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Josh Morton would be a great replacement. Alex Kringen will probably apply, bring back baseball maybe.
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I like Dave Richman but my guess is his offense is why Khy is out. Honestly if Jones is in a recruiting battle for a guard with NDSU, just put on some game tape and it should be over. Do you want to run the weave for 25 seconds or do you want to get up and down and play pick and roll basketball. NDSU's roster next year does not look good right now.
I think Khy would thrive at UND in our offense but doubt NDSU would let him go here.
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7 hours ago, ChesterFritz90 said:
I really like the idea of having a P5 team coming in and playing in the Ralph against UND, but I think the biggest thing is getting our WBB and MBB teams to want to play in the Ralph. They have said that they don't like playing in there because it doesn't feel like a home game to them. They supposedly like the atmosphere of the Betty more.
I am willing to bet Jones and Brew would be all for this with the following.
Each gets 3-4 games a year in Ralph (Saturday night when men's hockey is gone would be perfect.)
Each has a locker room there. Betty would still be main locker room but also have their own in the Ralph for those games and practice there on game weeks after men's hockey has left town. There is space for this now I'm guessing.
Each team has access to Ralph weight room as well as Betty. Women's hockey used to so I'm guessing you could fill there time in the training area with bball.
Talk about bringing the wow factor to recruits. You go to one of the best mid major facility packages in the country by doing that. Willing to bet the coaches would be all for this. If UND wants to take basketball to the next level getting them access and making them an almost joint or half joint tennet at REA would be smart.
Omaha does this with their facility for all games I believe, so it's doable.
im a bigger fan of the Betty but the Ralph will help bring a new level of basketball recruit to UND imo.
also think with title 9 they may have to give WBB some of this stuff or another women's program but basketball makes most sense.
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8 hours ago, SiouxVolley said:
UND will be getting over $689 k extra from the NCAA in April from a distribution of a supplemental endowment that has been accrued. Over $200 million is being dispersed, based on how many scholarships are funded. Since UND has more scholarships than any school in the Big Sky or Slummit, our allocation is bigger. See Sioux Football insider twitter for USA Today link.
We could have used the Frozen Four bonus this year too, but no dice.
Correct me if I am wrong but wouldn't this be an even bigger reason to cut 1-2 non revenue sports with high budgets like WIH vs. 4 sports. Cutting the same budget but keeping more scholarships and sports which would mean more $ from NCAA.
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1 hour ago, SiouxVolley said:
Looks like Craig Smith is a finalist for Drake not our Jones. At our level, a very good coach rises fast. Is Mayville a coaching bastion ? Lute Olson, Jacobson, Tim Miles, Craig Smith
http://espn991.com/rumor-mill-south-dakotas-craig-smith-a-finalist-for-drake-job/
Smith wanted the UND job badly when Jones got it. He's from Stephen and is an UND alum. He'll be at a power 5 school in 8-10 years. I'd bet money on it.
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5 hours ago, UNDBIZ said:
I know Hooker visits local schools (others may as well, just haven't noticed it being tweeted, etc.) and I remember seeing the majority of the bball team at football games. Bubba has really breathed new life into the entire athletic department though, in my opinion anyway.
I'm sure basketball does its fair share but when it comes to Bubba he is the best PR guy UND has. Combine that with being a great football coach and I would make the argument coach Schweigert might be UNDs most valuable employee. It would serve all UND coaches well to act like Bubba in this regard.
it could be a Tuesday night church supper in Harvey ND and it would not shock me at all to hear coach Schweigert was there promoting his team and UND.
Pretty cool when your football coach is great at that job but he's also the best pr and overall campus recruiter UND has. Probably the biggest fan of other UND sports too.
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Crandall - to take the next step. I think he has a shot to get drafted if he keeps improving at the rate he has. Needs to keep maturing and working hard. He was not out of place athletically tonight, he's unreal fast, 6'3, a good shooter, passer, and ball handler. Needs to take the next step if he wants to have that shot and put the team on his back. Could be the best player in the BSC and still just a JR.
Drick- if he plays like he did tonight that would be perfect. 10-10 guy.
Seales - take the next step as well. We need him to be a double digit scorer next year.
Avants-struggles against bigger guys like tonight but can be an above average borderline all conference post against 90% of the teams we play. Knows his role and works hard.
Shanks- hoping he takes a big step. Big guys take time and it's his last year. Could be a big X factor if he takes his game to another level.
X Factor - Marlon Stewart. Highest recruited player on the team. I'm not expecting him to replace Hooker but if he can give us 8-14 a night the would be huge.
If that happens and young guys step up we could be dancing again.
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Great fight by the team tonight. Congrats to the team and coaches. Best season of UND basketball ever imo. Great careers by Hooker and Baldwin. Great coaching this year as well.
