pawball wrote:"U Do Think UNI Has The More Talented Squad?" God. Get ahold of you and your self-deprecating self.....I doubt that UNI will have any trouble with Ill St. That's about as a no-brainer as you could pick. The toughie is picking the MSU-WSU match.
Okay, you were right. The Panthers came out very focused, and firing on all cylinders (except for some lapses at game point) and were able to handle the Redbirds.
Unfortunately, I think Missouri State feels some sort of jinx whenever they enter the McLeod Center.
They're 0-5 against UNI in the McLeod ('07 through '11), last year they lost in the quarterfinals to Illinois State, and then this year they lost in the semifinals (after a quarterfinal bye) to Wichita State, which puts them at 0-7 in the McLeod.
I'm certain they aren't the only volleyball team to go 0-fer in our arena, it was just something that occurred to me after seeing them get upset in the conference tournament for the second year. And they're generally a pretty good team, so the streak kind of stands out.