jdub27

Did you miss the part where UND does not currently have a name despite what you want to think?

Agree on the first part and as they say, you are what your record says you are. I do think this team has the capability of being above average and winning a game or two in the conference tournament, mainly because Shanks becoming eligible and playing more minutes (34 last night) has made this team significantly better. But close losses are still losses. Big question is whether or not they can figure it out before they end of the year. Honestly I have no clue. Thought the win at Idaho and 1st half of the EWU game were a step in the right direction. Then a collapse in the second half and letting one slip away at home last night (again).

Curious on your personal opinion on the following: 1)What changes would be needed under the current agreement you would find it acceptable to reinstate the nickname 2)What changes would be needed for UND to actually consider reinstating the nickname

Agree. I've seen a lot more protests/marches/etc about what still remains than what isn't here any more.

You might be more relieved on Wednesday when the faxes start coming in

Usually a lot to go west out of Fargo but they do fly out of GFK as well. Multiple factors determine which place they fly out of. Last week they did fly to MSP en route to Moscow out of Fargo but they will also typically catch flights to Denver out of Fargo rather than going east to MSP.

Yep....

Have I mentioned I enjoy watching Hooker?

de Ruen with his 4th with 10 to go.

This team is fun to watch. Lots of effort.

Shanks looking very good and getting lots of minutes. Hooker so fun to watch. Seems like everyone on Weber can hit from deep. UND doubling hard down low when Weber gets it in the post, we'll see how long that works. Cashman looked good in his first half minutes.

Nothing out of the realm of possibility. B1G winner will likely have a higher PWR than the AHA winner. #2 overall seed could get a fairly unlucky draw (assuming they don't do any shuffling).

Agreed. Host team will have to win 2 games instead of 1 to make it to the championship now making it slightly tougher but I don't think attendance will be nearly as good at a neutral site. Unless you're putting it at a very easy location for multiple fanbases to get to, the footprint of the conference is huge and you're taking away a guaranteed large crowd from the host school.

There's always tickets for sale. A lot of it will depend on what other schools are sent to Fargo. If it is 3 teams that aren't close or don't travel well, their allotment will end up being released. If there is another team that is close by, that will help drive up the price. If Minnesota were to somehow make it and be sent here instead of South Bend....yikes.

Friday - O'D Saturday - Parks

Truth. Ask Dan Snyder how his fight is going and that is a privately owned entity. I still see all historical references in the athletic buildings I've been in, which what was permitted by the settlement agreement.

If that's what you got out of what CMSioux's post then you answered my question. PS - Mussman went 3-1 against your "benchmark" team USD during the transition.

Yes - Do you know how to let stuff go and move on?

They did that last time as well to the tune of nearly 6 figures. Their current search committee put together a list of questions to figure out what went wrong and they are now going to have another committee put together to answer the questions and this is before they even start to look at hiring a new president.

Why doesn't someone just put a call into the president of the Foundation and ask...

Pretty talented kid. Got a response from an NDSU fan 2 full days before he sent the tweet you're referring to. The tweet that was responded to was that he sat next to rival NDSU coach on the plane from Grand Forks and was 2 days before Smith tweeted anything about his verbal to UND and the hashtag of NDSU being on the clock. But whatever makes justifying 40 some year old fan responding to 18 year old kids OK. Really showing your smarts with this one. If a scout wants to see a player at a pro day, he will be there. I'd love to see NDSU inform some professional teams that they can't see a kid because he hurt their feelings with a tweet sent 4 or 5 years previous. UND hosted a pro day for many years, they were asked to have their players come to Fargo. It allowed more teams to show up since they didn't have to send their scouts to North Dakota twice or spend multiple days here.

So going into the last week of recruiting, with a class that NDSU won a lot of battles on and needs to be protecting their verbals, Hedberg is wasting not only his time but 2 high schools time by going out on "courtesy" calls, basically just leading the kids on? First the company line was that he hadn't been to Davies now it is that he has been there to see the twins but isn't recruiting them? Wow, that is some Grade A spin.

No surprise but you're missing the point. Clearly the NDSU coaches would never be calling on a UND recruit, the NDSU fans continue to insist that kids like that are well below their staff's standards. Then when it continues to happen, heads go straight into the sand. No one here is denying that all staffs do it, it's your fan base that continues to deny it despite the facts to the contrary.

Is it profitable? Last I heard it wasn't and that was after being around for 10+ years. The NBA wanted a way to further develop players and did what they thought was best. Also think about the cost factor: You're comparing paying 10-12 players/team plus a few coaches for a game that can be played in smaller arenas (which most large metros have) versus paying around 60 players plus quite a few more coaches and the options for a venue to hold a game are limited and likely large. Takes a lot fewer butts in the seat to pay for the first one.

Unless you there is a large financial incentive to do so, it will never happen. People have emotional ties to colleges, it is why it works so well right now. Once those players are out of college, the emotional tie is severed and you have a product that isn't top of the line and people aren't invested. Tough sell across the board.