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Watching the way Arizona dismantled Gonzaga really makes Weber State's performance against Arizona all the more impressive.. Weber State really was a very good team and the Big Sky was indeed a very good conference. Like I said the Big Sky plays a lot of conference games with limited number of non conference games. The conference beats up on each other during the season and therefore it is tough to raise your conference ranking. I highly doubt NDSU or anybody else in the Summit would of stayed within 9 of Arizona.

Is UND the only school from the Summit or Big Sky that still has a team playing basketball in any of the tournaments?

The last 2 D1 winter sports teams in North Dakota that are still playing are UND Women's basketball and UND Hockey. Is that right? Hopefully it goes for a while.

Looking back I would say Weber State represented the Big Sky very well. They played Arizona, who was a 1 seed, to a 9 point game. Very impressive. The Big Sky was a very balanced conference which hurt the RPI of the conference because everyone was beating up on everyone else in the league. All in all it was a very good conference,

Why are Bison fans on here discussing it then.

I have no idea whether he is a UND hockey fan. He is definitely a Bison fan in the other sports.

Omaha is not so good on their webcast. No Clock. No scoreboard. Replays constantly being shown when the game is going on. Bad bad production.

Salmonson sleep walks way too much out there. He constantly loses his man.

No one is denying that a lot of people saw that NDSU and Kansas game 5 years ago. The reality of it is, that that game is a dot on the world map of peoples memories other than for Bison fans and a few Kansas fans. I stand by my statement that Kansas's double digit win in the first round of the tourney 5 years over NDSU is long ago lost in the memory banks of most sports fans in this country. Obviously reporters, radio personalties or television commentators who are going to do some kind of a story about NDSU would do their research and report what happened back then. It is going to be necessary to do some research though.

Bison fans think they beat Kansas in 2009. They lost by double digits. I hate to break the bad news. When you lose in the first round of the tournament 5 years ago by double digits. NOBODY other than Bison fans remembers. Kansas fans don't even remember. Kansas fans might the remember the last game they played in that tournament when they got beat. That was far from a memorable game for anybody but Bison fans in their imagination. The rest of the country has no memory of that game.

Until they play UND I guess we are just going to have to assume they are afraid. The reason for that thinking is when they do play us in a sport they seem to lose. That would make your sports scheduling department ( GT) a little nervous. Don't you think.

You do realize the top team(NDSU) in the Summit got ran out of the gum by the number 2 team in the Big Sky (UND). Every time you try to make your arguments you keep looking sillier.

They would of taken anybody except the Bison.

I heard a rumor yesterday. They said NDSU was considering dropping their women's basketball program. Anybody else hear that? I only saw NDSU's men's basketball team play once this year. They looked really bad.

NDSU apparently tried the same formula except they got rejected by the Big Sky. Oops. NDSU had to settle for the Summit. IPYZ and IPKM aren't the greatest locations but at least they have a conference.

That is too bad. They don't realize how bad NDSU is. It is kind of disappointing to get mixed up with them. That might actually work to our advantage. They might take us lightly.

There is a lot more to the big picture than one seed in one sport in one year. There a lot of varying factors. Like I said, it is the conference NDSU would of killed to get into. I believe NDSU tried a couple of times to get into it. You are right. The Big Sky is a whole .lot more stable. You have one fact right.

Once again you don't need to worry the enjoyment UND fans are having. We are having a lot of fun. Maybe you didn't know this but we have of all our contests on the road in all sports available on video. We are able to watch them ALL. You should of been in Grand Forks yesterday. We just watched our women punch a ticket to the Dance. We absolutely love that the conference champs hosts the tournament at the end of the year. The Big Sky is great. Quit worrying about us. When you look at the total picture, overall the Big Sky situation it is much better than the Summit. Remember the Summit is the conference NDSU wanted to get into bad.

Let's see This is our 2nd year in full fledged D1. This is our 2nd year in the Big Sky.. We won the Big Sky in Volleyball this year. We finished 2nd in the Big Sky in men's basketball. We won the Big Sky in women's basketball this year. And by the way we are going to the Big Dance in women's basketball. Not a bad 2nd year. And for a little icing, we beat the Bison in Volleyball, Women's basketball, soccer, and yes, Men's basketball too. What league are the Bison in. Is it the Summit. We are not envious of the Summit. Bison fans don't need to worry about UND. We are doing just fine in the Big Sky. You guys need to spend more time trying to figure out how to beat UND when you play us, and a lot less time trying to convince UND fans we shouldn't be happy in the Big Sky. We are very happy in the Big Sky. Hope you enjoy your trips to the alphabet schools. You have some really exciting locations in the Summit. Impressive.

Just think of what Weber would have done to NDSU last night in Utah. It wouldn't of been pretty. You apparently don't remember the whooping UND put on your team. It is funny how the memory seems to disappear sometimes.

I watched the Summit Championship and the Big Sky Championship game. Of IPFY, NDSU UND, and Weber State, Weber State appears to be then strongest team based on that game . Weber definitely has the complete package.

The thing that is funny about that is, USD was probably the least desirable school in most people's minds.

It was not a perfect game. Overall I thought we played a solid game.

I for one could care less if they are in a play-in game or a 15 seed. If they win the Big Sky tourney I will be elated. After that it doesn't matter. It is all gravy.

Certainly I would rather get to the dance and win a game or two. If we don't get to the dance, NDSU would have had a better season for sure. But as far as who is the better team, NDSU had their chance and they blew it.