jdub27

More games against better competition? Yes, UND had a weaker schedule and that is part of the reason why their Sagarin ratings are so low, but: UND went 2-3 against teams in the NCAA tournament (SDSU, Montana / SDSU, Kansas, New Mexico). If I'm not mistaken NDSU was 0-2 against teams in the NCAA tournament (SDSU x2). NDSU was terrible after their loss to UND. The players weren't even around Fargo to practice this week, a couple of them are meeting the rest of the team on the way to Wyoming. No one expected them to get an invite to any kind of tournament, including the players and coaches.

UND with the comeback. Wow. On to NJIT. Beat them by 17 at home, lost to them by 15 on the road. Should be a good game.

Makes both.

Anderson going to the line. Double bonus. 75% on the year.

Basket UTPA, 2 point game, UND ball. Going to come down to free throws. Yikes...

And its good. UND by 4, 16 seconds to go.

AND 1. UND by 3 with a free throw coming, under 20 seconds to go.

UND up by 1 with the ball, 40 seconds left and 29 left on the shot clock.

UND goes up by 1 off an offensive rebound with 1:15 to go.

Mitchell makes 2 free throws, teams trade baskets. Tie game 2:45 to go. UTPA makes a 3 to go up by 3.

UND up by 1 with 5 minutes to go.

48-44 8:06 to go after a pair of Andreson free throws. Mitchell with his 4th foul.

2 point game!

39-33 UTPA with 14:43 to play. Making a nice little come back after being down 16.

UND running off a few points, lead is down to 10 with 16:30 to go.

No real big surprise but expect to see Dell in net tonight and UND playing shorthanded as Dickin won't be in the line-up (per Hakstol at the Booster luncheon today).

While it is a UND announcer, sounds like there's a handful of calls that have not went UND's way during the UTPA run. 37-23 at the half, no baskets for UND in the last 8+ minutes. Gave up 20 in a row to end the half.

16 in a row for UTPA, down by 10 with about 2:30 to go in the half.

8-0 run by UTPA puts them up by 2 with 4 minutes left in the half.

Free audio on Fightingsioux.com (UNDSports.com) for those of you needing something to listen to in order to get through a Friday afternoon. Sounds like Huff is having a great all-around game. Few big 3's by the other guards as well.

Can't say I've ever met someone related to UND that has got "huffy" about that statement, it seems to be the one that bothers NDSU folks. Not sure why someone related to UND would be upset about it?

You forgot the part where he would rather have the teams (and athletic department) disappear than change the nickname.

He was forced to say it and still came up with very reasonable and logical reasons of why it made sense to move on? Pretty convenient for him.

False.

False. It is. UND won titles with no nickname. They won titles as the Flickertails. The won titles as the Fighting Sioux. They will continue to win titles with no nickname or whatever nickname comes next. They all count the same. They were all won by the University of North Dakota. Also, does a team cease to exist if their logo changes or is it only their nickname? Or does it have to be both? I'm just curious because your web of (il)logical thoughts intrigue me.