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Sorry to say it but the performance tonight was absolutely embarassing. When UNI is in Des Moines, we absolutely cannot lay an egg like this. It is too important of a game in terms of public perception in this state. My wife even thought the performance was lackadazical. It doesn't matter if we smoke them in Cedar Falls. The perception will now be that Drake is state champs.
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*There is only one team in the state that has a chance at the NCAA tourney.* We could get "public perception" back at end of regular season.
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Doesn't matter. We lost to Drake in Des Moines. Got smoked. Thats bad.Comment
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This continues to be an optimistic board! Perhaps the tourney title.Originally posted by kruseb View PostComment
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While there is still hope of great run to the big dance, the team that played tonight will have no shot. That was sad. At times I wonder if coaches and players are as focused on the resume and the implications of games and performances like tonight.
Of course I'm sure they are. And even with that understood, we see a performance like that tonight. And yes, Drake played out of their ass. They will not play that well for the rest of the year. Thanks for pulling it out tonight Drake (your new mascot appears to have a diaper on his head-please tell him).
Yeah-I'm bitter and acting like a 4th grader.Comment
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Stopping this team has become way too easy. Sit in a zone, we will dribble for 30 seconds and throw up a terrible shot...
Where was the bench in the second half. Ahelegbe did not play at all. Koch only got 3 minutes, Viet played some. Stephen Jones gave good minutes in the first half and then didn't get any. It really felt like a Mac team last night, only played six guys and the guys that did play, played really tight...Comment
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Scounting anyone?
After a made Drake basket, I've seen Ill St. Bradley, Ind St. and others pick the ball up and get it inbounds as quickly as possible before the press gets set. While UNI was able to get the ball up, they weren't able to get many easy baskets off the press. The hallmark of the Drake press is its' ability to give up easy shots. Not going quickly only helps Drake. UNI also did a great Drake imitation in standing against a zone. Ball movement. Please? Teams have destroyed Drake by playing zone. Are we so tied to man to man we can't adjust according to other teams' strength? Does anyone watch film? If they did, they would know that Drake does much better against man to man than zone. OR did we decide to let Drake, Drake? dictate how the game was to be played, and just presumed we could handle it? Oh and when did Drake last out physical anybody? Waldorf?
Playing poorly is one thing, playing confused and bewildered is quite another. Last night was quite another.Comment
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UNI does a fantastic job scouting. I can't think of a game where I have ever felt UNI was out-prepared. I cannot comment on the current rationale to throw the ball in fast and get it up the court, but it may have something to do with keeping the pace managable, and not getting in such a hurry that you do something errant. I can't remember a turnover off of the full court press (did we have one)?
Drake shot 45% from 3 last night...is a 2-3 zone the best thing to run against a team that is shooting that well? Usually, if teams are shooting poorly from 3, going to a zone tends to work favorably...however, if outside shooting is falling, most teams go back to man-to-man. Those are just my thoughts.
UNI missed shots...open a good portion of the time. Drake hit their shots (multiple from 2-3 feet behind the 3 point line). Drake collapsed on the inside, like most teams have been doing against UNI...the difference was, UNI didn't get the outside shots to fall to open up the middle. That created long rebounds, in which Drake did a great job rebounding. The Knapp Center has not been an easy place to win all year. Drake was fired up for this game with a sellout (as they should have been). They played at a level that I haven't seen from them much this year (and I have seen them play multiple times). If Drake would consistently play at that level, they would be a top half team this year, as they could probably hold serve at home. The problem is that they haven't.
The Panthers have their work cut out for them the rest of the way, but we knew it would be a tough stretch. Playing 5 of 7 on the road sucks. But, if UNI can come out of that stretch 5-2 or 4-3, the rest of the season becomes more managable. The top teams will still lose another game or two. The Panthers sit 15-6. They just need to stick together, and play strong on Tuesday when the Shockers come to town.
BTW, there are still a bunch of tickets left for the Wichita game.The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.Comment
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Ah, we didn't make shots we needed to...refs were a little out of control...Drake shot great. Think that kinda sums it up.GO PANTHERS!Comment
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Brett nailed this one right on the head! I was watching the game with my dad last night and all we did was sit around the three point line and force crappy shots all night long. There is no way that you are going to be able to win a game doing that.Originally posted by Brett Crawford View Post
I don't know how many times I yelled at the TV: "Finish the ball rotation!!!" We would make two passes around the outside and if we made one more pass to the corner we had an open shot every time, but indtead we just forced all of our shots.
