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I appreciate your posts. Keep doing what you do. I do not expect a conference title in the next two years. All I expect is improvement to where it is looking like we are trending in the right direction. I will say I don't think the Coach helped himself in the media. I will leave it at that. Jory also didn't have the opportunity to acquire talent in the portal when he started. I know Hutter will be in the Comet Hall of Fame. Fair or not, he will evaluated on this board based on what he does at UND. Brewster was a two time Big Sky coach of the year. I believe he had around a .833 winning percentage in the NAIA and was a NAIA conference coach of the year. Yet, you will hear more about the Summit years. We will see if things trend up this year.

Chill out dude. I am not that the one that initiated the talk about how long it took Jory to turn around the Bison progam. I am aware that UND went to the big dance winning the Big Sky Conference tournament. I was around when UND won 3 natties in a row and a runner-up in D2.

People forget about jesting the Bison WBB teams prior to Collins on this board. The Walseth years. They were 4-12 in conference the year prior. 2-12 in conference the year prior to that.

About half the team this year will be Hutter recruits. Will the 8 person rotation feature mostly Hutter recruits? For those that bring up Jory Collins, his team was in the SL Semifinals the first two years and his team took third his second year in regular season play. Fourth year, his team took second in regular season play.

Nobody said with a different coach, they would be Summit League champs. Nobody said that they had an All-Summit League roster. Bottom line, the Coach put together the roster. He had a year prior to evaluate players on the roster. He will put together the next roster. Roster building is part of the job duties. If you are going to complain about the roster, talk to the Coach! Basketball operations and players have areas they can improve upon based upon last year. I do not have ties to any current players, coaches, or administrators in any athletic program at UND.

You don't think Geno could make this group more competitive. I am not talking wins and losses. I talking development. I leave you with a Geno quote. “When you’re losing,” Geno said, “you can’t keep doing things the same way. The leader must change how we work, strategize, and practice.”

Did the current coach have a hand in this years roster? Coach Eighmey's team is playing tomorrow. Apparently, she was able to acquire players. Coaching staffs and players matter. I wouldn't bet against Geno and his staff, he seems to know how to attract players and develop them.

I am sure the Chaminade coach that beat #1 Virginia went to a blue blood program after that. You did give me a good laugh. We will see what type of roster he can put together this coming year. Hopefully, they can make the jump and be competitive.

Brenda Frese (then known as Brenda Oldfield) served as the University of Minnesota women's basketball head coach for one season (2001–02), executing a dramatic turnaround by guiding the team from an 8-20 record the previous year to a 22-8 record. She was named the 2002 Associated Press National Coach of the Year for this quick revival. It can be done. Schwartz did it. Roebuck did it.

In part, they had a more difficult schedule playing in the Frontier. The number of teams they played that were ranked or receiving votes was higher than Hutter's last year. Jamestown can attest to the level of play in the GPAC was different than the North Star. I am sure Hutter will coach at least to the end of his contract.

Who do you think is going to have a better Summit League career Pearson or Hutter?

So how did the Mayville Maestro go 7-24 this year at UND?

Aaron Kallhoff is 36-61 overall and 15-35 in Big Sky games in 3 years as Head Coach at Sac St. He was a finalist for the position with Bernhard in 2021.

Omaha's Net Ranking was 246. USC Upstate was 348.

Hurst to Omaha also. People forget that there are a lot of D1 schools that could be an option, if you are not set on a certain area.