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Yes. I see where Concordia-St. Paul beat Metro tonight by 15 so hopefully that bodes well for us tomorrow.

I was wrong, as UND won at Colorado Mines tonight, even without Harkins and essentially without Lindahl. Gunhus played a few minutes for Mines but didn't score.

Pueblo was 7-2 coming into this game, so to win by as big of a margin as the Sioux did was especially impressive. It should be a bigger test tomorrow playing on Metro's home floor, but I think UND is more than up for the challenge.

It's tough to imagine this team will win a road game this year. UND hasn't had a season without a road victory since the 1988-89 season.

According to the Herald, it's 2:00 our time, on 100.3 FM.

Thanks. That would explain the glaring omissions.

I think this list is kind of a joke considering some of the names left off it (Landon Smith, Landry, Kasowski, Sauvageau, German, Glaser, Zarak, Weidler, etc.), but here's a list of the supposed top prospects in North Dakota according to the ESPN site: link.

Here's a pretty interesting Herald article on the men's basketball season thus far, including some comments from Rich Glas regarding the heat he's feeling from fans:

UND has apparently offered a receiver from Mounds View who is getting quite a bit of dI interest: link.

Things just keep getting worse and worse for the NCC. USD was the last team to have a good non-conference record (albeit with their typically weak schedule), but they got blown out last night in Sioux Falls tournament by Bemidji.

Another Wisconsin kid UND is apparently recruiting: link.

I've never seen him play basketball either, but at 6'3" and around 235-240, I assume he'd physically resemble Kleinsasser as a high schooler.

I think they started three seniors and two juniors on the o-line this past year, so youth wasn't the problem. I really don't know why it was they had absolutely no running game. Although I'm sure they'll TRY to run the ball early in the season next fall, I'm not convinced they won't abandon it altogether again if they don't have success with it early. I'll also be interested to see if any of their current backs transfer in the off season. It's interesting that Bubba is recruiting in UND's backyard again. I know he was really after Chappell, Wahlin, Rambeck, etc. last year.

Duluth is the last program I'd want to go to if I were a running back, for reasons obvious to anybody who saw them play the second half of last season! Realistically, I think Kasowski projects much better as a defensive player at the college level. That's not to say he couldn't be a Roland/Beatty type runner, but it would probably take him longer to get playing time than if he played defense.

I don't think Pitt St. is willing to travel for non-conference games, or at least they haven't since 1999. The relatively few quality non-conference games they've had in recent years, e.g. Delta State and St. Cloud, have been at home as opposed to part of a home-and-home. I don't think there's any way they'd agree to come to Grand Forks during the regular season, so there would be no incentive at all for UND to play them on the road.

I haven't heard any news regarding Anderson. Apparently he's taken his visits to both schools but hasn't committed to either as far as I know. I'm pretty optimistic about UND's chances considering our recent history with the Cavalier program, but you never know. I haven't heard anything about either Landry or Kasowski, but I would kind of expect both to sign with UND. Kasowski has pretty good speed, as he runs about a 51 second 400. I think he could play either at weak side outside linebacker or possibly even strong safety.

I'm not sure how solid this information is, but I heard things are looking pretty promising for UND to land Travis Mertens from Devils Lake. He supposedly wants to try play both football and basketball in college. Of course, the history of anybody pulling that off successfully at UND isn't too good, but if he wants to try it, more power to him. After seeing him throw down a couple of pretty nice dunks last weekend, I really like the idea of a 6'4" receiver with good jumping ability, a la Chris Denney from Omaha.

Here's a St. Cloud Times article on the domino effect that could happen if UND were to go dI.

So long as UND stays dII, at least we will continue to be a part of a very respectable conference, albeit one a bit smaller in numbers than what we'd prefer. The DAC schools going dII would not change that. If we were to go dI, we might not have a conference at all for the foreseeable future. And we simply cannot gloss over the fact that we apparently have a budget deficit despite very large overall ticket sales, well above average ticket prices, and relatively limited travel distances. How would our finances look with far more scholarships to fund, much more travel, and probably less ticket revenue (basketball in particular)? Throw in the conference uncertainty, and it should give a person great concern about what dI would hold for UND. I'm not trying to be a pessimist--just a realist. If we have some sort of large untapped revenue source and a high likelihood of a conference invite, then going dI starts to look a whole lot better. But without those things, we need to be very careful.

I see where SCSU had a close game last night with Moorhead in St. Cloud. They have one of the softest non-conference schedules I can recall. Not only do they have no difficult road games, but they actually play UMC three times! I have a feeling they're in for a dose of reality when NCC play starts, as they open at Duluth.

I figured if I included the men in con 5, that would imply that we have national championship possibilities now.

Per the WDAZ sports tonight, UND has received a verbal commitment from a big offensive lineman from Winnipeg--Ian Henderson, 6'5", 287. Here's a link to a Herald article.

I can't say. All I know is that Roebuck has said on more than one occasion that it would be MORE dificult to recruit if UND were dI. Perhaps that would change upon becoming tournament-eligible. In any event, I have to defer to his opinion on this since he should know better than any of us.

The thing is, I don't think games against these types of schools would be eliminated upon going dI, at least not for the first several years. NDSU plays Hamline, Jamestown, Mary and Mayville this year. Finding enough decent home games is tough whether you're dI or dII.