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73-69 WIU 1:14 to go and they are at the line

The one benefit of this could potentially your #1 seed getting a better chance of getting to the Dance.

72-64 WIU 223 to go

59-50 WIU 823 to go

53-42 WIU with 1140 to go

51-40 WIU with 14 to go

WIU up 38-28 at the half. Once again, WIU is thinking upset like they did last year. Will they pull it off this time?

WIU up 29-18 on SDSU with 6 minutes to go in the 1st half

The final game of the regular season ended with a thud for UND. A bad 2nd half led to USD getting the victory at home and sending UND to the 7 seed in Sioux Falls. UND will start the First Round of Summit League Tournament play against the Mavericks of Omaha, who had already defeated UND twice in this season. The rise of Omaha was a surprise in the conference. They proved the preseason prognosticators wrong as they finished well above their 8th place predicted finish. In fact, they would have been the top seed and won a share of the conference title, if they didn't slip up against Oral Roberts. Omaha as a very solid starting 5 that is not afraid of any team in the tournament and it is good enough to potentially cut down the nets in Sioux Falls. What could cause them to fail? Well despite a very solid starting 5, the bench is a major question that needs to be answered. If Omaha had at least one solid bench player, it would be a different story. Omaha has beaten UND twice: Once on a buzzer beater in Grand Forks that UND admittedly let slip away and was solidly defeated down in Omaha (without the services of Avants). Can UND find the missing puzzle piece that can get them the win in the matchup that matters the most? UND is more than capable of pulling off two upsets and getting to Tuesday Night. They are also capable of getting the brakes beaten off of them tonight. Lets see which version of the team shows up on the neutral court. Can Jones spin his March Magic once again? Keys: 1) Find a way to slow down Hain and Pyle 2) Junior Class needs to step up and deliver. 3) Lean on your seniors 4) Hit Shots 5) Bench needs to step up Other games #1 SDSU vs #8 WIU (Saturday) #4 NDSU vs #5 ORU (Sunday) #3 Fort Wayne vs #6 USD (Sunday) The Call: I really want UND to finally get over the Omaha hump and with them at full strength it should be closer to the result in Grand Forks than down in Omaha. With that said, on a neutral court its a different animal. I think UND shoots well enough to get the win.... but I don't think they can slow down Omaha's starting 5 enough. I have a head and heart pick today. Heart: UND 86-84 Head: Omaha 84-80 SWSiouxMN pick to win the Tournament: I am sticking with SDSU to cut down the nets. Game is on Midco and ESPN+

Save us oh might Greenway from Cake in both classes.

An All Cake Conference State Championship I mean Lake.....

The Greatest Cake-Eater of All Time! Woo!

That's the section 3A I know and grew up with its a bloodbath already.

Well lets see how the 3A rep does this year...

It used to be LSHSPTCUC

LeSueur-Henderson/Belle Plaine/Cleveland/St. Peter/Tri-City United* is hanging around *aka Minnesota River

I did have a chuckle about that. With that said: He is right about the State Board. How can you realistically do anything when a) your public reviews have been mostly positive and b) you had a different president in the NDUS that has done worse and you slapped his hand. The positive reviews, which of course drew the ire of KEM, thinking: WTF are you seeing? How does it end? Well, they could do exactly what you suggested a few posts back, but we shall see. The only way I see him leaving is A) he goes elsewhere or B) I'm going to ride off into the sunset.

I'm happy for Hesham too (I knew him a little bit when I worked my job in the Engineering building as an undergrad). I wish he just had that opportunity here (or at least was the vice-Provost instead of the former Dean of Arts and Sciences).

Teflon Tom I guess.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/columns/4579884-mike-jacobs-breathe-deeply-and-hold-your-fire

Since my team didn't make it and I can't bring myself to support the team that made it out of that section (New Ulm), I will support the East Side in Class A (Greenway was a close 2nd) AA: Its Full of Cake! So I'll choose a Spud to support.

Hopefully Augie can figure out how to beat Crookston in Basketball before moving up.

not sure where to put this one but UND is going to be looking for a new Engineering Dean https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4579735-engineering-dean-takes-provost-job-east-coast-school I wish he would have been the provost HERE!

Governor is calling for a 40% budget cut. https://www.adn.com/sports/uaa-athletics/2019/03/01/uaa-hockey-team-hopes-to-end-a-rough-season-on-a-good-note/

Could it be the last Governor's cup in Alaska?