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Stroup reached a plea agreement. Plead guilty to disorderly conduct and fleeing, the rest of the charges were dropped. He'll spend 2 weekends in jail and perform 110 hours of community service. WDAZ Video

USD looking to form new conference

Again I say............

That trip to Seattle is for a tournament, and we will also play Bryant while we are there.

Add a game @ Drexel to the schedule for UND.

Regents to decide UTPA conference membership on Friday

Thinking long term, Denver will be out of the Sun Belt by 2012-13. They have alot of time to make preparations, but if they cannot find a new home, one has to consider that they could eventually be a possibility to be a member of this "conference". Hopefully we have an established home by then, but there is a good possibility that we may not. Starting 2009-10, the Great West (all-sports) could look like this: UND USD UTPA Houston Baptist Utah Valley Chicago St. *Seattle I'll include Seattle because they're already working with the UxD's and SIU-E this year on scheduling so they could possibly do the same with the others, despite travel costs. That is how I'd like to see it for now anyhow. I doubt that New Jersey Tech, Longwood, and Savannah St. would join on an all-sports basis because there are so many schools out east for scheduling options and travel would be horrendous, but I could see them joining as basketball members. New Jersey Tech and Longwood have had home-and-home arrangements with UTPA, UVU, and CSU for a several years. Same idea for CSU-Bakersfield. Maybe some basketball games, but they have alot of scheduling options for other sports on the west coast. If 2012-13 rolls around with no huge shake-ups along the conference landscape, I could see Denver joining, or replacing Seattle (I think they have a better shot at the WCC than DU).

Double-headers are pretty uncommon in DI, but I would guess to save on travel expenses for all the DI newbies that the games with USD, Seattle, and SIU-Edwardsville will possibly be double-headers. The home schedule so far is pretty similar to what it has in the past few years to me. I think we were all pleasantly surprised with the women's schedule. I thought it would look more like what the men's schedule is shaping out to be.

Nov. 18 vs. Southwest Minnesota St. Nov. 22 vs. Bemidji St. Nov. 26 vs. Upper Iowa Dec. 17 vs. Dickinson St. Dec. 30 vs. UM-Crookston Jan. 13 vs. University of Mary Feb. 3 @ Southwest Minnesota St. TBA vs. Seattle TBA vs. South Dakota TBA vs. SIU-Edwardsville TBA @ Seattle TBA @ South Dakota TBA @ SIU-Edwardsville TBA @ UW-Green Bay TBA @ Northern Colorado

Weber St. in softball, they are adding the sport next year. I agree with what star2city said in the other thread, this is basically a formation of a "feeder" conference for, and administered by the Summit. If someone leaves the Summit in an untimely fashion jeopardizing their auto-bid, they can re-align Chicago St. or UTPA into the Summit. It is a good deal in the interim, providing x-amount of guaranteed games and such. It is a glorified United Basketball Conference. I just hope that if it does come to fruition and UND is a part of it, that it does not mean making a long-term commitment to be a part of it, similar to the 5 year commitment we made to the Great West FOOTBALL Conference, which I don't nessecarily think was a great idea.

As far as getting back into the Summit League, I'd think that Chicago St. would be their first choice IF Centenary or SUU leave on their own volition, based on their core member status, geography, and being a former member. Or if IUPUI or Oakland leave for the Horizon after a Big East shakeup. If none of that happens in the next 4-6 years, I'd say the UxD's have just as good a chance in order to give the conference a solid back-bone.

Confirmation that Brewster has left SDSU, but no official word on where he is heading.

Interesting the way they will phase in sports into the conference over time. I wonder if they'll continue to be a scheduling partner with UND in men's and women's basketball over the next few years.

Nov. 18 vs. Southwest Minnesota St. Nov. 22 vs. Bemidji St. Nov. 26 vs. Upper Iowa Dec. 30 vs. UM-Crookston Jan. 13 vs. University of Mary TBA vs. Seattle TBA vs. South Dakota TBA vs. SIU-Edwardsville TBA @ Seattle TBA @ South Dakota TBA @ SIU-Edwardsville TBA @ UW-Green Bay TBA @ Northern Colorado

I think USD will be fine from the get-go. Jacks fans like to associate USD's recent success with UNC, NDSU, and SDSU leaving the NCC. Well, that situation also happens to coincide with their hiring of Ed Meierkort. I'm of the belief that Meierkort can just flat out coach. He won at DIII, he has won at DII, and I'm guessing that he'll put a pretty good squad together in DI.

He was at Wisconsin-Milwaukee before SDSU. Bio

On-campus interviews, public forums scheduled next week for two baseball candidates

Brewster on the Move....

Nov. 22 vs. Bemidji St. Nov. 26 vs. Upper Iowa Dec. 30 vs. UM-Crookston TBA vs. University of Mary TBA vs. Seattle TBA vs. South Dakota TBA vs. SIU-Edwardsville TBA @ Seattle TBA @ South Dakota TBA @ SIU-Edwardsville TBA @ UW-Green Bay TBA @ Northern Colorado

I see Sioux and 'Yotes.

The volleyball team will play in a tournament hosted by Towson. Other participants are Lehigh and Maryland. I think they'll play all three teams.

The soccer team will also play AT Weber St. and AT Mary this fall.

The Great West website has finally been updated to include UND and USD.

Hats off to Roebuck and company for putting that schedule together! I'd say that is a hell of a good schedule for a team in its first year of transition and in non-counter status. I can't believe they got two MAC schools to come to GF this season. Also glad to see Houston Baptist jump on board with the home-and-home agreement, and to a see a tourney played at the end of the season amongst the transitionals.