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Ouch, Schuler........

I think we forgot something in Missoula.......

UND has come back from worse than this but if they are going to they need to D up and stop throwing the ball the away.

Yuck

Come on guys. Clamp down. This is not the way to head into the half......

9 turnovers for us so far. Very uncharacteristic.

They are hitting everything from beyond the arc. If they start missing some of them, UND will be right there. Anderson needs to get involved.

Charge. Crap......

I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but Huff needs to pass LESS.......

I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but Huff needs to pass LESS.......

How many 3's has UNI hit already?

Schuler is hot. He mad that 18 foot jumper that was nullified by the illegal screen. Feed him the rock........

Things were looking up until that little 6-0 run by the panthers.....

Schuyler off to nice start

2 UND 10 UNIUNI

They are starting off lazy......

Wilmer needs to finish that dunk.....

Sloppy start so far. Of course Sonnen hits his first 3 against us.....

I believe that is basically how they did it up until this year. Except only 6 teams made it and the regular season champ still hosted the semis and finals.......

I think either Belmont or Oral Roberts will be added.

Damn, you got my hopes up! I would like to get a road game with USD going next season. Would be great to have at least one Dakota school in the Sioux Center each year.........

The NIT is about TV ratings. Once the "autobids" (regular season champs that don't make the NCAA's) are settled, they are going to go with teams that will put eyeballs on TV sets. ESPN wants good ratings this season, to sell advertising for next years tournament. I think Fargo was deserving of consideration for the NIT. But being left out is not the travesty that Saul had been making it out to be. There were better teams that were left out, and there teams not as good that got in. Happens with any tournament selection process.

Speculation, or inside knowledge? Having NDSU, SDSU, USD, and UNI all at home in addition to the Big Sky schedule would make for about the most exciting home schedule for basketball in decades. I wondered if the UNI and SDSU games were a one time deal or part of home-and-home. Assumed SDSU was home-and-home but questioned UNI.

Have to consider that there will be 12 teams starting in 2014 when Idaho comes aboard, and will likely go to divisions, so not every team will play twice during the regular season. Having said that, I like only having either 7 or 9 teams be in the tournament, especially if it is at a neutral site. It still gives the #1 seed a bye and an advantage. Including Idaho, there were 6 teams in the league that drew fewer than 1,500 fans per game. So I don't see the fans of the bottom 3 to 5 teams in the league making it a priority to get their travel plans in order early on regardless of the location. For the record, I like the current format where the regular season champ hosts, allowing the best team the easiest path to the Dance. If UND would have gotten hot and won this year's tournament, we surly would have been a 16 seed. Although the chances are still slim, Montana has a much better chance of getting a win in the tourney with a 13 seed than we would have.

Good discussion going at Bobcatnation.com about going to a neutral site for the Big Sky tournament. Both the Bozeman and Grand Forks newspapers have hinted that a change could be coming.............