I've been one of the BIGGEST GMac supporters on this site, but I have to tell ya... he'd better make the NCAA tourney this year... or else he has to go. And it pains me greatly to say that.
UNI is a much more disciplined team in every aspect. Our athleticism alone made this a close game. We were outrebounded big time. We were outhustled big time. We were outsmarted big time. And we were outcoached BIG TIME tonight.
There was only one team on the floor tonight that even looked like a fundamentally sound basketball team... UNI. Not one single UNI player would have shot the ball that Dendy did near the end of the game. They all know their roles and play them well. UNI manhandled Brackins all night long, and took it to us physically on the offensive side and got to the FT line. I can't imagine what a team like Texas will do to us on the interior?
If we don't make the NCAA tourney this year, don't expect to make it for a while. Brackins and Gilstrap, our two best athletes by far, are gone next year. At this point, we will be MUCH worse next season. Who is going to play inside for us next year besides Hamilton? Ejim and Phillips are basically guards.
I'm just sick and tired of watching GMac congratulate the UNI coaches and players nearly every single year. It gets VERY old GMac. We know you still have a place in your heart for UNI.... maybe you need to go back there and be an assistant for Jacobsen?