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I wonder if we will find out who the new commit is today? Anyone have any ideas ?

You mean her dad was adamant she left. We will see if she made the right decision. Of course he wanted her to stay but I dont see him begging her. I heard there was a player that asked to come back and he said no. He wanted players that wanted to be here

I think she made a mistake leaving. With und and the players they have now she would have no competition. With ndsu they have several good guards that shoot better and taller

Well obviously he was good enough to get offers from places like that. I would take my chances on kids like that then some of the ones we have here. Coach Hutter is taking a girl that never played but was on a power 4 team.

St Thomas just signed a player that played Iowa and Miami. I hope we can get a couple of those type players.

I've lived here 10 years now and follow most sports and I can't think of one that left for a better position. But alot of coaches fired in those 10 years. I wonder if it could be our AD ? 🤔

It was probably natsvishvilli. This makes me more depressed for next year. I'm sure coach is scouring the naia for our next all star

Awesome pick up ! I like which direction he is going after recruits! That's how you recruit! Get a good freshman on a good power 4 team that maybe thinks they aren't getting the minutes. I wish the men's team did this !

I dont know that helps us. I'd rather see him use it on a portal transfer. But I see he is very loyal to the athletes that stayed even though a few probbaly could go.

Listening to Coach Hutter's press conference really got me pumped. I really like what he said and i think he was the right choice. I never got that same feeling from when I listened to Mal speak. What really surprised me was that Chaves said he was surprised and caught off guard when Mal said she was stepping down. He really is that far removed from the program?? That 8 girls had put their names in the portal and he thought business as usual? He should have been the one letting her go. I guess we can thank Mal for stepping down and knowing when she had lost the ship.

Couldnt agree with you more. I am definitely ok with him leaving and hoping we can get a upgraded shooter with better defense. I am curious if Amar will get any offers better then UND. He really fell off his second year here. Last year I would have been disappointed losing him, this year not so much.

Anyone have any inside knowledge of our former players in the portal? Who do we think will be able to get better offers then what they had at UND? The only one that I think maybe could go to a better school would Mier. I am hoping we hear about some signings soon. Sorry the basketball chat got so quiet missed talking some hoops!

I wasnt necessarily looking for if they won or lost, but more if any of the new players stood out. If we can expect any of the new players to make a difference next year. If you hear anything please let us know

Do we know how the girls did in the tournament over the weekend? @undVBfan

Wasted her time here with our last coach.

No but I thought I saw this year she was graduating early and done with basketball.

I think hockey would be harder but I agree do hockey too!

The only leverage we have right now is our football programs. If want the summit to get stronger we use football to make the whole league stronger. I really believe this is what Fenton is doing or at least hopeful. The Missouri valley won't let us in for our other sports. Well then take our football programs out and weaken their football conference.

You take out the Dakota schools how good is the MVFC ? They can use a football league to strengthen the core sports namely basketball by Bringing in the Texas schools from the WAC that want to strengthen their football programs. Or use it as leverage to bring other strong schools into the summit.

Does anyone know if they charge for tickets for softball? Looking on the website they dont have a tickets option for home games, but away games there is a ticket option. Thought about maybe taking a game in this weekend. Never thought about softball before, but with this new stadium I have some interest.

Maybe he didn't want her ? She didn't make 1st or 2nd team. Pemberton did. Not saying she wasn't good. But she played alot for herself too.

Purposeful just confirming she was trouble to team chemistry. Watching her all year she never gave high five to teammates. Never helped up a teammate that fell. Reading the article in the forum today said it will be nice to not be the focal point like we had no one else on team. She seemed very full of herself in article in my opinion.

Chaves can't even do that right. It's almost as if he doesn't care about basketball.

You don't honestly think she won't get booed? We are adults and so is she. She made an adult decision. I hope it was a good one for her but to think we should all cheer for her now is crazy. Lots of rumors about her family getting involved with the team and I can't believe it is all false. You almost seem like a family member. I'm here for coach Hutter and I hope he can turn this thing around and I think in time he will.

What time line ? I agree with you. I dont have any inside information but from what I see her dad must have been getting in with the team. Could Josie and her family turned the rest of the team against the coaches ? A Twitter post hints she and her family were angry that Mal offered another grand forks girl that the Schillers felt wasn't deserving and that Josie was the only star of grand forks.