Wilbur

I can't get excited about sioux basketball any more....Before they printed the starters and the roster in the Fargo Forum I had no idea who any of these guys were. Men's Basketball has become insignificant at UND. When I was a student we used to go to just about every game and the crowd at the Hyslop was always great. I went to one game at the Betty and it was like watching a 5th grade game.....people uninterested, and the only ones who really cared were the coaches and the team. The students didn't even pay attention to the game......They have this great basketball facility and its half full.....

Brad hinted in his blog today that he thought Eidsness may get the start today against the Mavs. I can't believe the coaching staff would take Dell out when the guy is playing so well, and giving the team great goaltending every time he's between the pipes. Next week they have an exhibition game.....let Eidsness play that one....hell....have Eidsness and Maris dress and give them each half of the game. No reason to play Dell in in exhibition game.....

I think if Eidsness doesn't see the net much this year he'll probably be gone. Kind of like a Jeff Frazee situation. Drafted decently high, won't get much time in the net, probably better off trying to move his career in a positive direction instead of waiting on the bench. I still can't believe Jeff Frazee was as highly touted as he was.....talk about a guy who was all over the place and God awful.....Kangas looked like the savior in the gopher net after Frazee was the starter....and Kangas is a shaky at best goaltender.

First star of the night goes to the coaching staff for having the team wear the black uniforms tonight. Talk about giving a team a psychological edge.....I bet when the boys walked into the locker room they all got smiles and had that feeling of something positive. I think the same could be said for SCSU. When they saw the sioux in black they must have thought.....ohh !@#$....here we go..... Great Sweep! Sitting in second place in the league now. Lets go get a couple in Mankato, who should be riding high after beating the gophers twice....well at least their goalie beat Minnesota twice, not sure who else they had on the ice but him.

I usually hate weekends when the sioux are off, but my God do they need a weekend or two off to let some guys heal......Christmas can't come soon enough. Its good to have a guy like Marto that can play more than one position. You talk about the amount of skill they have on D.....all seven of them dressed....

Dell may be the team MVP to this point in time. He has been superb.

We had no goalies on the ice there....how often do you see that.....wow.... Finish here fellas.

What a great play by Genoway.....tough breakout, then sees that Malone has speed on the wing entering the zone.....Malone had a great finish, but give Genoway an attaboy.... And Dell comes up HUGE!!!!!!

Agreed. Dell has been a rock back in the net.

This has to be a goal....has to be.....no other way.....no other way..... If they call this a no goal I give up on WCHA officials.......my god...... And the call...........easy one....had to be a goal...

You talk about the walking wounded.....Losing Hextall.....losing Gregoire.....my gosh...... You talk about two key injuries.....I guess its a good thing that they happened earlier in the season as opposed to later in the year.... I've been way out of the loop. Is Gregoire a concussion? Come on insiders, don't fail me now.

I'm not going out on much of a limb here, but I think that Genoway is going to have a great weekend.....I think we'll see him pick it up a notch from where he's already been the first couple of weeks.

I like that Schlossman recognized the fact that Genoway did it without wanting any type of recognition. What a great example for the rest of the team, hopefully this is something that rubs off on the rest of the team. I like the idea of keeping the team at a hotel Friday night. Although you would hope the players are mature enough to get themselves ready for game 2 of the weekend without any special type of treatment. Here is a question. When the Sioux hosted the regional a couple years ago (Holy Cross) did the team stay in a hotel that weekend?

Genoway is a lot like Brett Favre......high risk high reward sort of game offensively. He usually only gets scored on when he pinches on a play and an odd man rush the other way ends up in the sioux net. Tonight he was in good defensive position and was walked around.....you're right, not a good sign at all....

My gosh....talk about back and forth at the end. Dell with a great save at the end to get a point out of the game for the sioux. A tie sits better than a loss, but still a game the sioux should have won. I can't believe that the officials called that play a goal....that was goaltender interference to a t..............The guy loses his edge into the goalie, lays on him, and the puck goes off him and into the net.....doesn't make much sense. The guy shouldn't have gotten to the net in the first place though.....not a great play by Genoway to get walked around like that. No loss.....lets go get SCSU next weekend.

3-2 Sioux late second.

Glad to see the real Irish showed up in second period....should be a great game to the finish..... Sioux just need to get out of this period and regroup.....wow....Dell almost gave up a softy.

Thats how you let a team back in the game......throw the puck around in your own end....and now you have to kill a penalty....

I mean my gosh....why can't Dell make four saves from in close there? Where is Eidsness? Dell has been very good. The Sioux need to put some pucks in.....too close for comfort here.

The Sioux are absolutely killing the Irish in the corners. Total domination on the cycle for the sioux. Yzerman said it best, put in a powerplay goal here and the game can be just about in the bank.

Great early shift from the first line. Buzzing all over the place.

Dell in the net tonight.....lets roll fellas!

I'm anxious to see Anders Lee play. Extremely hyped out of Edina, and extremely hated by some for not attending the University of Minnesota....(Because every kid who grows up in Minnesota dreams of playing for the gophers right?) I hope the sioux don't pull the same old win Friday and come back Saturday with sloppy play and a loss....Getter done fellas! Getter done! A very happy Thanksgiving to all. Plenty to be thankful for, don't take any of it for granted.

When the name is retired and they can't have the logo on the jerseys anymore this is what they should go to. Gosh I love the look of these.

I wish I could watch this series on TV......should make for some great hockey both nights. You have your prototypical Blais team against a team that might have found its groove against Bucky. I think the advantage the sioux have is that any one of their four lines can match up with the top line at UNO. I think one thing that hurt UNO against the gophs that allowed the gophs to make that crazy comeback against them was their depth at the end. Blais can say all he wants about having the best conditioned team in the country, but I don't think there is any type of conditioning that can handle four lines rolling all night long. I'll say a split occurs this weekend. This could be the weekend where Dell has to steal a game for the sioux, anxious to see if he is up to the challenge.