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Denver was my second guess behind ORU. Not sure why they weren't listed more originally as a possibility other than they had just moved to the Summit. They seem to be switching conferences yearly anyway, so no big deal to them. Plus being a private university is a definite plus to half of the MVC.

Gonzaga spends 6x the amount of money UND does on basketball. They spend 3x what UND and NDSU do combined on basketball. It takes money to compete. Unless a huge donor is going to step up, not sure where that money is going to come from. UND has struggled to finish getting the funds for their IPF (though it looks like they finally have). NDSU has been stuck on the last $2MM of their BSA renovation for how long now? They would need double that $2MM every year on top of their existing basketball budget and they would still be $1MM short of what Gonzaga spends on basketball.

I agree 100% with this. The top level of FBS is going to start realizing how much money they are leaving on the table once their "playoffs" start and are going to have no desire to share it.

Yes, it is too bad that all scandals have been relegated to the B1G. No academic scandals or booster abuse in the Big 12, ACC, SEC, Pac12, etc. I guess Auburn, USC, FSU, SMU, Miami and Oregon (just off the top of my head) are all clean as a whistle. If you don't consider the B1G as one of the premier conferences, I'd love to see your list.

So one conference is better than them in football and one is better than them in basketball and now they are a second rate conference? And to declare their academics as a non-factor in the conference profile is a pretty shallow view, not to mention money, which is what is driving the majority of realignment. I can only hope UND can some day would even be considered for what you declare is a second-rate, wanna-be conference. To everyone else who looks at the whole picture, the B1G is one of the premier conferences.

I'm not real excited about the B1G hockey conference or other developments, but are you serious? The academic profile of that conference alone is enough to make your statement a joke (hint: Rutgers and Maryland both have AAU designations), let alone the money that their TV network can command and bring in. They are currently rated 2nd in both MBB and WBB and ended the season as the 4th best football conference. That company, in both academics and athletics, is one that UND can only wish that it could keep. If you want to make this strictly about hockey, that is one thing. But to declare the whole conference as "second-rate, wanna-be" is just absurd and makes you look petty.

Schools in their conference? No Money? Yes

Seems believable. Even so, the bolded above does not compute...

I see that now. Seems strange. I guess if that is the case, it is a good thing to have in your back pocket in case an injury or something were to come up. No doubt he's seeing the field this year.

My understanding was that he enrolled at Parkland College in Champaign last fall, which I believe started his eligibility clock, meaning he will have used 1 of his 5 years to complete his 4 years of eligibility. I could be wrong though. On a related note, here is an article from the Chicago Tribune that he is mentioned in that talks about grades and eligibility and partially explains how he ended up at UND. Touches on the coaches at UND staying on top of the student athletes and working with them on their academics.

I only see the MVC adding one new team. They like the balanced schedule of 10, with 18 conference games and there is less schools to split their NCAA MBB money with. Unless they are expecting to lose more teams, I don't see them going to 12. Not sure if it will affect the Summit. They need to be concerned about Oakland moving to the Horizon or Denver being the team that the MVC picks. My best guess is ORU or Denver.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe he will be playing right away and won't have a red-shirt year available to him.

Also, there has not been a large amount of "new" members either. Regardless, UND has fared better, particularly on the road, than a lot of people had thought they would.

Wonder if is there the possibility of each team having the logo in their team colors similar to what the Big Sky does.

I would guess that the student organization NoDak Nation (formerly Sioux Crew) is the group that runs the trips. I believe they were the ones they were in charge of the Omaha trip with the infamous stop in Summit, SD.

Eagle's Crest (King's Walk) has a pretty good Sunday brunch buffet as well.

I didn't purchase tickets, but from the e-mail:

I got the e-mail as well. Interesting that they are sending it out to UND Champions Club members. I would guess that other schools' booster club members must get some sort of presale oppurtunity as well. Tournament is Friday and Saturday March 21/22 consisting of the 4 winners from the conference quarterfinals, played at home ice of the top four regular season finishers (no real surprise on the format other than the 3rd place game). Lower bowl and first 8 rows of upper level are all one price with the remainder another price. The e-mail also states that this is a reservation only and the seat locations will be assisgned at a later date, but location is prioritized based on when you purchase your reservation.

Here are the last 10 years. Italicized games did not have the home team involved in the championship game. Only twice in the last 10 years has the host team not made the finals. No clue how these compared to the host team's average attendance during the year. I would imagine the Betty would be beyond sold out if UND was playing for a chance to go to the Dance. 2003 - 10,121 Weber over EWU in Ogden 2004 - 4,615 EWU over NAU in Cheney 2005 - 1,825 Montana over Weber in Portland 2006 - 3,163 Monanta over NAU in Flagstaff 2007 - 9,178 Weber over NAU in Ogden 2008 - 4,113 Portland St over NAU in Portland 2009 - 1,546 Portland St over Montana St in Ogden 2010 - 6,308 Montana over Weber in Ogden 2011 - 3,182 UNC over Montana in Greeley 2012 - 7,042 Montana vs. Weber in Missoula

So regular season and conference tournament championships aren't considered success to you then? You must just cringe when you see the banners for those hanging from the rafters or walls of the REA. The nerve of UND celebrating and glorifying things that some fans don't deem as success. If you think that acknowledging those as accomplishments is acting "high and mighty" than I don't know what to tell you.

You're arguing both sides here. On one hand you are saying we have had too many "NHL talented players" to not win, then you follow it up by saying we should go away from that and have less talented players because they would stick around more and we'd win a national championship. You're saying the reason those teams should have won was because of all the talent on them but you think the answer is to have less talent on the team for guys that stick around, taking spots away from the guys with all talent that are the reason you think UND should have won a national championship in the last decade. Don't get me wrong, I don't think there are many fans that don't think UND should have won a national championship over the last decade, but guess what, they haven't. A team only needs to run off 4 games in March to win a title, but you can't do that if you aren't in the tournament. There are very few teams that consistently put themself in position to do that and UND is one of them. If you can't see that, then you need to step back from the ledge and refocus.

From earlier comments made on here, I'm surprised that JJ Robertson was not on that list. I really like seeing Golladay on that list though.

I assumed he pointed as he was recognizing the great play Gleason made. He definitely shot it towards Rocco and not the net. I didn't see Rocco's comments about not touching it, but the video I saw made it look like he did. Doesn't matter either way. I do agree, none of them care who put it in, just that it went in.

I agree. It looked like Gleason shot it at Grimaldi for the tip and Rocco converted.

The uproar and meltdown from some of the hockey only fans would be amazing to watch.