Northern Iowa (11/28/24)

[CMJ]

Let's get a trophy from the NIT Season Tip Off in Kissimmee Florida.

[Matt from A700]

Gonna be a tough next three games. Northern Iowa, an undefeated Utah State if we win, and High Point all away from Denton. If we could take 2/3 I'd be happy.

[greenminer]

3 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Gonna be a tough next three games. Northern Iowa, an undefeated Utah State if we win, and High Point all away from Denton. If we could take 2/3 I'd be happy.

Is 2/3 a reasonable expectation? Is 3/3 possible, or a reach?

[Censored by Laurie]

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

Is 2/3 a reasonable expectation? Is 3/3 possible, or a reach?

2 of 3 I think should be the expectation. UNI is better than last year, but I think we're still a step above and High Point is going to be more of a challenge than most realize, but I still think we're a rung up. Utah State is starting to get Top 25 votes and look like they've got two high-level scorers and a bunch of really good role players...including a 6'11" center who is literally perfect (18-18) from the field this year. if we draw USU and win it'd probably be our best win since Purdue

[Matt from A700]

Yeah Utah State is already 5-0 in mostly dominating fashion:

Def. Alcorn State, 101-46
Def. Charlotte, 103-74
Def. Westminster UT (non-D1), 117-53
Def. Montana, 95-83
Def. @ Iowa, 77-69

[NT93]

13 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Yeah Utah State is already 5-0 in mostly dominating fashion:

Def. Alcorn State, 101-46
Def. Charlotte, 103-74
Def. Westminster UT (non-D1), 117-53
Def. Montana, 95-83
Def. @ Iowa, 77-69

Would be interesting to see their offense vs our defense.

[greenminer]

1 hour ago, Censored by Laurie said:

including a 6'11" center who is literally perfect (18-18) from the field this year. if we draw USU and win it'd probably be our best win since Purdue

I dug into this.

Game by game, it's 11-11 (G1), 2-2, 2-2, 3-3.  He DNP in G4.

Aubin Gateretse, from Namur, Belgium

[greenminer]