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Damn... who wants to be clutch for UND?

C'mon defense!

"point forward" sloppiness

these amateur announcers keep saying "north dakota state"..... absolutely ridiculous...could find some people off the street who could call a better game

I take that back for now...nice shot

Shanks has no offensive touch whatsoever...absolutely horrible offensive player

Nothing official, but I would imagine not too many. You would have to be fairly certain UND would be playing more than a game or two to go there, in my opinion, and the way UND finished the regular season did not suggest that. I could see a good sized UND contingent if UND had a superb season and ended up with the #1 or #2 seed. Nevertheless, it always enjoyable to take a trip to Nevada so there's that pull factor to consider as well.

Again, no statistics or facts to support your claim. For the most part, you simply provided your routine personal attacks. Jones and UND men's basketball have a crucial game tonight: if they defeat Weber State then I will give Jones some credit for exceeding expectations; otherwise, not sure how defeating Southern Utah and Idaho State - two teams that UND swept in the regular season - classifies as a great post-season accomplishment.

Then actually provide some facts rather than just saying you are objective while spewing your own negative opinions. Hypocrisy at its finest.

Good points; however, that group of Huff, Webb, Anderson, Nash, Brekke, etc. could never beat Weber State, home or away. For that reason, regardless of health, UND was not going to make the dance.

With the high # of starters returning and the relatively non-difficult conference schedule, anything less than 8 wins would be a disappointment for me. 8-3 gets UND into the playoffs but 9-2 could possibly win UND the conference. Leave no doubt and go for the Big Sky crown!!

Oh, UND got "lucky" that Idaho State was shooting so poorly, right? Jones lucked out, huh?

Although there is a bunch of potential there, let's remember what happened with all the hype after the 2012-2013 season. In 2012-2013, UND had a team loaded with very good juniors (Huff, Webb, Anderson, Nash, etc.). They made it to the Big Sky Conference tournament semi-finals vs. Weber State (no different than what is happening today for UND MBB) and nearly won. The season was an average one at 16-17 (12-8), but the hope was the team would be that much better in 2013-2014. Never happened. That 2013-2014 senior-laden team went 17-17 (12-8) again and showed very little to no signs of improvement. For that reason (history tends to repeat itself), I'm holding off on the "next year will be so much better" talk. Jones didn't improve that team when, theoretically, it should've been better. UND needs to focus on the present, because there's no guarantee that next year will be any easier or any better.

While I agree with you that there are some horrid designs out there, you have to look at the big picture. Its not all about how pretty they look; an department-wide deal would supply UND with more uniform options, gear, and team apparel, Right now, very little is supplied to the basketball team due to a lack of agreement (UND men's basketball has no deal with Nike). The recruiting and branding capabilities of a program is ENHANCED with apparel contracts. Ignoring this is pretty short-sighted. As for Adidas and poor-looking designs, the photos below are from a few Adidas-sponsored small schools (like what UND would be) that wear what I would call very clean cut, classic uniforms (Sacramento State, Eastern Michigan, South Dakota). An overall apparel deal is the way UND needs to go. Brian Faison needs to recognize this and capitalize.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/mens-basketball/article65167647.html WR coach Danny Freund of UND football posted the above link on Twitter; he also mentioned how apparel deals have an impact on branding and recruiting, as you would imagine. I still strongly think the entire UND athletics department should be under contract with a single supplier to maximize benefits. Unfortunate that UND MBB doesn't see it this way; Faison may need to interject.

Between UND's thumping of Idaho State and Weber State's narrow escape from Portland State, Jones best have his team convinced they can win tomorrow.

it'll be all weber state talk..tradition and greatness and player of the year and randy rahe and all that... doubtful many und mentions coming from this bunch...

GO HAWKS!!!!!

amen

These announcers could at least sound like they're interested in announcing this game...they're about to fall asleep I think

I just can't get over how bad Shanks is down low with the ball - both trying to score and trying to rebound.

very impressive first half for UND This UND team sure as hell better not let Idaho State back into this thing pedal to the floor on the defensive end in the second half...send the message Jones...

40 - 10 HAWKS never saw this coming... wow

Great ball movement by UND on that Hooker 3 point shot. Jones needs to preach defense from now on in this game. With how poor Idaho State is shooting, they've dug themselves into a deep hole; Jones can't let his team let them back into it.

Shanks is playing with his typical lousy style of play. Too many turnovers. Thankfully, UND is hitting shots and Idaho State is turning it over too. UND needs to be more disciplined and secure the damn ball.