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  • We've done better recently with lower expectations. We knew we'd get no credit this time from the media, but they have absolutely no clue either.

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    • Originally posted by MNpanthers View Post
      We knew we'd get no credit this time from the media, but they have absolutely no clue either.
      Coming off of a 10-15 season, with little change to the team, I'm not sure what we would be expecting from the mythical "media." They're like a boogeyman with some folks.

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      • Originally posted by MNpanthers View Post
        We've done better recently with lower expectations. We knew we'd get no credit this time from the media, but they have absolutely no clue either.
        This year is going to be even more of a crapshoot than last year. So many players coming back for an extra year in addition to mixing in new kids. Mid-majors used to get that edge with 5th year seniors, now pretty much everyone will have that kind of depth/experience.

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        • Originally posted by A Fan In Lean Years View Post
          Coming off of a 10-15 season, with little change to the team, I'm not sure what we would be expecting from the mythical "media." They're like a boogeyman with some folks.
          Yep. No changes other than the best player in the league playing. Probably won't make any difference at all.

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          • Originally posted by A Fan In Lean Years View Post
            Coming off of a 10-15 season, with little change to the team, I'm not sure what we would be expecting from the mythical "media." They're like a boogeyman with some folks.
            Little change to the team has got to be a troll job.

            Remember when AJ carried an objectively much less talented UNI team to a conference championship just 2 years ago?

            And no I don't count or give a crap about the throwaway season last year. 10-15 without our top 2 point guards and Pickford still recovering for the better half of the season, in a once in a lifetime freak season where everything was strange and no crowds. The only takeaway is all those guys got amazing experience figuring out how the offense works when AJ is sitting.

            We've got the 2019 MVP, the reigning FOTY and an all-MVC freshman team returner, a first team all MVC caliber big man, a lights out shooting guard, and plenty of support. Defense should be significantly improved over last year too.

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            • Originally posted by BCPanther View Post

              Yep. No changes other than the best player in the league playing. Probably won't make any difference at all.
              Seems insignificant to me...

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              • Originally posted by BCPanther View Post

                Yep. No changes other than the best player in the league playing. Probably won't make any difference at all.


                I think you mean "4th best player in the league". To be clear, there are a handful of issues I have with these rankings, not just UNI players.

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                • Originally posted by PantherAlum09 View Post



                  I think you mean "4th best player in the league". To be clear, there are a handful of issues I have with these rankings, not just UNI players.
                  Thanks for the proper context.

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                  • Originally posted by MNpanthers View Post

                    Little change to the team has got to be a troll job.

                    Remember when AJ carried an objectively much less talented UNI team to a conference championship just 2 years ago?

                    And no I don't count or give a crap about the throwaway season last year. 10-15 without our top 2 point guards and Pickford still recovering for the better half of the season, in a once in a lifetime freak season where everything was strange and no crowds. The only takeaway is all those guys got amazing experience figuring out how the offense works when AJ is sitting.

                    We've got the 2019 MVP, the reigning FOTY and an all-MVC freshman team returner, a first team all MVC caliber big man, a lights out shooting guard, and plenty of support. Defense should be significantly improved over last year too.
                    We shall see what the fourth best player in the league brings us.

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                    • Originally posted by DownGoesKansas View Post

                      Seems insignificant to me...
                      It is when he's actually the fourth best player.

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                      • Originally posted by A Fan In Lean Years View Post

                        It is when he's actually the fourth best player.
                        Assuming that list is right (which it isnt). Its still significant. You know that.

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                        • Originally posted by PantherAlum09 View Post



                          I think you mean "4th best player in the league". To be clear, there are a handful of issues I have with these rankings, not just UNI players.
                          This list loses all credibility right here:
                          46) Roman Penn-Drake
                          58) AJ Green-UNI
                          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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                          • That list also has the Gonzaga guys on it and the worst recency bias I've ever seen.

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                            • Originally posted by BCPanther View Post
                              That list also has the Gonzaga guys on it and the worst recency bias I've ever seen.
                              But the real question is does adding the 58th best mid major prospect in this perfect ranking even make us better for next year? I would argue that its almost subtraction by addition....

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                              • Originally posted by DownGoesKansas View Post

                                But the real question is does adding the 58th best mid major prospect in this perfect ranking even make us better for next year? I would argue that its almost subtraction by addition....

                                I've currently got us penciled in for 12th in the Valley.

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