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Do the rest of the NCC members have message boards? It's interesting to read the opinions on these boards, particularly as it relates to DI decisions.

I, too, was a little disappointed that Dave Gunther was forced out the way he was. But in retrospect and reviewing the records, it was probably time. Gunther's record at least included better competition, although not with great success. During his tenure, there were probably 15-20 D-I opponents--Minnesota 5 times, Villanova, Gonzaga, Colorado, New Mexico, and Pacific to name a few. There were even occasional wins, Creighton, San Jose State, Pacific, to again name a few. During his 18 years, the Sioux only played like 6 or 7 times against DAC teams, winning them all. He never won the big one and was going downhill, so the time was right. Glas, on the other hand, has lost to teams in the DAC very conspicuously. In the last 5 years, he has lost to Crookston, Minot, and Mary by 32 points. This year alone the record agains these teams was and OT win against Valley City, a nine point win against Crookston, a six point win over Mary and losses to Mayville and Minot. The only big time competition Glas has ever faced was against Kansas twice, and those were courtesies to Jeff Boschee and not any doing of Glas. He has had the talent. Early on he took two teams to the Elite 8 with teams that should have won it all. He lost big leads by being outcoached and sat on the sidelines for the championship games. That was 15 years ago. What has he done lately?? Only lose very embarrassingly to teams we shouldn't even be playing. The time is right for Glas--a change is needed.

I was wrong. The Sioux win with a little more inspiration than normal.

Just caught the 30-0 finish for the women. Great team! The game was followed by a pregame interview with Glas. He sounds like a whipped puppy. With his depressing attitude, this will be a complete blowout by UMD.

The Sioux men are tied for last in a very mediocre (or worse) NCC. I think we all know the reason. The Sioux have underachieved for the last 10+ years. It's time for some changes.

Does anyone have a list of links to other NCC forums? I check in on Bisonville occasionally and discovered some USD discussion and DI on the South Dakota State site at http://diaafootball.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl

Latest Massey Ratings for College Women's Basketball at mratings.com: College Basketball Women's -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key & Description | Conferences | Summary | 2005 | 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | group1 | I | II | III | NAIA I | NAIA II | USCAA | Using games from Monday, October 3, 2005 to Sunday, February 12, 2006 These ratings are based on win-loss outcomes relative to schedule difficulty. Margin of victory is not used, and ratings don't reflect point differentials. Early season ratings will fluctuate significantly until a sufficient number of games have been played. Teams that are not connected via the schedule graph are rated as isolated groups. group1 Chng Team W L Rating Sched 1 Duke 23 1 2.821 5.86 ( 3) I 2 North Carolina 23 1 2.808 5.87 ( 2) I 3 LSU 22 1 2.699 5.78 ( 5) I 4 Maryland 22 2 2.631 5.59 ( 7) I 5 North Dakota 24 0 2.491 3.04 ( 237) II 6 Tennessee 23 3 2.485 6.03 ( 1) I 7 Connecticut 22 3 2.479 5.83 ( 4) I 8 Ohio St 21 2 2.377 5.26 ( 14) I 9 Washburn 22 0 2.288 2.55 ( 282) II 10 + 1 Oklahoma 21 4 2.191 5.51 ( 9) I Chng Team W L Rating Sched 11 - 1 Rutgers 19 3 2.158 5.13 ( 21) I 12 Brigham Young 20 2 2.130 4.72 ( 47) I 13 Purdue 20 3 2.129 4.98 ( 31) I 14 + 1 Michigan St 19 7 2.057 5.46 ( 10) I 15 + 4 Indiana St 21 2 2.036 4.34 ( 71) I 16 - 2 Baylor 18 5 2.034 5.21 ( 20) I 17 Stanford 18 5 2.026 5.25 ( 17) I 18 Arizona St 20 5 2.025 5.23 ( 18) I 19 - 3 Georgia 17 6 2.010 5.25 ( 16) I 20 + 1 Boston College 19 6 1.994 5.10 ( 23) I

I know there's not much credence to these ratings, but the latest Massey rating for Women's College Basketball has the Sioux in the top ten. Go to www.mratings.com. group1 Chng Team W L Rating Sched 1 North Carolina 19 0 2.937 4.84 ( 7) I 2 Duke 21 0 2.857 4.92 ( 5) I 3 McMurry 16 0 2.470 1.54 ( 361) III 4 Connecticut 18 2 2.385 5.20 ( 2) I 5 LSU 17 1 2.334 4.79 ( 9) I 6 Tennessee 19 2 2.301 5.31 ( 1) I 7 Maryland 18 2 2.183 4.49 ( 19) I 8 North Dakota 21 0 2.138 2.17 ( 301) II 9 Ohio St 16 2 2.103 4.64 ( 12) I 10 Purdue 16 2 2.022 4.49 ( 18) I

Sorry, didn't finish the BB scores from the 60's. 62-63 Loyola Lost 110-52 Bradley Lost 90-57 Montana Lost 95-83 Alaska Won 75-62 Alaska Won 77-57 Alaska Won 66-47 Alaska Won 78-62 Mont. St Lost 78-73 63-64 First Fitch Team DePaul Lost 80-50 Loyola Lost 92-54 Marquette Lost 74-65 Montana Lost 79-77 Mont. St. Lost 79-59 Colo. St. Lost 73-54 Air Force Lost 77-61 Bradley Lost 84-72 64-65 Bradley Lost 75-72 DePaul Lost 86-58 Montana Won 71-62 Mont. St. Lost 71-69 Loyola Lost 73-57 Iowa Lost 106-65 Air Force Won 61-54 65-66 Minnesota Lost 73-59 Bradley Lost 83-68 DePaul Won 85-74 Valparaiso Won 112-82 So. Illinois Lost 69-61 Akron Lost 76-71 66-67 Bradley Lost 89-77 DePaul Lost 82-47 N. Mich. Won 88-76 Loyola Won 93-92 New Mexico Lost 84-64 W. Illinois Won 106-74 I don't know how these teams would have fared against NAIA competition. At least, it they got beat by big scores, it was to big time competition.

The 32 point loss to an NAIA school that didn't even exist when I was at UND back in the 60's led me to look up the scores of the teams they used to play during the Fitch/Jackson years. While they lost most of the road games to D-I teams, they were never humiliated like they were this week. Some non-conference games back then: 62-63 Loyola 110-56 L Bradley 90-57 L Montana 95-83 L Alaska

We're watching on DirectV from East Texas. The announcers on Fox Sports North are so biased towards the Gophers. Even the governor of Minnesota said that he would be proud if Minnesota won and would feel good if North Dakota won since half the Sioux were from Minnesota.