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Wayne Nelson tweet:

Good lord, that is pathetic and a bit embarrassing............................

Schleusner is taking over for Kotelnicki as Special Teams and Recruiting coordinator according to an SFI tweet.

The Summit has 4 men's teams and 3 women's teams playing postseason ball. The Big Sky has 3 Men's and 4 Women's teams still playing.

The Lady Griz got a 13 seed and drew #4 Georgia. Game will be in Spokane, so not really a horrible draw at all for Montana. Northern Colorado, Eastern Washington, and Idaho St. will all play in the WNIT.

Beating NDSU, SDSU, UNI, Montana, Weber, etc would have done wonders for our RPI. Low major conferences like the Big Sky and Summit make or break their RPI during the non-conference season.

Final RPI is very important to the schools from major conferences when it comes to seeking an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament. Therefore, they are reluctant to schedule too many teams from low-major and mid-major conferences that have weak RPIs. Schools from the Missouri Valley that have RPI's ranging from 40-125 have alot better chance of getting games with a high-major than does a school like us at this point. The Big Sky had 2 schools with an RPI under 100, while the rest were in the 200's and higher. That is not very appealing to a mid-level program that is a member of a high-major league that may find itself on the bubble come selection time. For example, if Minnesota would have played us this year instead of NDSU, their RPI would have taken a significant hit regardless of the outcome of the game because NDSU's RPI is so much higher than ours. I don't know how the formula works, but I actually think that this year in a hypothetical situation, a Minnesota win against a North Dakota (or SUU or UNC or whoever) in place of a loss to NDSU (or SDSU, or UNI, or whoever) would have hurt their RPI more. The RPI is a big key to making the at-large selections, and there is a big difference between playing a school with an RPI in the 60-70's versus playing one with an RPI in the mid to low 200's.

You can watch all of the CIT games for free here: www.watchcollegeinsider.com/ The championship game will be on CBS College Sports.

Mollberg.

Agree. I am glad the team gets one and hopefully several more games to play. And winning one of these non NCAA/NIT tournaments would be a huge accomplishment. But to me both the CBI and CIT have a "Beef 'O Brady's Bowl" feel to them. There are 164 DI teams playing post-season basketball this year. Regardless, I'm stoked to be playing Northern Iowa again, and hope they can advance!

There are a few different sources for the basketball RPI, but I think the most readily accessible one to fans is realtimerpi.com. During the season, it updated a day or two after each game. Currently it has North Dakota at 224. For comparison, Montana is 75, Weber St. is 85. This is not an official source, I think the NCAA maintains that and I don't think it is updated as quickly as this one. It is based on the enitre season.

Definately will be a challenge. Hopefully it is a repeat of the Weber games. Blown out in the regular season, give 'em hell in the post season. Northern Iowa is a tough draw, but I don't feel they are heads and shoulders above us.

The Great West Conference gets an autobid to the CIT. Chicago St. won the tournament this year. That is how UND got into the CIT the last two years.

They were on the bubble. There was a strong case for them.

Another North Dakota opponent, Fargo Institute of Butfootball, will travel to Western Michigan for the CBI tournament.

I heard that too. Also heard Doug Gotlieb start laughing when that guy said it. That would be great if it happened. Notoriety and money for the Big Sky.......

What a fun match-up. Can't wait to see how we do against them with a healthy line up!

Montana gets a 13 seed and will face Syracuse. UND opponents SDSU is also a 13 seed while Kansas St. is a 4 seed.

I think Traylor will have the biggest impact next season. At least we saw enough of him that we know he is capable of contributing. I think if he and Brekke are available for an entire season, it would do wonders. It is rare to have two offensively skilled post players at this level.

That was a great performance tonight. Gut-wrenching Way to end the season, but the final 60 minutes of basketball on the season by this team was superb. Thank you to the entire team and staff for an exiting season. And a special thanks is to the seniors that have bled for this program. Can't wait until next year.

Game is 6:30 tonight, and on Big Sky TV as usual. The Sioux are 9.5 point underdogs to Weber. If they play for 40 minutes tonight the way we did for the last 20 minutes last night, we will be right there for the upset. Weber is the most athletic team in the league, but we are the second most athletic. If we bring our A game, we can play with anybody. Go Sioux!

Well, as of tonight, North Dakota joins Weber St. and Montana as the only Big Sky schools with winning records. Knocking off Weber tomorrow would guarantee a winning season.....

There is plenty of room on the bandwagon!

5 players in double figures tonight.....

Huff had 15 pts and 7 rebounds but Wilmer was even better with 11 points and 14 rebounds.