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I suspect they'll use score differential to break the ties between UND-Seattle, and USD-Houston Baptist, thereby resulting in: 1-UND vs. 4-Houston Baptist and 2-Seattle vs. 3-USD

There are a number of teams ranked ahead of us by Massey that I think UND would beat more often than not, including Lamar (UND won by 14), Seattle (lost by 1 on road and won by 19 at home), Northern Iowa (lost at USD), Mankato and NDSU (that last one should generate some discussion ).

Although I've been a proponent of the dI move for a couple of years, women's basketball was the one sport I had reservations about, because we had such a good thing going in dII. But I have actually enjoyed this season more than I thought I would. And much to my surprise, attendance is actually higher this year, even with the inevitably weak home schedule that every transitioning program must endure. Starting next year, we should actually have a few recognizable dI schools coming to Grand Forks, and that should add another level of excitement to the program. SDSU has shown that a team from the Dakota's can enjoy great success at the dI level. Hopefully we can eventually approach that level in three or four years.

72 UND 68 SIUE final Nice job, Sioux!

69 UND 52 SIUE 29 for Kimbrough 15 for Bagaason 13 for Youngblut Kimbrough is now just 24 points away from 2000 for her career.

49 UND 27 SIUE 14 minutes remaining.

I wonder why neither UND nor USD's men played Houston Baptist this year? The UND women will likely play HB three times this season.

35 UND 18 SIUE halftime Kimbrough has 16 points.

Seattle defeated USD in Vermillion yesterday, making UND's win on Friday even more impressive.

Seattle defeated USD in Vermillion yesterday. It should be an interesting tournament next weekend. I haven't seen pairings yet, but I'm guessing we'll see UND-Houston Baptist, and USD-Seattle in the first round. Both UND and Seattle are 7-1 vs. other first-year transition teams.

UND definitely avenged the loss to Seattle from a few weeks ago in which the Sioux blew a 5-point lead in the final minute. It would be interesting to know whether UND was ever in the picture for Salley (Guinn's high school teammate) when she was deciding where to transfer from Minnesota. She's a good player.

IMO, this was UND's best win of the year. Seattle has beaten a number of established dI's this year, including Louisiana Tech, UC Irvine, Cal Poly, E. Washington and Loyola Marymount. Harrison, Harkins and Bledsoe all played very well tonight.

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Is it possible Roebuck was talking about Brittany Peterson, the Iowa guard who apparently committed right after the close of the early signing period? Since she couldn't actually sign a LOI until spring, Roebuck can't mention her by name (not that she'd sign if she's a walk-on). On the other hand, it's hard to believe she'd be a walk-on given her credentials.

I'm guessing this is Kate Sharkova from Lake Region. She's listed at 6'5", and averages 15 points and 10 rebounds per game.

The other alternative is simply to go without a traditional post. It worked pretty well for USD last season. In any event, I don't think there's much question that next year's fortunes are going to depend in large part on how much the freshmen are able to contribute. When you combine the losses of Kimbrough and Guinn, plus the uncertain status of Ledger, Privatsky and LaFrance, some of the freshmen will need to play pretty big roles immediately.

If Ledger isn't ready to go by the start of next season, I wonder who would be the most likely to start in the post--Jenna Gillett, Shyla Kuehl or Katie Houdek?

I haven't seen him on or behind the bench in some time. I didn't really think much of it, but with his apparently recent removal from the roster, it certainly appears that he's no longer on the team.

Not sure how long ago this happened, but I just noticed that Ben Lehnertz is not listed on the roster anymore.

I think the only question which is really answerable at this point is 2)--Mitch Wilmer is 6'11", and should provide a shot-blocking presence, although he'll need to continue to add weight if he's going to be able to potentially hold his own on the blocks against stronger posts. Other than that, it's almost impossible to speculate since few if any of us have actually watched them practice.

I guess a person shouldn't complain too much after a win, but 5 of 14 from the free throw line? That was frustrating to watch.

I have to admit that I came close to leaving at halftime, but I'm glad I didn't. As brutal as the first was offensively, the second half was the exact opposite. And it was a solid defensive effort throughout. Nice job, Sioux.

UND would have ranked 29th in FCS attendance this year: link

It certainly looks that way: link

Article in today's Herald about the red-shirts.