NewUndFan

Like you said all the other schools are facing the same portal transfer issues. Sather still needs to prove that he can recruit and play for championships in the Summit. The other coaches are facing the same issues. We cant keep using that as a excuse to stay at the bottom of the Summit.

I know Sather offered him. I thought we had him until South Dakota jumped in.

Obviously the latter, has nothing to do with the Credit Union

I watched the highlights looked like a alright player nothing that outstanding but the fact he has got this many offers makes me think there is more there . How can you tell he seemed pumped? His Twitter response was the same as all his other offers

Looks like he has 17 other offers from mid major schools. Wonder what our chances are ? Norman have any influence?

No I dont and I am sure we have to have interest. I am just saying I would love to see some more offers to North Dakota kids along with the Michigan kids. Thats it. We have several offers to young Michigan kids right now.

Did you watch any of the State A tournament? Both 8th graders made the all tournament team and the one was the MVP. I would say good chance they are going to be good players. One of the players she beat out for the MVP just signed with Nebraska as junior. If you wait until they are seniors you will be left way behind. But I guess we can keep offering scholarships to Freshman in Michigan. More butts in the seats with North Dakota kids is right. A freshman from Mandan was just offered by NDSU this week. We lost out on a recruit from Grafton that went to USD. Right in our backyard. I get there are alot of reasons why students choose where they go to school, just saying we need to have some interest in kids within our state too.

I hope we start offering some of these scholarships to North Dakota girls too.. We have two very talented 8th graders in Minot that we should be on ASAP.

Agreed. But those two would have been starters next year. I dont think everything is great in Bisonville either. I think some turmoil going on.

Jarius Cook and Harden Hayes. I wouldnt be surprised if Grant Nelson enters the portal too.

I dont know if anyone is Watching the class A championship but UND needs to offer both those 8th grades from Minot a scholarship now !! Not that I don't like all the Michigan girls but we need to keep the good talent here in the state too ! Those girls are going to be good!

Like I said I wish I could be that positive. At the time I didnt have issues with all these players leaving either. But what I am frustrated with is what we replaced those players with. In my opinion we have steadily recruited worse players then we were losing and the players we lost were not that great. But still better then what we have now. If our current players played the players that left who would win? Minus Rebraca.

I just need to get a better attitude and be as positive as you guys are. But this Bruns leaving really got me down. Since Sather took over here are the kids that have left. Moody, Eikens, Gertautus Urbanavicious , Altebauers, Marko Coudreau, Rebraca, Carlos Ramsey, Seybian Sims , Ihenacho and now Bruns. There was others that left that I feel were not D1 players so didnt include them. The ones I listed all I think are as good or better then the team we had out there this year. If players keep leaving are we just going to keep saying its just the way college basketball is? When do we find those players that want to play for Sather and UND? How long do we wait? And Yes I know Rebraca wasnt his decision to leave. I would take G & Marko over T any day as big guys. Ok rant over. I need to just get over it...

Maybe i am just gun shy after our last Brenden Howard experiment. I dont think he ever got picked up by a city team either.

Is this our best choice ? A senior from a bad division 2 school ? I'm having serious doubts now that Sather knows how to recruit a division 1 player

I agree 100% with this and was thinking the same thing. I get they put on a good tournament and better revenue. But at what cost ? To give advantage to two schools that the rest of the league has to compete against ? Having a home court advantage every year to get to the big dance is a huge advantage in recruiting. I think all summit teams should have the same advantage even if it is to the detriment of more income . NDSU usually has a big following and I seen very few NDSU colors watching the game last night. This tells me that their fans were not able to get tickets . SDSU fans swallow them up a year in advance . Yes anyone can but with the advantage in recruiting they have a good chance their team will be in the finals. I'm tired of seeing it too

I hope this isnt a dumb question, but how do we lose one senior spot and add 4 freshman? Who wont be on the team next year? Some of the walk on's dont make the team?

I dont see either of the next two games on ESPN + ? They have Bally Sports North as providing coverage. I thought all the home games if they were being aired would be available on ESPN +?

Who cares if its his wife. Its his program and he can hire who he wants as an assistant. With her qualifications we are lucky to have her as an assistant. Great hire for both of them and cant wait to see what they can do for UND volleyball and making it relevant again!

We did have Aanen Moody and Desean Eikens Looks like Aanen is having a decent year with Southern Utah this year. I know he might have had his issues, but still would have been nice to have a local kid that can shoot on the roster. I am looking forward to seeing Eaglestaff in a uniform next year!

One thing to switch topic on how bad we blew a 20 point lead last night... I seen A'Jahni Levias was dressed for the game for the first time last night. I dont think it has been talked about? I am sure he is still red shirting, but nice to see him on the court with the team. Its hard to tell if he will help the team or not. Anyone have any knowledge on his abilities ?

Until she transfers. Its just a observation and a big one at that. There has to be a reason why you dont start your best player. I think its perfectly reasonable to question this. No one is saying Mal is a bad coach. I just think fans just want our team to keep getting better and we have seen good players transfer from this program in the past and we dont want to see this again.

This is like the third time she hasnt started her. Might be more I am not going to go back and check. When it happened the first few times I figured it must be some sort of punishment for not following rules etc. Now again right after player of the month and the reason why we are winning games again we sit our best player on the bench to start. Your theory would be KB is some sort of destructive student athlete that continues to need punishment and breaks rules? I dont see that from her and maybe its in the locker room. But I guarantee good players that should be starting dont think its a positive to be benched to start the game. In my opinion you need to break some serious rules to take anyone out of a game. And yes ALL players should be held to the same standard. I just dont see KB as a player that is someone that is getting disciplined multiple times during the year.

Agreed. This isnt the first time she has come off the bench. There is no reason for your best player and player of the month to come off the bench. The slow start most definitely was because of this. Do we want our best player transferring? She would start on any team in the summit.

But didn't even make top 3 ?