UND (0-3) vs USD (0-3) 12/10 5:30 PM (CU Mortgage Direct Dakota Showcase Day 1)

[SWSiouxMN]

UND gave the Gophers a tough test, but they just didn't have an answer for Both Gach and fell to the Gophers 76-67.  Now they head on down to Sioux Falls to participate in  a showcase tournament with the other 3 Dakota schools at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls!  First up, the Yotes of South Dakota. 

About South Dakota:

It was all there for the Yotes last year.  A senior laden squad with 2 potential Summit POY candidates in the starting lineup.  It was fully expected that this would be the breakthrough year.  The year that USD would break the State School hold on the Summit League Crown.  It didn't get off to a great start, and despite a rapid push, they ended up finishing 3rd in the league behind SDSU and NDSU.  They still felt confident:  They were healthy, they knew they could play with both teams, they would have a strong home court advantage in Sioux Falls, especially when SDSU was upset in Round 1 against Fort Wayne.  The path was there.... all they had to do was take advantage of it

Marlon Stewart and UND had other ideas. 

A dagger mid-range jumper and a failed desperation 3 lead USD to being upset by the upstart Hawks, who ended up being the ones that marched down to the finals.  Now the Yotes turn the page, losing 4 starters from the lineup.  The good news?  They still have one of the better players in the Summit in Stanley Umude, who has the ability to win a game all by himself.  This will be a retooled Yotes squad this year and how fast they can gel will determine just how far they can go in the Summit this year (sounds familiar?)

About Todd Lee: (3rd Year, 33-32 Overall, 17-15 Summit).

The Huron native enters Year 3 as the Yotes coach in a big retooling project after losing 4 seniors.  While it help to have Umude, Lee needs to figure out how the rest of the pieces are going to fit around him.  The Yotes boards are starting to get concerned about Lee and the future of this program after Umude leaves, as some feel that the level of players brought in haven't been up to the level that Craig Smith brought in.  Others argue that his record has been better that Smith's was in the first two years and that this year shouldn't be held against Lee due to COVID throwing wrenches in everything.  A solid season can go along way to quieting the concerns fans have.  He did sign a 3 year extension with USD, so it will be seen if this was prudent or silly.  

Key Player: Stanley Umude (6'6 Senior)

Umude enters his Senior season at USD and has been very impactful in his last two season.  He is a tough matchup given his size and athleticism at the 3 spot in the lineup and does most of his damage inside of the arc, although he can shoot a little bit from outside.  The volume has been increasing now that he is the focal point of the USD offense.  While he is averaging 19 points a game and grabbing a shade below 8 rebounds, his shooting percentage has decreased so far (overall 31% including a shocking 11.5% from 3).  I'm sure this percentage will continue to go up as we progress.  He is one of more dangerous players in the Summit and has the capability of carrying a team to victory.  If he can get some help around him, the Yotes are going to be tough.  He should be on the short list for Summit POY when it is all said and done and will add another All-Summit team accolade to his great career.  Also:  He recently passed 1,000 career points and should pass 500 career rebound at some point this season.  Averaging 12 ppg in 5 matchups against UND.  

Series History

UND leads the all time series 100-92, but USD holds an 8-5 Advantage in D1 play.  UND does hold an 9-8 advantage in neutral court matchups.

Milestone Watch:

Its time for our milestone watches for this year and Rebraca will be our first focus:  He currently has 476 career rebounds and is 24 away from getting to 500 in his career.  It is certainly possible for him to reach that mark during the showcase with a couple of good rebounding games.  He hasn't grabbed double-digit rebounds yet, but he is definitely due.  He still is far away from the top 10 in rebounding in UND history, but could get close (If there was a normal amount of games this year, I would believe it more)

Key Questions:

1) How does UND deal with Umude?

2) Who can build off of their performance against the Big 10?

3) Does DAE return?

The Call:

This is a coin flip game and to be honest is a good early test to see potentially how the middle of the Summit could play out.  Both teams have shown flashes of good play and bad play this year and are quite similar in having to replace key places (with USD having to replace more than UND). Yotes will be out for revenge for last year.  With that said,  I am going to take the good guys in this one because I think that Rebraca and company will put together another good game and edge out the Yotes.  

UND 81-77

Bonus Pick:

Bunnies thump the Bison 83-74

Games are on Midco and the TRES!

[Nodak78]

Nice write up.  I haven't been able to watch much so far.  I hope the hawks jelly now.  Talent and coaching to do that early.  The question who will guard Umude and keep him off the boards.  Our guards are on the up swing.  Love watching all the games on Midco to get a great focus on the balance on the league.

[sioux24/7]

Random thought and maybe I missed it, why didn’t Tyree play in game 1 against Miami? I didn’t hear anything about an injury, sickness or suspension. 

