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  • #1

    Eldon Miller's last season

    Anybody else see a parallel between Eldon's last season & this one?

    Beat both Iowa & Iowa State and then go on to a downer of a season.

    I know we just barely beat Drake at home a year or two ago, but I sure expected the McLeod to be a better home court advantage & a help to the team than it has been.

    I hope senior night doesn't turn out like last year!

    Optimism. Pessimism. Realism
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    I remember that year. The team started off great after taking a trip to Europe in August -- then right after Christmas break, it all went down hill. Yes, that year was very frustrating.
    "...the Northern Iowa men's basketball team reached the ultimate highs before hitting a devastating low. Unexpected success, followed by unimaginable failure. And they owned it -- all of it -- for the world to see. Like men. Like leaders. Like champions -- in a way no tournament bracket could ever define."

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    • #3
      I think the Panthers were 4-14 in the Valley that season and lost in the play-in game in St. Louis...so...NO I don't see a parallel.
      "10% of life is what happens to you, 90% is how you react to what happens."

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      • #4
        Originally posted by '70 Grad View Post
        I know we just barely beat Drake at home a year or two ago, but I sure expected the McLeod to be a better home court advantage & a help to the team than it has been.

        I hope senior night doesn't turn out like last year!

        Optimism. Pessimism. Realism
        The McLeod is a better home court advantage, but when you have games like 3 out of our last 4 the crowd isn't going to be in the game and that is showing up. I really question what this team is doing sometimes because we aren't doing the little or simple things right. How do you beat a zone? You penetrate the gaps so that they collapse to the ball and other guys are open. I bet that I can count on 1 hand how many times we penetrated the gap of the zone last night. We got out rebounded 26-14 down the stretch of this game, and when there are shooters you need to get on top of the screens. McKowen really killed us last night he comes down and hits the 3 to cut the lead to 3, but then he commits a stupid foul and they get the 3 point play. He comes down and hits another 3, but with the shot clock winding down he can't get on top of the screen and they hit a wide open 3 again. This is elementary basketball and we aren't doing the things that we need to do. It's extremely frustrating to watch and your stomach is turning for 40 minutes. I don't know who this team is. Jake really needs to lay into ALL of the guys because this team needs to respond and the nice talk isn't getting anywhere. Make some changes to the starting lineup, throw a press at teams, do something...anything because we need to turn this around and fast.
        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."

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        • #5
          Don't take this the wrong way people (I know some of you will anyway) but I silently had that thought on the way out of the arena last night. Did UNI give up a bigger home court advantage than they thought by moving to the McLeod.

          NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SUGGESTION THAT WE PLAY GAMES IN THE DOME AGAIN.....EVER!!!!!!

          I would have never guessed that we could or would lose this many games at home this year. I just did not see that coming. Would we have won some of those games if they had been played in the dome? I don't know. I guess it was something to take my mind off the game...
          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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          • #6
            McLeod and the Dome shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence when comparing basketball venues. The Dome was fine when you put eight or nine thousand people in it, but how often did that happen. McLeod has the potential to be a huge home court advantage, but a majority of the fans are not doing their part. The games that I have attended, watched on TV or listened to remind me of games at Carver Hawkeye. The fans are great for maybe 20% of the game and then sitting quietly for the rest. It seems like it takes the fans 30 minutes to warm up, and then finally show some intensity for the remaining 10 minutes. Maybe it is just me, but that is what I have observed. When everyone is into it, the place is extremely loud, but that doesn't happen enough. We need to find a way to create a hostile environment for most of or all of the game. McLeod could be the biggest home court advantage in the Valley, but we are there yet.

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            • #7
              You are correct P&G...

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              • #8
                When the crowd is into the game, the McLeod is awesome. I was just waiting for us to take the lead tonight at the end because that place would've erupted. I think it's small size does create a great atmosphere. Hopefully in the future, we'll fill it like we did this year (hopefully even a little more than this year) and our teams will be right back competing for the Valley title.

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                • #9
                  I was also contemplating our home court advantage or lack there of on my drive home this evening. Our crowd does everything it can to create an advantage, IMO, but we just haven't played well enough to defend the hardwood.

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                  • #10
                    The piped in music has to go. It feels like everytime they rip into that stuff the crowd disappears. We have the best band in the Valley, USE THEM...

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