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Just went to Wright States website and they have us playing North Florida on November 25th and Wright State on November 26th. Guess its official.

Saw on Wright State University website that they are hosting a tournament and North Dakota is listed as one of the teams in late November.. Not sure if its us or they left out meant the team down south.

UND played hard and played tough all night. Singlen hit some unbelievable shots at the end and we missed way too many free throws. The gap between us and Weber/Montana is close as once again like 3 years ago in the semi's we should have won but they made the big shots at the end and we didn't.

I don't necessarily disagree with you but don't forget all the injuries that happened that last year. Brekke out the entire year which was huge, Schuler missed a bunch of games including the conference finals, Webb was injured conference finals ( played first couple minutes) with knee injury and Nash was playing with a torn knee muscle in the finals also. A certain black cloud hung over this group their senior years that if all healthy would have possibly been dancing then and definitely a much better record.

Agree with your first game assessment but to comfortably win the second game I do question. They are the higher seed for a reason so I would assume we are the underdog in this game. Do I believe we will win, yes, but not necessarily comfortably.

Guess we need to ask the players why they can't shoot on the road against the top teams. Maybe its boredom sitting around in a motel room all day with basically nothing to do. Who knows..............

I'm not a Jones supporter and disagree on a lot of what he does but when your studs go out and throw up bricks all night long and only one player performs out of 8-9 guys you can't put much blame on the coach. Between Hooker, Crandell, Seales, McDermitt did they even shoot 20% and how many turnovers did Crandell have? It was an ugly game performed by all the players except one. They have been playing great basketball as of late and hopefully their memories of last night are gone and ready for tomorrow. Bad games are going to happen and more so on the road. Not sure what needs to happen except to win tomorrow to get a top 4 seed as I'm sure besides the win other things need to happen.

Hooker 1-8 and Geno 1-5 and we are only down 10 and still very much in this especially if Hooker gets hot.

That is correct. They finished the regular season 2nd their 2nd year in the league and I believe they finished 3rd in their 1st year in the league.

Depends on how we do in the conference tournament. This team has the potential to make it to the finals and if that is done then UND should be #1 next year with everyone coming back.

If the Huff led team passed the ball and worked the ball like this current team they would have been better than this current team and probably would have danced in their junior or senior years. Also, its obvious this current team has much more chemistry and enjoy each other more than the past team. With that being said I also agree with the green team that they arrived at a difficult transition period an did accomplish more than what we give them credit for with 2 Great West championships and a tough semi-final loss to Weber and a finals lost to Weber. A healthy Brekke would have made a big difference but don't forget that Webb, Schuler and even Nash was injured in the championship game with Schuler and Webb( a few minutes) didn't even play. I would not be surprised if UND is projected first next year in the conference with everyone coming back and the addition of Baker and others.

Have to agree as this team plays so much more together than the teams of years past. Its unfortunate because the Huff class had so much talent but if you don't play as a team and unselfish then you will never be a great team.

Why cant some of you just be happy with a win. Complain if we win and complain if we lose. This team just beat a very hot Eastern Washington team so they are dangerous against anybody. Honestly I believe the league is very down this year in quality teams and on any given night this year anybody can beat anybody. The conference tournament will show this as one upset after another will occur.

That was one ugly half for both teams. 22-22

So are their 2 top players still out? If so we should take this one on the road.

What concerns me most about this game is fouls. This is a big game on the road and I hope we don't get too pumped up and too aggressive on defense where we commit some silly fouls. The crowd should be loud and if Crandell and others stay calm and don't get into foul trouble I believe we win this one.

Agree.

Bottom line they have chemistry and team play. This has lacked before in all they years that Jones has been here. Huff, Anderson, Webb, Schuler and Brekke were the highest scoring freshman class in the nation but lacked chemistry and TEAM play and that caused all the inconsistent play and results and ultimately what could have been and should have been a trip to the dance. Don't know if it was coaching that couldn't figure this out or just a few of the players didn't want to change. This current group of players are playing great basketball and playing together and I don't know if its due to coaching or the willingness and understanding of the players who realize that this is what it takes to win. Whatever the case its working and a joy to watch.

If he learned anything its that selfish basketball does not get it even if you have all the talent. His freshmen year they were loaded with talent and struggled due to selfish play and lack of defense/descipline while this years team plays unselfish basketball and tough defense and he leads by example. Great chemistry and team basketball goes a very very long way and from what I've seen its only going to get better from these young players.

I keep thinking if he only red shirted his first year, we would have him with this young group 2 more years. Actually that's what should have been done cause his contribution was minimal at only 4pts/game in like 20 minutes of action. Those 4pts/game could have easily been made up by Webb, Anderson or Schuler in 20 minutes. What could have been........

Yes and No to blaming the callers. First you get the ball into your best players hand, which is what has been done. Hooker then needs to make the right decision with the ball when he drives and based on his what I have seen he's made the wrong decisions. He has played enough basketball and seen enough that you will not get the foul call in situations like this and when he is double/triple teamed the best option is to pass to a wide open player for a shot, not throw the ball up over your head and hope for a call. A fade away jumper from the elbow for him is better than what he has done.

This TEAM is playing together and taking great shots. There is no doubt they can beat any team in the conference where ever its played. Come tournament time nobody will want to play UND. Great game and very fun to watch.

Perfect, Thanks. UND will sweep this weekend with little problem.

Baldwin has not made a 3 in the past 5 games and lighting it up tonight with 17 first half points. Shanks with 12.

No Cashman on the bench. Anybody know why?