Northern Iowa (11/7/23)

23 minutes ago, Andrew said:

It’s a decent crowd so far with 4 minutes to top we could get to 2-3 thousand maybe….

2 to 3 thousand is awful coming of a national tournament championship and 31 win season. Just, awful. 

Just tuned. Looks like a decent crowd.

NT 19  ------- UNI 15

 

11:58 to go

 

 

Scott looks all-conference right now.

Crowd looks good.  Starting to pick up our defensive pressure.  

83% from 3-pt range, lol.

11 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

2 to 3 thousand is awful coming of a national tournament championship and 31 win season. Just, awful. 

Somebody doesn’t know how awful parking is around the Pit…. We get the side street reserved but most have to park at old fours or further. Not ideal in the dark for many who would want to come out. The students should help fill it up and they look decent right now. 

UNI 24 ------- NT 21

 

7:29 to go

 

Offense has been on a union break for awhile.

 

Edited November 8, 2023 by CMJ

Oh no Ruben hurt bad.

NT  32 -------  UNI 28

 

4:21 to go

 

A lot faster pace than we've played recently.

Edited November 8, 2023 by CMJ

12 minutes ago, Tommy Gadberry said:

Oh no Ruben hurt bad.

Just hit a 3, looks good to go.

NT 38 -------  UNI 36

 

Halftime

 

Overall, I'd say a terrific first twenty minutes of the season.

1 minute ago, CMJ said:

NT 38 -------  UNI 36

 

Halftime

 

Overall, I'd say a terrific first twenty minutes of the season.

A good test.  Outside shooting is great, defense is good overall, just need to work on interior shots and more movement inside.

that last minute was infuriating...that has got to be a 2 for 1 situation...needed to get a shot up with 35ish seconds on the game clock. 

shooting isn't going to stay this hot...gotta find some other ways to score.

I will trade our white guy for any one of their white guys. 

DJ Draper...gosh...I mean, bless his heart.

don’t love the easy points we are giving up from offensive sloppiness.   i feel like slower offense and we would be up by 8-10 points at half

This team has a different feel to it and I'm liking it so far. Coach Mac was one of the best I've ever seen in closing out and winning close games. We'll see if Hodge can do the same. 

51 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Student section looks amazing. Five sections full.

Largest I've seen it in many many seasons, even pre-cv19.

Shooting lights out, or NT would be behind double digits.

No conclusions after one half, but pace is much faster and defense not close to as good.

NI shooting mostly under the basket, and NT shooting threes; not usually a winning combo.  

NT 42 --------  UNI 42

 

15:28 to go

 

Hopefully we can clamp down on D soon.

Edited November 8, 2023 by CMJ

 NT 52 --------   UNI 44

 

12:08 to go

 

Mean Green with a nice stretch with Edwards leading the way. Crowd really helping too.

Best defensive stretch of the game…rotations looked super sharp. 
 

excited about Edwards…looks like a true go-get-it scorer.

Edwards is the real deal!

4400 announced attendance on the radio.

Starting to wear them down a little.  Much better complimentary play, offense/defense.  Keep the crowd into it and we can start to extend the separation.  I wish Allen could have finished that power dunk!

This team is looking strong so far!  Keep it going!!

57 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Somebody doesn’t know how awful parking is around the Pit…. We get the side street reserved but most have to park at old fours or further. Not ideal in the dark for many who would want to come out. The students should help fill it up and they look decent right now. 

And it appears all the entrances closest to Fouts parking are closed.  This will be less than ideal once the winter comes.