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Here is my prediction for the anarchy that will ensue on this board for the rest of the season as a byproduct of the teams' successes & failures.
Now until 6 p.m. tomorrow: Many people will have or did already cry and moan about how we are done for the season.
January 30th - Feb 12th -- This team gets hot and wins five in a row. People on this board start rekindling, downright guaranteeing conference titles. Definitely start predicting a big win at Creighton and start booking NCAA dance cards.
Feb 13th - 17th -- After a close loss @ CU people are down but still talk about how we still can take care of business over the next three games.
Feb 17th - 23rd -- Two more road losses (including the BB) and the sky will be falling on this board. "It's over" they will say. They'll start asking about how they can purchase NIT tickets and what the student ticket policy will be --- knowing full well that the ticket office wont be thinking ahead (due to their confidence in the team's chances? no, much different story. but I digress...).
Feb 24th -- A dominating win on Senior night brings everybody back down to earth. Why?? B/c they realized that UNI just went 12-6 in the knock down drag 'em out MVC, they finished 20-9 and have a 3 seed in the MVC tourney and are one win and a semifinal loss away from likely sliding into an NCAA birth.
March 3-11 -- UNI loses a nailbiter to 2 seed Creighton in the MVCT Semis and the sane fans on this board assure everyone that things are going to be ok but the "Sky is Falling-ers" (NOTE: typically the same ones that had wild-eyed guarantees of conference titles just a couple short weeks ago) will be up in arms. Posters will come up with literally 100s of theories about if we "did enough" in the regular season. We'll have regular bubble watches and conference tourney updates proclaiming the good, bad and the ugly losses that can help or hurt UNI's chances. People will agonize. People will argue. People will develop ulcers.
SELECTION SUNDAY -- For the fourth year in a row your UNI Panthers will be selected to dance and will happily accept traveling many miles to be the underdogs as an 11-seed for America's biggest hardwood party. Back on the board elation insues, unwarranted speculation by the formerly-known as "Sky is Falling-ers" will begin about how our road to the Sweet 16 is "very doable" and "with a little luck" we can easily become "the next George Mason". A bit more sane reactions will come from folks that realize that the NCAA bid is something to cherish, regardless of outcome and that lets not get too carried away. But overall, we'll all be happy. Back-to-Back-to-Back-to-Back looks and sounds a lot cooler than the headline, "UNI to host similarly talented INSERT NAME HERE midmajor in NIT's 1st Round on Wednesday".
In SUMMARY: It's going to be a roller coaster... enjoy the ride.
Now until 6 p.m. tomorrow: Many people will have or did already cry and moan about how we are done for the season.
January 30th - Feb 12th -- This team gets hot and wins five in a row. People on this board start rekindling, downright guaranteeing conference titles. Definitely start predicting a big win at Creighton and start booking NCAA dance cards.
Feb 13th - 17th -- After a close loss @ CU people are down but still talk about how we still can take care of business over the next three games.
Feb 17th - 23rd -- Two more road losses (including the BB) and the sky will be falling on this board. "It's over" they will say. They'll start asking about how they can purchase NIT tickets and what the student ticket policy will be --- knowing full well that the ticket office wont be thinking ahead (due to their confidence in the team's chances? no, much different story. but I digress...).
Feb 24th -- A dominating win on Senior night brings everybody back down to earth. Why?? B/c they realized that UNI just went 12-6 in the knock down drag 'em out MVC, they finished 20-9 and have a 3 seed in the MVC tourney and are one win and a semifinal loss away from likely sliding into an NCAA birth.
March 3-11 -- UNI loses a nailbiter to 2 seed Creighton in the MVCT Semis and the sane fans on this board assure everyone that things are going to be ok but the "Sky is Falling-ers" (NOTE: typically the same ones that had wild-eyed guarantees of conference titles just a couple short weeks ago) will be up in arms. Posters will come up with literally 100s of theories about if we "did enough" in the regular season. We'll have regular bubble watches and conference tourney updates proclaiming the good, bad and the ugly losses that can help or hurt UNI's chances. People will agonize. People will argue. People will develop ulcers.
SELECTION SUNDAY -- For the fourth year in a row your UNI Panthers will be selected to dance and will happily accept traveling many miles to be the underdogs as an 11-seed for America's biggest hardwood party. Back on the board elation insues, unwarranted speculation by the formerly-known as "Sky is Falling-ers" will begin about how our road to the Sweet 16 is "very doable" and "with a little luck" we can easily become "the next George Mason". A bit more sane reactions will come from folks that realize that the NCAA bid is something to cherish, regardless of outcome and that lets not get too carried away. But overall, we'll all be happy. Back-to-Back-to-Back-to-Back looks and sounds a lot cooler than the headline, "UNI to host similarly talented INSERT NAME HERE midmajor in NIT's 1st Round on Wednesday".
In SUMMARY: It's going to be a roller coaster... enjoy the ride.
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