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50 UND 47 BG 3:52

UND up 2 with about 12 minutes left now..........

Ralston just said that Brekke appears to be done for the night..............

Decent 1st half by the Sioux, but had a pretty crummy stretch from about the 6 minute mark to the 2 minute mark. Led by 11 at one point.

29 North Dakota 23 BGSU Half

Glad to see Brekke back on the floor tonight..............

13 North Dakota 7 BGSU 11:18

UND MEN'S BASKETBALL: Green and White to play Bowling Green during conference break

LET'S GET BACK ON THE TOPIC AT HAND AND STOP WITH THE PERSONAL ATTACKS.

New Mexico St. has never really been a world-beater in football though, with or without Faison. I don't really see the correlation. New Mexico State's football record during Faison's 6 years as A.D. was 29-40. In the 6 years prior to his tenure they were 18-48. In the 6 seasons after he left the A.D. post, they went 16-58. But, again, he wasn't on the Aggie coaching staff or the active player roster, nor does he participate in either of those roles for North Dakota.

I don't feel that I've lowered my expectations, rather I feel I am able to look at the situation objectively and realistically. I was quite disappointed at how the 2012 season unfolded. I thought the team would minimally be a 6 win team, likely be a 7 win team, and best-case-scenario be an 8 win team. With a swiss cheese defense, a freshman quarterback, and a largely ineffective running game, I'm afraid that 7 wins next season would be quite a feat. Do I expect more from this program? Yes. But that is what I see right now. Personally, I would be very disappointed if 3 to 4 years from now we are not winning playoff games. 7-4................ probably 8-3.................absolutely

I don't believe that I censored anybody. Feel free to voice your opinion. I've been accused of being a "status-quo" guy, and a "duckies and bunnies" guy. I was just offering one reason why I don't blame every little thing that goes wrong on the coaching staff............. I'm just saying that, personally, since I am a farmer that has no NCAA coaching experience, I don't think I'm in a great position to say that the job that Coach Mussman, Coach Hakstol, or Coach Jones are doing in their occupation is inadequate. I don't think any of those 3 guys would be overly-qualified to tell me how to raise a good crop of soybeans. Obviously, alot of people here feel otherwise. That is fine. I was just pointing out why I am not one of the posters here that calls for a coach's head everytime we are behind in the score of a sporting event. As someone with an obvious vested interest in Sioux sports, I encourage you to continue to opine on such matters. I am also a graduate and current supporter of the University. Like you, I don't require agreement with my positions, but I don't think there is a problem with me expressing them, even if they don't fall in line with the majority....................

Personally, I have always been a bit reluctanct to criticize our coaches (although it does happen from time to time), since I have never coached athletics at the NCAA level so I feel rather unqualified to do so. I also rarely criticize pilots because I've never flown an airplane, and usually I refrain from admonishing surgeons because I'm not a doctor.

Big Sky Standings as of 12/26/12: Weber St...........6-3 (2-0) Montana............6-4 (2-0) UNC .................3-6 (1-0) SUU..................3-7 (1-0) Sac St...............6-4 (1-1) NAU..................4-7 (1-1) Portland St........3-6 (1-1) EWU..................3-9 (1-1) Montana St........2-7 (0-2) UND..................2-8 (0-2) Idaho St.............2-9 (0-1)

Good point. I believe SUU's facility is also quite a bit larger than the Sioux Center. The student section at our basketball games is almost always atrocious, whether or not they are on holiday break.

Surprised by the SUU number. Watching that game, it looked there were at most 500 people there, and that is generous........

The injuries are tough, but that happens. I can't get over the disparity between the talent of the Huff/Anderson/Schuler/Webb/Brekke class and the other classes. However, I think that if a player can recieve and MVP award for the first 1/3 of a season, ours should go to Wilmer. He has really been solid this year.............

Oh, that would suck...................

I knew we got off to a rough start, but I never would have guessed watching the game that we shot just 33%. We took 30 more shots than UNC, and made 2 fewer buckets all night. Not a recipe for success.....................

They've actually shot from the charity stripe really well all year with the exception of the UMKC game. 12/15 tonight. Major improvement there thus far.

Field Goals--- UNC: 25/49, UND: 23/69 3 Pt FG:--- UNC 8/16, UND 8/30 Rebounds--- UNC: 43, UND: 36 Turnovers--- UNC: 17, UND: 12

66 North Dakota 75 Northern Colorado Final Wow, not sure what to think at this point.....................

64 UND 71 UNC 28 sec left Frustrating, embarassing, take your pick...............

Wheels don't come off this fast in NASCAR..........................

61 UND 64 UNC 2:10 YUCK!