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Hooker is so good

Avants with a big O-board and put back

Wiley and Bogdan are taking it to the rack at will and UND has not been able to find a solution for either one

Eastern has cut it to within 3 TO UND 43-40 UND 2:12 1st

I love Seales aggressiveness, think its finally all coming together for him

Wiley is so skilled as is Borgen

Avants with the hook

Wiley and Borgen have all of EWUs points right now.

UND 37 EWU 21 6:53 1st

UND is saying, you gonna play zone? We will bury them

Geno a little out of control and picks up #2 on the charge

HOT HOT HOT 20-4 run

Cortez says thank you very much for a zone D Hits the mid-range

EWU Turnover Media TO UND 29 EWU 14 UND on a 15-0 run

13-0 UND run currently

UND is en fuego from downtown

what a shot by Hooker UND 11 EWU 7 15:58 1st

really good start for UND so far 8-3 UND 17:40 1st TO EWU

And when they did get a little success against them, they stubbed their toes too many times to not make the national tournament. That's been my main frustration with Idalski. I get slipping up once or twice (it happens) but with the slim margin of error this team has when they don't consistently beat or get a positive result against the big dogs and the yearly editorial from Brad saying how important not slipping up in non-conference play is and this year will be different and having the same thing happen again, and again, and again The teams most successful season, Lammy's senior years, the difference between making it and not making it was an OT winner against BSU. The program has hit a plateau, its lights years ahead of the dark ages (watching them my freshman year in 09-10 was brutual at times), but they haven't taken that next step. Had a chance with Lammys/Special K/Shelby A-B, but couldn't break through. Time will tell if this freshman class will help bring UND back into the NCAAs. Whoever is the coach next year is going to have a team with zero seniors.

Wonder how much Rolls-Tyson not working out played into that.

No your right, I was on EWU ESPN site and was doing the addition, forgot I was using it and saw the loss and thought it was UNDs page (its Monday people!). Made the correction

For 35 minutes, it didn't look good at home for UND. However a strong 4 minutes and an dominate overtime period led to a home victory over UNC. Now the real test begins as EWU comes into town. EWU is the surprise team of the league by far. They were picked around the 5-7 range in the preseason polls and have become a serious threat for Reno. Their 3 losses were by a combined total of 10 points. Hayford has developed a nice program out there, starting to turn EWU into that perennial power in the Big Sky. They have by two of the better big men in the conference in Potential POY in Jacob Wiley, (averaging nearly 20 a game and 8 rebounds, shooting 65% from the field), the senior transfer from Lewis and Clark and the big Ukrainian Bogdan Bliznyuk (averaging 19 points and 6 boards). Felix Von Hofe is their marksman from outside (and he's got some size at 6'5). UND all time is 5-2 against EWU and 3-0 at home in Big Sky play. UND will have to rely on their strength at guard and strong team defensive effort (particulary from Drick, Avants, Collins, Shanks and heck even Walter if he gets time) in this critical matchup. Other Games: Idaho (7-4) @ UNC (4-7): Rumors of the Vandals demise have been greatly exaggerated, they have won 6 out of their last 7 and have stormed back into contention for a coveted top 3 spot. This weekend will go a long way in potentially deciding their fate. First thing is first, they have to avoid the trap game in Greely against a UNC squad who at this point would love to play spoiler ISU (3-7) @ PSU (4-6): Idaho State got a much needed sweep to get out of the basement and look to continue to climb up the standings. PSU is going the wrong direction and missed an opportunity on the road to get back on track. Can ISU make it 3 in a row? Can PSU stop the bleeding Weber (9-1) @ SAC (4-6): Weber is up a game and a half on both UND and EWU and wants it to stay that way. SAC has managed to beat Weber in recent memory at home, can they spring the upset and make the race for the #1 more interesting? MSU (6-5) @ NAU (3-8): The win streak is over for the Cats, dropping one in Missoula against their arch rival. They want to avoid making it two in a row and suffering a bad loss against NAU. They are improving, these Lumberjacks, but it MSU has serious aspirations for a top 3 seed, they cannot afford to drop this one Mont (6-5) @ SUU (2-9): The Griz finally stopped the bleeding against the arch rival, can they get it going again and get to a top 3 seed? The good news for the Griz, softer schedule. Bad news? Finish with Weber/ISU. SUU would love to send the Griz back on a losing spell The Call: This is without question the biggest game since Weber. Being the only matchup of the year means that whoever wins get the all critical tiebreaker. EWU is capable of beating any team, anywhere in the Big Sky and they have proven it. UND has won 10 in a row at home in conference play. POY candidates Q and Wiley will put up big numbers in this matchup. UNDs bigs are going to have to play their best matchup of the season. It would not surprise me if EWU is favored in this matchup. But UND is at home, this is a big game, I think Q and Geno play well and the bigs do just enough to get the win at home. UND 79-77

The standings after todays action Weber 9-1 UND 8-3 EWU 8-3 Idaho 7-4 Mont 6-5 MSU 6-5 PSU 4-6 SAC 4-6 UNC 4-7* ISU 3-7 NAU 3-8 SUU 2-9 *ineligible for Reno hosting the two team next week that are chasing you. Its moving week part 1 folks!

This EWU/PSU is crazy, now going into its 3rd OT, 110 all

EWU and PSU going to OT