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61 Montana 42 North Dakota Final

Brekke needs to stay out of foul trouble so he can deal with Ward.

Teammakers would never allow that. It would be like our football coach getting more than our Hockey coach.

I hear they are pretty big into Rodeo.

SDSU has a great basketball facility. Both Fargo and SDSU have about double the attendance for men's basketball that we do. No way do any of the former NCC schools get into the MVC as we know it. But when the smoke clears, they may end up in something called the Missouri Valley that is made up of remnants of the Summit and Horizon.

Plus, it had just added a new and very expensive sport in women's hockey.

The last 8 minutes or so against Montana St., showed how valuable an offensively skilled post player like Brekke can be to this team. Injuries and off-court issues happen to every team, so I'm not making excuses, but one has to wonder at what level of basketball this team could have been playing this season if Huff, Brekke, and Traylor had been available from start to finish. Probably at a similar level to Montana and Weber, IMO.

I was plenty critical of Huff his first two seasons, but I wonder if this guy has seen Huff play this season at all. Yeah, he still has lapses, but he is probably the 2nd best defender on the team, and one of the better defenders in the Big Sky. He's made tremendous strides in his all around game from last season to this season.

Fargo asked the entire NCC to move up as one. Only SDSU and USD voted for it. Northern Colorado had already announced they were leaving regardless.

Interesting is an understatement. Obviously, I'm thinking there is going to be alot of movement forthcoming. I think the Catholic 7 is going to take multiple A10 teams and likely Creighton. IF the MVC only loses Creighton, they could look at Oral Roberts, UIC, maybe even Valparaiso and come out relatively unscathed. But then the A-10 is going to look at more Horizon teams. It could be possible that what's left of the Summit could merge with what is left of the Horizon, and if that includes the former NCC schools and schools like UWGB and UW-Milwaukee, that would actually be a huge upgrade for the Dakota Big 3, IMO. And it would leave the MVFC in tact. More importantly, it would leave the Big Sky as it is!

It'll be interesting to see what what the rest of MVC privates do when/if Creighton joins the Catholic 7. I really don't see Evansville leaving the Valley for the Horizon, but you never know. If the MVC needs to backfill, I think there about a half dozen schools they'd take before they looked at any Summit schools. Was there ever any rumors about UMKC wanting out of the Summit? This kind of shocked me when it went down. There almost has to be something going on behind the scenes at the Summit league for UMKC to feel that the WAC of all places is a better fit for them. I wonder if Oakland and/or another eastern summit school has put the league on notice that they are leaving? Maybe the Horizon is being proactive, because they know that they have about 4 schools that both the A10 and the MVC would take a hard look at if they need members.

Most impressive win of this season I'd say...............

That was impressive. I did not see it coming at all..............

82 North Dakota 73 Montana St. Final

I am a great basketball mind.............................

80 North Dakota 70 MSU 50 secs left

THIS

69 North Dakota 65 MSU 3:00 2H

Webb with the JAM!

Sioux now down 3 Nice run Benton having a real nice game.

MSU up by 9 11:30 2H Benton has 10, making the most of his opportunity

Antwi chucks up alot of 3 pointers but he doesn't make very many...................

Outrebounding us 20-12

Brekke with 4 fouls in under 2 minutes. Bobcats aren't missing much......

37 North Dakota 48 Montana St 15:30 2nd half