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I think we’ve all heard enough about the GPAC for a while. Besides Mason Walters does anyone have some other names of transfers UND should be looking at? More names will come out next week with the portal but just curious what everyone was thinking

Yep they are. It was actually the men’s team that scrimmaged them though. Its fun to see how talented these non D1 teams around us our. Just proves their are quality basketball teams and players at all levels.

My niece plays on the womens team at UJ which is one reason I follow the GPAC and know about how strong the conference is. But I saw their men’s team had scrimmaged Northen and Morhead. She said the men lost both by around 5 points but that UJ had beat Morhead last year in 2 scrimmages. I know it is only a scrimmage but still interesting to see how the top GPAC team against the top NSIC team did not “get smoked”

I hope he plays another year of college ball. Feel like you see guys leave the NCAA to pursue the NBA dream and it end up with them not making the roster and IF it goes well they get a G League deal. Would love to see him go to a power 5 and have that bigger role. I like the idea of him on team that plays aggressive and fast pace like Arizona Marquette or maybe even Alabama. The power 5 D1 life is definitely an experience of a lifetime hope he gets to enjoy it

Well looks like Oral Roberts is dancing. Hope they can go on a nice run and get the Summit some money!

Yep I just did the math its 64/234 teams make it so 27%. I know NAIA just combined divisions so not sure how many teams made it before they combined

Educate yourself and ask Dom Izzo what he thinks about the conference. I’ll have to relisten to his interview with Mason but he only had great things to say about the conference.

Pac 12 only has 2 teams in the top 25 but I dont think anyone is saying that is a bad conference. I’ve only watched 2 UJ games on BEK this year and dont think they were conference games but UJ is the real deal I can tell you that. I honestly think Walters would have been the best player on UND this year.

No love for Hong on the bench?

Its a huge help when you have a guy named Grant Nelson as the main focus of a “rebuild”. Have to wait and see what they are like when he leaves and they enter a rebuild. This season for them is more like a retooling around him and Boden

He should be the top priority, its been mentioned multiple times how getting a transfer to UND is tough because of the location. Here we have a local kid looking to move up to D1 and probably will stay semi close to home. Not sure if he has any ties to UND or not. Another plus is it will keep him from going to NDSU.

You can make that argument with every advanced statistic. It matters about scheme and who the other 4 guys on the court are as well and unfortunately there is no way to track every single thing that goes into the game into one nice number. Advanced statistics are great to look at but can't be the only thing you look at.

They can announce their intentions to leave at any time, but the portal doesn't open till April

Will be really telling if they give up here in the second half or come out playing hard and can end the season playing the right way

Anything is possible!!!

The UND social team has been killing it. This angle of the BJ lob is sweet!

Thanks? I'm going to assume this is a compliment and not an insult

So we aren't all routing for UND to win in the conference tournament? I'm confused following this?

Agreed actually really like what he had to say here. Also Eaglestaff showing some great playmaking today!

Yeah I wonder if it has anything to do with offering Doppler at the same time. Maybe just wanted to offer them the same day since they are teammates. Hopefully when he gets on campus he'll realize what he needs to do to get minutes and can start to develop into a guy who can get minutes junior and senior year.

Interesting I guess I don't know how the process works for adding a new team to the conference. But I don't think any of this would happen if St Thomas doesn't leave

Whys that? Just dont think the Summit wants 5 Dakota schools?

I haven’t watch much of Kraft but think he will be a much better D1 player which is why he had a handful of D1 offers. What D1 offers did Erickson have? Did he have any others or was it some NSIC offers?

I think it will, I remember a couple years ago it was there goal to be D1 by 2030. I know there hockey team will be playing D1 beginning next season. I may be wrong but I think the main reason the Summit didn’t accept them is because they were bringing on St Thomas and didn’t want to bring both teams at once

UND gets the W. Denver has shoot 4-24 from three against UND this season while UND is 23-61 from three. Live and die by the 3 ball tonight