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Entitlement IX... many good and many bad things happen because of it...

I agree.. I noticed that Nurse came from Cal Davis and they had a nice secondary the last couple of years. I was hoping to see Nurse pull in a couple of DBs from the west coast this year and the start of building up the secondary at UND. None the less, I am looking forward to seeing him work with the guys.

I don't understand the alliance bit.. system works just fine. NDSU will need to up the buyout on home and home contracts. If teams buyout then they can afford to pay for another game. In this case, NDSU had offers from schools in fact I think a couple of schools called NDSU. But, NDSU did not want pay the asking price. So, NDSU had a choice of playing 10 games or 11 games. They went with 10 games. I don't get the NDSU victim rant. Original buyout for the NDSU/MSU home and home contract was $50,000 - that is the problem.

Not sure if the Horizon is going to just merge with the Summit. Horizon is going to be making some nice money off of the back to back National Championship game runs. I think the Horizon received $4.6 million this year and the Summit League made $1.4 million (same amount as the Big Sky) .

As long as the coaches feel they are qualified and they are the right fit. I am fine with them highering UND grads. In the last couple of seasons they have hired outside also - Wes Nurse, Benny Boyd and Kyle Myers. I think that it is a nice mix. I am really looking forward to seeing what Nurse and Boyd can do with the secondary this year.

I thought that the original invite was for SDSU only. The only reason that NDSU got in was because SDSU said, "Package Deal - both or none". NDSU rode SDSU's coat tails to get into the MVFC.

I was wondering if Gwoz would be interesting is working with CU or Colorado St to start a hockey program..

I find it interesting that only 18 schools have a subsidy of less than %50 and Total Revenue greater than $15 million outside of the 6 major conference (Big 10, Big 12, Big East, ACC, SEC and Pac). Mt. West (7) - $45M to $22M SDSU, New Mexico, Boise St, Hawaii, Fresno St, Colorado St and Nevada CUSA (2) - $40M to $27M Memphis, Marshall Patriot (1) Army $34M CAA (1) William&Mary $22M MV (2) Wichita St $21M UNI $18M Big Sky (2) UND $18M Montana $18M Summit (1) NDSU $15M

I noticed that they have a "Rover" position on the depth chart. Not sure if this means a major schematic change in the secondary.

Weber is rolling in rolling through the CIT. Here are the second round results: SECOND ROUND Evansville 86, Eastern Kentucky 72 East Carolina 75, Rider 54 Canisius 84, Youngstown State 82 (OT) Bradley 77, Tulane 72 Northern Iowa 63, Illinois-Chicago 51 Weber State 87, Air Force 57 Sunday Games Kent State (21-13) @ Loyola MD (22-11) 3:00 pm UC Irvine (21-15) @ Oral Roberts (19-14) 8:00 pm

Here is a link http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/199727801.html

We don't have a guard that can keep up with A James

yes, UNI is hot from 3 - defenders don't look ready to get into position to defend at times..

UNI has not been able to take advantage of UND's small lineup

I like the foul trouble this line-up is causing.. this could pay dividends later in the game..

did not look like a charge to you guys? close call..

kind of funny on the moving screen call.. hell they could make that call on both team all game long..

guards need to stop the penetration... last couple of buckets way too easy.

Team looks off so far, and they need to find the three point shooter or it is going to be a long night that kid has a stroke.

hope the camera work improves!!

Post season basketball is all about guard play - hope Anderson and Webb have great games. I am interested to see how Jones defends the 3 point shooter for UNI.

Link is up and running - really nice account creation and streaming process... no hassle at all

It will be an interesting game to watch. UNI runs 3G and 2F which should match up well with the smaller lineup UND has used recently to create match up problems In the Big Sky. Will UND smaller line-up shutdown UNI? I am not sure going big will be an option.

Wow!!

UND's powerplay was 1/2. UM powerplay was 2/7. I am not sure what you are arguing. Is your point, if UND can not score on a 5 min major that they should get the opportunity again even if UM commits a penalty.