nd1sufan

Agreed that geography is not that important. The MW is not a bus league, they fly on most of their trips. How many schools in the Big Sky bus to Grand Forks? FBS schools have more media revenue and higher budgets. If they think a school will add to their conference, geography will not be the make or break deciding factor. Right now, NDSU is looking pretty good in the eyes of conferences. It may be the time to consider pursuing a jump.

Actually the MAC doesn't excite me at all. I think a more exciting and more likely home would be the Mountain West. Much better in both football and men's basketball.

Or that don't have to bother to go to school. Heard Grimaldi on the radio with Bernie Bergrath on Saturday. Bernie said Rocco asked him for directions to the library last year and Grimaldi said he must not have listened, because he still hasn't found it after a couple of years.

What years did Parise and Toews graduate?

Do you suppose Duke fans are happy they beat UNC and don't care they lost yesterday? Get a clue.

Yeah Darell, Why harp on a game in March? Jones won the only game that matters back in November. Haven't you heard all of the national analysts commenting about how NDSU is only the 2nd best team in North Dakota?

Well when you have a 23-62 non-conference record against D1 teams and play the #25 strength of schedule like the Big Sly did, your RPI is going to be much lower.

And the #10 Big Sky football team (UND) would have beaten the eventual 3-time National Champs (NDSU) but NDSU was afraid to play the game. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah............

And the #2 Big Sky team was beaten at home by the #3 Summit team. A team that was run out of the gym by the Bison twice.

Fact is Southern Utah got in the BSC in 2010. That means they would have taken ANYBODY.

I know. UND fans love their new rivals in the Big Sky. UM, MSU, EW, Weber, etc. Did you get 2000 fans to any of those games this year?

This I agree with. The regular season champ should get to host the tournament.

I'm sorry, I didn't see the comments of Jones and the players after the game. I'm assuming they said this game didn't really matter to them, because the beat the Bison back in November.

Because they were playing a team that doesn't play defense.

Actually, they won many National Championships at their previous level. UND has a below 500 record at their current level and hasn't come close to making the playoffs . Just a bit of a difference.

I think maybe they are just saying maybe you should be somewhat competitive in the division you are in before talking about moving up.

Yeah. Huff would have scored because he would have taken 12 shots in those 12 minutes.

That's right, UND didn't want him. Rivals has him with offers from Illinois State, USD and UND also.

UND hockey was playing last night. Any hockey fan in North Dakota would be watching UND hockey and not a meaningless NHL game.

Do your remember the last D1 football championship UND won or the last time their men's basketball team went to the "Big Dance"? Oh yeah, never.

Actually, a prerequisite for FBS football is a stadium large enough to hold and to average 15,000 fans for a certain number of years. That is something that is not attainable at UND right now. However, NDSU actually qualifies right now. Unless Ralph Engelstad rises from the grave and they somehow convince him to build a new stadium they can play hockey and football in, it isn't happening at UND.

Hires another what?

How is that rivalry with MSU and Montana going for you guys? I see you had all of 1,600 and 2,000 fans for those men's BB games last week with your team fighting for the 2nd seed (possibly 1st seed and home court) in the BSC. I guess the rivalry is really resonating with your fans.

Harvard, Yale, Columbia, etc. must spend an awful lot of time shunning the advances of the BCS conferences. With their academics, I'm sure they could get into any conference they would like.

Absolutely agree. Seems like a class act and a very good person and coach. If I had a daughter playing HS basketball would definitely push her toward UND over current situation at NDSU, as hard as that is for me to say. It would be fitting for him to lead the first ND D1 women's team to the ladies "Big Dance". I hope they get to host the BSC tournament and make it this year.