HoopsFan03

Fair points! Other than Omaha, the final four games are all vs teams that are right in the thick of it and will need to get as many wins as possible for seeding purposes. I could see teams having that as extra motivation that they need every single win and can't afford losing one to a bottom of the conference team. I wouldn't be surprised if we go 3-2 the final five games. But I also wouldn't be surprised if we go 1-4.

Which 3 do you have us winning? I think we will win Saturday and then lose the final four. At ORU is a loss. At UMKC I think we would lose as we aren't nearly as good on the road. Vs Western Illinois is a loss I believe. Possibly could pull it off since it is at home but it is an 11 am game on a Thursday so will be very small crowd. St. Thomas hung with ORU the majority of the game last night. That will probably be a loss. I think 1-4, possibly 2-3 over the next 5 games.

Curious where you got these $$$ amounts? I know Scheierman got 6 figures but I don't believe it was up at the $500k amount. I feel like $250k is extremely high for Greisel as well.

Businesses/Boosters. Universities can't be a part of the NIL or directly pay kids. But the boosters and businesses can directly pay kids however they want and however much they want.

Absolutely! Tough to argue Geno leaving to Gonzaga, Shanks to Loyola, and Drick to Washington, but it would have been fun to see that group! Edit: Crandall left the following year. But that group would have done well in the BSC if Drick and Shanks were still there.

That is true! Carson Shanks and Drick Bernstein did about as good of a job as they could have though! That game helped Carson get to Loyola who made the final four the next year and Drick go to and be successful at Washington. We had some really talented players under Jones that went to play at big time schools and professionally.

Agree! Was at that NCAA tournament game and it was awesome! Whole crowd cheering for UND as we went on the second half run to bring it back to a 7 point game against 2 seed Arizona! Would be awesome to have that again!

Why does everyone hate Jones so much?

I like it! I think UND wins this one as well but I think it'll be a little bit closer. Around a 6-10 point win

You have a prediction for this one?

Am I missing something in this mock up or.... where are the team benches at?? Looks like fans courtside on both sides.

Unfortunately there was no way we were going to be able to keep him. Too many personal things for him behind the scenes that led to him leaving UND. Would be nice to still have him in a UND jersey though!

Agreed! Not sure exactly how it works behind the scenes or how it works with getting it broadcasted on ESPN+ but the Summit needs to find a way to have every game on there for fans to be able to watch

I mainly follow the men's team but started watching/going to more of the women's games this year. Something I noticed with Kacie is that when she struggles to score it seems like it is because she is always trying to draw a foul or worries too much about trying to draw that foul, than just worrying about making the shot. And then she is always asking the refs how it wasn't a foul. Is that something she has always done?? I feel like she would be a lot more efficient if she just worried about making the shot instead of trying to draw a foul and then complain when no foul is called.

NDSU and UND aren't even in the same conversation for the state of each basketball program. I don't understand how we win our second conference game of the season in February and all of a sudden the program is turned around and Sather knows how to coach. An extension sets this program back even further.

Okay makes sense! I thought I was missing something trying to look that up lol who has the record for UND and how many?

Am I looking at the wrong record? Steph has the record with 162 in a season. Norman has 62 so far. Needs 100 more with 7 games left.

Both were off catch & shoot, feet set, no hesitation as well!! He can make it when he doesn’t think about it and just lets it fly!

Full 40 minutes! Let’s go!

Let’s finish a game! Full 40 minutes!

Matt is probably our best player right now. But in Sather’s defense sometimes some players are better coming off the bench and even prefer coming off the bench. Norman might be one of those guys. He knows he’s coming in right away, can do whatever he wants, and is going to play 30+ minutes. Not starting isn’t always a bad thing. But if they decided to start him now I wouldn’t blame them either.

So hard to win a conference game on the road. Especially as the bottom team in the conference. I think USD is too much offensively and gets the W

I added Norman and Brooks in there because you need Norman for shooting the ball. He can shoot the crap out of the ball. And I feel like Brooks could develop into a really good slasher and pesty defender. Has shown flashes but him not being able to shoot the ball at all has hindered his development.

For Brooks and Norman, yes. But Omot and Eaglestaff, no. If we had Eaglestaff at the 2 and Omot at the 3 that is great size and length at the 2 and 3. Not many teams have 6'6" and 6'8" wings. The issue is we have one being the backup point when he isn't a PG and the other is playing the 4 when he isn't a 4. Put them in the right positions and they will excel in this league.

This team definitely has talent though is the only issue. With a different coach and a different system we are a middle of the pack Summit team. Sather absolutely needs to go, but they need to try keep Omot, Eaglestaff, Brooks, and Norman for sure.