AJS

I have a question regarding dorm availability. Fall 2024, the #1 topic was the increase in size of the freshman class and the availability of dorm space. Fall 2025, 14% increase in Freshman class (based on the photo, clearly more on-campus as well vs Fall 2024). Nothing on trouble with dorm availability. Two-part question. (1) Can someone explain this? Were there dorms for example not being utilized that are now open? How close are they actually to being 100% capacity? (2) Is there any plan for new dorms if they are near capacity? Funny thing with momentum, it can change. UND appears to be in the zone right now. Hate to see it being limited by dorm availability. (X2 as it seems likely the full-time on-line subsidies will be looked at by the state).

Some numbers from last year. Seeing how it compares to this year. 1st Day (Fall 2024) Freshman: 2,221 Overall: 14,724 Official (Fall 2024) Freshman: 2,205 Official: 15,019 If 15.5K is correct, that's over a 5% increase over the 1st day total last year. If the number being thrown around for Freshman (2,500) is correct, that's over 12% increase over last year.

Noticed NDSU released a high-level day 1 enrollment. @Teeder11 any insight to when UND will release / what it's going to look like?

All about the FTE's. I've said it before, but up until last year, it all seemed like smoke and mirrors. There was a 7% increase in FTE's between Fall of 2024 and 2023, led by the huge upswing in on-campus full time students. Enrollment increased by 5.9%. What are we hoping for between 2025 and 2024? Enrollment increased by 3.5% with FTE's 4%?

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/north-dakota/und-expands-programs-as-student-numbers-reach-new-high

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/biggest-freshman-class-in-und-history-to-move-in-saturday

@SpudsSioux great post! It's along the lines of the question I posed earlier. The fatal flaw with recruiting from a social media perspective, is everyone is treated by the fanbases / media like they are 5-star recruit. It's universal. I get it. There's no reason to be a wet blanket. If you compared two recruiting classes. One has one 5-star and the other has three 4-star and two 3.5 star commits a few weeks into August; I'll tell you which one I'd want UND to be and which one the social media hype will tell you is better. Echoing what @SpudsSioux said, I love the calculated approach (what I perceive to be). I'm hoping they are only offering guys they feel are legit "big-time" recruits in this early portion (August / September).

Genuine question, since I really don't know. Gunnar Conboy, Brooks Cullen, Wyatt Cullen, Luka Jarvis. At this time, are any / all blue-chip type recruits? High-end? High upside? Are we talking 4.5 / 5-star guys?

Taking a closer look at the NTDP players last year that could commit and the time frame they committed. 08/01/2024 to 08/05/2024: 7 08/06/2024 to 08/10/2024: 2 08/11/2024 to 08/19/2024: 2 08/20/2024 to 08/31/2024: 2 September 2024: 1 October 2024: 1 2025: 2

They’ve made the announcement a bit later the last few years. • 2024 - August 16 • 2023 - August 18 • 2022 - September 1

His hometown is 3 hours from Grand Forks. You’d think that’ll help.

13/14F. Love the addition. If you can't land a whale, this is the route I was hoping they'd go. Opens up another F spot for freshman class of 2026. Throw everything you can at Desnoyers, if you can't land him, I hope they go this route 1 more time.

Head Coach x Defense It's hard to emphasize how bad both have been for years. New era. It's going to be fun to watch.

With this new talent pool, roster spots are incredibly valuable. If you're not able to get a high-end guy, I would (1) Add someone from the Portal w/ only one year of eligibility left. Essentially, punt. Have them as your 14/15F. This also frees up a spot in the 2026 F class. (2) Bring in one of the current recruits a year earlier than you expected. Probably Schultz. Frees another spot in the 2026 F class. Important for Schultz is he's at worst 13F since you already have two-depth guys behind him.