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CBU fans are a bit clueless... started chanting "You Can't Do That!!" when the home team was called for a foul.. it slowly faded away once they figure out the mistake.

It will be interesting to see what happens. He has some challenges moving over to the Summit League: 1) On boarding of St. Thomas 2) Following MVC/OVC changes (WIU/UM-KC) 3) Final NCAA Constitution Changes

Best of luck to you Sam, I will be cheering for you from GF.

I only watched for about 15 minutes the other night and it didn't look good.

First, to Quintin - it was fun watching you develop and preform on the field the last several years. The best of luck moving forward. I believe that Quintin did everything that we would expect as fans - he has finished his field of study and has graduated. He is going to continue his education at another school as many of us did ourselves. Great job Quintin.

any streaming?

That is what I thought, but I checked twice and it shows that he played..

How did McGrath look.. I see that he had 27 mins.. is that true. I thought that they were going redshirt him?

My opinion has not changed - the new name and logo are awful. Just so you are aware I have opinions on many, many things - small government is better than large government. Ranked Choice Voting is a terrible idea, I don't like the color of my living room but my wife loves it - if those opinions hurt your feeling you should learn to move because my opinion will not change on those topics (I will always hate the color of my living room, logo and new name). I look forward to a year from now when the annual post in this thread comes about... so, I can say the same thing. By the way - I approve of the new jersey - well done.

I thought that the MVC was looking at ORU and UT-Arlington for expansion (M. Brown last spring). But, it sounds like it is Murray St, UT-A and UM-KC. I hope it is Murray St. I am kind of a surprised by Murray St and MVC because the rumor was that things got personal during the last expansion go around.

I agree, I think USD has done a great job with facilities and campus improvements. I thought Pres. Abbott really did a nice job of laying the ground work for the University and much of what has recently been completed. Plus, I really like were the SL is right now. They are in the following media markets: MSP, KC, Denver, Tulsa and Omaha. That is an ideal footprint for the conference. But, I think the SL has some work to do to keep those schools. I would like them to be peers with the Horizon, WAC, and MAC. In general, I think the facilities in the conference are smaller but very nice with a handful of schools needing work: USD, NDSU, SDSU (updates started), Omaha, Denver, Tulsa (maybe some freshening up). All very nice UND could use some work to take it up a notch. WIU, KC, St. Thomas - major work So, the next step is getting budgets in place to compete for coaches, assistants, recruiting and other expenses.

I wonder if those numbers included the $700,000 annual debt payment for the Betty. I assume that is was spread across VB, M/W BB. But, it is just a guess. NOTE: The Betty is now paid for and I believe that scholarship dollars are being freed up from the sports cut back in 2017/2018. So, sometime around 2023 all of those obligations would be completed.

And you can see that KC budget is more in line with MVC than TSL. NOTE: Mills have a new contract - I can't find an updated value and STU has D-III numbers. But, I am sure that has changed a great deal. But, I would like to see everyone push toward the $2.5 million area. USD, Omaha and WIU have some work to do. Budget (mil) School Coach Pay Coach 2.53 Denver $180,000 - $200,000 Wulbrun 2.25 Kansas City $350,000 Donlon 2.18 SDSU $275,000 Hendo 2.09 ORU $199,082* Mills 1.94 UND $180,000 Sather 1.72 NDSU $230,000 Richman 1.47 USD $265,000 Lee 1.26 Omaha $180,353 Hansen 1.19 WIU $132,500 Wright $257,302 STU Tauer

Overall I would like the Summit League to push the budgets more toward $2.5 million. This would move them more toward the middle of the pack. Here is a list of conference Avg Budget and current NCAA tournament credits. Conference Avg Budgets Credits P-6 ACC $11.70 100 P-6 SEC $10.70 71 P-6 Big XII $10.50 82 P-6 Big East $10.00 54 P-6 Big 10 $9.90 82 P-6 Pac 12 $8.50 55 High Major American $6.50 25 High Major Atlantic-10 $5.00 19 High Major WCC $4.90 27 High Major MWC $4.20 11 High Major C-USA $3.00 10 High Major MVC $2.90 18 High Major Colonial $2.90 6 Mid-Major Big West $2.60 9 Mid-Major MAC $2.50 9 Mid-Major MAAC $2.50 6 Mid-Major WAC $2.50 6 Mid-Major Horizon $2.30 6 Mid-Major Patriot $2.20 7 Mid-Major Sun Belt $2.10 7 Low-Major America East $2.00 9 Low-Major A-Sun $2.00 8 Low-Major OVC $1.80 9 Low-Major Summit $1.80 9 Low-Major Southern $1.80 7 Low-Major Big Sky $1.80 6 Low-Major NEC $1.70 8 Low-Major Big South $1.60 7 Low Ivy $1.40 6 Low Southland $1.30 8 Low MEAC $1.20 7 Low SWAC $1.00 8

Well, it took a kid from Montana and Weber St transfer to finally dagger the Griz!!

Nice game.. fun to watch.

I like it .... in it late. Let the team build and understand pressure basketball.

Nero is starting to change things at the point.

Agree, but I think he brings something off the bench.

It odd on some of these fouls... they are getting called for boxing out.

I really like Howard - he's got a gritty game.

Are the DA and Ass. DA in trouble for witness tampering with the "did anyone ask you to change to statement? Yes, you!!" That does not sound good.

Locks: NDSU 6-1 - Win next against USD and they have the Conference Title. MSU 6-2 - They are done with conference play. USD 5-2 - They win on the road against NDSU and it sets up a 3 or 4 way tie for the Conference Title. The win today locks them into the playoffs. SIU 5-2 - They play YSU at home. Conference Title is still possible. Things get interesting: SDSU 4-3 - They host UND next week. Win and it is a lock. Lose and things get interesting. They have two quality wins @CSU and NDSU. UND 3-4 - On the road at SDSU. Win 99% chance they are done. But, if they win UND would be tied in conference with SDSU and own H2H. Only quality win would be SDSU - but finishing the season strong winning 4 or last 5. UNI 3-4 - Hosting WIU, like UND with a win next week they would only have 6 D1 wins, but they would have three quality wins - Sac St., SDSU and SIU. If UND wins at SDSU does it open things up for UNI in over SDSU. Predicted Outcome: NDSU, SDSU and UNI win, SDSU is in the playoffs but the question is, does UNI get in if Sac St wins out (co Big Sky Champ or Big Sky Champ). Plus how much does the nonconference MVFC record sway the committee. UND needs the following to have a chance: Win at SDSU, hope UNI loses and hope Sac St. win Big Sky Championship out right. If the bubble falls correct could they get in???

Kind of a surprise given what the program has to work with...