Dustin

Perhaps not the best spot to put this article, considering it actually about FCS football, but I see that volleyball national championship game (along with FCS and WBB) will all be on ABC. Hockey needs to get in on this treatment. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/sources-2024-fcs-title-game-returning-to-national-televison-and-back-on-a-sunday

If we do lose Miami and go back to 8, I think it would be cool to pair UND and ASU as travel partners. The others would be DU-CC, UMD-SCSU, and UNO-WMU.

I have no problem with this move. Thoughts?

Man, these football threads can get depressing.

So, 10 am their time?? Wow.

One thing is for certain - they can't both be LOSSES.

2023-24 should be the most exciting year of UND MBB in at least 4 years.

I like Danny's ability to connect and (hopefully) convince Wisconsin natives like himself to come to Grand Forks.

And the really good tailgating weather games are at 3 pm, so there's that, too.

https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/mcfeely-fcs-inches-toward-seeding-16-teams-for-playoffs Not quite sure where to put this, but it could impact the 2023 UND Football season.

Perhaps waiting until semester ends so students can concentrate on the academics?? I believe Hoosman was brought in in May last year.

Appears to have interest from most all regional G5 and FCS schools. From what I can tell, he visited Grand Forks on April 1.

Amen. There was a time that I didn't think this had to be the case, but I've been a firm believer for a while now. Make it happen in '23, please, please, God!!

Could be like the Big Ten and and schedule Friday/Sunday hockey series to avoid Saturday football. I prefer the double header, myself.

I would bet almost anything that this game will end up overlapping or being simultaneous with the hockey game.

Thanks, SWSiouxMN, for all you do on Sioux Sports in regards to the BB programs.

OK. Never saw his name mentioned on the thread, but I sometimes skip some pages.

You are right - today is the day. https://fightinghawks.com/news/2023/4/11/mens-hockey-garrett-pyke-transfers-to-north-dakota-for-2023-24-season.aspx

Yep. The ultimate recruits are the high-end ones that stick around for 3-4 years.

With the college winter sports seasons over, Midco has already been playing replays for quite a while now. Just watch the schedule and these games will show up eventually.

If you'd be so willing, I'd be interested in this same comparison for the 2015-16 season between Q and UND.

Agreed.

But what if they never do? Then what? I think that's the point people were at with Hakstol. You would think 7 Frozen Fours would have been enough. Maybe Hak's number was 8 - we'll never know. Even if 8 was the number, that seems exceedingly high, doesn't it?

This is such a loaded question. They got one piece of hardware; Big Ten regular season champs (I don't know if that accomplishment actually comes with a physical piece of hardware, but I assume so), and had a chance at two more pieces (Big Ten tournament champion and NCAA champion) that they didn't get. Considering the expectations, whether the season was a success could be argued either way forever (and at ad nauseum). If UND were in the same shoes (which they have been in very similar shoes several times), as a fan, I would say no, the season was not successful to meet my satisfaction. But taking out emotion, the pure statistical optics show a very successful season.