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He assumed he had UND in his back pocket for whenever he needed them and strung them along for 2+ years...............................then all of the sudden we were off the table. My, I wonder what his President's Council thinks of this grandstanding..................................
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From Kolpack's article:
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This is just comical...................... Douple is obviously jaded by UND's snub of the Summit League.................and Kolpack is prodding him for a story. The Summit League's "stance" on the nickname was first revealed to the public by NDSU athletic director Gene Taylor in response to the legislature exploring the idea of mandating a Sioux-Bison football game.....................that was several months before the Summit invited South Dakota to join the league. Why on earth would a conference official go out of his way to accomodate requests of a non-member school? This guy is completely preposterous.....................
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Won't happen. The university wants/needs home games. You'd be hard pressed to find a low-major or mid-major program that doesn't play at least one and more often two non-DI teams. I don't know the requirements for getting into the NIT, but really the only access UND will ever have to the NCAA tournament will com from the Big Sky's autobid.
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There are exempted tournaments such as the one in Idaho that we participated in this season. I believe you are allowed 4 non-DI games per year, but hopefully that will be reduced to just two with the Big Sky membership. Could still play non-DI exhibition games early on. I think in a perfect world a non-conference schedule in a given year could look something like this (home games bolded) USD NDSU UNI SDSU NAIA NAIA High-Major (Big 10, Big 12, Pac 10) Mid-Major (MVC, Horizon, WAC) 3 Game Exempt Tourney It'll be interesting to see how it shakes out, obviously alot probably hinges on the number of conference games the Big Sky ultimately decides on. If the 20 game model is adopted, perhaps UND will forget about the exempted tourneys and just try to load up on home games and maintain regional rivalries. I'm not so sure at this point though that a number of Big Sky schools, including North Dakota, would be in favor of the 20 game model.
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No, I think most of us are talking about one game per year, alternating the home venue every other year.
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I agree. NDSU comes to GF next year, and hopefully the past idiocy of both administrations regarding scheduling of non-football sports has been left in the past and this series will continue on an annual basis. I would also think that an annual game with USD will be continued on into the future. It would also be nice to get SDSU on the rotation and keep the series with UNI going. That would make for a very nice annual non-conference rotation, although I doubt that UNI would ever agree to annual home-and-homes, but would perhaps entertain coming to GF every 3rd year after we make consecutive visits, at least as long as Ben Jacobson is there. If marketed properly and provided we are competetive, home games against Montana, Montana St., Northern Colorado, and Weber St. have the potential to consistently draw "USD-ish" numbers, meaning the Sioux Center would be near capacity for those games. USD and especially NDSU every other year would give attendance numbers a huge boost.
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The athletic department attributes any ticket sold prior to halftime of the first game to the women's attendance figures. Any additional tickets sold once the 2nd half of the women's game begins is attributed to the men's attendance figures and then added to the final attendance tally of the first game, which is why in the box score men's attendance is modestly higher than the women's game even though recent history suggests that many fans often left after the women's game.
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I would kind of hope that USD would be coming back to the Sioux Center next season to return our favor of playing football in Vermillion two seasons in a row when they were desperate for a home game at the onset of the transition......................
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Since the teams have only played a couple double-headers thus far, the better women's attendance seems to stand on its own. I think in recent seasons the men have been the beneficiaries of the double-headers as a lot of fans left after the women's game during the last few years of NCC play and DI transition years.................
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Gridiron Power Index 1. Eastern Washington 10. NDSU 11. Montana St. 14. Sacramento St. 19. Northern Arizona 23. Montana 26. Weber St 27. SDSU 28. Southern Utah 29. Cal Poly 35. UC Davis 51. South Dakota 61. Portland St. 62. Northern Colorado 63. Northwestern St. 67. North Dakota 84. Lamar 91. Idaho St. Conference Rankings 1. Colonial Athletic Association (21.850) 2. Southern Conference (28.208) 3. Big Sky Conference (28.611) 4. Missouri Valley Football Conference (29.719) 5. Great West Conference (38.531)
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The women have outdrawn the men in each of the previous 3 seasons. Kind of surprises me that the discrepency is so much larger this year than in the past though considering that the women had a horrid start, and the men are somewhat entertaining and more competetive than in recent years...................
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Poor overall FG shooting, poor FT shooting, and poor perimiter defense were the reason this game was lost. It never should have gotten to one OT, much less the 4th one that was result of Chris Webber possessing Jamal Webb's body............ This was one ugly basketball game from the very start. But there are 5 freshman on this team that are all very fun to watch.......................
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This is hands down the most idiotic piece of legislation to come out of Bismarck in quite some time..................................... I hope they also give my employees the authority to overrule me........................ Where's a good old Sioux-Bison football bill when you need one....................
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I don't know anything about the Kueber kid, but heigth was a big reason I brought up Lindahl in another thread..................he seems like Pat Mitchell type player, and you never know, could end up being a surprisingly productive player like Brekke has been this season.......
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New Voice For Sioux Football I'd love to do it....................... But my guess is it will be Paul Ralston.................
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It can obviously be done to an extent.................the men and women played all of their NCC conference games in the REA in 2004-05 and 2005-06. I'd prefer they stay in the Sioux Center, save for when they host NDSU, and possibly down the road if a rivalry develops with a Big Sky school (perhaps Montana or Montana St. ? ) that would consistently be able to sell 5,000+ seats for such a game. Aside from that, I'd consider it a remarkable accomplishment if UND basketball ever averages 3,000 per game again, and the Betty can accomodate that. 3,000 in the Sioux Center is a great home-court advantage. Even 5,000 in the REA is not. Coincidently, Sean Johnson addressed this very subject on Friday on the Christopher Gabriel Program when asked about the several much larger basketball arenas in the Big Sky Conference. He had the same company line answer that the Sioux Center needs to get full before they think about a different home for basketball, but if it did happen that either the REA or the Alerus would be the likely options.................
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I didn't get a chance to see or hear the game, but what an exciting win. Just glancing at the box score, I see Mitchell had 13 points and 11 rebounds while Brekke chipped in 11 points and 7 rebounds..................with all the praise this season about Huff, Webb, and Anderson (and rightfully so), if Mitchell and Brekke can continue to produce closeto those numbers, the Sioux could end up having a surprising GWC season. While as an upper classman, Mitchell is expected to produce, but Brekke sure has been a pleasant surprise IMO this season. Nice balanced scoring from the Sioux with 4 guys in double figures. Allard probably had his best game in college.
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Mine's unwatchable for the first time this season...................around 22%. However it snowed heavily until about 4:00 here today and I see alot of accumulation on the dish...............rather than wade through two feet of snow, I think I'll just watch on DirecTV
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I believe it was star2city that posted a link that college basketball has been struggling even for the high majors in recent seasons. Honestly, I don't expect UND to ever average near the 5,000 mark for attendance in the near future, however as we progress into Big Sky play over the years, I think regular 3,000 plus crowds are attainable, and 2,000 or better for the women as long as we are competetive in league play. I'd think the same should be true for the other 3 Dakota schools. Historically, there's been some pretty good basketball played in the Dakota's amongst UND, USD, and SDSU.................
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54 North Dakota 37 WKU 16:00 2nd half Sioux are playing very well, and against a very quality opponent too.............................still turning it over too much though.
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42 North Dakota 28 WKU Half
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The Mothershed's are going nuts.................................. WKU's RPI is 115.......
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90 North Dakota 74 Longwood Final
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Anderson to Huff with an apparent ferocious alley-oop & dunk...............2nd of the game... Sioux up 90-71