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Sad to report that 1989 UND Hall of Fame inductee and basketball star Don Gunhus passed away on Christmas Day. He was a native of Park River and was a day shy of 69. He played for UND from 1971-75.

I'm surprised there is very little acknowledgment of the death of one of UND's great basketball coaches. Bill Fitch could coach, unlike the last few. His first year he inherited a team that was not his. He had to endure losing players and ineligibility, but he still won 15 games his first season. He had to go to the YMCA league to recruit players for the 2nd semester and still beat the Bison 3 out of 4 games. His freshman team (not eligible then) beat the varsity in the first exhibition. The Fieldhouse filled up by 6 PM for the freshman game. Six thousand crowds were common back then.

Around 1960, the NCC consisted of 7 teams. Morningside and USD were travel partners, along with SDSU/Augustana and UND/NDSU. Iowa State Teachers (later State College of Iowa and UNI) was the outlier.

Sorry if this is multiple posts, but Directv shows tonight's game on channel 683 at 8PM

Just looked at the DirecTV schedule and it shows Valpo and North Dakota on 623 Fox College Sports at 7 PM.

The year was 1931. My Dad always swore that the '31 team was the best ever. Oregon was travelling by train to New York for a game with NYU and stopped off in Grand Forks for a "warm-up". The game ended in a 0-0 tie. Oregon was listed as #6 in the nation that year in the old Massey ratings. UND that year was 8-1-2. They beat DePaul and all the regional competition. The ties were with Oregon and George Washington, and the loss was to Duquesne.

I just saw on Rivals that Oregon has scheduled South Dakota for 8/30/14. Oregon has also scheduled Nichols State in 2013, Eastern Washington in 2015, UC Davis in 2016, and Southern Utah in 2017. It looks like the Pac 12 is the place to pick up the money games.

Anyone know where the pregame get-together will be in San Diego on Saturday?

Getting way off topic, but here's more on the derivation of "teh". Not just a Bisonville thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teh

According to the HBU website, Houston Baptist has been accepted into the Southland Conference in 2013-14. Football will start for HBU in 2014.

Try http://collegesportsinfo.com/ There are forums on each conference and lots of speculative blogs referenced.

Has there ever been any thought to playing softball in the Alerus Center? It could probably shoe horn in with a shorter right field fence and a taller wall. I think UNI plays some in the Unidome.

I believe Marquette dropped the Warrior moniker some years ago because it was hostile and abusive. They were among the first to change.

For comparison, NDSU/UND Transition Years - Lower Div. Opponents Year One '04 NDSU Montana Tech, Carson Newman '08 UND TAM Kingsville, St. Cloud St., Wis. LaCrosse Year Two '05 NDSU Arkansas Monticello '09 UND Sioux Falls, So. Oregon Year Three '06 NDSU Concordia St.P. '10 UND NE State-OK Year Four '07 NDSU All D-1 '11 UND Sioux Falls, BH State, Montana Western Year Five, Six, Seven '08,09,10 NDSU All D-1

Very, very disappointing. If we are going to play NAIA or just out of NAIA, why don't we just go back to playing Crookston or Mary? Then, again I'm not sure we can win all three against Sioux Falls, Black Hills and Montana Western.