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FIU Golden Panthers

Florida Intl. Golden Panthers

0-0 (0-0), 5th Sun Belt - East

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Last Meeting: Nov 16, 1998, L 44-65
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Thomas, FIU starting over together

Thomas, FIU starting over together
TIM REYNOLDS, Nov 5, 2009
Isiah Thomas knows what his first FIU pregame speech will entail. He'll gather players Monday night, just before they take the court to open the season against defending national champion North Carolina. The talk will be quick. "God help us all," Thomas predicted he'll say, fearing a rout. ...More
 •  Isiah Thomas aims to reinvent himself as basketball coach at Florida International Nov 5 (The Palm Beach Post)*
 • Thomas loses debut in FIU exhibition game - Nov 5 (AP)
 •  Another ‘Mississippi Moment’ for No. 1 Florida? Nov 2 (Northwest Florida Daily News)*
 • Thomas says he's 'hurt' over Magic's book comments - Oct 22 (AP)
 • Thomas has 1st practice with FIU - Oct 17 (AP)
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FIU Team Report Oct 23, 2009

The hiring of basketball legend Isiah Thomas put Florida International in the national college basketball spotlight.

Thomas left the NBA's New York Knicks' front office—he earlier served on the bench in a head-coaching capacity—in a cloud of controversy, but he hopes to revive his coaching career by putting new life into a program that hasn't had a winning season in a decade.

His team is almost as new to the college basketball scene as Thomas, who left Indiana in 1981. Only five lettermen return, and only one of them scored in double figures last year, forward Nicola Gacsesa, who averaged exactly 10 points per game.

The defection of the 2008-09 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year, 6-foot-10 Freddy Asprilla, makes the Panthers as small as they are ...More

 
 
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 Mon, Nov 9 at (6) North Carolina 7:00 pm ---- 
 
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 Fri, Nov 13 at Monmouth 7:00 pm ---- 
 Sun, Nov 15 at Tulsa 3:00 pm ---- 
 Tue, Nov 17 8:00 pm ---- 
 Fri, Nov 20 N.C. Central 7:00 pm ---- 
 Sun, Nov 22 James Madison 6:00 pm ---- 
 Mon, Nov 23 Murray St. 7:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Nov 28 at Eastern Kentucky 7:00 pm ---- 
 Mon, Nov 30 at Bowling Green 7:00 pm ---- 
 Thu, Dec 3 at Florida A&M 7:30 pm ---- 
 Sun, Dec 6 at Florida St. 1:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Dec 12 at Fla Gulf Coast 7:30 pm ---- 
 Thu, Dec 17 at Denver 9:00 pm ---- 
 Sun, Dec 20 at North Texas 4:00 pm ---- 
 Tue, Dec 22 at Sam Houston St. 8:00 pm ---- 
 Thu, Dec 31 South Alabama 12:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Jan 2 at New Orleans 5:30 pm ---- 
 Thu, Jan 7 LA Monroe 8:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Jan 9 Troy 8:00 pm ---- 
 Thu, Jan 14 at Middle Tenn. St. 8:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Jan 16 at West. Kentucky 8:00 pm ---- 
 Thu, Jan 21 Arkansas St. 8:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Jan 23 AR Little Rock 8:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Jan 30 at Florida Atlantic 7:00 pm ---- 
 Thu, Feb 4 at LA Lafayette 8:05 pm ---- 
 Sat, Feb 6 North Texas 2:00 pm ---- 
 Thu, Feb 11 at South Alabama 8:05 pm ---- 
 Sat, Feb 13 at Troy 8:00 pm ---- 
 Thu, Feb 18 Florida Atlantic 8:00 pm ---- 
 Thu, Feb 25 Middle Tenn. St. 8:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Feb 27 West. Kentucky 8:00 pm ---- 
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