Can somebody tell me what has happened to this team?

[Panthers to the Bone]

KG's chair slap and crouched position while yelling was heard at the top of the arena. It was very good to see, IMO. I think the guys responded too.

[NorthernIowaBacker]

On TV, it looked like a foul.

News come on you're better then this. On TV, it did NOT look like a foul, at all.

[D Panther]

This has and continues to play hard, IMO they have lost their toughness. One stat that really jumps out when you look at is before the slump we were holding teams to 35-40% shooting that has now jumped to 45-50%. Lack of toughness leads to fudimental break downs and that is what we are seeing right now

[oldcat]

It was a clean steal. The ref that was in position didn't make the call.........the one that was out of position did. As for the other double "T"....the one that included JJ........didn't see it at the game but saw it when I watched the tapped game. On the play Brooks got fouled and was laying on the floor, Josten was standing under the basket and got elbowed by a MSU player. Josten turned to the baseline ref and raised his arms as to be questioning the incident to the ref. As they walked to the team huddle, ol' baldy was "T"ing up both players. Talk about a bush call!

[Newsbreaker]

News come on you're better then this. On TV, it did NOT look like a foul, at all.

I thought it looked like Brooks used his hand to "pull" himself past the Bear player on the way to picking up the loose ball. It was bang-bang.

[unigriff]

if i could never hear the Pep Bands chant of "I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE" again, i'd be very happy...Marc...get on that buddy!

[oldcat]

Marc................you broke the "jumbo"..................nice closeup and then poof.....................

[Marc Wigim]

My manliness is too much for mere jumbotrons to handle, I guess...

if i could never hear the Pep Bands chant of "I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE" again, i'd be very happy...Marc...get on that buddy!

It's dumb. There I said it, and if anyone in the lower half of the band is reading this, then KNOCK IT OFF. It's pretty lame.

[bobo34]

The main problem is the guard court. They are not hitting from the outside and no one can drive the lane or create their own shot. They lack athletic ablilty. The games I have watched we get killed by teams penatrating against our guards and we can not do that to them. This allows the other teams to pack it in against Stout and Coleman.
Freethrows have also been a problem. Bottom line they need to recruit better athletes.

[pantherfan4ever]

The main problem is the guard court. They are not hitting from the outside and no one can drive the lane or create their own shot. They lack athletic ablilty. The games I have watched we get killed by teams penatrating against our guards and we can not do that to them. This allows the other teams to pack it in against Stout and Coleman.
Freethrows have also been a problem. Bottom line they need to recruit better athletes.

hum, interesting considering brown, kwadzo, koch, and even josten (undersized but still extremely quick and athletic) are very good athletes..

i think we are just not clicking for some reason.. it is strange since we actually have a bit more depth than last year and we were playing so well to start the year.. many of us thought we might not hit the wall this year.. guess we were wrong about that..haha

[blien]

bobo is right on

[jegbomb52]

Watching players like Funk and Ahearn, definately make me miss Benny even more. You're right Drake, we don't have that this season.

We didn't have that last season either dropping four of five down the stretch. Please do not insult Funk by comparing him to Ben Jacobson. Ben Jacobson couldn't hold Funk's jock strap!

[BCPanther]

As much as I liked Ben as a player, Jeg is right on the money...

[SFSederFan]

Funk - next Steve Nash?

Boy, they play a lot alike. Nash was from a mid-major (Santa Clara) that is making a splash out here on the West. Really like Funks game.

Can't believe the Iowa schools keep missing out on these great Iowa players. Funk, Kyle Korver, McKinney, Ryan Sears. UNI needs to get ALL of these type of kids in the future because it doen't appear that Alford doens't think basketball is played well with these Iowa kids.

[AmesPanther]

Can't believe the Iowa schools keep missing out on these great Iowa players. Funk, Kyle Korver, McKinney, Ryan Sears. UNI needs to get ALL of these type of kids in the future because it doen't appear that Alford doens't think basketball is played well with these Iowa kids.

I don't think a lot of these kinds of players were missed. In general in high school they weren't players that were good enough to get scholarships at the "big" schools. Instead they go elsewhere and are given the environment and coaching to become the players they are now. That might not have happened had they been somewhere else.