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My, we've gotten soft -- haven't we that this is even being debated? This kind of stuff that we are seeing our players do now is the kind of thing we talk in reverence about when we refer to the good ol' days before America got soft -- when we pine and wax nostaligic about the hard-working, salt-of-the-Earth men that live only in our distant memory, if we are old enough, and in our imagination, if we're not. The current UND players are strong, able-bodied young men, itching to help their program out any way they can. For all we know and don't know, the captains called for volunteers to come out and help shovel the field. Big whoop! It adds character on top of a program already oozing with it. Let other schools coddle their athletes with manicures and pedicures, wait staff and golf carts to chauffeur them on and off the practice field. That kind of royal treatment can only breed contemptment in the end, and probably leads to off-the-field issues as a result of the constant celebrity adoration and mamby-pamby treatment. I say let the other guys get fat upon the pedestal. It gives the hungry contender a more satisfying target to knock off down the road.

This figures, right?

Here we go!

It's all Maryland! Pull the goalie, Virginia! C'mon!!!!!! FTLOG!!!!!

Thanks!

What about Jameer, RJ and Townsend, too?

Dumb question. Does RPI adjust and update as quickly as pairwise rankings do in college hockey. In other words, what is our " current" RPI based on -- recent games, beginning of the year or mid season?

Very nice backcourt options moving into next year: Anderson/Webb, Schuler/Hooker?, Antwi/Benton. And then hopefully our front court replacements will be an upgrade with Nash, Salmonson and Traylor in and Allard, Archer and Wilmer out. God bless those seniors for what they've done for us. Wilmer will be a great loss given his play of late. Finally, you'd think that the staff is making a concerted effort to get Traylor the help he needs in the classroom. I mean, if Beasley could do it, there's gotta be a way for anyone.

I think I heard tomorrow (Sunday). Faison's been in communication already with CIT officials.

This game had to give our boys confidence moving forward, whether that be for next weekend or for next year. We can hang with the best in the league and a traditional power..

Absolutely!!!! And on top of that, all the "new" guys coming in -- Nash, Salmonson, Academically re-set Traylor and maybe our new freshman phenom Hooker could make it a special special year.

I hope Weber takes it and goes at least a couple rounds into the NCAAs. It will make this loss a bit more palatable. As for next year, look out Big Sky, We're coming!

I can't watch anymore. I got all my fingers and toes crossed and I still don't think that's enough.

No sound that is

I sound here too

Yeah, I have feeling your are right on the DBs.

This year... I hope the defense dominates in the spring game. That will make me rest a bit easier over the summer.

Most of us old timers won't, but the new generations after new generations that won't know Fighting Sioux from Flickertails from the hole in their a$$ will presumably start buying them up in droves, as new traditions evolve and as we turn to dust in our graves. The University is bigger than us; it will live on with or without us. And soon our curmudgeonly opposition to the new status quo will be looked upon by our whippersnapper replacements as a quaint portal into the "ancient" past. Sad, I know -- but it's been happening for millenia.

Huff makes first team All-Big Sky. Anderson gets second team.

Sioux tribes want to sing with one voice now. Good luck. http://www.grandfork...group/homepage/

I saw Aaron walking around pretty good after the game. I think he was sat more for precautionary reasons ...but who knows? Good thing is there's a few days for recovery before the tourney.

And market size plays a role too.

DU's got a war chest stocked I am sure.

Izzo tweeting Belmont and Denver may be in lead to replace Creighton. ORU a long shot. Belmont and Denver are front runners due to their quality basketball and large market sizes.