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There is two stats that I love the most about this game FT: UND 21-24 Weber 10-17 Rebounding UND: 32 Weber: 30 Loved seeing a good atmosphere, they did a good job keeping Joel in check (13 points, 8 rebounds). They doubled him and made him shoot jumpers and didn't give him any easy rebounds. Balanced effort by Drick, Geno, Hooker, Avants, and McD. If those guys can keep it up and Baldwin and Seales can keep chipping in.. look out. Team defense from a man-to-man and zone perspective has improved immensely, and they are not afraid to step in and take a charge. This was a HUGE win, no question about it. Everyone needs to get credit from the players, to the coaches and to the student managers. With that said, there is still more to be done. A HUGE two game road swing with Idaho and EWU coming up. An opportunity to win a huge tiebreaker with EWU and get back the loss against Idaho and gain some separation from the pack for that first round bye. Sad to say it, but there is only 7 more regular season games left before Reno, so we are getting down to it. Although..... one cannot help but think if we had just managed to get 1 of the game between Idaho and Montana at home or UNC on the road, we might be talking about being in the title hunt. I though this team was a year away from making some serious noise.... I don't see why they can't win the conference tourney this year. And I don't see why they can't be a conference favorite next year as well.

From 1-4 to 7-4. Nice job to turn the season around a little bit. 2 big ones at home though against Idaho and EWU.

back-to-back 3's by McD! 21-13 UND

An impressive defensive performance and an excellent shooting performance by Doug... I mean Adam McD lead to an impressive victory over ISU. Now UND turns its attention to Big Sky leader Weber State. UND took a 74-62 setback against Weber in the first matchup, including giving up a 20-20 game to Bolomboy. UND is 0-8 all time vs Weber. An opportunity exist to knock off the Big Sky leaders at home and give this team a lot of momentum going into the biggest road swing of the year (EWU/Idaho). It will be a tough game as always but if they can put it all together against Weber.. I don't see why they cannot win. With that said, they do need to find a way to get Joel off the boards. He absolutely destroyed us with 23 rebounds, including 10 on the offensive side. Shanks, Avants, and Drick will be tested against quite possibly the best player in the conference. Senglin needs to be contained as well, as he can light it up from behind the arc. Hooker and Geno need to be ready for some tough D. Other Games: ISU (5-4) @ UNC (5-5) MONT (8-2) @ PSU (4-5) EWU (6-4) @ SUU (2-8) Idaho (6-4) @ NAU (1-9) MSU (4-6) @ SAC (3-6) The Call: UND can play with Weber, it has shown it in the past, however it just seems like 1 or 2 stretches of play seem to be the difference between Weber winning and UND winning the game. Something as got to give here. UND plays well for 40+ minutes... and pulls an upset in overtime UND 77-75 OT

The other winners tonight: Weber, EWU, Idaho, Portland, and in the upset of the night... Sac State

of course Hooker gets a triple double when I DONT watch the game. But I can finally use this! It was a good day!

After dropping a close one last week, UND finally gets back on the home court to take on ISU, who is rolling into town on a 4 game winning streak. UND has never lost to ISU in Big Sky play, going 6-0 and including a 84-76 victory in Poky this year. However, this will be a stiffer test with how Telfair has been playing lately and he drop 37 points in the first meeting. Luzcando is also coming off a big performance (30 points) against NAU. UND will enter its toughest stretch of the season. Home against ISU, then Weber. Then a trip to EWU and Idaho on the docket. Then a home docket with UNC. To spell it out, UND has a crack at the four teams that currently sit at the same position as UND. UND has a crack to win the tiebreakers with ISU and EWU with victories. It will be a tall order for UND to get all 5, no question about it. Could they... you bet! Could they lose them all... yes. Will UND still be in the running for the top 4 seed when it is all said and done? We start answering that question tomorrow night Other Games: Weber (7-1) @ UNC (5-4) Mont (8-1) @ Sac (2-6) MSU (4-5) @ PSU (3-5) EWU (5-4) @ NAU (1-8) Idaho (5-4) @ SUU (2-7) The Call: Bassy's Bro and the Chilean kid will keep ISU competitive, but UND will want to defend the home court, and I look for Avants, Drick, and Shanks to have decent to big games in the post to come away with a 10 point win UND 81-71

Just what Gimbel needed... another weapon to match with Huot. He will enjoy being in Sauter's Offense

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If this was on Bumper to Bumper, the button: Are you serious... would be hit right now http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/3938693-rejected-und-presidential-applicant-considering-options

The Lucky 7 http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/3938669-seven-move-und-president-search Daniel L. Clay, dean of the College of Education at the University of Missouri • Mark R. Kennedy, director of the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University and former Minnesota Congressman • Nagi G. Naganathan, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Toledo • Jay Noren, associate dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois-Chicago • Morgan R. Olsen, executive vice president, treasurer and CFO at Arizona State University • Mark Rudin, vice president for research and economic development at Boise State University • Steven Shirley, president of Minot State University

Provided they don't get snowed in.

Make it 4 in a row for the Women. a 3 point win over UNC. Climbed back to 5th place in the league. Weber and ISU on the road. Lets make it 6!

Missed opportunities... now the standings are a mess time to bounce back at home.

I think he will be trading his Bison decal for a Star one

That is the one thing that I have noticed since I moved down to the Cities from GF. Have a gas station that is down the street that has changed its price 3 times in the past 4 days! I'm used to that in a month in GF!

I don't remember who I was talking to Fall semester, but from what I gathered the players at the very least though highly of the Rugby Rifle.

Idaho receives a blow as their leading scorer is out indefinitely with a wrist injury.

After an impressive road sweep, UND will again return to the road to take on their travel partner and former NCC rival UNC. Since it is travel partner week, this is the only game these two team have this week. This is an important game for both to close out the 1st half of the season. A UND win gives them a chance to gain some separation from the middle of the pack teams in the Big Sky and stay two back of the leaders. It would also give UND a steller 4-1 road record on the year. UNC holding serve at home would mean after a dismal 1-4 start to conference play, the Bears will find themselves back in the thick for that 1st round bye for the conference tourney. Since joining the Big Sky, UND is 2-4 all time against the Bears, including a 1-2 record in Greely. UND will have to contain a potent Bear offense to get out of Greely with the W. Very guard oriented. Early Prediction: UND has been playing well since the 2nd half of the Weber game. I think they are playing with a lot of confidence coming off that road sweep, but so is UNC. In the end, UNDs perimeter D will hold UNC in check just enough to come out of Greely with their 6th Big Sky win 77-70 UND Other Games (I will list all the games for the week on this thread) Thurs 1/28 SAC @ IDAHO PSU @ EWU NAU @ Weber SUU @ ISU Sat 1/30 PSU @ IDAHO SAC @ EWU SUU @ WEBER NAU @ ISU MONT @ MSU

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I'll let Vince sum it up... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V0TYIO6yv4

I like the storm out on the court to confront the officials and get T'd up.... when the team is down 1 approach- Mike "I still hate Kentucky with all my being" Davis

I am in the camp that Shank's issues is more mental than anything else. I don't know if a trip to the bench will help. I personally like Avants off the bench.

I like how on this road trip that Avants, Seales, and McD had solid contributions off the bench. I don't see why this team couldn't get that first round bye in the conference tourney.

The new standings (PSU should beat Sac State, up 14 with 2:30 to go) Mont 7-1 Weber 5-1 UND 5-3 Idaho 4-3 MSU 4-4 UNC 4-4 ISU 3-3 PSU 3-3 EWU 3-4 SUU 2-5 SAC 1-5 NAU 1-6