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closed as 26 pt dog....jones gets the cover by 12

exactly it was obvious I was referring to the predictive value of todays game relative to how they perform in the sky....not logical to conclude that UND would not love to win the game and will give less than 100% effort.

This is a pay day game for UND not a barometer for the season... A mind is a terrible thing to waste

crandall not listed as starter in game notes...Hope to see him and Adam play tonight.

wisc 24.5 favorite

this game means little....Western Ill beating wisky is nice but not likely a prelude to them winning the Summit, nor is Siena losing by 40 make them bottom feeder. Wisky got their wake up call vs W Ill. Wisc has 2 D1 games under their belt , UND none ...This is a pay day game for UND not a barometer for the season... Hope to see signs of a better rebounding team here.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Minnesota Morris fell 99-69 to Division I North Dakota (1-0) in a exhibiton game for UMM. The game was the regular season opener for North Dakota. Noah Grove led the way with 12 points for Morris on 5-13 shooting. Joe Roggenbuck and Anthony Fisher each had nine points. Morris shot 39.2% from the field in the contest. Maybe a regular game for UND and exhibition game for Morris

Exhibition games do not count for official records.... Pete Maravich for one scored 50 his first game

jones pretty inept at presser mentions nothing about players not dressing...reporters need to pin him down ..because jones volunteers very little player info

Geno not starting vs Morris per UND game notes....Baldwin to start

the strangest EYBL Stat for Kienan is that he took 93 shots and only 4 free throws

every fan of every team would like to expect their team to be champs... The odds of jones getting fired last year were as likely as Coach K replacing him ...People actually think if a great coach like coach K came to UND then The All American prospects would follow and UND would contend for NCAA titles...Why settle for less than that.

Geno is the primary lead guard not Q. That being said Brian views this team as starting to point guards.

Collins physically mature ,possible role player of bench skill set , limited upside.... Staff figures that better to get him done in 4 rather tie up scholarship for 5 years and not do much like Benton.... Shanks is a dead mortal lock of the year to start. Baldwin will play a lot, Cashman will play when Carson gets winded or in fall trouble , Carson was a real hackmaster last season. Jones not likely to lose job this season unless a complete meltdown occurs....I pointed out last season that Brian was safe...posters thought Jones was in trouble were all dead wrong. . The big shots do not concern themselves with 5-10 posters who get off on calling for jones to get canned.

John Wooden , Coach K, or Cal from Kentucky

morris D3 Not NAIA, NAIA has athletic scholarships D3 does not

100 % chance Jones makes playoffs....

Hopefully they can exceed all expectations and get into the top half of the league...like they have done in 4 of the last 5 seasons including 2nd and 3rd place 2 of last 3 seasons under the tutelage coach Jones..... Not a make or break season for Jones....Next season will be if they are a cellar dweller.this year... Getting to the topic of this thread... UND should cruise vs a nondescript D3 team

by not redshirting anyone UND will have six of 13 tendered players in the sophmore class next season...not an ideal situation

Hopefully they can exceed all expectations and get into the top half of the league...like they have done in 4 of the last 5 seasons .

experience is quantifiable and therefore objective in terms of quantity. The quality of experience is subjective. UND returns one of the top 5 and 2 of top 8 scorers from last season and is projected to have zero seniors and one junior is starting 5 therefore LOW on D1 basketball experience

may have talent but very low on experience .

328. North Dakota: We can't in good conscience rank a team without a nickname highly. Especially in a league that looks relatively deep this year. 351 teams rated.