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In the article you mention, yes he says that UNO "fits the bill" for both MVC and Horizon expansion/replacement however he has no sources that conferences are actually interested. Why would the NCHC sell itself to add newcomer hockey schools? They already turned down ASU due to lack of success and arena issues. The NCHC is not going to add Horizon schools that have no teams at the moment. Omaha and Denver were in the Summit long before UND so why do they suddenly care if UND is in the Summit? Yes, DU and UNO can wreck havoc on the Summit by leaving the conference if they get an invite, but they're not going to do it to spite UND for accepting a non-existent offer from the Big10. Or to prevent UND from taking that non-existent offer. That's a blatant lie. The article doesn't say they're a finalist. It says "Industry sources believe the pool of candidates the league will at least consider for expansion includes the likes of Belmont, Murray State, North Dakota State, Nebraska-Omaha, Northern Kentucky and Valparaiso." That means some random insider thinks those teams will be talked to. Not that they'll request applications or that they're "Finalists." The NDSU football fans that travel do not relate to the NDSU basketball fans that don't travel. That's like saying the Big10 should take UND in all sports because their hockey fans travel so well. Football does not equal basketball, especially at NDSU. This is the second time you have mentioned NDSU opening up a possible Minneapolis contract for the MVC. It wouldn't happen until after the current Midco contract is up which is after the 18-19 season. However, you do all the work for us and in a later post explain why NDSU getting a Minneapolis cable contract is asinine. NDSU FB isn't even top 5 in the MSP area, why would the basketball team be?

Timing with cutting sports recently. Someone run a FOIA request as it could have been signed but not released.

Why is that a reasonable assumption? Drake and Illinois St just showed you can put your men's tennis in the Summit.

It wasn't this UND/BU game, they must have been talking about the one at the Frozen Four in Boston a few years ago. CJ Beaurline was fired from the NCHC after the first year and reffed that game with Marco Hunt.

AF sophomore goalie Shane Starett signed with Edmonton. He is going to finish out the school year.

He could only sign a one year contract.

You said you had never heard of a conference that has had placed many more teams in the men's bb tournament than the MVC. It's not like this is a one year old conference, they've been around for a few years and even had a team win the MBB title in it's first year of existence as a conference. Seven of the teams in the AAC were part of the split with three more coming on in the next year. They're all still there. Sure, some will leave and are looking to be in the P5 conferences but at this point they're the top of the G5.

You need to spend more time following college athletics if you've never heard of the AAC. No, it doesn't have the name recognition of the B10 or any other major conference but the teams in the AAC are much higher profile than the alphabet soup that is the MVC: Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, South Florida, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa and Central Florida or Bradley, Drake, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Loyola-Chicago, Northern Iowa, Missouri State, and Southern Illinois.

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As my good friend SiouxVolley would tell you, you have to have long term vision. Going to the MVC does nothing for any of the Dakota schools in the distant future. Plus, with each of the schools adding men's and women's quidditch as club teams next year, look for the new NQAC (pronounced N quack) to start up. They'll like use their influence to pressure UND men's hockey away from the ACYNHOF (association of colleges you've never heard of).

That Tucker kid is first team West all American

Good 24 hours for Denver that likely will be a great 50 hours. Jaillet is about to win the Richter, too.

I'm thinking about going tomorrow

There was an offsides 43 seconds into the third period they wanted to look at.

Got the puck.

He is a senior this year and has had a long journey to playing college hockey. Was similar to Tucker in that nobody really wanted him when he was in his late teens. Went to D3 St. Scholastica for a year, earned a walkon spot for UMD, sat out a year and is now wearing an A. Also does a lot of off ice work with the sled hockey team in Duluth.

If Duluth continues to cycle, Harvard is going to be tired in the third. The Crimson are losing a lot of small physical battles.

They just played a video in house featuring college players who turned pro. Of the 5 players they interviewed, three played at UND. So much for the NCAA hating UND.

Realistically, only if you can prove they did it intentionally and even then it's not worth it.

Way to start off with a classy first sentence. That will get some people to change their opinions Here's the issue that I have with cutting even more of the education part of the school in order for the 12 international women to play hockey at UND : At some point people need to realize UND is here to educate people and not just provide sporting opportunities. The administration and education side of things has had to cut the same amount as the athletic side of things. There has already been senior-level "reorganization" and there's still a huge budget deficit in the athletic department.

Lots of more talented guys playing in Europe and Russia who could make up a majority of the team.

If anyone thought UND was an outlier in the Big Sky, it would be even more so in the MPSF. The MP conveniently stands for Mountain Pacific, which Eastern North Dakota is close to neither. The travel costs with non-Pac12 schools plus the Dakota schools would be ridiculous. Rosters are around 29 players plus staff. At this point, the MPSF teams only play each other once so only one opportunity to do two games on the road in a weekend. The non conference schedule would need to be doubleheaders on the road because it will be very difficult to get teams to fly into Fargo. There are many cheaper places to go for teams to get doubleheaders. Additionally, if you take a look at most rosters for D1 lacrosse, it is girls from the coasts for the most part. That's a lot of recruiting expenses. While it would be nice to add LAX for both men and women, it would be a huge money drain for both schools.

So just to be clear, despite showing no interest in women's lacrosse, it's the obvious add? Yet when they show no interest in equestrian it means they're definitely not adding it?

One of those schools doesn't charge for attendance and averages fewer than 400 fans per game during the 5 home games each year. Right now, the Academy shows a big 0 for gate for lacrosse. Denver, a recent national champion averages close to 2,500 people per game, depending on weather. At $15 a pop for their 8-9 home games, that's a very generous $300,000 in attendance for a sport that features one opponent (AF) within 1,000 miles. UND's closest opponent would be 650 miles away and only two teams under 1,000 miles.

Agreed. That second time celebrating should be as exciting as the first. If not, take the goal away.