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If there is no Summit, they may have no choice. Even with Creighton apparently staying in the MVC, alot still needs to play out. It will be interesting to see what the A-10 does. Even if the Catholic 7 doesn't take Detroit Mercy (which I personally think is unlikely), they may end up being a target of the A-10 once the Catholic 7 gets done plundering them. That is when the Horizon may start looking at Summit schools.

Me thinks that may have been a bit of BS from Denver's AD on that subject.

Southern Utah's third leading scorer has been suspended indefinately because of an arrest for drug possession. Link

Who knows. My guess is that Denver is coveted enough by both the Summit and WAC that they could afford to wait it out and see what happens to the Summit. If it falls apart, they'd likely be immediately re-admitted to the WAC. I don't think the Big Sky is going to look at anybody unless they have defections, which seems unlikely right now. Fullerton's #1 priority right now is to get Idaho football into the league with the rest of their sports.

I see that article also lists Richmond and Sienna as possible candidates. It says St. Louis, Xavier, Dayton, and Butler are "locks".

That's pretty impressive. That's the reason I think there will be a fairly healthy diet of UND and Denver games on CBSSN next season. It will be interesting to see what the numbers will be on NBCSN for for friday's game between the Sioux and Pioneers. Have to think it will probably surpass the numbers for the UND-UNO game, given Denver's following. Anyone know if there is a website where one can easily check TV ratings? I have yet another question for Jayson Hajdu: Do you by chance know what nights the CBSSN plans to air games? Fridays, Saturdays, or both? I'm assuming it will probably be only Friday's. The college basketball schedule is normally pretty light on Friday's, which is why it seems there is more college hockey to be found on Friday's versus Saturdays.

Game time is Wednesday Feb. 20 @ 8:00. As usual game will be on Big Sky TV. Obviously, every game is critical at this point, especially following the choke job against NAU on Saturday. This could prove to be the most challenging of the 3 upcoming Big Sky road games. Northern Colorado is one of the four teams tied for fifth place and just a game back of North Dakota. They are 7-9, have won 3 straight games, and are 5-3 at home in conference play. Looks like they are a perimiter team. They are second in the league in 3pt FG % and have made more 3 pointers than any other team in the league. They have two of the top three 3 point shooters in the conference in Garnica (#1) and Unruh (#3). They are prone to turning it over a bit, and we are first in steals that could play into our hands. This game will be a challenge. Any updates on Brekke and Schuler?

Pulled this from the football forum from Sioux10Fan: Here is a link to the page at the Alumni Association where one can donate specifically to the Indoor Practice Facility: UND Foundation They don't care if a person gives $10 or $10,000 dollars. Let's get this thing done!

The men's tennis team opened the season yesterday with a pair of losses: 7-0 to Drake which is ranked #41 in the country, and 3-4 to Western Illinois who was picked to finish 4th out of 6 teams in the Summit. The women, who were pretty decent back in the NCC days, are 1-8 to start the season, their lone victory coming in the season opener against MSU-Moorhead.

Again though, it was a business decision. Not an attempt to "duck" Fargo. Not dirty and not bush league. Obviously it was done completely within the frame-work of the contract that was signed by both Athletic Directors. Perhaps in the future, all atheltic directors should put a deadline for which buyout clauses can be excercised in addition to the monetary penalty. But from what I've seen of Gene Taylor in the past, my guess is he would have been just as teary eyed had this taken place back in September as he is now. So I call BS on the whole "well it would be alot different if it wasn't February" argument.

So what else is new? NDSU is frustrated and rightfully so. But It is not like Montana St. did anything dirty or under-handed. They simply excercised a clause in a contract that was mutually agreed upon by both parties. Does anybody really think that Fargo would not do the same thing if a Big 10 or Big 12 school came knocking with a $500K+ payout?

Yeah, that was a bad loss to take at home. Shorthanded or not, NAU is a team that we should not lose to at the Sioux Center.

17 UND 19 NAU 8:37 1H

In order for Fargo to get an invitiation from the schools that currently make up the Missouri Valley Conference, their new basketball arena would have to be under construction at the very least, the salaries of the coaching staff would have to double if not more, as would the recruiting budget.

I'm a DirecTV subscriber and I've been emailing them almost weekly asking that they add Midco. Can't hurt anything! Here are links to both the DirecTV and Dish customer support portals: DirecTV Dish I say let's flood them both with requests to add Midco!

That's terrible..............

Attendance was just shy of 1,700 last night. The Weber-Montana game had 7,400.

I think Darrell is just taking the standings off of the Big Sky website, which goes alphabetically at this point. I assume the first tie-breaker is head-to-head, so yeah, SUU would be the 3 seed if the tournament started today.

Probably safe to say now that North Dakota won't make the Big Sky tournament.............................

2/14/13............... 80 Sacramento St. 62 North Dakota

North Dakota football, men's basketball, women's basketball, and volleyball games, both home and away, are streamed FOR FREE through Bigskytv.org. Just plug in your email address and you have access. Men's and women's hockey are the only live events you can get from UNDinsider.com. And I will add that, personally, I've found that the webcasts from Bigskytv.org are exponentially more reliable than those that can be found at UNDinsider.com, which is why I have such a problem with the University relying on their web-based services to provide content to fans.

Weber St. beat the hell out of Montana tonight. The fact that the Wildcats won is not a surprise, but they did so by 24 points and that is a bit of an eye-brow raiser. The Griz still have to play Montana St. and SUU, both on the road, so the location of the Big Sky Tourney is still very much in play. More importantly to North Dakota is the fact that Southern Utah lost to Portland St. tonight. That leaves UND in a tie for 3rd place in the middle of the weekend.

Results, 2/14/13 49 North Dakota 48 Sacramento St. 76 Northern Colorado 68 Northern Arizona 87 Weber St. 63 Montana 87 Montana St 51 Idaho St. 90 Portland St. 69 Southern Utah

This is an excellent question. It sounds like this kid is a very special player, and probably a bit of coup that North Dakota got him. But how many minutes are going to be available to him with seniors Webb, Anderson, Huff, and Schuler on the floor next year? I think I am hoping he redshirts and becomes the next Will Cherry of the Big Sky.

Well, everything about that game was pretty ugly except for the final score! Jamal Webb gets the game ball. Leads the Big Sky in steals, but his lone steal tonight will probably go down as the most significant defensive play of the regular season with around 5 seconds left in the game while up by 1! It was not pretty basketball tonight, but again it was a team win. Eleven assists on the night for the Sioux. When these guys share the ball with each other, good things happen! UND struggled at times with Sac's zone defense. Brekke and Wilmer were in foul trouble all night. We have no depth in the front court due to injury. As ugly as it was, I think this is one of the better wins of the season. They perservered through not having Schuler or Archer at all. Brekke twisted his ankle, but fought through it after Wilmer fouled out. Anderson left the floor for awhile after taking a shot to the face. Sac is decent and a poor matchup for us. Good win tonight!