GeauxSioux

That's what I did last month. I got to go to Boosters on Friday afternoon, a WBB game on Friday night, hockey on Friday and Saturday nights, tailgating and football on Saturday. Doesn't get much better that that.

Yuck! Thankfully this is the last year of this crap.

Better than "We lost to Mayville again this year".

That was the point of the comparison that I was attempting to make. I've read a lot of comments about the lack of progress in MBB. Sure it's just one game, but the Sioux played markedly better against Mayville this year than last. I'm not saying that Mayville is the gold standard to be met, just a point of measure along the way.

Sioux win 74-57. I got to see parts of the game and saw some good things, but also saw some bad (turn-overs and missed layups). Wish I would have been able to see the whole thing. Wish I would have been able to see it live. For those who are saying the Sioux aren't making progress from last year... The Sioux lost to Mayville by 12 last year and won by 17 this year. Progress. Keep it going guys. Go Sioux!!

Read the full title of the Topic..... "Conference Realignments Nationwide..........not just Big Sky" Most of us don't need any convincing. UND wanted the Big Sky and got it.

And remember with the exception of MSP, most of the alumni base is west not east. Sioux hockey enjoys a nice crowd while playing in Denver. Sioux football will likely have the same effect in Greeley. A very large alumni base in AZ for the Northern Arizona games. CA, OR and WA all have big alumni numbers. This isn't just about getting the fans from ND and MN to see games in person, the alumni will have access that they never had before with the televised and webcast as well as the live games near them.

With the retirement of the Fighting Sioux name next year, has there been any thought to changing SiouxSports.com name?

I disagree. The Sioux lost this game last year. They need to play it to find out where they are compared to last year. It may also help to get these young guys some confidence. When the Sioux enter the Big Sky, this may be a game to drop. GO SIOUX!!!

I was going through some newspapers and saw an article that I missed last week in the WSJ. Here is the online piece

Schuler is a redshirt FR. I don't think you can write someone off as a bust in the first half of their first season playing.

What is Hakstol thinking starting the first half the year like this?? The Sioux are never supposed to be in first place at this point. Is he nuts?? He needs to go NOW!!

Looking at the stats, the Sioux were 1-13 from 3-point land. And looking through the play-by-play, the Sioux missed a lot of layups?? Schuler is one of the young ones that I had hoped would be "the shooter". Hopefully, he'll find his game.

Those two have UND in the Big Sky.

Lots of work to do. Is there a reason that they continue to launch 25' 3-pointers when they aren't falling?

Why??

12-0 run to start the second by the bison.

I've been watching the score on the Live Stats. Keep it up Sioux. Take down the Bison.

I lost interest in basketball when it ceased to be a non-contact support. The game is less about skill and more about brawn. Remember when the scores in an NBA game were rarely below 100 and 110-115 was the norm? There were 11 NBA games yesterday. 9 teams scored over 100 points. The Lakers beat the Clippers 87-86. The Pistons scored 74 points. That style of play has migrated to college BB. Brawn over skill. No thanks.

Different, but more unique....Ghost Riders

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If the Sioux are successful in hitting their 3's they can keep this a close game and it could go either way. If they can't, I'll have to say Bison by 15. GO SIOUX!!!!

A while back I read an article about JLG Architects doing models of all of the UND Buildings for Google Earth. I hadn't had a chance to really look at it until today. JLG did a great job. All of UND's buildings are 3D. You can rotate all around the campus for different views. Very cool.

Liar!! You'd be out there, as would I.

With the above in mind and the fact that SDSU only had 3918 for the UND game, I'm correcting the title of this thread to "Back on campus to a domed stadium". There was a lot of chatter in the last week about NDSU's attendance for the playoff game. Imagine if that had been played outside. I watched the Saints play the Bengals yesterday in Cincinnati and saw a half-empty stadium shivering. Sure the attendance says 59,000. No way. I'll just have my memories of Memorial drinking schnapps laced hot chocolate.