll still take the 2015 team. The records on both 2010, (29-5), vs (31-4), 2015, were both quite impressive, though.

You could definitely go either way. The 2015 team spent a good portion of the year in the top 15, which the 2010 team did not, and did look a lot smoother on offense. I simply have never seen a team that played defense the way the 2010 UNI Panthers did, plus they won the regular season title and had a better tournament run. That is why I went with them.

[MVCBeat]

The Week 6 Power Rankings and Tidbits are now posted.

I have also posted the second part of my All-Time MVC simulated season. The regular season has finished so you can see the final standings, where the 2010 Panthers landed and their scores.

Really looking forward to next week when I play out my all-time season's Arch Madness complete with box scores and game summaries. I have already started and it has been a blast.

Thanks for those of you who are reading. Really cool to see multiple hundreds of views on my articles!

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/

Despite the struggles I feel good about the games against Bradley this weekend.

[BrockLesnar]

The Week 6 Power Rankings and Tidbits are now posted.

I have also posted the second part of my All-Time MVC simulated season. The regular season has finished so you can see the final standings, where the 2010 Panthers landed and their scores.

Really looking forward to next week when I play out my all-time season's Arch Madness complete with box scores and game summaries. I have already started and it has been a blast.

Thanks for those of you who are reading. Really cool to see multiple hundreds of views on my articles!

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/

Despite the struggles I feel good about the games against Bradley this weekend.

I suppose it's fun to see the above simulation of so called best teams, but it's debatable as to accuracy of the results. Of course, I'm biased and think the Panthers are better than 5th place. Hard to say what place is correct, but I think we're much better than 5th place. These simulations are probably wrong like all others that compare athletes and teams from different eras. Rules change over time along with other changes to make it impossible to compare.

[UNI Ka-Bullseye]

I suppose it's fun to see the above simulation of so called best teams, but it's debatable as to accuracy of the results. Of course, I'm biased and think the Panthers are better than 5th place. Hard to say what place is correct, but I think we're much better than 5th place. These simulations are probably wrong like all others that compare athletes and teams from different eras. Rules change over time along with other changes to make it impossible to compare.

Maybe they just finished 5th so they could win their first tournament game against one seed higher in a thriller, only to take down the #1 seed in the second round a la “Down goes Kansas!”

[A Fan In Lean Years]

I suppose it's fun to see the above simulation of so called best teams, but it's debatable as to accuracy of the results. Of course, I'm biased and think the Panthers are better than 5th place. Hard to say what place is correct, but I think we're much better than 5th place. These simulations are probably wrong like all others that compare athletes and teams from different eras. Rules change over time along with other changes to make it impossible to compare.

With the worst overall winning percentage in the MVC right now, I have a tough time seeing us that high under this poor million dollar entertainer.

http://mvc-sports.com/standings.aspx?path=mbball

[Panther Fan]

With the worst overall winning percentage in the MVC right now, I have a tough time seeing us that high under this poor million dollar entertainer.

http://mvc-sports.com/standings.aspx?path=mbball

A Fan In Lean Years (a/k/ Mudra Fan) is not only bitter and annoying, he/she also has an issue with reading comprehension or analytics. The 5th place ranking is a reference to the 2010 team as compared to all MVC teams in 21st Century. Not sure how this years performance impacts that.

[A Fan In Lean Years]

A Fan In Lean Years (a/k/ Mudra Fan) is not only bitter and annoying, he/she also has an issue with reading comprehension or analytics. The 5th place ranking is a reference to the 2010 team as compared to all MVC teams in 21st Century. Not sure how this years performance impacts that.

As the kids are saying, "my bad."

"A Fan In Lean Years (a/k/ Mudra Fan)"...can't get one by you, can I?

[MVCBeat]

I suppose it's fun to see the above simulation of so called best teams, but it's debatable as to accuracy of the results. Of course, I'm biased and think the Panthers are better than 5th place. Hard to say what place is correct, but I think we're much better than 5th place. These simulations are probably wrong like all others that compare athletes and teams from different eras. Rules change over time along with other changes to make it impossible to compare.

Yeah, I have no idea how the website does its simulations. It may be a total coin toss, to be honest. But I am still having fun with it.

[MVCBeat]

Hello Panthers,

There are two new posts this week. The first is my standard weekly power ranking, summaries and tidbits.

The second is one I am really excited about. It is Session I of my "All-Time Arch Madness" featuring all the teams from my "Every MVC School's Best Team of the 20th Century" article. For this, I have supplied a writeup and a box score for each game as provided by whatifsports. Session 1, Thursday Night, is posted, and I will be posting one session a day for the next five days. As the 5-seed, 2010 UNI will make its debut tomorrow in session 2 against 2018 Loyola so make sure to check back. After this week, I'll get back to my normal stuff.

Thanks all. The link is here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/

[MVCBeat]

Hello Panther Fans,

The new weekly power rankings and summaries are posted. This week's other article is about the "Top 30 Newcomers in the MVC in 20-21 (So Far)". Featured Panthers include Mar, Heise and Born. Also my "All-Time Arch Madness" was played out in five sessions over the course of last week and that is now finished and posted.

The link is here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/

Thanks all and good luck.

[MVCBeat]

By the by, in doing my newcomers article I came to realize that Bowen Born will likely be the Freshman of the Year. Right now it isn't even close. Heise is probably #2 on my list right now too.

[MVCBeat]

Hello Panthers,

I just made two new blog posts. One is the standard power rankings and tidbits for week 9. The other is "Every MVC School's Most Famous Basketball Alum". The UNI rep is Nick Nurse. I also included an addendum for other famous alums at each school. Please let me know which ones I missed. I really enjoyed researching this one.

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