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Wisconsin has made 14 free throws to our 2. Little one sided on ft's shot. Maybe 2nd half they will even it out...

Can we please pass the ball. We may have 1 assist. Absolutely no team ball

Nash has yet to pass and I can't remember huff passing. Wow

Can we please pass the ball. We may have 1 assist. Absolutely no team ball

CBS sports has us as a 21 point underdog.

I think he is ok after tonight. Playing a D3 team is a joke. Next 6 games are the real test prior to the Big Sky.

Based on this I would put Nash at post. Start Webb, Anderson, Huff, Schuler and Nash. Play small with our best and run fast. If Traylor plays then have him back up Nash so we would have at least 2 players that play down low. This really shows how strong we will be at guards and no bigs without Brekke. This game only shows our weakness and nothing else playing against not better than a good high school team.

Playing a D3 team and we don't have a point from our post players. That is a huge concern. If they can't dominate a D3 team what are they going to do against the Big Sky.

As expected Schuler is out for this game but Traylor is also out for reasons I'm not sure. Hooker is playing and not red shirting.

No problem. Fortunate the one game is a game that shouldn't matter that much. He's been made a example of and everyone will move on.

Been discussed on other threads. Not sure exactly but something to do with dropping a class and attendance and if this occurs 3 times over your four years a one game suspension is automatic. The thing is with basketball these players are gone for at least 3 school days every other week. When they go to play Butler this year they will miss Monday thru Thursday the following week because they play Butler on Sunday and Bowling Green on Wednesday and come back on Thursday. There are professors that don't care if you play for the university and if you are not there for a pop quiz or exam they do not allow you to make it up , I've heard this many times and there is nothing the administration does to help the players. They drop a class or say screw it because of this and the athletics dept. gives them a warning.. It also takes scholarship money from them so it's a way the athletic administration is recouping money. I'm not even sure the players or coaching staff was aware of this until all these suspensions have been handed out this year. Read this I believe on the football or hockey forum. Got nothing to do with GPA or anything else. When I was in school all that mattered was that you passed and that was a good thing.

I also see this being the lineup. One change on everyone's prediction is due to Faisons new policy that is effecting every sport this year with one game suspensions one key player will be watching this game in street clothes( Schuler). Good thing its against a team that we should easily beat, back in uniform for Wisconsin. Faison trying to make an example of players in every sport this year with his new policy.

Excellent post. We all know what Brekke brought when he was healthy, very solid. Traylor could now be the key in the middle and based on what i saw from him in limited action last year he has the potential. Brekke will greatly be missed.

I believe it is a Big Sky rule. I've heard the Big Sky allows 12 maybe but UND limits it to 11. If we are in a crunch with so many guards maybe the athletic department will allow us to travel 12 if that is indeed the Big Sky limit. Just more money Faison will have to let go.

Something else you've got to consider, we only travel 11 players. If Stefen plays you will have Webb, Anderson, Huff, Schuler, Antwi, Benton, Stefen and then Hooker. That is basically 8 guards of your 11 players that travel. So you can't have 8 guards travel and only 3 bigs, cause you know they will get into foul trouble. That would leave Nash, Salmonson, Calcattera and Traylor, one of these guys then would not travel. So then of the 8 guards who does not travel so you will have at least another big? This is not even considering Hobaugh and the other walk-on that are also guards.

My thoughts is if Hooker plays you red-shirt Antwi. To me he is by far the weakest of the guards we have and if Hooker improves then Antwi's minutes will be affected the most.

Between Butler, Wisconsin, and Oregon probably the only real shot at a win would be Butler and that would be a big upset. Our non-conference schedule is extremely difficult this year but with this team I believe we can keep a lot of these games close.

Without Brekke this could change our season. He is the only proven post player we have. If this happens then who steps up and fills this role? Anybody here the results of the scrimmage last night against Minot?

I'd say we start the fast climb by knocking off the team that is 7th in our third game of the season.

Will be interesting next year when we have 3 true point guards ( Hooker, Geno, Tyler) and you could almost consider Antwi a point guard also.

I heard around noon. Is it open to the public?

Agree 100%. Brekke has proven over and over that when he touches the ball down low its a very high percentage 2 points. He as well as several others do not touch the ball enough or shoot the ball enough. Brekke is our post player no doubt.

He was a walk-on at Green Bay last year and with our scholarship situation this year I would also think he is a walk-on with us. Will be interesting if he is granted waivers with all the talent we already have at the guard position.

Three schools in 4 years. Makes you wonder why..

I also like our chances to win the Big Sky. However, Weber and Montana are still the teams to beat as they always are. We will definitely be battle tested leading up to the first Big Sky game and I hope no one gets discouraged with our record leading into this first Big Sky game. I would be very excited if we go 5-5 our first 10 games. Being on the road you figure loses to Wisconsin, Oregon and Butler. The other 2 teams in Oregon will also be a handful as they finished very high in their respected conferences last year. NDSU and SDSU will also be a very good game but at least we have them at home. It is a great 10 game non-conference schedule for sure.