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UND bounced back from an ugly performance against UMKC to dominate on the road against ORU and Denver. Now it’s time to see if they can continue their conference best road record (I think, I didn’t actually fact check) against the team to the south, NDSU. If it’s anything like the last matchup, it’s going to be an absolute grind. Gotta see if BJ can respond better to Demari Wheeler Thomas hounding him. If we get a better performance from BJ and Trey, I think we will be in business. If not, could be a long afternoon of doom and gloom. NDSU is no slouch and has been playing good ball, they will want this. KenPom has UND losing 73-71, BartTorvik says 73-70 and Vegas doesn’t have a line yet. If you can, I say get to Fargo. I personally can’t so will be watching this one on CBS Sports Network.

How are we not offering kids in our backyard before everyone else?

He shows some flashes but his defense can kind of be like his offense sometimes and just be completely nonexistent. I’d take him over Moody any day of the week. Imagine if we got him until he’s 25 or however old Moody is!

I’m not saying every kid was D1 worthy but it didn’t start with Trey. Tyree was certainly D1 worthy. Bruns was D1 worthy, as much as I hate him. I think Sims was D1 worthy, he just made some poor decisions. Nero was D1 worthy, but he fell off a cliff. Danielson is D1 worthy, even with as much flack as he gets. Norman was D1 worthy. T is D1 worthy. Brooks some would say is D1 worthy. You can argue some of those (I know some will with Brady and I’m not trying to say he’s D1 starter or even regular mins but he can play D1 (low major) ball). My main point is this didn’t start with Trey. Sather has been able to get some talented kids here. Landing Trey may have been easy but it wasn’t just a complete shoe-in and Trey wasn’t the only determinant in getting BJ and Eli here. All the legacy and all that helped but some credit is due to Sather and co.

Heh?

Not disagreeing but who were his big pulls so far? BJ was Horstman along with Trey, I believe. Tyree is Sather. Amar is Stevens.

This team can be so damn good. Wow. Winning is freaking fun!

Guys, I think Eli King is what Sather thinks Brady Danielson is.

Wow. I turned the game on and think they turned the ball over more than points? This is pathetic.

Perron

UND gets back in the W column with a victory at Denver. I didn’t get the chance to watch the full thing live but caught up watching the replay today and really don’t know how they managed to win and win by that much. Denver just couldn’t capitalize on all the turnovers to start the 2nd half. They are as overrated as I thought. On to ORU. While success hasn’t necessarily translated in the win columns against Oral Bob, I do think Sather has generally performed better against them than expected in the past. And they are down this year. If UND continues to rebound like they have, they will dominate this game. But if they don’t, and let McBride, Thompson and Weaver do their thing, it might be a long game. KenPom has UND losing this thing 76-73, BartTorvik agrees and Vegas has UND +2. Catch the game on SLN.

DAE, Moody and Ramsey I bet.

Regular season champ.

UND’s win streak ended with a complete ass whooping to Kansas City. I don’t really have much of a write up for this game against Denver besides Tommy Bruner is the guy to watch. Denver -3.5. Catch the game on SLN.

Last Saturday sucked but I feel like this is dramatic.

I’m going to be optimistic and say 3-2. I agree with who you have them winning against too.

One thing I will say, Eli King is good. He’s not a P5 player, he might not even be a starter in the Summit but he’s a hell of a player off the bench and someone I look forward to developing the next couple of years.

I just don’t know how you look to deeper parts of your bench earlier there. Things weren’t going well. Look for a spark. Oh well I guess, move on to next week.

Just curious who you’d start him over? Go small and sit T? Or sit Eaglestaff? Trey is either on or just a complete L out there.

Not the end of the world if it ends up being an L here but certainly disappointing.

Yeah I’m dumb. Posted too early in the morning. Whoops!

I don’t really know much about him but if someway somehow we snag both him and Klabo out of Fargo, that would feel huge.

UND is -6 o/u 143.5.

Free wings tomorrow for missed free throws?!

I have been a Brady backer and I love Brady and everything he shows out on the court but I am curious if Mara could do what he does too but with better defense maybe? I think there are some intangible things that stats or analytics don’t necessarily show that help Brady’s case but he just hasn’t had it as much this year and you can’t blame the kid, he has had a tough last year or so off the court.