I hope this serves as a lesson to alums administration and everyone that MENS BASKETBALL IS UND's BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPOSURE. So much attention on this tourney. No reason UND shouldn't invest more in basketball and strive to be a mid major program that makes the tourney 3-5 times every 10 years. Maybe some years get a 12-13 seed a win a few games. Alls it takes for mid majors to take off is go on a run one year and ride that momentum. Gonzaga, VCU, UNI, Butler, Florida Gulf, St Mary's are all examples.
Make the commitment to basketball. Huge ROI potential.
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Saw OL Bull from Canada is visiting. Would be unreal get for UND IMO. Guys that size should not be able to move like that. Surprised he doesn't have P5 offers.
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Renolds is a tackling machine. Always around the football.
Mauch from Hankinson, Hankey from Park River and Jepson from Killeer are some others that I don't think have committed yet.
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2 hours ago, hoops44 said:Walthall has been around the block long enough to not easily give up a secure job at a D2 school for a small raise at a school in the frozen tundra with little in state talent..with a goal of exceeding current mediocrity .. He will need a big raise with a long term guaranteed contract....More likely to attract a D1 assistant coach hell bent on getting a D1 HC job
I sure hope none of our coaches think like you. I see a school with good basketball tradition, a nice facility, a US News top 180 ranking, FULL cost of attendance, good fan support, etc. Pretty easy to sell a kid who wants to play ball that you can come up here and just focus on basketball.
As for the local talent I'm pretty confident you could field a really good big sky team without hardly leaving ND SD MN NE IA Wi and IL. There's plenty of teams in the summit and mvc that do that and the best D2 conference in the country also. Not a whole lot of difference in the talent from top NSIC and big sky other than your high end big sky guys.
See Bubba Schweigert for example. He takes every negative or excuse in your case, someone might say about UND and turns it into a positive. It's also no coincidence that his program is doing great and he's pretty much recruiting those states I listed.
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Spoke with some bison buddies of mine this week and the whole conversation was about how loaded UND will be and how they can't believe we got JJ and how UND could beat competing for the national title.
While that was a much better conversation than what it was a few years ago I'm a little worried the preseason hype will be very strong for our guys. I hope Bubba and the s&c staff are driving it home that we haven't done squat yet and are keeping our guys hungry.
Should be the most hyped UND season in maybe forever. Hope our guys are staying humble and hungry. Can't wait for next year.
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Caught a little USD women the other day. How did UND let Madison McKeever from Erskine end up at usd? Really good player for usd as a true fresh already. Can't let talent like that 45 minutes from campus go to another regional school.
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21 hours ago, SiouxVolley said:
After they excellent play against UNI this week (but still a loss), was very disappointed in the NDSU game as NDSU is much less talented than UNI. I want Hooker to get a chance in the Dance, but retaining Jones isn't best for the program. The MSUM coach can deal with X and O's on the fly, recruiting, and public relations. Jones can only deal with one of them it seems.
In the Moorhead Northern St game last night Wathall's team lost, but some interesting numbers.
Tanner Kretchmen - 41 points Fargo Davies grad
Aaron Lien - 36 points Moorhead grad
Mack Arvidson - 30 points Grand Forks Red River grad
All 3 somewhat recruited by UND I believe, all three can shoot the 3 ball. All averaging over 17 a game and will be all NSIC players. I could name 6-7 guys over the last 4-5 years for UND these guys should've had scholarships over. Take a look at some of the conference leader stats for the NSIC and you'll see their names at the top of places UND could use help with.
Not trying to pile on because I hope the team does well and wins the big sky and just know those 3 were looked at by UND and passed on and they are 3 of the better players in the nsic right now. Thought of that when Wathalls name was brought up.
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On 12/15/2016 at 9:56 AM, UND-1 said:
The latest I am hearing on Mafe is he wants to play with his two teammates, Lofton and Campbell. All three want to go to the same school, which is about the most short-sighted thing ever but so be it. SDSU is the only school that offered all three of them so that is probably where they will all end up. What happens when one flunks out or one hates it? Then one of the others realizes they only came there because of their buddy and he is now leaving.
Wonder if UND will offer the other two. Probably need OL at this point but all 3 are top 20 mn recruits with multiple offers. Guessing no if it hasn't happened already.
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9 minutes ago, timbo said:
I honestly don't know what he was recruited at but he is in my opinion one of the top 10 to 15 running backs in the nation why eve think about screwing with that I know JJ may be good but you know what you have in Santiago a flat out stud that would start dam near anywhere
100%. Santiago is a top ten back in the country and so is Brady. Neither of them are moving from running back. Yes Jon should play some out of the slot but he needs 15-20 carries a game. Id like more screens and swing passes out of the backfield with him.
