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Where’s the energy. We are playing like we know we will eventually take the game over but if we don’t start locking in soon we will find our season over real quick.

Why does Dave Richman refuse to consistently play through Morgan? It’s been proven to work when he does do it.

It’s tournament time! UND put a whooping on USD on senior night last to end the season heading to Sioux Falls on a winning note. It’s do or die time. We lose, we are probably done (idk rules about getting into CBI OR NIT but those aren’t what I want to watch). We split the season series with Omaha with both home teams winning quite decisively. The key is obviously slowing down Frankie Fidler. They were able to do that in Grand Forks. Limit his opportunities at the free throw line especially. Beyond him, they do have talent but I wouldn’t say they have much that will take over a game. Marquel Sutton, Nick Davis, JJ White and Grant Stubblefield are the others that you will see contribute. Curious to see if Tony Osburn is able to return. I thought he was done for the year but sounds like there’s a chance he could play. KenPom has UND winning this one 74-73. BartTorvik says 75-72. If Vegas has UND -1, I’m hammering that. Weird things can happen in March but I think we should be able to handle this one. Game will be on Summit League Network, if you’re not able to make it to Sioux Falls. I was hoping to make it but won’t be able to until Tuesday, if they make it there. I hope someday the SLT is similar to the Frozen Faceoff with it being an annual trip for my family and many other UND families. Let’s go Hawks!

Morgan belongs more than Skumberg. Omot being left off is a crime. I would have understood Trey not making it but not BJ.

No way Osborn is right? Didn’t he break his wrist or something? Bruner I thought it sounded like Achilles? He was in a boot at the end of the game.

Yup that’s all correct.

How we feeling? Wanted to start this to talk all things tournament. I will have another thread about Omaha later on. Playing Sunday 8:30PM. Anyone making it down?

Looking like it will be Omaha Sunday night 8:30PM.

Idk I think ORU. We will outrebound the !@#$ out of them. Both have a guy that can put up 30+ on us.

UND couldn’t get it done against SDSU with hopes to win the conference. Now they have to shift their focus to USD to maintain a top 3 seed. USD is tied for last place but UND can’t be sleeping on them. They just spanked NDSU to complete the sweep. They have some solid players with Lamar Thioune, Bostyn Holt and Kaleb Stewart. Going to have our hands full but if we are as good as we think we are we should be able to handle them. KenPom has this a 79-72 win for UND. BartTorvik says 80-72. Vegas has UND -8.5. Once again, I plead people to get to the Betty. While not everyone’s favorite players, get out their and honor Brady and T. Also, who knows with the portal this could be your last opportunity to see some other names. Let’s hope not. Games also on the Summit League Network.

If I’m understanding the tie-breakers correctly, yes. 1st tie breaker is H2H, which we split. 2nd is record against the best team and they split with SDSU.

Really not that far fetched. That would be less than ideal!

Wait did he get banned or just stopped coming here?

I’m disappointed but not discouraged with that outcome. We can play with them. Holding Kyle like we did was good to see. But then Zeke went off. We can still win the conference tournament. We could also lose game 1. This league is up for grabs for anyone.

Yeah the lines flipped a bit.

Vegas has UND +1.

UND looked like they had an opportunity to close out a huge road win at NDSU and then a technical and some dominance by Andrew Morgan led the Bison to victory. Not the end of the world, but one you would have liked to have. Time to bounce back against the Bunnies. SDSU, while not as dominant as they have been in the past, still see themselves at the top of the Summit. Led by #2, Zeke Mayo, averaging 19ppg, 3.6apg and 5.9rpg and finds himself in the mix for conference Player of the Year. After that, #42, William Kyle III, is a ton to handle. He’s averaging 13.4ppg, 6.5rpg and 1.6bpg. He had 20 last time we played. #1 Matt Mims and #30 Charlie Easley are really good defenders and no slouches on defense. #13, Luke Appel, will be a lot to handle down low as well. This is a tough, good, well coached team. A win here would snap a game 16 game losing streak, yikes! KenPom predicts this to be a tight one but a 75-74 loss. BartTorvik says 76-75 loss. People, please try your best to get to the Betty. This is one of the more important games in the D1 era. For sure, in the Sather era. A win here, I think gets us the regular season title. I just think if we win, SDSU will lose to NDSU then and we should smack USD. Just my thoughts! If you can’t get to the Betty though, watch on Summit League Network.

I saw so many damn bunnies outside of my office today.

Gaber

Don’t freak out! Nothing bad…. Yet. I just wanted to start this to share portal news that is or could be relevant to UND. I’m going to start it off with this kid from the MIAC. He’s getting some bigger interest right away so might be out of UND’s reach and also might not be exactly what we are looking for.

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!