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I believe he was very interested in it the last time it was open (2004?), but the big question mark now is whether the NSIC will do away with their ridiculous scholarship limit in the near future. At 36 scholarships, I think Mankato could become a dII power under the right leadership. But at 25 scholarships, I don't believe they'll be able to compete very well with the traditional dII powers.

It sounds like there's a pretty good chance MSU-Mankato head coach Jeff Jamrog could be heading back to Nebraska to be an assistant under Pellini. If so, I would think Chris Mussman would be a strong candidate for the Mankato head coaching job. He was an offensive coordinator there prior to coming to UND.

I'm not sure about her injury status, but she has a hard time staying out of foul trouble, and he's shooting just 39% despite the fact that most of her shots are from within about six feet. With the perimeter players struggling to knock down outside shots, you almost have to play Langen and Kimbrough as many minutes as possible because they're the only consistent scoring threats right now.

Oh what a difference a year can make. Last year, with basically the same personnel for Mayville, UND won 105-57.

IMO, this phenomenon started during the last couple of years of the Rich Glas regime, and it was more or less a silent form of protest of the state of the program. I will admit that I did it a fair number of times myself. Whether or not that now makes me a hypocrite, I don't know. Anyway, it now seems as though it's become almost standard practice for a lot of people to leave either after the women's game or at halftime of the men's game who I don't believe did this before three or four years ago. I guess I just don't understand why the current staff and players should be held responsible for what took place before they got here. After this year, I suppose it will be something of a moot point since there will rarely, if ever, be doubleheaders again.

It's pretty sad how many people continue to leave the men's games at halftime when there's a doubleheader. Granted, the first half performance wasn't good, but that doesn't seem like a good reason to leave, particularly since the men had been playing good ball the past few games.

This is unconfirmed, but according to a poster on the north dakota preps board, Nichols has verbally committed to UND. He's an outstanding athlete, and would be a very nice start to this recruiting class.

It's becoming increasingly clear that shooting is a problem for this year's Sioux team. Of the 10 players who normally play, seven have a shooting percentage of less than 40%, and that includes two post players.

According to a post on the north dakota preps board, in addition to Wisthoff, Seth Nichols (Dakota Prairie QB), Ian McGurran (Fargo North OL) and Brian Sorensen (Hazen RB/LB) were North Dakotans who visited UND this past weekend. In terms of size and speed, Sorensen sounds somewhat similar to Matt Anderson from Cavalier. He placed fifth at state in the 200m, and ran on state-winning 4x100 and 4x200m relays last spring. Wisthoff is also a good track and field performer, as he won both the shot and disc at state last year.

Unfortunately for him, it could be a rather long wait. Current a.d. Bowlsby isn't particularly old, and he was hired within the past two years. But if his wife is truly dead-set against dealing with the weather in North Dakota, that probably all but rules him out.

Does anybody know where his wife is from? I'm guessing she's not from the area, but I don't know. I don't honestly expect that he'll apply this time around, but with the name "Purpur", you kind of have to think that hockey is in his blood to some extent, and that's something he'll never get the opportunity to work with in Palo Alto. Also, 12 years as an assistant a.d. is kind of a long time. What are the chances of him eventually getting the a.d. job at Stanford? Does that matter to him? Even if that is his ultimate goal, perhaps getting experience completely running the show at a different school can only help him in the long run?

On the coaches' show a few weeks ago, Jones said something to the effect that Doyle is actually back from his injury sooner than expected, but also that he's behind all the guards playing ahead of him. I feel bad for him, but honestly I thought after last year that he might be better off not coming back for a fifth year. That may seem harsh to an extent, but I sort of expected he may struggle for playing time, particularly after suffering a second serious knee injury. Maybe he's just happy to be on the team for one more year, and if so then more power to him. But if he really thought he was going to play a big role this year, then it's kind of a sad situation.

Bob- Do you think last night was simply a sub-par performance by GVSU, or does it show that had they actually had to play tough road games during the regular season, they wouldn't have been undefeated? I know NWMSU is good, but in addition to their loss to UNO they had a number of very close games this year against teams that really weren't all that great (Pitt State, Central Missouri, Fort Hays and Washburn), so it doesn't appear as though they are so dominant that you would have necessarily expected they would rack up that many points and yards against GVSU, and be able to pull away in the fourth quarter like they did.

Grand Valley is looking very mortal right now, as NW Missouri is taking it them. Like UND, NW Missouri lost to UNO this year; but unlike UND, that wasn't enough to prevent them from getting homefield against the Lakers. NWMSU 34, GVSU 16 FINAL

For the first time, I actually saw how the offense was apparently supposed to be run, as there were a number of backdoor cuts that led to easy opportunities. In addition to the usual good games by Youmans and Little, Koenig and Harrison had very good performances today.

I was told the Wisthoff kid is visiting UND this weekend.

One of the worst performances I've seen in 20 years of watching UND women's basketball. I would guess Roebuck agrees. A number of players really had a poor weekend.

I know there have been high school tournaments there around the holidays in the past, so that would be my guess. EDIT: Actually, there's nothing listed on the calendar on their web site, so I don't know why it would be set up for basketball right now. It is a pretty good set up for hoops when the portable bleachers are on both ends, IMO.

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Anybody else remember the last time UND hosted them (back when they were known as Texas A & I)? I believe it was 1986--Roger Thomas's first year as head coach, and there was a ton of offense in that game. The Sioux weren't very good back then, but I remember how good of a running back Johnny Bailey was for A & I.

Of the Wisconsin players previously mentioned in this thread, Campbell appears to be a real blue-chipper, as Marlin Lee from www.wissports.net has him as the sixth-ranked senior prospect in the state. Also, Heimler and Rosemeyer are ranked in the top 40 in the state.

Has anybody seen Steve Brekke's son play? He's 6'6", and averaged 10 points and 9 boards as a sophomore last year. If he becomes anything close to the player his dad was, he would be worth a serious look by UND.

Per a couple of posts on the minnesota preps board, UND is apparently recruiting linebackers Rashad Gayden from Robbinsdale Cooper, and Willy Baregi from Holy Angels.

UND defeated Mary tonight in Bismarck 74-55.