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Also the number of GGF kids on UND's roster in recent years. Almost all of them have taken advantage of The Hockey Academy.

I recall Karl Goehring and The Hockey Academy at REA floating out the idea of a AAA Midget team in Grand Forks a few years ago and it got a very cold reception.

+1 for "jive-turkeys"

You can't compare budgets without including REA. A lot of athletic department revenue and expense is run through that entity.

I think there are a couple playing squirts but I don't believe there are any playing peewees or bantams.

Women's hockey at UND was supposed to be a stimulus for girls youth hockey in Grand Forks. It hasn't happened. Grand Forks has a single 10U girls team (there are 6 boys squirt teams), a single 12U team (7 boys peewee teams), and a single 14U team (6 boys bantam). There is a combined girls high school team in the city with no JV, compared to 2 varsity, 2 JV and a junior gold team for the boys. (FWIW, I think participation on the East side is much better.) I would like to keep women's hockey. There are only 3 sports at UND that have a shot at a national title and women's hockey is one of them. Plus, it produces Olympians. But it is expensive and times are extremely tough. It definitely needs to be on the table.

In an email to STH they classified the game as a UND home game so I'm sure they would get a number of seats similar to what they would get at REA. As you said, that leaves a bunch in UND control and I doubt those will make it to public sale.

You are right. Minnesota stated over the weekend they received no tickets. So my info is way off and I deleted my posts.

I think this is way overblown, and I say that as an SMU alum who went there in the 80s. An institution that is committed to recovering from the death penalty will do so. SMU was not. They got a 1 year ban, then gave themselves a 2nd. When they came back, the administration had put so many restrictions on the program that there was no hope of being competitive. Many of those restrictions have only recently been lifted. SMU killed itself. Sadly, the NCAA keeps its best weapon in mothballs because it's afraid to kill a program. And the member schools know this.

On the ND bar exam, UND grads have a pass rate roughly equal to grads of other schools. The ND bar exam isn't the hardest in the country, but it isn't the easiest either (cough! SD).

A perennial contender in a multi-bid league does not lose its coach to a program like Ohio or Wright State. When schools in the Summit start competing with schools like Ohio or Wright State for coaching talent, then it can think about becoming a multi-bid league. Obviously, the same applies to the Big Sky. edit - @homer beat me

Agreed. Results trump anything else and I'll be more than happy to be proven wrong.

I believe that with this move UND has just signaled that when it comes to athletics, NDSU is the flagship. That's how I see it.

Agreed. I am very disappointed in this decision.

Denver has a game against Long Beach St next weekend. I bet that is something Pryor looks into next year.

Mark Pryor was named Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year. Congrats to him and the entire staff!

Big Sky awards announced: Dooley, Moser, Merseli and Griffin are 1st team All-Conference. Merseli is Top Newcomer Griffin Most Valuable Player Only 4 non-seniors made the 12-person 1st team, and 3 of them are UND players. Congratulations to these UND athletes!!

Here is where I found it: NCAA Stats You have to choose VB, then Division I, then go to Misc Stats for attendance figures.

To date, UND is 43rd in average attendance in 2016 at 1,108. They lead all Big Sky and Summit schools. But it would be nice to approach 2K and be in the top 25 like the schools you mention. Would possibly be a big recruiting tool as well.

Huge win. Snapped NAU's 24 match home winning streak. Merseli huge in final set.

The low ceiling is annoying. Like watching a high school match with the crazy bounces.

Hawks take a nervy set 2 25-22. UND's back row play has been very good.

UND wins 1st set 25-18. Dooley dominated. Merseli struggled. These announcers are very good. Knowledgeable and really complimentary of UND.

I had assumed they could but I guess not. It's a head count sport like basketball.

Recruiting Class signings announced: Paige Brueggeman 5'10" OH from Eden Prairie, MN Lydia Rutten 6'1" MH from New York Mills, MN Ellie Veldman 6'1" S from Prior Lake, MN Kelly Wahl 6'1" MH from Centerville, MN With Moser the only senior, I can't imagine there was much scholarship money available for these girls.