There is no way on earth the coaches are remotely considering moving a guy on pace to break the rushing record at UND away from running back.
Lets drop the Santiago to WR stuff...ain't happening nor should it. He might line up some outside but the guy is an ALL AMERICAN running back.
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10 minutes ago, Siouxperman8 said:I read a few posts regarding JJ on Bisonville and then wished I hadn't. It goes on for 47 pages and now most say they didn't want him because he committed to UND.
Some of the posts are kind of disturbing, It is so bad that one poster who knows the family told the others to go F*$% themselves.
Tough week. Both their BB teams got taken to the woodshed by us now we're taking football recruits they want.
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30 minutes ago, nd1sufan said:Frazier isn't bad and JJ may be better, but on a list of upgrades needed for UND FB, tailback is probably last on the list.
I think we'll find room for him. Can tell the Bison didn't really want him though, there's only one thread with 40 plus pages dedicated to just him.
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2 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:
He shouldn't be a WR. But he should be split out wide a lot more. Quick WR screen to him with two blockers sounds nice. There are so many ways to get him out in space to use his moves and speed that we haven't done yet. Want to see him in the NFL? He needs to be a swiss army knife.
I agree with this. Need to get him touches but he is a RB. Percy Hardin role is a good example. Whether it's kick punt jet sweep bubble screen hand off or 9 route Jon needs 20-30 touches a game.
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1 minute ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
I honestly think Santiago should move to WR. He is such a talent but more suited for open space. We all know the offense that Bubba wants UND to run is more suited for powerful backs like Oliveira and Johannesson.
Go UND! 2017 gonna be fun!
No way. RB is the best way to get Jon touches. We need to get him as many as possible. He is a RB and now that we have 4 really good ones We should be able to let Jon do both kick and punt returns and also use him for jet sweep. Everyone can drop the Santiago to WR talk. It makes zero sense. We now have 4 really talented RBs. Let's figure out how to get them touches. Great problem to have.
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This is a BIG fricken deal. JJ was the best recruit out of ND in the last 10-15 years IMO. NDSU would've taken him in 2 seconds I don't care what anyone from there says. This is big for a few reasons.
1. Bubba is making up ground in ND. ND is the hardest state to recruit against NDSU. Kids here have seen NDSU win 5 straight and were very young when UND was in the D2 title games. UND has lost kids they've offered more money too because they want to wear the green and gold. While bubba has gotten some nice ND kids to me this is the first one that screams, "I like that school, I like that staff, I like those facilities and I like what they are building at UND and I would rather be apart of building something than tagging onto something already built. To top it of this is the best football player in 10-15 years out of ND and he is from Fargo.
2. This make a huge impression on class of 17, 18, 19 kids coming up from ND. Those kids all know who JJ is and don't underplay the impression this along with all the other things UND and Bubba have going makes on those recruits. JJ could have a pied piper effect.
3. Adds great depth to RB position. The back field is set for the next 3 years. Even after Thunder and lighting graduate we'll still have JJ and Gordon. This also allows us to use Santiago more in things like punt and kick return as well as the jet sweep roll. Look at NDSU with Frazier morlock anderson and Dunn, there are plenty of ways to use 4 good backs.
Again just one recruit but this is one of bubba's biggest yet.
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Wow, looks like this might be a full house. Judging by how many seats are left I'd say people better buy now or you'll be sitting in the end zone sections or a SRO on game day if you take your chances on walk up tickets.
Everyone bring the noise. Let's get some false starts and help the good guys in green.
Side note. Give Bubba a lifetime extension.
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UND should be #7 tomorrow and if we are 8 it is simply to match us up with NDSU. I actually think UND matches up better with NDSU than EWU but I hope we are 7 because that is where we should be. SDSU was behind us last week and they beat an average 5-6 team. No reason they should jump UND
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Everyone should keep an eye on Richmond vs. Bill & Mary. It's a rivalry game so chance for an upset. I noticed the paper said to watch the UCA & SDSU games but I think they should've said UCA & Richmond. We get a loss by either and we're top 8. Miller shouldn't let Izzo's love affair with all things MVFC get in the way of facts.
2 games we need a loss from and neither involve SDSU.
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I didn’t look back on this but is UND after these two teammates?
Tupak Kpeayeh RB
Jayden Johannsen QB
both from SF Washington powerhouse in SD football. UND hasn’t been able to make inroads in SD and there is talent there. They’ll have to take a couple chances on some guys to do that or offer money when the SD schools or NDSU offer PWO. JoHannsen might be a nice QB option and Tupak is the all time leading rusher in SD high school football. Enjoy watching his highlight tape. Him paired with Weah and London after next year would be a nice trio. Would be a great start to getting back into SD.