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No doubt, a great program. I will miss the games with WSU. Hopefully we play meaningful games with them next year.

Nice - thanks for the update it is unfortunate about what is required for security today.

Yes, it counts as a win and they get a share

Just a little of an apples to oranges comparison. It my is my understanding that the Summit/Midcontinent has always had a semi-neutral/neutral site for the conference tournament (Moline, Springfield, Fort Wayne, Kanas City, Tulsa and then Sioux Falls) Big Sky has always had host schools. Last year is the first time that the Big Sky committed to growing a true neutral site conference tournament. School officials know that it is going to take time to grow the tournament because fans are not used to travelling for the tournament. Obviously the numbers would look much better if UND/Weber St or Montana typical host schools were continuing to host the tournament. After 5 years, I am sure school officials will look to see how the experiment is going. I always thought the Boise (5 schools fairly close), Spokane (4 schools very close together) or Salt Lake City more of a regional center would have been better choices. Reno is kind of in the middle of nowhere for the conference. The closest school is Sac St at 2 1/2 hour drive next closest is Weber St. which is 7 or 8 hour drive. It is a much different problem to solve than Summit League.

It was a tough loss last night - but I was really confused by the call at the end of the game. I was wondering if someone can explain the last foul last night. 1) Called foul on Avants - watching the game on TV it looked like it was against 33. 2) But, number 11 shoots the FT. This was after the ref looked at the monitor. So, if the foul wasn't against 33 what was the call for? 11 was over in the corner of the court. 11 wasn't even close to ball on the play. The only thing I could think of was the foul was not called on Avants. I looked at the box score and it was on Avants. So, I am at a loss at why 11 was shooting the FT vs 33. Here is the box score from the game: 00:05 5 3 - 5 5 V 2 GOOD! LAYUP by HOOKER, Quinton [PNT] 00:05 FOUL by AVANTS, Conner (P4T9) 00:05 5 3 - 5 6 V 3 GOOD! FT SHOT by JACKSON, Trevis 00:05 5 3 - 5 7 V 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by JACKSON, Trevis

Looking forward to O. Nevermann on defense... I loved his energy on the field.

I believe the conference gets a credit for a win in the first four. Not a bad deal.

As far as regular season championships goes Montana has won 3 of 4 twice (1994-1995 and 1999-2000) in the 34 year history of the those sports. So, just winning three of the four would be a major accomplishment for the athletic department.

Actually - I would like to see @NDSU and host USD/SDSU. Then @USD@SDSU and host NDSU every other year.

I would say that the indoor track in one of the best training facilities in the country (I believe they have the same material as Rio Olympic - http://www.mondotrack.com/mondotrackws/) for indoor/outdoor track. I think the Betty is a very nice facility for VB or WB.

Have you been to Youngtown?

I have both espn3 and eversports and I have never had problems with either of them. But, I can go to any location and stream eversports. Not true with espn3.

I have seen several people try and pass this off as a plus. I don't get it - Eversports shows all Big Sky games on line for free.... plus you can watch all games on demand for months. ESPN3 usually requires a fee or up charge and not all providers have ESPN3 available. Plus, the games are on demand for 2 or 3 weeks - then gone. Plain and simple Eversports is a much better deal. I don't get your logic.

I loved the "Shut you mouth Ryan Kasowski" line this year in football... He is a great hire for all sports. I really enjoy his work and to MIDCO they do a great job

OK, am I only one watching Grandma do the pregame... oh my this is going to classic if she is going to be announcing this game. This ranks up there with the spinning tiger head by CC.

Wasn't UMKC a finalist last time with Denver.. I think Denver said - pass because MVC wanted them to add sports. The Slummit took Denver even tho they only match up for 5/9 mens and 6/11 womens sports or 11 out of 20 total sports. Not the strongest match...

Best of luck this week and looking forward to next years game for the Big Sky championship game.

This is such a fail on the part SDSU admins ... they should have played that terrible Jacked Up rap song someone created this year. They could have rick rolled the dome... ahhhhh what are they thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I found a link - careful and you have been warned..

Seems like you are on the wrong board. You should be telling the school to the south about this... not UND.

One of the reason they get more butts in the seats is because of the new facility. That facility comes at a cost. You can talk butts in the seats all you want, but SDSU needs those butts just to break even. USD 36 years ago built a dome to get more butts in the seats. They initially has good success in the early 80's because of the new facility. But, the mortgage caught up with program and for a period of time the athletic office was cast strapped. It is one of the big differences between South Dakota and North Dakota programs. Now, I don't think that SDSU or USD will have similar problems this time because Sanford has shown a willingness to help both schools. But, mortgage payments are very real for the South Dakota programs.

One huge difference --- SDSU needs that money to pay the mortgage.

Saint Francis at Villanova Weber State at Chattanooga Lehigh at New Hampshire North Carolina A&T at Richmond Charleston Southern at Wofford Illinois State at Central Arkansas Samford at Youngstown State San Diego at Cal Poly

No, kidding last team in and they got the worst team in the playoffs non-scholarship Dayton. Sad part is that Dayton was winning at half.

Go - Stangs!! love to watch NDSU go down to the Triple Option.

EWU did beat the number #20 team in the FBS poll - Washington St. - best win FCS this year.