UND92,96

Sioux are down by 22 with about 13 and a half minutes left.

SCSU couldn't close the deal, losing by five to USD. If the Huskies actually had a bench (0 points!), they probably could have pulled off the upset. I still can't believe the Sioux lost at home to the Coyotes.

UND 106, UMD 49 final Here's a perfect example of why comparing scores against common opponents is meaningless--both teams' most recent game prior to today was at Augie. UMD lost by four in that game. UND won by eight. Another score of interest--St. Cloud State leads USD by one at the half in St. Cloud.

UND up 44-17 at the half. Kimbrough has 18 points, and Langen has 13 rebounds. Duluth is shooting just 21% from the field.

Late in the first half, UND is up 39-17.

Kristen Gay is the new head coach. link

There certainly are no shortage off theories/rumors out there regarding Purpur's would-be candidacy. I also am still holding out some hope that he may apply at the last minute.

As an aside, will Bismarck-Mandan ever really support Mary athletics, or will it always be similar to what Augie is to Sioux Falls, i.e. not overly popular due in large part to its private school status? Attendance for football and basketball is fairly underwhelming considering the population (4100/game for football, 1300/game bball).

I can't really see this team winning on the road, particularly coming off the debacle in Sioux Falls. If another win is going to happen, it will be the last NCC game ever for UND--March 1 at home vs. UMD.

Here's the UND press release.

Faison has 12 years of a.d. experience between two dI schools (Indiana State and New Mexico State).

What the heck has happened to Youmans? 2 points, 1 assist and 4 turnovers in just 13 minutes. He was playing so well earlier this year. I was expecting more than the 11 ppg he's averaged in NCC play.

I realize that, and neither was Cal Poly, but we have to be open to the idea that USD isn't going to necessarily be a home game as most of us thought it would be, and it's just somewhat hard for me to fathom at this point that we're going to be able to find two or three quality FCS opponents willing to travel to play a non-counter. I hope I'm wrong, I just have a hunch that TAMUK and SCSU aren't going to be the only non-FCS opponents on the 2008 schedule.

Here's the list: Burke Hinrichs Schlickmann Faison Sadler Leonard Hickman I can only assume Massari withdrew?

That's for sure. At this point, I have to think we're probably going to be seeing more than just two dII's (or NAIA's) on the schedule for home games.

UND had just 11 turnovers tonight!

Sioux win 83-75. Actually, I was kind of expecting a blowout win. Augie lost Ashley Holiday for the season in the first meeting between the teams, and they don't have much inside after her.

Apparently the field has been narrowed down to seven "semi-finalists" (according to WDAZ news). Unfortunately, Milo didn't tell us who they are (will apparently be on the 6:00 news, though). For whatever reason, it's not been posted on fightingsioux.com or the Herald site. EDIT: There was a story on the 6:00 news, but WDAZ isn't going to actually name the seven until the 10:00 news.

I suspect all of the Dakota FCS schools will be taking a look at this kid, who is transferring from Minnesota (according to the Strib).

Seth Wisthoff article.

A few more applicants: link

I don't think anyone's going to be shocked if he doesn't apply, but evidently one person may disagree with the bolded part of your post--Mark Massari, senior associate AD at Oregon State (already applied).

Google let me down.

I don't believe he has signed with anyone.

Hard to say. But there are a number of Purpur's in town, so I'm just guessing that Fee didn't just write that without speaking with somebody who might have some inside info.