You've got to love how much people care about this game...ESPN still lists Toler as our top scorer (I guess it's technically true...but relevant?).

If we beat CMU Sunday, we'll actually sweep a team this season! So...yeah.

CMU is bad (you know that because we've already beaten them.) They don't do much of anything all that well. They have Trey Zeigler (16 ppg but an AWFUL free throw shooter...and their best rebounder, somehow)...and....uh...Derek Johnson isn't too bad. Neither is Austin McBroom (no, that name isn't a typo). But all their scoring comes from their guards, so it's a matchup we can win on D.

..Sorry...I'm still laughing about the last name McBroom.

Nixon has quietly stepped up his game (3 straight with 10 or more points) and started the last one. Hopefully he keeps up the scoring. Nader also has been rebounding well the last few games....keep it up, gangly man.

Last time out, we had to shoot lights out (63% from 3) to beat a bad team at home by 8. So just because this is a winnable game, nothing is easy for this team. We've also played a lot better on the road lately, so that's encouraging. CMU hasn't exactly gotten better as the season has gone on, either; they've lost 11 of their last 12, almost all MAC games.

Did you know that 56.3 percent of the minutes played in the NIU lineup have been played by first year players; no other team in the MAC has had more than 22 percent of its minutes played by freshmen? We've paid the price this year, hopefully it pays off later. Now back to our featured presentation.

I'm dying for a win, so I'll let the tiny part of my brain that still has hope predict this one:

We get our first road win. NIU 66, CMU 65.

(02-25-2012 12:39 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  You've got to love how much people care about this game...ESPN still lists Toler as our top scorer (I guess it's technically true...but relevant?).

If we beat CMU Sunday, we'll actually sweep a team this season! So...yeah.

CMU is bad (you know that because we've already beaten them.) They don't do much of anything all that well. They have Trey Zeigler (16 ppg but an AWFUL free throw shooter...and their best rebounder, somehow)...and....uh...Derek Johnson isn't too bad. Neither is Austic McBroom (no, that name isn't a typo). But all their scoring comes from their guards, so it's a matchup we can win on D.

..Sorry...I'm still laughing about the last name McBroom.

Nixon has quietly stepped up his game (3 straight with 10 or more points) and started the last one. Hopefully he keeps up the scoring. Nader also has been rebounding well the last few games....keep it up, gangly man.

Last time out, we had to shoot lights out (63% from 3) to beat a bad team at home by 8. So just because this is a winnable game, nothing is easy for this team. We've also played a lot better on the road lately, so that's encouraging. CMU hasn't exactly gotten better as the season has gone on, either; they've lost 11 of their last 12, almost all MAC games.

Did you know that 56.3 percent of the minutes played in the NIU lineup have been played by first year players; no other team in the MAC has had more than 22 percent of its minutes played by freshmen? We've paid the price this year, hopefully it pays off later. Now back to our featured presentation.

I'm dying for a win, so I'll let the tiny part of my brain that still has hope predict this one:

We get our first road win. NIU 66, CMU 65.

thanks.

Not a problem. Ironically, I wrote "no, that name isn't a typo" after Austin McBroom...but the first time I typed it, it was "Austic" McBroom...so it was a typo, so I am a liar.

11th seed probably at stake in this game. A loss would pretty much assure us the 12 seed

The stream is up, though they aren't showing anything other than a CMU logo yet:

Watch CMU-NIU

(02-25-2012 04:56 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  11th seed probably at stake in this game. A loss would pretty much assure us the 12 seed

Personally, I'm not so worried about seeding. I just want us to win a game or two more to help ease that bitter taste from a long season.

There is another stream option at WatchEspn:

WatchESPN

Not sure if they know we can hear them...wow.

"Northern Illinois has 14 pages of game notes for every win this season"

That's why I love streams....you get to hear the off air stuff.

Their intro guy sounds like a demented hype man....pretty awesome.

Good for Nixon, he gets another start.

Nader off to a hot a start.

6 of the first 7 shots in the game go in....did not expect that from these teams.

everyone off to a hot start

CMU playing D out to half court, so if we can deal with a little pressure, there will be passing lanes.

Nader! great steal and break

Nader with a steal and a 3 point play....nice! Take it all, Nader.

Storm with a nice drive, just couldn't finish.

Crappy charge call.

Zeigler with an awful, early shot clock, off balance shot.