dmksioux Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Looks as though the Sioux women will also be on the road for their first game. They will be playing at Seattle U. on Thursday. At first glance, this game would seem to be winnable for the ladies. Good luck! http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/231926/group/homepage/ Quote
Smoggy Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Anyone have info on the bid? I was really hoping to go to this. Quote
ND Ball Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Considering that the UND Athletic Administration didn't bid for the Great West Conference Tournament which would have been for both the men's and women's games, they probably don't have an interest in hosting a game. If they did bid and didn't get it - their bid probably wasn't very good. Too bad for the basketball fans as it seems they have always supported the playoff games in the past - something the administration evidently doesn't recognize. Quote
gfhockey Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Also would have been for sure genes last game. Epic fail on Faisons part Quote
nodakvindy Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Here is the bracket. UND got no love in the seeding, probably due to the general weakness of the Great West. http://www.womensbasketballinvitational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012Bracket.pdf On the tourney web site it says higher seeds always host, so I'm not sure a bid was even possible. Looking at the bracket, it would be awesome to see a North Dakota-Minnesota final. Quote
dakotadan Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Looking at the bracket, it would be awesome to see a North Dakota-Minnesota final. That isn't very likely to happen. Minnesota is in the east region with Holy Cross. 1 Quote
Cratter Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 That isn't very likely to happen. Minnesota is in the east region with Holy Cross. I see what you did there! Quote
Cratter Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 On the tourney web site it says higher seeds always host, so I'm not sure a bid was even possible. Looking at the bracket, it would be awesome to see a North Dakota-Minnesota final. And would have totally kicked ass if it would have been at UND. Quote
bincitysioux Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 That's a bunch of B.S. Seattle averages 600 for home games.......................... Quote
82SiouxGuy Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Also would have been for sure genes last game. Epic fail on Faisons part From the web site. UND is an 8 seed so they never got a chance to host. Can teams bid for home games? No, teams cannot buy home games. The higher seeded team always gets the first chance to host. Quote
dakotadan Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Leave the facts at the door. It is more fun to continuously try and blame Faison and Kelley for everything bad in the world. 3 Quote
ND Ball Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Look at the seedings and who hosted last year - on WBI website Several teams with lower seeds hosted the games................... Quote
ND Ball Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Forgot one more thing..........There is no blame here - just FACTS The information from the Great West Conference is that the reason UND was not awarded the Great West Tourney is they DID NOT bid it - simply put. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Look at the seedings and who hosted last year - on WBI website Several teams with lower seeds hosted the games................... And tournaments can change policy, can't they? Quote
MoSiouxFan Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 After finishing with a 12-game winning streak, perhaps the Sioux deserved a little higher seeding. Hopefully, however, this will motivate them to prove that they deserved a higher seeding. Quote
82SiouxGuy Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Look at the seedings and who hosted last year - on WBI website Several teams with lower seeds hosted the games................... And the WBI website says that the higher seed gets to host if they want this year. If they don't want to host, the lower seed can host. UND is a number 8 seed playing a number 1. This year all hosts are the higher seed except one. Don't know anything about hosting the Great West. UND bids on hosting a lot of tournaments, but not all. I don't know why they may not have bid on this one. Quote
UND92,96 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 I wonder if the teams were actually seeded based upon anything other than maybe throwing darts at a board? I don't see much of a difference between the resumes of UND and Seattle. 1 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 I wonder if the teams were actually seeded based upon anything other than maybe throwing darts at a board? YAHTZEE! Quote
bincitysioux Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 The Sioux fell tonight to Seattle, ending Gene Roebuck's career as a head coach at North Dakota. Thank-you Gene, for your devoted service to this fine Univeristy............... Quote
darell1976 Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 Thanks Gene for your dedication to UND athletics, and bringing home back to back to back National titles!!! I was at the one in 97 at the Hyslop the atmosphere was electric. UND's first National Title in basketball and it was an incredible site. Couldn't have done it without a great coach. Enjoy retirement!! You will be missed. Quote
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