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Interesting link rating of all Summit League schools by Athletic Department. https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/athletic-department-power-index-summit-league/ Interesting Tableau Chart: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/athleteviewpoint/viz/AthleticDepartmentRanking/SchoolComparison I think there are some interesting nuggets in the data and comments.

Only 1 school in sodak with Hockey. Sioux Falls fans will show up.

I think both of the schools will be very successful in short order. St. Thomas is already working on a site for development near campus. They have money and they have fans in a hockey market. Plus, you have a portal to help supplement. St. Thomas once they get the arena on campus going are going to be good. People are under selling Augie... They have people who know hockey in charge. They have major backing in Sioux Falls which is a sport town, they have a good hockey fanbase and you have Midco right their willing to give in great production quality broadcasts and visibility. I will say it again, St. Thomas and Augie will be great adds in short order.

The other thing that seems odd to me is that we really have no clear definition on scheduling. Is the Dakota 4 still protected? Just a statement that everyone will play one another within a 4-year window. Note: M. Brown picked up on the NDSU statement and I am sure he is asking around. So, he could be a source for additional information in the near future. And he noted that Sun Belt is still talking to Missouri State. So, you could still see more change prior to July 1.

The feeling that I got was that Sanford was kind of ready to cash it in and let the leadership go to another location ie (Salt Lake City) in this case. I was disappointed in that approach because I really think that Sanford has given the region a corporate leadership style that has been missing ("A why not US mentality"). Not that I agreed with everything they did but they were aggressive and reinvested in communities and local people from what I could tell.

Absolutely agree.. you can kick SCSU to curb at any time. I will never forget how we were treated at SCSU. I will never set foot on that campus again.

What happened to the Sanford merger with a hospital system in Utah?

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The other factor could be wanting to play with his brother. Based on that I can see him changing his mind. The other stuff people have talked about - I am not a fan.

Not sure that I completely understand your last sentence. Could you expand on that thought for me?

One notable exception: If SCSU makes it. I pick them to lose in the first game always.

I think he is talking about schools versus individual athlete transfers.

I agree, this is a complete joke. It's not like this is a big ask.. just a little effort would be nice to even appear that you care.

I was looking around on that awful UND Insider website for a spring prospectus. Did they create one for spring ball this year or is it just an updated roster and that is it?

Any word on location? South Dakota schools seems too obvious. Are we talking a UNI type of thing again?

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Years ago, a Poly fan who was sitting next to me was floored that the facility served drinks.. We had a great time at the game. Just like the Bison parents that sat next to me this year. We had a great time.. of course that last one could have been better IMO.

I wonder how much of that COVID related. Because revenue from attendance is down.

I gave it a listen last night - it was different. Not sure that I have a strong take either way. But, I did a quick google search on his brand "Living for a Living" which he seems to think is very deep and thought provoking. Well, there are several website and a book by Jamal already going by the same title/name. He might want to sort that out a bit before he invests too much into his passion.

I think UST will move in that direction, but why don't Omaha and UKC have deals. It is kind of unbelievable. WIU I kind of get.

They really need to work on this: KC, Omaha and WIU really needs to get everyone on board. I give St. Thomas a pass because they are just starting. But, no reason not to have a broadcast partner. KC is a basketball only school. School TV Coverage Comments Kansas City Nothing Denver Altitude Partial Omaha Nothing Oral Roberts ORUSN All SDSU Midco All USD Midco All StTU Nothing WIU Nothing UND Bally Sports/Midco Partial NDSU WDAY All

Right now finding UND games is hard. Some are on Plus+ and some are on Midco and a fair number are not found. It would be really be nice to get NCHA under a SL package that would allow access to all home games. Or a package to watch all conference games your choice like NCHA does. I am not sure how much I like the current Plus+ scheduling..

Thank you..... I am sure that I am in the bottom tier. I assume that I should be checking my email this week. It would be nice if you got email telling you when to try for tickets in advance of the actual timeframe. Some of us are working during the day and don't have a job were you can just stop everything you are doing to buy tickets.

Is there a presale for Champions Club members?

I think that UND gets a win today. And I looked to see how Rebraca was doing at Iowa. Here are his last 5 games. Not too bad. I am happy to see him performing for his new school. That was a nice stat line in the Minnesota game. DATE OPP RESULT MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS Mon 1/31 @PSU L 90-86 2OT 32 80.0 100.0 0.0 6 0 1 1 3 1 11 Thu 1/27 vs6PUR L 83-73 11 50.0 0.0 0.0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 Sat 1/22 vsPSU W 68-51 20 80.0 0.0 0.0 5 0 0 0 2 1 8 Wed 1/19 @RUTG L 48-46 34 40.0 0.0 0.0 10 0 0 2 3 1 8 Sun 1/16 @MINN W 81-71 32 54.5 0.0 0.0 12 1 2 3 2 1 12