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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.

Another one! UND is rolling. The offense put on a show and the defense did its part too shutting down the Fighting Fidler’s of Omaha. Was not expecting that outcome but it was fun to watch. Now we turn to the team that started the streak, the Roos of Kansas City. KC is a team that looks pretty scary coming off the bus. Just full of big, strong, athletes. They play a tough, physical brand of basketball but it really hasn’t led to a ton of success. 4-6 in the conference after dropping an OT game to NDSU last night. Everyone praises their coach, Marvin Menzies, for being one of the best coaches in the conference. They are led by #5, Jamar Brown, someone I was really hoping Sather and co. would be able to land this offseason. He is averaging 14.6ppg and 6.0rpg. #30, Cameron Faas is one of the best shooters in the conference shooting 41.5% from 3, averaging 10.5ppg and 4.8apg. #1, Jayson Petty, has started playing more and playing well too averaging 13.5ppg since being put into the starting lineup. This is a team that UND should be able to beat but it would not shock me at all if they make it interesting. We will see how they come out after playing some extra minutes on Thursday. KenPom has UND winning 74-69, BartTorvik agrees and Vegas hasn’t released a line yet. Once again, I urge everyone to get to the Betty to watch this team. Those that can’t make it, can catch it on Summit League Network, as always.

Hell yeah, great win. Nice to get the reserves some action. Love seeing Brooks getting some actual minutes too along with Mathews. I’m not going to crown us as the best team in the Summit right now since we just can’t seem to beat SDSU but man I don’t think a team in the Summit can beat us when we are playing our best.

UND has now extended their win streak to 6 games after somehow pulling off a win against NDSU last Saturday. Felt like they were going to lose almost the entire game and then a funny thing happened, they won. Things are going well for Paul Sather and co. but another tough opponent enters the Betty, Frankie Fidler and Omaha. UND’s last loss was actually to Omaha in Omaha. Fidler put on a show…. At the free throw line. He was only 5-13 from the field but made 18 out of 20 attempts at the line. UND, as a team, went 15-23 from the line. Ended up losing 79-61. While #23 Fidler is the star (averaging 19.3ppg, 5.5rpg and 2.6apg) he isn’t the only one to watch out for. Forwards #10 Marquel Sutton (averaging 12.5ppg and 6.3rpg) and #21 Nick Davis (averaging 9.3ppg and 5.5rpg) are a couple others to watch out for amongst others. KenPom has UND winning 73-72, BartTorvik has UND 73-71 and Vegas has UND -4.5. Game is on Summit League Network but once again, please get to the Betty and cheer on this entertaining team!

Wonder if UND would go after Brody Fox if he transfers? Parker Fox’s brother and currently playing a junior at UW-Stout. Think he’d only have one year of eligibility. He puts up a lot of points there but not sure really how good he is.

So sounds like Trevor Olson is the new OL coach. Without knowing much, looks like a decent hire. Spent time with Minnesota as a grad assistant, SIU as a OL coach and then Winona as OL coach and run game coordinator.

D1 kid? Maybe someone that could redshirt and develop?

Despite being tied for 1st, UND currently sits at 8th according to BartTorvik and 7th according to KenPom. Obviously those don’t matter if the standings show otherwise but it shows we still have a lot of work to do.

Anyone know much about him? Doesn’t look like he has any other offers. Could be a PWO type?

Paul Bruns is feeling it again. Helping keep this one tight between USD-SDSU in Brookings.

All this year.