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Do I have too? Bison football fans are in for National Championships. Conference Championships and playoff wins don't mean anything to them. I would hope it's the same expectation for UND hockey.

And I still think UND basketball will be fine in conference play. You won't miss the conference tournament and you will have all season to work on playing the zone. Th failures of UND and the success's of NDSU since Nov 24th don't mean anything in relation to what happens in both their conference tournament..

Congratulations. When you lower expectations from winning National Championships to winning season series, it makes disappointment a little less heartbreaking.

Getting a good laugh from the UND hockey fans that come over to support basketball because the hockey team can't win anymore.

Since when? Nov 24th? Since Nov 24th, UND hasn't won a game, and NDSU hasn't lost a game. Cherio on your "State" Championship. How high school.

I agree with this. It's very similar to UND's approach of hockey coming first, second, third, and even fourth, with everything else way behind.

You guys look very selfish out there and try to force things. Looks like teams realize they will struggle with you if they play you man up, but if they can take Huff out and make others force the issue you struggle. If UND can figure out offense against the zone you're going to confuse the hell out of other coaches, I don't think they dare play you man up.

For the record, I think Hardee is a great coach and this would be very unfortunate for him to lose his job whatever is happening. He's also very good for the community as well, as he's the only program that is active in the local club scenes around this way.

Bobby Petrino v 2.0? Really Hardee?

Spread the Love....... #buttfootball?

I think the MVC is overrated myself. It doesn't matter really. There's NDSU, and then there's everyone else in FCS.

RPI doesn't start showing a true form until around February. It's about as meaningless as preseason media polls at this point.

NDSU is not better than Wisconsin. I would bet the farm that NDSU would not allow Wisconsin to get to the century mark in regulation. They've done that never under Saul as a coach. Wisconsin wasn't playing half court basketball at all. UND wasn't guarding, Wisconsin was shooting open shots and hitting, and UND would come down and force something. Like what JDub said, Wisconsin was allowing it because UND wasn't guarding and Wisconsin was hitting shots. I would put money down that if Wisconsin wasn't hitting shots you would have seen a different kind of game. Probably still be around what it was for score, but it would have been a different game. I watched the UND-Wisconsin game. I was impressed with Huff. Guys a very good player. I was even impressed with some of the inside play, UND has some athletes that can play inside, but you fans don't seem to like them and you know them more than I do. They aren't going to post up, but they can get in and rebound off Huff driving. I was very impressed with UND on offense. They force alot, but they have players that can. With that being said, I was equally unimpressed with the defense. I don't see NDSU having any issues scoring on your defense. The issue will be if NDSU can stay consistent. Their offense played pretty well tonight and outran a Western Michigan team who's won 15 nonconference home games in a row. It's going to be a good game. I think NDSU wins. I wouldn't be surprised if UND wins. Both teams have very good individual players who can get to the rim. Both teams have shooters. NDSU has an inside prescence. UND has players who can carry the team in spurts. NDSU plays defense. UND seems to like to run. NDSU is very good in defensive transition. UND likes to stay in transition, is good at it, and doesn't seem to use many sets.

LMAO, yea, uhh, no. The time NDSU allows over 100 points in regulation to anyone, nonetheless a Wisconsin team who will probably average 50-60 ppg in the Big 10, will be the time I will take these kind of posts seriously.

saul has alot of wisconsin principles, but has definitely his own style now. he will not run with und, or anyone. he will gladly sacrifice offense to keep a slow tempo. i think und may struggle offensively if they try to play uptempo and not be patient. i would put money down on ndsu having some moments of struggling offensively. saul seems to pull his offense back in order to control the defensive tempo. if und crashes in on bjorklund and ndsu is not shooting 3s , they will struggle and you will see a very ugly game. one thing i think ndsu does better than most teams i have seen them play the last 3 years is control tempo. they lose some games, but they have stoll controlled tempo. st marys was an exception because they did an outstanding job getti g into the paint and dishing amd it killed the bison. they are so focused defensively on their own man they dont help d well at all.

ndsu has a great defensive team. i dont see a player like huff going off for 30+. huff could still have a good game though, hes a real nice player. ndsu runs into trouble with slashers who dish. they dont help d very well, and if und shooters are on it could be interesting. ndsu has been a wierd offensive team this year. their strength is shooting and getting to the rim, however their outside shooting has been terrible 3 of the last 4 halves, and they teally struggled getting to the rim against southern miss defense which is outstanding. i look for a slow paced half court game with ndsu shooters being the difference. i would not be surprised if und wins this game.

One thing's for sure. NDSU is a lot closer to the elite of FBS than UND is to the elite of FCS.

Good luck with that. Consider any quality home games you get from teams outside the region a gift. It's the nature of being a lower tier D1 basketball program. Both NDSU and SDSU go through it as well as. Programs don't like to travel to lower tier places and lose more revenue than they already are. It just doesn't benefit them in any way, shape, or form.

A) NDSU

I think a lot of Bison Fans are over looking Ferris St, which will be over after the first drive, and more intrigued with your matchup with the Bunnies. I think it's going to be a good game and a great opportunity for you guys.

Who's the best FCS program, not only in North Dakota, but the entire country? A) NDSU Bison

Everyone knows why there's no scheduling. UND won't schedule unless it's every year, NDSU won't schedule every year. I wouldn't mind it every year, even though we'd be losing the home game that would fill and bring the athletic deparment a good chunk of money every other year.

They did think of all the ramifications, and then made a decision that UND would soon follow.

Yes, because every true intelligent sport fans know that rogue programs that run wild win back to back national championships at a high level, even if it isn't the highest.

You're argument is horrid, and idiotic. It's no wonder why so many people see you as a hockey only school when you're own fanbase continues to discedit it's other athletic programs.