UND92,96

36 NJIT 29 UND 14:40 to go

24 NJIT 23 UND half If records were kept for lowest combined first half point total for a doubleheader in UND history, this could be a new record (women's teams combined for 40 first half points)?

Halftime score was UND 23, NJIT 17.

The good thing about UNC's success the past few years is that it shows what is possible. They were one of the lesser programs in the NCC back in the day, and struggled badly during the transition. I doubt anybody expected they'd ever be a legitimately good mid-major program, but that's exactly what they are right now.

I didn't get a chance to listen to the game last night's game, but if you would have told me before the game that Brekke and Mitchell would combine for just seven points, and that UND would still be in a position to win late in the game, I wouldn't have believed it.

I actually think--or at least hope--that the ridiculousless of UND-NDSU and USD-SDSU not playing each other for so long in most sports will result in the powers-that-be at UND and USD not wanting a repeat of that with each other. Particularly so long at UND and NDSU are not playing each other in football, I think we will see UND and USD play every year. As for basketball, volleyball, etc., it seems like such a no-brainer to play every year that I have a hard time believing it won't happen.

There has been a fair amount of speculation about when, or if, SDSU will be making a return trip to Grand Forks. In the Herald's live chat on Wednesday, Wayne Nelson stated that he didn't expect to see it any time soon. However, according to Terry Vandrovec, SDSU will be playing at UND in 2013: http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=69144e41448a46579a2772abd68f472c&plckUserId=69144e41448a46579a2772abd68f472c&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog:69144e41448a46579a2772abd68f472cPost:a1a3c43d-cdd3-4cfa-83fb-da702a737214

Here's confirmation of Freund's hiring: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/193866/group/homepage/

Uncomfortable to say the least. But I suspect that the more objective NDSU fans can see that UND does have a good young nucleus, and that the difference between the two programs next year, on paper, appears pretty slight at best.

New flood forecast: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/193840/

For what it's worth, La. Tech had a better RPI than NDSU coming into last night's game. Obviously it's extremely premature to do much speculating about a game next year, but from what we know right now, UND should be returning its top seven players, plus get Wilmer back. NDSU will be losing its leading scorer in Tveidt, plus Coleman who is their fourth-leading scorer. Unless UND suffers some unexpected early departures from any of the top seven players, I think UND will have a very good chance of winning that matchup next season. But again, a lot can change between now and 2011-12, and there's no way of knowing how newcomers for either team may impact things.

From what I can tell by watching Gentry's highlight video, I think he can contribute immediately. Other than Huff, we're perhaps a bit limited athletically at the wing positions, and Gentry seems to be quite athletic.

From what I can tell, this is by far the best win UND has had in the dI era in terms of RPI. La Tech was at 235 heading into the game. I don't think UND had a win over a team with an RPI better than the low 300's prior to last night.

73 Terry Bradshaw U 76 UND final

Sioux not closing well. Up just 4 now, with Tech at the line with 19 seconds to go.

59 P.J. Brown's alma mater 68 UND 1:37 to go

54 La. Tech 61 UND 4:33 to go

33 Fighting Mailmen 48 UND 11:20 to go

Thankfully the master negotiator responsible for that one is no longer around...

That's got to be a bitter pill to swallow--getting bought out by a second-year program. I'm surprised USD even agreed to a home-and-home with them in the first place.

Grand Forks receives some more good publicity nationally--this time for the housing market: http://economicdevelopmentnews.areavoices.com/2011/02/16/gf-ranked-in-top-10-rising-housing-markets-in-us/

I go way back with Matt. He was a neighbor, and I had him as a coach in four different sports while growing up--park board hockey and baseball, and he was an assistant football and track coach at Central. He was really a good guy, and he will be missed.

I'm looking for big things from Cummings. The backup DE positions appear pretty wide open, and he's supposed to be quite talented. I believe Jablonski was defensive scout player of the week a couple of times. He could see some playing time. Also, while he won't be a freshman, Townsend could really help the receiving corps. I suspect he'd have been a big contributor this past season had he not gotten hurt in pre-fall.

In addition to the Toasted Frog, another recent success story for a locally-owned restaurant in GF is Rhombus Guys: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/193398