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Ouch! Good times though, no doubt!

Try a political statement on an oversized banner that says "UND pres is best one ever". I have a feeling that could stay even though it's political.

Sodbuster--EGF next plays on Fri morn vs Mahtomedi in semi-final at 11:00 a.m., believe it's on tv again. If they make the final I think it's at noon on Saturday. Daughter is in pep band and put on 600 plus miles today to/fro. Leaves Fri morning at 4:00a.m. (oh, she'll really love that!) on the bus again.

Good point obborg. Just guessing that will not work too well as a deterrent to make someone stop and think next time they might commit some infraction.

Yes, Omaha does suck and it should not have come to that but hate to say it but we sucked this season too. That's why it came down to a close game in the closing seconds. We just managed to finish on the short end (damn, again). Pretty even (read competitive) match-up of teams I think so could of gone either way.

Yah, my bad.

Hmm, got me NDSU grad. I'm very curious about that too. Anybody got any idea?

Hey SiouxVolley, not sure it would ever happen but I like your thinking! I always thought the old REA would of been a perfect size hoops arena and it was nice as it only had one bowl. Would of been big enough to hold up to 6,000 fans or so, perfect size for even the NDSUs, NIs and SDSUs but if not full it wouldn't look overly empty either.

Fetch--I'm as big a Sioux fan as anybody and agree with you. I didn't agree with all the writer said but I have been saying the last several weeks if we had an avg goalie we might be #6 or #11 or #17 in the national rankings (we'd still be good). We really don't overpower anybody, even the lower teams (Bem, AF, W Mich, CC last series,...) but hey, just win baby. In UND's defense, in ref to where the writer rags on our OOC road/neutral site games, admittedly you really can't argue. However, I'm sure the UND schedule makers had had absolutely no clue that when we went on the road to play the BADgers this season (we swept) that they were going to be such a horrible team. And I'm guessing that Providence was a home-and-home deal (?) over two seasons so that's got to be accounted for every other season.

Never really been a big country music fan but I just might have to start watching, uh listening, to it more. Actually, this video with the Stepford Wives/robotic type band member guys is the opposite of the video done by the late Robert Palmer for his hit "Addicted to Love", which for you young one's had real (female) "Stepford Wive's".

Hey, you make a good point I hadn't thought of. Me and my buds (not students/old guys) actually do the same too since attendance is normally 1/2 at best.

.03 difference? Really? I noticed Mia Man the save percentage for each goalie is not listed. Just curious, what are they? I would put a hair more stock in that than I would GAA. As an example (not saying these are correct stats); if Mia faced an avg of 24 shots on goal a game but the Sioux faced an avg of 34 shots a game you tell me which goalie is doing better.

Are you serious? That doesn't happen at home. Disciplinary? Why would Roscoe start over Evers, makes no sense if she was healthy?

Gotta admit, well said.

Cratter--Oh man, that's a real low blow! Thx for reminding me I'm old. I took Fortran computer language at Gamble Hall I believe (pc and laptop back then, what's that?. :-)

Ahh, man! That visual is awesome. Beating a dead horse! Hah!

Over a decade? That's for sure. I believe it's been going on for at least 3 - 4 decades. I was at school 81-85 and believe it was going on then or at least soon thereafter.

BisonDan--Didn't the herd beat Mont (or State, I forget which?) at home like 20-10 this past season? Assuming home field is worth 3 - 7 pts (Fargodome maybe even more?) that's a somewhat close game then is it not? So, did SU simply have a down day that game or did Mont/St simply have their best game of the season since you said EW is the only good team in the BSC? If EW was the only "good team" in the BSC surely SU on their home field would of blown out an avg or mediocre team I would think? Either way, something's not adding up.

Agree. Back when UND was D-2 power attendance was fine, even when hockey was strong. Hoops is a bargain, like $7 for gen admission and $12 I think for reserved (?), season ticket a real good bargain. Heck most week night games you can get a free ticket at the Betty front entry from other fans. the big problem is students just don't go to hoops (even with last year's senior dominated/decent team) unless there's free pizza or we're playing NDSU or some big name non-conf school (albeit, rare at home).

Specifically their downfall has been their Big Sky play on the road. That's been their issue this year. They seem to start slow most games then have to dig out of a hole, have too many turnovers, inconsistent scoring from the starters, etc.

You read my mind, thinking exact same thing the past few weeks. Shanks seems to get a bit excited and also looks to lack confidence at times, which negatively effects his play I think. I still like his future though.

Hooker is no doubt a nice player and certainly the best player for UND but his best/only shot at the pros will be overseas, certainly not the NBA (hopefully he proves us wrong, all the better for UND!). You make reference to his height; as Minnesota's Mr. Basketball 2 years ago I think what stopped him from going to a better/bigger college program was his height. Had he been 6'3" I'm not so sure he would of been available to UND.

Probably a good point. Let's hope they catch up soon as I would really like to like women's hockey and hence go watch it.

I saw today that Blais is like .500 overall in maybe 5 seasons at Neb-Omaha (although he did win 2 natties prior to that at UND), while Sanderlin is maybe the same overall or even less in 15 or so seasons at Duluth BUT he did grab the 1 natty in 2011 even though most recognize the Sioux were no doubt the best team in the land that season based upon a full season's sample (the true test). So, don't fire the UND Pres, instead fire Hakstol for his "mediocre" teams over the last 11 seasons and bring in Blais, Sanderlin, Eaves (he also got a natty in '06 I believe but not thinking he will this year, just a hunch),...whoever!

Mia has already played 42 games (shows overall record above of 30-11-1)? I assume that should be 20-11-1 overall record?