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NMSU would be a good add but they would be a constant flight risk but probably a risk worth taking. I wouldn't mind adding one MN school, that said any of those schools would likely need to pull an Omaha to make it work. UNC also has a football issue. I wonder how Denver would feel about GCU, a big push for them to join the Summit was because GCU joined the WAC.

UMKC maybe, seems like the WAC is getting too expensive for them.

I doubt Gonzaga wants them back in WCC...That is their stomping grounds.

Yeah, I'm not too worried about women's hockey ever being demanded in a survey.

Only way NDSU will ever have a women's hockey team is if the school has a men's team. We'll never have a men's team for that very reason.

Does every women's hockey program just lose tons of money? Or is it only the schools that try to compete?

Yep....Just look at MBB. 1.4 million people watched UND-AZ in the big dance....But I guess women's hockey and its 209 fans deserve a bigger budget because of Olympians or something like that. Rival fan here but your admin made a very wise move today, a decision that I doubt previous admins would have had the guts to make.

There will be an afternoon session and a later session.

Looks like about a $400k budget cut for NDSU athletics...

I think only the CAA would be of interest to them.

I think the school is attracting better students, the school could probably have a bigger enrollment if it had a better infrastructure. I think the community has invested a lot more in NDSU as well. The school certainly has a much more recognizable profile nationally.

SDSU has spent a lot of money investing in football, I mean just look at their current facilities...probably the best in the region. NDSU put a ton into basketball, when it moved up it had coaches like Tim Miles that could recruit and the NCAA tournament gave them something real to sell. You need to leave DII in the past, it is a different world now.

Was the NCC MBB title game on ESPN2 and WBB game on ESPNU? Going DI was about increased exposure and playing more peer schools, at least that is what it was for in regards NDSU and the move has certainly delivered that.

Looks like he hasn't given up yet... http://csnbbs.com/thread-806563-post-14027829.html#pid14027829

I'm not, a 10th school makes scheduling easier and probably makes it easier to establish travel partners. Also adds a stable member. The MVFC side of this equation is far more surprising.

We beat EWU with DeLuca....If he was playing against SDSU that game probably has a different outcome. That said I don't mind playing SDSU, the team no doubt wants another crack at them. Any seeded team is going to be tough, I'll take some added motivation.

Might see three Dakota teams seeded...not sure the FCS is ready for that but it could happen if UR goes down.

I think UND could play WIU if they aren't seeded and SDSU is. It is a flight regardless and they are just as regional as Montana is.

Their best win? The NCAA's bank account after they host a game...

I could see them knocking out WIU as the 4th MVFC team in.

Losing to FBS teams like UNC won't hurt you. If UCA loses I expect UND to be seeded. I'm just not sure beating a 5-6 UNI team is going to excite the committee much unless SDSU really put a thumping on them.

They weren't a playoff team because they lost four games. A team that is 7-4 is not a great team, they are good and probably a bubble team. That said any win at the UNI Dome is a great win.

Stats bracket is an if the season ended today bracket...that makes it kind of flawed at this point since UCA likely won't be seeded with a loss and they have Liberty getting the Big South auto which is also unlikely.

They weren't a playoff team, so it is hard to call them great by any means.

UNI wasn't that great when you beat them and they aren't that great this year, they've had some great teams and wasted a lot of talent. Farley can't get out of his own way, they would be a playoff team this year if he had stuck with a QB that could complete a forward pass earlier this season.