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https://twitter.com/RoccoMiller8/status/1521519274539454464 TBA @ Idaho TBA vs Montana St 11/11 @ Creighton 11/20 @ Iowa St.

Midco's production and coverage is great, no doubt. Far better than what I have seen from either the KVLY or ForumComm coverage of NDSU in the past 10 years, and it's not close. I just keep coming around to availability. I know Midco coverage of games is fairly accessible via numerous combinations of apps and/or streaming services. But that's just not the same as simply flipping on the TV on a Saturday afternoon, and boom there's the football game. I think there is value to terrestrial/linear TV coverage. Not saying I favor leaving Midco just because of that, just that it is worth exploring IMO. As far as radio, I would really love it if KNOX were the flagship of UND sports. There is so little radio talk of UND sports it really frustrates me. I feel there would be more buzz around UND sports in general if the only station that has local talk for 12 hours a day had the rights, because then they would actually talk about them.

They are buying KVRR/FOX station.....

I agree that the quality of Midco's productions are second to none. But the chance that football games could be on statewide OTA television is enticing IMO. Plus, since leaving the Big Sky conference, I have found it difficult or even impossible at times to find a stream of select Mens & Women's Basketball games. Pluto TV had its issues, but at least all of the Big Sky games were available. I've really been surprised and frustrated at how poor the Summit's streaming capabilities are. This has to be one of Fenton's top priorities.

McFeely blog: Forum Communications a possible bidder to broadcast UND sports

That would be a great addition to the GF area to have a Top Golf style facility, and kudos to UND for looking into something like that. I feel like the if the hitting bays were situated where the chipping green and maintence shed are now, that shouldn't be a major problem as far as the orientation of the driving range and the prevailing winds. As someone who plays the course often, it will be really nice to have an actual clubhouse/pro shop operating again instead of the portable office and porta potties they've been using for the last two summers. The proposal also mentions simulators. Since GF already has a solid simulator business, I hope that isn't the route they go. Alas, my guess is the final concept will probably be MORE apartments with some sort of tiny pro shop on the ground level where you can pay greens fees. And I suppose a city wide vote will be required before anything can happen. NIMBY.

SkyWest/United Express pulling out of Devils Lake and Jamestown. SkyWest Airlines to file for termination of contract with Devils Lake Airport

Looking forward to seeing where Eaglestaff plays in 2023-24........

He had a nice turnaround, T17 heading into the final round.....

It's very sad watching this program right now......

The rule applies to all schools, not just North Dakota..........

It is really unfortunate that this is the position that the program finds itself in, here in Sather's third year. This program has really fallen on hard times. Aside from Hooker's senior season, UND basketball has basically been irrelevant for about 20 years. I don't know if Sather is a good recruiter or not. Bruns is fun, but the rest of the roster is DII talent in my opinion. Ihenaco was very talented, but he left. In this day and age part of recruiting has to be retention. Nobody is going to have success if there is 50% roster turnover every season.

What happened to the games being on ESPN with the move to the Summit? Apparently you have to pay for the women's games now?

Murray St officially joining the MVC and in talks with the MVFC for football membership......... Murray State University Joins The Missouri Valley Conference

Not a surprise at all of course. UND is literally the only school ever to actually WANT to join the Summit League, and only because that is where NDSU landed.

I will continue to support the team as I always do. But North Dakota should NEVER be "predicted" to be one of the two or three worst teams in its league. Sather seems to know what he is doing as far as in game coaching and X's & O's. But I am questioning his eye for talent and/or his ability to recruit that talent which would explain the strong finish his first year with Jones' players (Jones was actually a great recruiter). Now in year 3, this team appears to possibly be one of the worst UND basketball teams in years. I thought Sather was a great hire at the time, and hopefully he still will turn out to be. My fear though is that, in hindsight, Northern State basketball is a lot like UND Hockey or NDSU football. It doesn't really matter who the head coach is, whoever is there is going to win at a pretty good clip.

Wow, can't even be competetive against a 2 win Omaha team. That's really sad. Staring at a last place finish in the league standings I'd say..........

I fear this season is lost. In my eyes, finishing in the top half of the standings would be a remarkable turnaround.

When was the last time there was this little buzz about this game? Not even the crickets are chirping. Never would have guessed it after that week that we beat the Griz and Troy. Sad state that UND basketball finds itself in...........

I think this game could get really ugly. If UND could keep it within 20, I'd be surprised. Richman is an excellent coach, surprised he hasn't moved on yet to a bigger stage.

I agree that an exception could be made when two travel partners are playing one another. I wouldn't be in favor of a doubleheader (those are brutal if you ask me). But since the normal schedule dictates Thursday/Saturday games, why not have the women play on Thursday and the men on Saturday or vice versa? I realize Christmas falls this Saturday, I'm just talking in general. Could be Tuesday/Thursday this week for example.

The Summit League makes the schedule. This setup is called Mirror Scheduling where the M & W play the same opponent every night, one at home while the other is away. This is the way it was done during our time in the Big Sky as well. You probably didn't notice it the last two years of Summit play because with the odd number of teams the schedule got wonky at times. The mirror schedule ensures that each school has a home game every week during league play.

Two seasons in a row that a player quits midway through the season right? Not a great trend.........

It will be interesting to see his response to the possibility of Kansas City leaving. Missouri Valley is meeting next week I believe to decide on expansion. Kolpack has tweeted out that UMKC basically has one foot out the door. Going back to 9 teams is really going to stink for league play in basketball. It would be nice if Fenton has a plan to stop the Summit from being a transient stop-gap league. That is probably unlikely given that none of his predecessors could keep the revolving door of the conference closed since its inception.

Find a way to get North Dakota back into the Big Sky.............