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Griz up 8 at the half.

One positive about Coach Jones is he sure has people talking about men's basketball..........

To be clear, I didn't say that should be the goal, rather I fear that it is.

I don't disagree, but that is a huge leap. Going from last place to the conference title game in a year's time is a daunting task. If that were the stipulation that Faison put out there (not saying it is), then might as well cut the cord now rather than prolong it. My fear is that when/if he had a conversation with Jones, he told him we best make the conference tourney next year. That is a pretty low goal, but would be fairly remarkable considering where this program is at today.

I certainly hope that Faison at least sat down with Jones earlier this week and outlined what his expectations are for next season. That is of course assuming he has expectations for Men's Basketball. If not, the inmates continue to run the asylum.

They lose 72-64. What a disappointing season.

Down 6 with a minute left

Update: Down 6 with 6 minutes left.

With everybody, including myself, moping about how irrelevant UND men's basketball is compared to NDSU men's basketball, it dawned on me that the women are playing right now. Sioux up 1 early in the 2nd half.

Well then let's hope BF never retires.

Well, based on everything I have read, there is a good chance that an announcement will be made during the tournament this weekend.

Ah another fellow Walsh alum. W.A.L.S.H.: Where All Ladies Seek Happiness

I think the main thing is they generally don't hire inept coaches, and when they do, they don't keep them around for extended periods. Also, the climate in Fargo is less of a factor because it is closer to the equator........

I don't follow the recruiting trail or high school ball closely at all, so if people are expecting the addition of Crandall and Seales to take this team from worst to first, they must be pretty outstanding. But it also makes me wonder if they are so outstanding, why they would choose a program that hasn't accomplished much of anything in well over a decade and when it is at its best it is playing .500 ball?

What is the financial cost of perpetual underachievement?

Wonder what Wayne Tinkle or Randy Rahe could have done with Huff & Co.

I am very surprised.

Not a huge difference between .500 and one game under .500 in my eyes. Also, Mussman did actually have some decent wins under his belt against ranked opponents Cal Poly, SUU, and USD. Jones' most impressive win has been against NDSU.

Winter set in and the air temperature dropped?

It is kind of interesting to look at how attendance for basketball is trending by looking at the rivalry games from a couple of our border states. Montana v. Montana St. (Missoula games only) 2010-11: 7,312 2011-12: 7,003 2012-13: 6,022 2013-14: 4,606 2014-15: 4,915 South Dakota v. South Dakota St. (Brookings games only) 2011-12: 6,216 2012-13: 6,130 2013-14: 5,509 2014-15: 5,354 It is hard to take much from the numbers for the UND-NDSU game, because interestingly each of the 5 games in the DI era has been played in a different venue. But if you look at only the 3 games played in Fargo....... North Dakota v. North Dakota St. (Fargo games only) 2010-11: 10,709 2012-13: 5,168 2014-15: 4,189 Based on the way attendance is going throughout the enitre region, perhaps UND leaders actually had great foresight to build the Sioux Center with only 3,300 seats. Looking at these numbers, I'm not so sure any opponent would bring 5,000+ fans to a game that were played REA next season as we've been discussing in another thread.

I can't even find a score or anything about UND's last game of the year yesterday on the Herald's website. If that doesn't say "nobody cares anymore", I don't know what does.

Is Strand injured? She did not play the last 3 games.

Take the personal stuff to the PM center please.

For the 4th time in 8 seasons, the women's attendance was higher than the men's this season. I don't mean this as a slight in any way against the women's program, they are obviously very deserving of the support they get, but this really shouldn't be the case. Putting a consistent winner on the floor on the men's side would do wonders for attendance. UND is the only school in the Big Sky where the women outdrew the men. The men fell to 4th place in attendence this year, surpassed by Eastern Washington. Women were second only to Montana.

I'm guessing the league is breathing a huge sigh of relief that Montana gets to host rather than Sac St. in the wellness center. I'd say the Griz are the favorites, they have been playing some good basketball of late, having won 7 of their last 8 games. Sac St. has been struggling a bit to end the season. EWU continues to be good. I think NAU could be a dark horse type of team. They have really finished the season strong. No. 2 Eastern Washington (22-8) vs. No. 7 Idaho (13-16) No. 3 Sacramento State (19-10) vs. No. 6 Portland State (15-13) No. 4 Northern Arizona (18-13) vs. No. 5 Northern Colorado (15-14) No. 1 Montana (18-11) vs. No. 8 Weber State (13-16)