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Going to D1 WILL cost money. Added scholarships, added travel and added administration. Additionally if the football team adds significantly more scholarships than conceivably another woman's sport might have to be added. It is relatively easy to quantify the extra costs. The real question is how are you going to pay for those added costs? Being a D1 program will not result in significant increased fan attendance, will it? TV and radio monies won't change much. Will donors and boosters increase? Probably not. You MIGHT get an opportunity to have the football team walk in the Lincoln NE and get a $500k payday. Is that enough to pay for the increase costs? Going D1 (D1AA for football) is more of a prestigious thing, comparability to NDSU and SDSU. There is synergy with those two, maybe Northern Colorado, maybe UNO, South Dakota - but that is only 6 you would need at least four other similar schools - Who?

As an observer from outside the UND community I am a little suprised by the relative inactivity on this board as it pertains to UND basketball. Any rationale person know Hockey is the primary sport at UND. But for a major university the level of support for basketball seems poor. For example in this very fan forum there are limited discussions on men's basketball. In the last two months there have been 3 topics on basketball (two of which I started) with a total of 6 posts/responses for ALL THREE. Attendance averages 2,791 per home game in the state of the art Englestad Center compared to 10,621 for hockey. I know basketball is just beginning but where's the enthusiasim? UND is a major college in every respect - school, enrollment, alumni support ... why not for basketball?

Catholic Central

http://www.wbby.com/cgi/scoopdisp.cgi?scoop_id=237 Another kid who is visiting. The 6'9" kid/teammate mentioned in the article also is on ND's radar I believe.

http://www.wbby.com/cgi/scoopdisp.cgi?scoop_id=237 Another kid who is visiting. I suspect he is vying for a preferred walk-on position in '06-'07. The 6'9" kid/teammate mentioned in the article also is on ND's radar I believe.

I am a Marquette University Alum. I went to school during the days of Al McGuire and Hank Raymonds. In my day they had a mascot named Willie Wapum, a caricature similar to the Cleveland Indians mascot. They then changed the mascot to this non-descript thing called Big Blue - a blue cookie-monster like thing. Then they presented an Indian mascot dressed in traditional garb who would perform realstic ceremonial dances. Then they after I graduated got all PC and changed the nickname from Warriors to Golden Eagles. The Milwaukee area was originally settled by Indians - the Kinnikinnic, Menomonie and LaFollette were among the many local tribes that were originally in this area. The Warriors nickname has a legacy attributed to the Indian heritage of this region. A Golden Eagle has nothing to do with this school. I'm sure you've heard the recent laughable attempt to change the nickname co-inciding with Marquette's entry into the Bg East, first to The Gold then ultimately back to Golden Eagles. There is a HUGE overwhelming desire to change it back to Warriors. It won't happen. I still remember and refer to this school as the Warriors. But ... It still is Marquette just as University of North Dakota is North Dakota. Your school is not a nickname. Your school is the legacy of educated young adults, of NCAA hockey championships, of an aeronautical school, of -0- degree winter days and negative wind chill evenings. To you and those before you it will always be the Fighting Sioux, for those that follow it will be whatever it is ... I wish Marquette was still the Warriors and I wish ND could remain the Fighting Sioux. In the scheme of things it is important but it isn't going to change who you are. If anything in my opinion it diminishes and minimalizes those that feel it should be changed.

How many scholarships are open? Who are they recruiting? What positions are on the "needs" list?