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I totally agree that your record says what you are capable of. But on the recruiting front, I don't think it is a stretch to say that Jones has probably brought in two of the ten best players (maybe even top 5, 6 or 7) ever to wear a UND uniform in Huff and Hooker. That's what makes his lack of success so frustrating to me. The problem with Rich Glas when he left IMO, was that he got lazy as a recruiter. He is one heckuva a coach and motivator. He would have had loads of success with the players that Jones has brought in over the years. Thats my two cents anyways.............

Regarding the Juco transfers, this goes way back to the DII days, but Emanuel Little and Earvin Youmens were excellent acquisitions. I believe he snagged them his first year here........ All in all, I think Jones has been an excellent recruiter in his time here. In my eyes, that is the one thing he is really good at so I give him credit for it. And I am a Baldwin fan as well.......

Let's drop the name calling and personal attacks from all sides.

I like the Midco analyst Greg Stemen's explanation of the UND offense: "not coherent, not consistent, and not confident". Pretty much sums up the last decade or so of college basketball in Grand Forks.

Randy Rahe would win a lot of games with the players that are on the North Dakota roster......

There is absolutely no reason that UND shouldn't be the next Weber St or Montana.

Well, no chance of either of those things happening.....

Well I know UND would not beat Duke with our current coach.

Yet another all too common embarrassing performance.

I wonder how competitive they will be long term. They were very good for about a 13 year stretch before they left the Big Sky. Other than that brief time period, they have been a pretty poor program regardless of their classification.

As evidenced by the football program, increased success yields increased donations from alumni. What has the basketball program accomplished in the last 10 years to entice donors to be more generous?

If his salary were any higher than it currently is, he would have been fired years ago.

I agree.

Hawkeye that got the rebound was just holding it to run out the clock. Baldwin grabs it with one second left, Drick ends up with it and tries to score.

I agree.

Too bad Seales left early....

You are correct...

Doesn't sound good, but it sounds right......

Got ugly real fast there. Jones is going to have to drop some knowledge making halftime adjustments.

Avants has been great all year. Hooker can't get out of his funk. Geno is out of control. Seales left with injury.

This years team is no different than a couple of the Huff-Webb-Anderson teams. Loads of talent, but likely has a ceiling of a game or two over .500 thanks to inept coaching. It's really a shame, because Jones has proven himself to be a wonderful recruiter. There is more to it though than just getting good players and hoping for the best.

Bubba Schweigert named new North Dakota coach $150K is a friggin steal for Bubba...................

It's closer to the equator........

When I peek at next years schedule, my early take on North Dakota's status for each game looks like this: @ Utah (8-4, 5-4): Underdog -- Self Explanatory. Big time FBS program from the Pac-12 Missouri State (4-7, 2-6): Favorite -- Lower level team from a top tier conference. @ South Dakota (4-7,3-5): Favorite -- Lower level team from a top tier conference. USD games are often competetive, but in the end we've won 6 of last 7 against them. Montana St. (4-7, 2-6): Favorite -- Despite a nice finish, the Cats were a disaster in 2016. @ UC Davis (3-8, 2-6): Favorite -- Lower level conference opponent, installing a new coaching staff in 2017 Northern Colorado (6-5, 4-4): Favorite -- Bears have been better of late. Don't see our 4 game winning streak against them being snapped in the Alerus though. @ Montana (6-5, 3-5): 50/50 -- Griz were soft this year. But it's tough for anyone to get a win in Missoula. Sacramento St. (2-9, 2-6): Favorite -- Might get ugly for the Hornets in this one at the Alerus @ Portland St: Favorite -- Can the Viks return to their 2015 form? Didn't see anything in 2016 that would indicate so. @ Southern Utah: 50/50 -- Only EWU, Poly, and NAU have won more Big Sky games than the T-Birds since the 2012 Expansion. 9-1 at home last two seasons Eastern Washington: Underdog -- Class of the Big Sky for close to a decade now. Could be defending National Champions next year.