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We must be mind readers cause I was thinking the exact same thing. Even if he had lost, he's beaten Iowa and Iowa St. the last 3 years. They'll talk to Jake. By the way, Northern Iowa will be in the game with Kansas today. The word throttled won't come up. Summitforever guy makes 11 posts here and number 11 is a real stinker. Wanna put down ex-Sioux, #12 better improve!!

Would hate to see the Gophs lose Tubby but Jake might be a very interesting hire.

Totally agree. If Wesley Johnson had stayed, how good would he have been this year? The tough part of ball at that level; you're one or two kids away from being really good or really bad. Mac has time at Iowa St. He'll get it fixed.

Based on Mac's last couple years, I don't think Iowa would consider him. I also think its like going from UND to NDSU. Don't think Mac would put his name in knowing the number of people in Ames who would be upset if they Mac was looking at the "other" University.

This is an easy move for Ben. He recruits the same area, has a chance on better players, gets at least what Mac got at Iowa St. ($750,000/year) plus bonus money for tourney appearances, and goes to a great conference. No way he stays at N. Iowa if Iowa comes calling.

I don't know that people have really "ripped" on the conference; its more about ripping NDSU and if they're in the conference, then it must be bad. Whatever conference UND gets in it will be a 1 team conference when it comes to the NCAA tourney, that can't be denied. Personally a conference with NDSU, UND, SDSU, and USD is about the best we can hope for if we ever want people in the seats again in GF. The old rivalries are still the best we can hope for.

I'll take back the scheduling part of what I said but I stand by the coach and player part. We need a league to show kids who and where we will play. A coach needs to know who he's playing to know the type of kid he needs to recruit. If you are in the MVC, you need some big corn-fed posts. The summit is more perimeter oriented. What we're doing right now is just recruiting to fill the roster and thats why we really don't have an identity as a bball team.

Don't disagree with anything you are saying but...................until we are in a legit conference, no one of any stature will touch this job. Until we are in a legit conference, we can't schedule anyone of any legitimacy either. No one wants this job, no one wants to play us, and no one wants to play here until we are in a conference.

I apologize for the negativism; just the mood I'm in that day. However, you can NOT compare this team to the team that won 3 National Titles. That team would have beat this team by 50. Think of the Crouse's, Winger's, Richards, Pudenz', etc. and compare them to the talent we have now!!! Seriously, not even close. Go back to the early 90's with Kleinsasser, Pudenz, Walters, Smirl, Deutsch, etc. Those teams would have hammered this bunch also. Again, not close. I'm proud of how this group with 8 players has persevered and played on through all they've put up with. After the home loss to USD it would have been easy to pack it in and play out the string but they didn't. That's a tribute to the girls, the coaches, and everyone associated with the team. That being said, this is an average team compared to what we've had in the past. No one can argue that.

My reasoning is that we aren't any good. We're 10-1 in easily the worst conference in DI women's bball. A 10 game win streak in this league is nothing to brag about. Get the conf. tourney over, find players, and get us in a conference with some teams that are decent so we can have some rivalry's again. This season will NOT end.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/153241 Anyone know the story on the goalie from Warroad quitting NOW? Don't think I've ever heard of something like this.

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s Are we almost done? This season is taking forever

It is fun to see some energy regarding UND bball. Sorry I can't share the enthusiasm. This league is awful, we aren't very good but we're good enough to beat this bunch of no talent teams. Season needs to be done and we need to start working to find a league and get some sense of normalcy back in UND bball.

When you have 3 for the year, they are ALL Nice!!!!

Someone bookmark this spot right here. How you have seen anything from Benter to believe he'll be a good senior I don't understand. For anyone to think Brekke will make anymore plays next year than this years group of redshirt's is not realistic. I'll give you Mitchell as a good player but beyond that, I don't see anything that makes this team better 10 wins at best next year.

Good one. Hope no one gets offended by that.

IF there are players reading this message board, and IF they are a part of a 3-16 bball team, and IF they haven't figured out that they aren't very good, well, then there isn't much left to say. You will always find 1 or 2 players with good numbers on any team you follow. That doesn't mean there is enough talent for this team to compete at the DI level. Seriously, you can pull for them all you want and be a loyal fan, but how can you watch this team and say in 2 years they'll be better based on what you've watched? Who in the freshman class has stepped up, opened our eyes and made us say, "Wow, we got a steal in that kid!" If the truth hurts, ask yourself if you know the truth or if you're just blindly following the program. Nothing said on here, as near as I can tell, has been untrue regarding their play or their abilities.

Can't sugarcoat this one, its a bad team and they got it handed to them in a big way!!! There is little or no talent on this team; certainly not DI talent. You're right though, no sense firing him now. Wait til we find a conference then go get someone that can see what DI talent looks like. Here's a hint though, it doesn't come from Pembina, Greenbush, Warroad, or any other town within 100 miles of GF.

Well, then the Summit conference sucks too!! I say we try and get into the WAC or Big Sky. Go west and find games. The Midwest is boring, lets go where the mtns. are. That way, even if we continue to suck, we'll play in beautiful places!!

I'd say this conference sucks!!!!

You fell right into the trap. What a dope!!! You come over here trolling around, someone throws out the "score comparison=whose better" line and you swallow the hook you bit so hard. Gotta admit, guys like you keep this site entertaining even when our bball team doesn't. What a clown!!!!

The wins I highlighted in red, while they may be teams from major conferences, they were not good teams in those conferences. DI wins yes, quality wins or beating "good" teams, not so much.

Just to clarify, Nelson, Mr. Basketball in Wisconsin, was asked by Bo Ryan to walk on at Wisconsin and Woodside, was asked to walk on at the Minnesota (Monson was still the head coach). You are right, they weren't really wanted but interest, however mild, was there. What made Tim such a great coach was his ability to get those kids to come to NDSU. The man could recruit, especially the midwest. It hasn't gone as well at Col. St. Hopefully he's getting used to the area and starting to find those kids in that part of the country too.

Even if she is cleared to play this year, wouldn't it be best to redshirt her? 2 years of 6'5 is better than a year and a half, especially when this team will be lucky to win 10 games.