SWSiouxMN Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 UND, behind the Junior class on Senior Day, took care of business against DU and won their final home game of the season and punch their ticket to Sioux Falls. Now they head on the road to see how much they can improve their seed as they take on Fort Wayne, who is trying their hardest to hang on to the #3 seed and avoid being on the same side as SDSU. The Dons can be defined as a team that has been on streaks in this conference season: They started off 4-0, with a big win at home against SDSU. Then they followed it up with three straight losses, including being blown out by Western Illinois. Then they went off for 5 straight wins against a "soft" part of their schedule, but now have dropped two straight against SDSU and Omaha. A top 2 seed is out of reach, but with a hard charging NDSU squad (who is @ USD) next after UND and knowing that it could be for the #3 seed and avoiding SDSU until the final (even though they have to solve the Omaha problem, 0-2 against them this year), they have to take this game seriously. With Konchar and Harrell and Holba in tow, the Dons think that they can finally break through and win in Sioux Falls. UND has played well in their last two games, but the facts are they did play a team without their best player, ORU, (to be fair, UND was without Avants in that one) and against a DU team who is obviously looking to next year. They have an opportunity to get a road win against a decent conference opponent and finish the year strong. UND does have a lot to play for still, as they could improve their seeding and potentially move themselves into a more favorable matchup to pull an upset. As of now they are tied for 6th (but would currently lose the tiebreaker over USD due to head-to-head, but they do play on 3/2). There is a chance that if they win both games and get help (ORU losing their final game) they could rise as high as a 5 seed. Just a single win or WIU loss means they could be no worse than a 7 seed, which could mean a matchup against Omaha or SDSU in round 1. Milestone Watch: -Connor Avants season field goal percentage is currently 61.3%, which would be 3rd best in UND history in a single season and would be the highest in UND D-1 history in a single season. His career 55.5% would be 7th best all time in UND history. -Billy Brown is shooting 46.9% from 3, which would be 5th best in UND history for a single season -Aanen Moody 70 3 points ranked 10th in the UND single season list, and still has a chance to catch Q all time D-1 record at 84, but it will be virtually impossible for him to catch the record at 104. Other games (ranked in importance for UND) WIU (4-10) @ DU (2-12) NDSU (8-6) @ USD (5-9) Omaha (12-2) @ ORU (6-9) Keys: 1) How does UND deal with Konchar? 2) Can UND hit enough outside shots? 3) Can the UND Junior Class repeat their performance against DU? The call: I would love to pick UND in this one, if they were full strength I might pull the trigger on it. I'm not sure how Avants is health wise when he is playing (how close he can get to 100%) and this question will prevent me from picking UND. I think they will put a strong performance and will hit their shots, but I think they will fall a bit short. Love to be wrong! Fort Wayne 82-78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Doesn't appear to be any free streaming for this one, if you want to plunk down the $5.95 to watch that is you only option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Same lineup that they threw out against DU. Brown Stewart Seales Walter Avants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Walter is smacking 3's he is resuming where he left off against DU 10-7 UND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 12-11 to the Dons after the 1st media Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Moody and Rebraca with 3's 17-14 UND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 UND up 19-18 at the under 12 media. They are getting the outside shooting necessary, if it can hold they will have a good chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 8-0 run by the Dons and UND calls for time 26-19 Dons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 6:05 to go in the half Dons up 36-27 had leads of 11 and 12 and scoring very well. UND needs to find a way to get some stops to get back in this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 scoring pace has picked up Dons 42-36 UND has the ball coming out of the final media Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 TO Dons Konchar is too good 47-38 Dons 1:05 to go in the half he is now over 2,000 points in his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Half Dons 48 UND 42 Hanging around, it has the looks of a track meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSSD Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Hey is this game on TV or streaming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSSD Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 7 minutes ago, FSSD said: Hey is this game on TV or streaming Looked at game notes and that would be NO! Really, what kind of conference is this!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 UND has cut into the Dons leads 53-52 Dons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Fort Wayne is cold UND is not 57-53 UND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Moody 3 60-53 UND TO Dons they are rolling right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Moody can turn a game in UND's favor just like that. Back to back Jack's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Seales up to 20 UND up 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 UND just needs to run it up right now while they are still cold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 a 23 point swing so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Who put a quarter into Moody this half, he is on fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 UND 67-53 12:00 to go can they keep this up? I do expect the Dons to swing back this would be a nice win if they could get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Rebraca for 3 they are hitting everything right now 70-56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Moody again 7th 3 73-58 TO UND 11:23 2nd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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