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Sorry I have an Alzheimer's conference that day in St. Paul (no jokes about forgetting it).

There might be a measurable decline in attendance this year - based on the results the last few years and this season being down. We aren't going either after going for the last three years. The irony/reality is this might be the first year that the tournament means anything to UND's seeding spot.

Plenty of tickets and scalpers just depends on how choosy you are about location.

Need at least one post about the EW game - UND once again taking it down to the wire but in control.

Oops - wrong sin city.

Tough balanced league - anyone's to win in Vegas.

Who's your POY - leaving the conference means we will lost votes on awards.

Our bench is coming thought tonight - even Shanks has had moments.

every game offiating is quesionable. I do not remember that in past years.

At least they are bad calls both ways.

giving up offensive rebounds, not hustling to loose balls, 3 point game.

They have some studs this will go down to the wire as usual.

Geez are there any referee crews that don't suck in this conference - terrible call on Avants.

Shanks seems like a good kid but damn he is more of a liability than an asset. Geno sits - he gets too many charging calls.

I know it sounds paranoid but against Northern Arizona they call the flagrant again Gino which changes the game but no call when Quinten gets crushed at the end against Northern Colorado. The quality of officiating in this league is so inconsistent. It seems like they are not improving as the year progresses.

Because of politics - the selection committee is going to put the #6 team from a top tier conference over the #2 in a mid major every time. Their reasoning - strength of schedule and...follow the money.

No doubt one of the major reasons we had fewer long runs (So long Santiago) was the Oline wasn't as effective. Hope they remember that during off season workouts.

Okay so we are giving up a bit of online access - albeit sometimes the production quality is lacking, which I being a remote fan have enjoyed especially being able to watch both basketball games at the same time. I realize that most fans will never go on a road trip. However I am looking forward to the option to drive a few hours to see games live and enjoy the experience, especially football and the basketball tourny (which is quite a step above of watching games on my computer). Tip: If you don't have ESPN and thus don't have access to ESPN3 you can find a family/friend anywhere in the US who does....you can figure out the rest (or PM if you need more info).

So you don't think thus change will hane any impact on road tripping? Obviosly not thousands but at least it is now driveable.

Tough one to lose but in the big picture it is the next two games that set the stage for the tournament. If they meet again in Reno UND does not lose to these guys.

The alternative fact as to why this tournament is being discontinued.

We are not much into "toe to toe" victories in our area.

To paraphrase the Trumpster "Only the trolls care" about the location of the Nickle. I absolutely guarantee the Nickle Trophy as it exists now will not be a part of the new rivalry. I'm also pretty sure the only way the Nickle leaves UND is if someone at the state historical society or within the state goverment makes a request for it to be donated to them. Then SU can send their homecoming royalty to Bismarck to try and recover it - since no one in this generation of SU students has seen it in person.

This team has a pretty good road record - Reno is like playing on Mars as far as crowd noise.