We need to get the ball inside to our vetern players Stout and Coleman. We just don't do it enough and instead we rely on the 3 point shot and it kills us. We still had too many turnovers and didn't rebound enough. Why did Brown even dribble after he hit his first few shots. He got called for too many traveling calls when he was open for threes...just jack it up!!! Stout didn't play great last night, but Koch played awesome.
Jake still doesn't know when to call a time out. You could tell that the tide was turning and Drake was outplaying us, but he didn't call a timeout until the 12:04 mark after we made a shot...are you kidding me!!! I understand that at times you want them to play through it, but last night was not that time. Learn when to call a timeout and when to use your bench because the starters played all of those 8 minutes as well.
Wichita is playing well and we aren't playing well at all these last few games. I really hope that we get back to playing PANTHER BASKETBALL. This is an ESPN2 game, so we better play a great game against a great team on Tuesday. We really just need to play our game and not force things. Let's get back on the winning track with a big win against the Shockers on Tuesday. Go Panthers!!!Coach Whisenhunt 1/18/09. "There was never any complaints about not being named the starter, all he wanted was an opportunity and he took advantage of it. Kurt is probably one of the greatest individuals you'll ever meet. Kurt worked hard on a lot of things that a lot of times older quarterbacks aren't willing to do. That's a credit to his humility and his competitive drive, and the reason that we are here today in great part is what Kurt Warner has done for us."Comment
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I don't know about anyone else, but I'm really sick of watching Eric Coleman not get out on opposing teams' big men who can shoot the three (J.J. Tauai, Matt Shaw, Klayton Korver). If Shaw would've hit anything against us at their place they would've killed us. I love the thunder dunks, but it really frustrates me to watch him let guys bomb three balls on us all night.Comment
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I am agreeing with brett crawford and merkpanthers. 5 of us were at the game, against a zone we look inept, in other games it has been that way too with zones. we have little to no dribble penetration and have 3 guards waiting on the 3 point arc. Mckowen was the only guy penetrating late in the game, and he had shots go down,so not sure why Brown or Josten or others do not attack. we screw around letting the shot clock run down,then heave up a desperate look and not a good look. In the first half we had Koch,Viet,Kadzo and maybe Jones on the court for a 3 minute stretch it seemed..and of course no offense.
also-how did eric coleman get called for that intentional or technical, we all thought he was going up for a shot? i could not find any postgame on the drive back to cf after the game...1540 would not come in for me..
WE need to take it out on the Shockers!Comment
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Coleman was getting the rebound and then when he went back up for the shot he had the ball stripped and he forearmed a Drake guy so the refs gave him the flagrent foul. We just don't have any sense of urgency on this team. We just dribble around the outside and throw up junk. We really need to get a Win on Tuesday and hopefully start a really long win streak. Go Panthers!!!Coach Whisenhunt 1/18/09. "There was never any complaints about not being named the starter, all he wanted was an opportunity and he took advantage of it. Kurt is probably one of the greatest individuals you'll ever meet. Kurt worked hard on a lot of things that a lot of times older quarterbacks aren't willing to do. That's a credit to his humility and his competitive drive, and the reason that we are here today in great part is what Kurt Warner has done for us."Comment
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I mean Klayton Korver shot great for the bulldogs last night. It seems like anytime that someone gets hot for an opposing team there is just a let down by this team at times. Funk and Tolliver get hot and UNI is down 20-4 before you even notice. things like that. Or the run that southern illinois made in the late first half there is just 3 or 4 minute let downs through out the game by this team more then any other UNI team I've seen in the past. These three or four minute let downs are what is plaguing this team as these let downs cost them the game even though they may have occurred in the first 10-15 minutes of a game.Comment
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This team doesnt have anyone who can create their own shot, off the dribble, and break a press/zone. With out ECrawford, Benny, or guys like Foster from the past, it seems the offense falls flat without that dimension. I thought Brooks, Brown, or Kwadzo would be that guy this year, I really did, I just think something is missing in that dynamic play department. We have capable big men, and solid outside shooters, but inorder to break a zone you have to be able to take someone off the dribble. Just a frustrating loss and one that a team with this kind of talent should not suffer at this point in the season.
GO PANTHERS!!!
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