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All of that coupled with some likely uncertainty in finances at play as well. NCAA announced that payments are going to be reduced and Champions Club renewals coming out in the next few weeks isn't exactly great timing. Can't get candidates on campus and how long do you go with uncertainty. Interesting it was for the whole season but I'm sure it wasn't done on a whim.

Yeah, he's totally on an island with how extreme he's been with the decisions he's made...

Likely going to need a new deep threat though.

Get him here and keep him on the court, he'll be the starting PG next year.

If they ever move them, it will be to the end. They won't take lower bowl seating away from the students unless they completely quit showing up. That isn't an issue for lower bowl seats right now.

The top of 2013, 215, 207, 203 along with all of 216-218, 201-202 and 208-209 do not require donations at this point in time. The subject of making sure UND fans (season ticket holders/Champions Club members) have access to extra tickets for specific games going forward has been brought to the attention fo the Athletic Department. They have done similar things for Gopher hockey, so it should be compatiable with existing systems they use.

I agree, you have the virus experts who want to shut everything down as the only solution. And you have others who just want to go on as is, whatever happens, happens. The answer is somewhere in the middle, which I'd argue right now we are closer to 70/30 as there are still plenty of places open that I wouldn't necessarily say are "essential". We're also pretty far from any sort of lockdown in the majority of the country. India is a lot closer to 100/0 right now compared to the US with 1.3 billion people ordered to stay home for 21 days oustide of health care, law enforcement, media, and other essential services.

That's fine and I don't disagree, but I'm genuinely curious on what alternative you would propose for the current issue? We can worry about enforcing nanny state laws after this is done with to address the other problems. There is apparently something different in how the experts (who see all the same statistics you keep pointing out) are viewing this vs. other things, so let's take worry about the one right in front of us right now.

You've obviously made sure it is very clear you don't agree with the steps/precautions being put in place. I'm honestly curious what your alternative plan of attack would have been and what you would have deemed acceptable as collateral damage? And understand that if you're wrong, the cat is out of the bag and there isn't a do-over on containing it. Or maybe you're just venting? It is an incredibly tough situation for everyone but continuing to criticize the experts who are leading this (or trying to) isn't going to magically make it better.

Once people quit focusing on trying to compare the numbers of COVID-19 to other diseases and realize this is about slowing the spread as to not overwhelm hospital capacity, it might finally click with some. If not, the spread will instead drive up death numbers of medical issues across the board due to lack of care available, particularly as it relates to ventialtors and ICU beds. There is no herd immunity or cure at this time. Social distancing is the current best option to slow the spread and hopefully prevent that overwhelming.

I think that will be how he builds the team but in the next year or two, he'll need some stopgaps to help plug holes. Want to make sure scholarships stay somewhat even and does need to show some results while he's building.

Gue's 18 minutes per game needed to be replaced somewhere and Eady's minutes around 30% from last year. But just because there weren't a ton of minutes that graudated, that precludes them from showing any growth in the minutes they did get? I would agree those two are going to need to show a huge leap next year or NDSU is going to struggle. They graduate 50% of their minutes played and 58% of their scoring. For comparison, UND graduates 45% of their minutes played and 47% of their scoring, but they also (should) get Moody back.

I just looked and noticed the UND site doesn't include the NDSU game yet. I'll go back and update my numbers

Eady Freshman - 20.1 minutes / 6.5 points / 2.3 rebounds / 0.8 assists / 1.2 assists:turnover Sophomore - 26.4 minutes / 6.7 points / 3.9 rebounds / 1.4 assists / 1.6 assists:turnover Griesel: Freshman - 25.6 minutes / 6.1 points / 3.8 rebounds / 1.5 assists / 1.1 assists:turnover Sophomore - 24.1 minutes / 6.6 points / 5.5 rebounds / 0.9 assists / 0.7 assists:turnover DAE: Freshman - 29.6 minutes / 13.8 points / 4.8 rebounds / 1.1 assists / 0.5 assists:turnover Eikens needs to work on taking care of the ball, that is no secret. Other than that, I don't really see anything that make me think Eady and Griesel would be an easy choice to pick over Eikens (also probably fair to note was coming off a fairly serious leg injury). Neither Eady or Griesel took any sort of noticeable leap between their freshman and sophomore year, it remains to be seen what their ceiling could be and also what kind of improvement DAE shows heading into his second year.

