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My question is where do people rank this season in terms of Sather’s coaching jobs? Like is this towards the top of his seasons here or what?

The men only lost to NDSU by a combined 50 whereas the women lost by 61. Men are trending!

Anderson played in the first matchup. Was his first game back.

I guess Denver is in play as well. I didn’t anticipate them losing tonight to ORU but they’re getting boat raced. Sounds like if the result holds, SDSU wins tonight and against USD and UST beats Omaha, we will have Denver. I really don’t know who I’d rather play. SDSU has the home crowd. Denver boat raced us last matchup. Omaha we just don’t have a great history with.

So both would be 10-6 (assuming we don’t beat NDSU). Head to head is a draw since 1-1. Believe then it goes to h2h record against the top team and goes down until the tie is broken. Both 0-2 vs NDSU. Would skip down to I think Omaha in that scenario beings they would be 9-7 and went 2-0 vs Denver. We split with Omaha and in this scenario UST would have got swept. So yeah I guess that makes sense. I just don’t find it likely.

UND (KenPom 284) travels to Fargo on Saturday at 4PM to face NDSU (KenPom 117) in the regular season finale. UND is coming off a disappointing loss at SDSU in Brookings, keeping the losing streak alive there, UND hasn’t won in Brookings since February 11, 1995. UND got off to a good start and held the lead most of the game, but the second half fell apart, costing them a chance to move a half-game ahead of UST and lock in a top 3 seed outright. Thanks to Omaha getting drubbed by USD last night, UND is now firmly in the 3 seed, with only an outside shot at the 2 seed if certain results fall their way. Here’s how the final seeding picture could shake out: Key teams and current standings: UND: 10-5 in Summit (locked at 3 seed if results hold) UST: 10-4 (hosts NDSU tonight) Omaha: 8-7 USD: 7-8 going into SDSU game SDSU: 6-8 going into KC game Seeding scenarios: Assume UND holds the 3 seed: They will face the 6 seed in the March 6 quarterfinal late game. Likely 6 seed is either Omaha or SDSU, depending on Saturday results. If SDSU beats KC tonight: SDSU moves to 7-8. Omaha currently sits at 8-7; if Omaha beats UST, they move to 9-7 and get the 4 or 5 seed depending on tiebreakers with Denver. If Omaha loses to UST, they drop to 8-8. Then: Winner of SDSU/USD in Vermillion decides the 5/6/7 tiebreakers. If USD wins, they hold the tiebreaker over Omaha (swept them head-to-head), making USD the 5 seed and Omaha 6. If SDSU wins, Omaha holds tiebreakers over SDSU (Omaha went 1-1 vs UST, SDSU 0-2), meaning Omaha 5 and SDSU 6. Bottom line: UND will be the 3 seed going into Sioux Falls, with the 6 seed being Omaha or SDSU. NDSU matchup: The Bison are talented and a handful, especially inside, where Strickland gave UND fits last time with highlight dunks. UND got off to a decent first half, but the second half was rough. Both teams don’t have much to play for besides pride, although NDSU may still be focused on maintaining NCAA tournament seeding. If Josh Jones can return, that would help UND a lot around the hoop. KenPom has NDSU winning 82-69, so UND will need a full 40-minute effort to take the road win and close the regular season strong.

I would like to propose a trade with Minot State. Ryan Erikson for Carson Yale.

I just checked out his highlights and he kind of reminds me of Uelmen. Maybe a better shooter but has a bit of a low shot similar to Greyson but might get it off slightly quicker.

Maybe Jory will be gone but it’s my understanding that moving up in the women’s game as a man isn’t easy. See Aaron Johnston as an example.

The bigs have certainly been lacking under Sather. Fil was good, but he was inherited. T had some moments. Amar was good, I liked him more his first year here. Guga has shown some flashes but is a bench piece, imo. Finding a big or two this offseason is imperative.

I’ve never watched him but hard to argue with 70 points and 3k only as a junior. Would be a 2027 kid. He’s small. Feels like NSIC to me.

Anyone happen to make it to the Horace game at Red River last Friday? Was hoping to go but went to hockey instead.

Do we have any shot?

Strinden

UND (KenPom 288) took care of business against Kansas City to pick up an important home win. The first half was sluggish and honestly tough to watch at times, but UND separated in the second half and did what good teams do against inferior opponents. The big headline from the night was Greyson Uelmen breaking UND’s freshman scoring record, surpassing Paul Bruns, who had previously passed Desean Allen-Eikens, who had passed Troy Huff. Both Bruns and DAE eventually transferred, so let’s hope history does not repeat itself here. Uelmen has been special and looks like the kind of player you build around. Now onto South Dakota State (KenPom 215). UND beat SDSU earlier this season at The Betty in an overtime thriller, but this is a completely different challenge going on the road. SDSU has not looked like the dominant version of themselves we have seen in past years, but they still have plenty of talent and are dangerous. There have been rumors of off court issues contributing to some inconsistency, but regardless, the talent is there. The biggest concern remains 6’10 center Damon Wilkinson. UND did a solid job limiting him in the first matchup, but not having Josh Jones available this time is going to hurt. His size and presence will be missed. Joe Sayler is another major threat. He is fully capable of taking over a game, even if his shot selection can be questionable at times. He will pull from NBA range early in the shot clock, and while he can make those, they can also swing momentum the other way. Jaden Jackson and Kalen Garry round out a strong guard group that can score in bunches. And then there is Frost Arena. It has been a house of horrors for UND. The last time UND won there was February 11, 1995. This is a huge opportunity to finally change that. A win would guarantee UND no worse than the 3 seed in Sioux Falls and would keep the door open for the 2 seed, which comes with the valuable extra day of rest. An Omaha loss would also lock UND into the 3 seed even if UND cannot pull this off. KenPom projects SDSU to win 79-71, and Vegas has UND as a 7.5 point underdog. Tip is set for Saturday and can be watched on the Summit League Network. Big opportunity to change history and build momentum heading into March.

I couldn’t believe we didn’t this year.

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I guess I hope that wasn’t really part of the thought process. I think Moore will be good but I don’t really trust the ranking system and once upon a time reported offers. Remeber Jal Bijek?

I’m not sure it is too small but I do wish it was more of an on top of you environment. A bowl.

That’s what I was thinking. He’s playing against low level competition right now so hard to tell for sure but I was under the impression that if he would have stuck out at the prep school he went to for a bit last year, we likely wouldn’t have had a shot at him.

Well all those are beyond their control for the most part but preach brother!

I get it. He does have 4 SLT wins. Need the university to start properly funding a basketball program.

This. I mean you can’t solely blame the staff if the players aren’t happy. They should have been able to do some self reflection sometime in the last 3 years and realized they weren’t D1 players. I don’t know any of them personally so don’t know if they are happy or not.