How good is N. IL?

[CyCloned]

I see they are 5-5, but do have a close loss to UNO, which our friends to the East think is a good team. Looks like they have some hyphenated foes they have wins against, which is not real impressive.

 

[WDMCyclone]

They are very, very bad. Should be a 20+ point win.

 

[Judoka]

I hear they use grizzly bears for their scout team.

 

[peteypie]

Worse than any team we played in Hawaii, and we get them at home, soooooooo.

 

[Final42b]

They used to have this kid named Abdel Nader that was good...but I heard he left.

 

[Judoka]

I hear their starting point guard once killed a man for looking at him funny.

 

[bostrem00]

They used to have his kid named Abdel Nader that was good...but I heard he left.

I bet that guy's name will never come up on this board again

 

[Judoka]

I hear their coach left his wife at home because he was worried she'd leave him for Hoiberg.

 

[Judoka]

I hear their players can shoot a three pointer over those mountains.

 

[cyclones500]

Most notable resume detail may be loss at UMass (by 26).

One win vs. non-D1, two home wins vs. 200+ RPI teams, two road wins vs 300+. Lost at home to James Madison.

This shouldn't even be close.

 

[Cydar]

I remember when people considered Mark Montgomery a candidate to replace McDermott. An associate head coach at Michigan State and considered one of the top assistant coaches in the country. Unfortunately things have not turned out well for him at Northern Illinois.

And CW did have this weird dream:
http://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/off-topic/94007-had-weirdest-dream-last-night.html

 

[Final42b]

I hear their coach left his wife at home because he was worried she'd leave him for Hoiberg.

Always a legitimate concern

 

[bostrem00]

I hear their coach left his wife at home because he was worried she'd leave him for Hoiberg.

Do you think Iowa's director of basketball operations called all of ISU's future opponents to address that potential problem? I feel like its something Iowa would do....oh wait :biglaugh:

 

[ChiClones]

They have a guy with the last name of "Balls" but his stats would suggest otherwise. :twitcy:

 

[mjhavlo76]

Wouldn't go as far to say they are UMKC type bad... I would compare them to Auburn. They've won some games, but are below average.

 

[bawbie]

Wouldn't go as far to say they are UMKC type bad... I would compare them to Auburn. They've won some games, but are below average.

They are every bit UMKC bad. Kenpom has UMKC at 272 and NIU at 269.

For reference, George Mason, Akron and Texas Tech are all between 120 and 130.

 

[gocubs2118]

I kind of wish this game was at NIU so I could of gone to it. We would of had more ISU fans there than NIU fans.

 

[Sigmapolis]

College Basketball Ratings Page

Iowa State #4 (top 1.14%)
Northern Illinois #234 (out of 350)

 

[83Clone]

Vegas says 24 points worse than ISU

 

[1100011CS]

I see they are 5-5, but do have a close loss to UNO, which our friends to the East think is a good team. Looks like they have some hyphenated foes they have wins against, which is not real impressive.

The spread is - 24