Imagine selling your soul for $28,000 (0.1% of UND's athletic budget).

Despite what some claimed, Marlon was the best player on the floor last time these two teams met. Last night, he played very reserved and conservative for 2/3's of the game last night stepping it up to finish off the game. Should give him a little extra energy for tonight. That forumla works and Marlon doesn't need to drop 30 as long as the other guys show up. Keys Marlon needs to let the game come to him and take what he is given, particularly tonight since I have to imagine he's going to get more attention. DAE needs to avoid dribbling in traffic. KW can take his shots as long as he doesn't have to rush them. BB needs to be aggressive and take the open 3 when he has it and also finish off his drives instead of kicking it out to the wing, which he almost always does and is too predictable at this point. Filip needs to keep composure, stay out of foul trouble and play solid defense. Bench play has been solid between EI, G and BD. Need to limit 2nd chances, take care of the ball and play solid defense. Lock down Ward and make Vinnie or someone else beat you. If VS is off, let him keep shooting. If he's on, adjust. And be agressive. Sather's offense runs on getting to the paint. Make NDSU try to defend. USD and FW both got into foul trouble. Do it again, particualrly of Eady is still out and they have one less guy in their rotation. Let go!!

These refs are really something tonight...

Haven't ran the 2017/18 numbers but in 2016/17, the "net cost" for softball was $630K and had 24 participants with only 11.4 scholarships. So that "cost" is before the equivalence of 12 indivdiuals paid tuition that likely would not happen without that program. Cost before that figured in was $29.6k/participant. The "net cost" for WIH was $1.9 million and had 26 participants with 18.5 scholarships, so the equivalenence of 7.5 individuals paying tuition. Cost before that figured in was $71.8K/participant. Travel costs was $226K for WIH and $210K for softball. And that was when SB was in the Big Sky, their in-confernece travel costs should be down with the move.

I agree and can promise you anyone downplaying the locker rooms haven't been in that area. Literally on the edge of being condemned due to structural integrity. It's why they are moving into temporary digs in the 70 year old Hyslop, it's a big upgrade from the 90+ year old Memorial Stadium. Do you think the kids that are being recruited to Nichols State care where the visiting team dresses? Not sure what the comparison is? Everyone here (rightfully) criticized that setup but then some are fine glossing over some of UND's facilities as a non-factor.

I think this is a bit farther off than is being led on barring some big changes. To my knowledge, there hasn't been anything approved by the SBoHE yet, which I'm pretty sure would be required to put up a new building or enter into any partnership. That being said, the coaching staff is being moved into to some nice space in Starcher and the locker rooms are being moved into the Hyslop as Memorial is not acceptable anymore. Viewed as an interim move until HPCII can be finalized. Not a perfect solution, but everyone will be in a much better space than they are currently in.

First off, they are the same job: Associate Athletic Director, Athletics Major Gifts, though Steve was a "Senior" Associate AD which comes with experience. Secondly, you predicted UND would replace a major fundraising position after the person in that position left? And that UND hired an internal candidate for the position (pretty safe bet Belmore and probably Dodson were the favorites to move over to athletics from their current roles of Health/Med and Art/Sci). You should stick to those kind of predictions instead of ones like this:

Without knowing any of the details, pretty hard to criticize the extension. The only thing it does for sure is gives an appearance of stability to any recruits. Beyond that, it's unknown until any specifics are released.

For the record, UND had the third highest bid of the 16 teams that played in round one. Unfortunately got matched up with #1 or 2.

Whatever works for you I guess. Leads the league in scoring and assists, top 15 in rebounding and plays good defense. Kept Shadid in check last night. Showed up when it mattered the most. I'd take him over Vinny or Ward if I need someone to win a game.

Can you imagine trying to convince yourself this is actually true?