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Hak said the Gaarder line was rolling in practice this week, time to see if they can keep it up.

Sounds like it is still being looked into.

That was already completed. The original committee figured out what stakeholders should have what say and how the process should go (this process is complete and committee is done). The second committee will pick a nickname to pass on to Kelley.

Points off turnovers is the glaring stat. UND scored 4 points off of 12 turnovers. Montana scored 25 points off of 14 turnovers.

His article today isn't much better.

Yep. The young talent on this team has shown a lot of flashes (those two plus Shanks and Hooker). Just need to continue to develop and put on a little bulk. All 3 of the bigs have room to put on some weight. I can see Cashman turning into a bruiser, he's definitely not afraid of contact. They all need to work on consistency though. Would be fun to see 6'8", 6'9" and 7'0" playing across the frontcourt for stretches over the next 3 years.

Montgomery will be speaking at the luncheon today. Noon, at the Alerus Center. $10 for buffet lunch. More than worth it if you haven't been before.

Ugh. Hooker travels as he turns his ankle and then Tyler misses a bunny. Draw something up, no clue how Hooker's ankle is otherwise he'd take the shot.

Q continues to amaze with his passing and vision. Really excited about a Shanks/Shields/Cashman rotation the next few years. Shields really seems to attack rebounds, just needs to put on some pounds. Need to put together a little run here and tie it up. Refs seeing some interesting things no one else seems to be able to see.

Reading comprehension. Try it out sometime.

The football team? Not sure you'll be allowed courtside wearing the 3 stripes.

Might have helped since they were working on getting the inside temp up to do some interior work. Construction continues to be behind. For sure not usable this spring and probably not this summer, though shouldn't be needed. Heard some good things about the track that is being put in. Only one other one with similar specs/surface/etc in the world (I believe in Brazil).

Serious question - Is this a legislature issue? Or whomever was on the Challenge Fund committee (thinking Wrigley in particular)? Or something that is just going to get swept under the rug per usual?

They might make sense for page clicks...

Just a limit on number of new players per year and number of kids at the fall ball before school starts. I believe some of the transfers don't count toward next years number due to enrolling this semester.

Yeah but can I tailgate?

Depending on which teams are placed there. The team allotments would be the only remaining tickets.

Any reason you couldn't do a sub-forum under the tickets. Something like: Siouxsports / UND Community / Tickets wanted / Other Items for Sale or would you have to do a completely separate forum for Items for Sale, moving out of UND Community, and then separate out tickets and other item Siouxsports / Items for Sale / Tickets wanted Siouxsports / Items for Sale / Other items for sale Thought being having the tickets separate is probably easier/cleaner. I have no clue how much work any of this would be. I think you do a great job running the site, just throwing some ideas out there.

I can agree with this as well but I also have a hard time accepting it if it was something that is holding up a department wide deal. Would the contract require head to toe gear or would the players have the option of different footwear even at their own expense?

I know the answer but guessing this wasn't podcasted or available to listen if you didn't catch it live correct? Am curious to hear what he actually said.

The three non-profits that are involved in running the REA are UND Arena Services (management of the REA) , UND Sports Facilities Inc (day to day operations of the REA) and Ralph Engelstad Arena (owner of the actual building). UND Sports Facilities pays UND Arena Services a management fee every year.

I think they should have to return the $150K they got in matching funds. As should Minot State and Dickinson State. Make them explain to the donors that they don't understand how rules work. Yes. Yes. And yes.

The information I was told was a few years back but guessing most of it still holds true. If anyone sees anything that is incorrect, feel free correct it. -UND gets the ticket price for the hockey games, season and single game (less all the fees attached on). They do contrac with the REA for handling the ticket sales -Concessions and Sioux Shop I'm not as sure on. Some of the concessions are run by outside vendors (Little Caesar's, TCBY, Red Pepper, etc) and pay some sort of rent, I believe the rest are run by the REA in some fashion. That goes through the REA's financials (UND Sports Facilities Inc). Sioux Shop might be the same but its also possible it might be a separate entity, again not sure on that one. -I believe that UND and the REA have a usage agreement. I don't know what that dollar amount is but I believe the terms are favorable for UND. -The other thing I'm not sure about is how the suite arrangement is done or what the revenue split on that is. This year UND would have received $405 from all season ticket holders as that was the cost of the tickets (a little over $18/game this year). The Champions Club would have received the donations that were required for those tickets. You also need to account for increase in the number of student tickets in your calculation. And again, UND contracts with the REA to handle all the ticket sales, distribution, etc. Total ticket sales for the entire athletic department were just under $4.1 million last year. Not sure how much of this helps but it is my understanding of how things work.

Just wonderful. I didn't hear it and I will continue to give Jones the benefit of the doubt on the court this year but that is the kind of stuff that is not acceptable when UND is trying to form a partnership that will benefit the entire athletic department, assuming it came across on the air the way it reads on here.

They aren't coming here and guessing the Stony Brook buyout is fairly significant since they already played in Grand Forks. Plus their fans have already decided that a MAC or other low level FBS school is coming in.