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Once they build the new arena they’ll be gone, which opens the door back open for Augustana to get into the Summit

That doesn’t make sense to me why a team moving up needs to wait so long to make the tournament. Now in D2 when teams move down that makes sense but this just seems to unfairly hurt those schools.

He just doesn’t impress me much. Often he doesn’t want to play down low and is pretty lazy. But last night it looks like he finally remembered he was a post and not a guard and scored down low

UND is +9500 to win the Summit Tournament. Sounds like free money and I got my bets placed

Definitely plays hard and crashes the board hard. Not sure but I would imagine he is a good locker room guys as well and always helps having that experience on the roster.

I agree!! Even though Treysen is a 2 i feel like having him play the point this year will be huge for his development and playmaker in years to come. I also love the idea of BJ at the 3 and just putting out a huge starting lineup then having BJ play the 4 one the subs start to come in

Any idea on the ND kids they are looking at? I would think that Jeremiah Sem, Isaiah Schafer, and Deng Deng all have to be on their big board.

Also interesting to note this year Walters has 93 assists to 65 turnovers. I would imagine most of those are coming from kick outs to shooters after being double teamed. But still shows he is a good decision maker and can get others involved.

He has a really nice frame at 6'9" 225 lbs but I agree just isn't quick enough to be out on the wing full time. I think he could play the 4 at a high level though, he might struggle guarding quicker athlete 4s, but his stats say he has 57 blocks this season and that really intrigues me as a back side defender. His is also shooting 38% from 3 and 83% from the line on over 100 attempts each. Can only imagine another off season of work he would improve on that. Sather needs to be going all out once the season ends to get him on a visit.

Even this recruiting class doesn't offer any ball handlers. Would add some good 2 guards with Doppler and Dissette and then some nice size with forwards Connner Kraft and Carson Yale, and big man Ryan Erickson. I agree Sather needs to do whatever he can to get Mason Walter on the team next year. I've watch a couple of his games this year on BEK and he is the real deal. He would fit in perfectly on this team, but it does seem like NDSU makes the most sense for him next year. Also think Jacksen Moni would be a great fit for this team. A big who can stretch the floor pretty good. I don't know if he would leave Northern but would be a good get plus an in state kid.

Was thinking about this today. What would a college team made up of North Dakota born/graduated players that are currently playing college basketball look like. This is the roster I came up with. Starting 5 G: Boden Skunberg, Jamestown, NDSU G: Aanen Moody, Dickinson, Montana Grizz F: De'Sean Eikens, Williston, Cal State Northridge F: Grant Nelson, Devils Lake, NDSU F: Mason Walters, Jamestown, University of Jamestown Rotational Players F: Jacksen Moni, Fargo, Northern State G: Treysen Eaglestaff, Bismarck, UND F: Joe Hurlburt, Enderlin, Colorado G/F: Michael Nhial, Fargo, Northern Bench F: Owen Hektner, Fargo, MSUM Morhead F: Gus Hurlburt, Enderlin, Northwestern F: Dalton Albrecht, Grafton, Bemidji G: Jayce Lowman, Mandan, Bemidji G: Ben Bohl, Minot, Minot State G: Deonte; Martinez, Minot, BSC I really wanted to put a starting 5 of Moni, Walters, and Nelson out there and just watch teams deal with trying to match up with our size but decided bringing Moni off the bench would be the best. The clear weakness of this team is having no true point guard/ball handler on the roster. Eaglestaff and Skunberg will have to step into that role and be more of a play maker which they have not had to do much in their career. The other weakness is 3 point shooting, we all know Moody can shoot the lights out but the rest of the roster be made up of bogs spacing may become an issue. Moni and Walters have been shooting the ball well this year at 37% and 38% but wonder if that would drop a couple percentage points at the D1 level. Let me know how you think this team would do! What is the ceiling for this team, also did I miss any ND players who should be on this roster? I have a few honorable mentions but hope I didn't miss anybody.