[UND1983]

15 hours ago, Nodak78 said:

Nice write up.  I haven't been able to watch much so far.  I hope the hawks jelly now.  Talent and coaching to do that early.  The question who will guard Umude and keep him off the boards.  Our guards are on the up swing.  Love watching all the games on Midco to get a great focus on the balance on the league.

Would have to assume that Sims could matchup quite well with Umude.

[ND-fan]

This team UND has now could become quite good by end of the season. They have size and speed and number of them are real offensive threats.  The new point guard Ihenacho looks like he could become quite special with size and speed.  Also they are much deeper than they were last year and Sather saw the benefits of having big outside off guard like they had last year only he is following that plan but he recruited two players of that type in Sueker and Sims for this year. Also this team he has now put together because of rule change this year will have two years of being together after this year which could make them very good team in next few years. I got to believe future looks bright for UND men's basketball.

[Sioux94]

Will the games be streamed anywhere, or only available if you have Midco? 

[Nodak78]

15 hours ago, UND1983 said:

Would have to assume that Sims could matchup quite well with Umude.

I was only able to watch most of the Dixie State game. I was impressed with Sim defense.

[Nodak78]

Just now, Nodak78 said:

I was only able to watch most of the Dixie State game. I was impressed with Sims defense.

 

[siouxfan512]

Looks like the game will be on ESPN3 as well.

[goyotes]

None of the Dakota Showcase games will be on ESPN3 or ESPN+.  You have 2 options to watch the game: (1) Cable TV if MidcoSN2 is part of your cable package. (2) MidcoSportsPlus streaming.  Will cost $6/month, but you get the first 30 days for free. 

[forksandspoons]

Need a win tonight.

[sioux24/7]

UND +3.5. KenPom says USD 73-72

[UND1983]

33 minutes ago, goyotes said:

None of the Dakota Showcase games will be on ESPN3 or ESPN+.  You have 2 options to watch the game: (1) Cable TV if MidcoSN2 is part of your cable package. (2) MidcoSportsPlus streaming.  Will cost $6/month, but you get the first 30 days for free. 

Yes they will be on ESPN3. 

The point I don't get is how they are essentially providing the exact same content, only in a streaming package now, and charging the existing cable customers extra to use it.  I understand charging non-cable customers because then it operates like ESPN3 does.  But to make existing cable subscribers pay to have streaming access for the exact same content makes no sense to me and seems very greedy.  Maybe somebody can explain it to me...... 

[gfhockey]

If we go 1-2 I would say good weekend. 2-1 excellent weekend 3-0 extend sather

[SIOUX29]

35 minutes ago, UND1983 said:

Yes they will be on ESPN3. 

The point I don't get is how they are essentially providing the exact same content, only in a streaming package now, and charging the existing cable customers extra to use it.  I understand charging non-cable customers because then it operates like ESPN3 does.  But to make existing cable subscribers pay to have streaming access for the exact same content makes no sense to me and seems very greedy.  Maybe somebody can explain it to me...... 

I think your Midco everywhere (TV Everywhere?)  should work for you? No charge, or am I misunderstanding? Doesn't work for hockey but has always worked for other sports.

[UND1983]

3 minutes ago, SIOUX29 said:

I think your Midco everywhere (TV Everywhere?)  should work for you? No charge, or am I misunderstanding? Doesn't work for hockey but has always worked for other sports.

I don't have a cable subscription to Midco, only internet.  More speaking for people that do and trying to clarify.

So if that is true then the cable subscribers are covered for streaming on the go.  That should maybe be clarified by the Midco sports guys to settle people down.

[siouxfan512]

1 hour ago, goyotes said:

None of the Dakota Showcase games will be on ESPN3 or ESPN+.  You have 2 options to watch the game: (1) Cable TV if MidcoSN2 is part of your cable package. (2) MidcoSportsPlus streaming.  Will cost $6/month, but you get the first 30 days for free. 

I just went on my espn app and the game looks like it is there.

[DBrownMidcoSN]

This is David Brown from MidcoSN. I will attempt to clarify viewing options for this evening because I know there's been a lot of confusion.

1. If you have Midco cable, you can watch these games on regular old fashioned TV. They will be on MidcoSN 2 (Channel 624) because we will be airing the NCHC hockey pod games on MidcoSN (Channel 622)

2. If you have to stream, you can ONLY do it on Midco Sports Plus, our new streaming service.

Many of us at MidcoSN have heard from people and seen the screengrabs that show the games will be on ESPN3 / ESPN+. Even though ESPN3 / ESPN+ still show the games as being available, trust me when I say they will NOT be on ESPN3 / ESPN+. You can only STREAM on Midco Sports Plus.

The service/app is $5.99/month, but if you sign up in December, you get the first 30 days FOR FREE! Sign up at midcosn.com/streaming.

As an FYI, with the Midco Sports Plus app, you get ALL of our live games, plus replays, original programming, etc.

3. The Dakota Showcase games (all six from December 10-12) are exclusive (streaming-wise) to Midco Sports Plus. ESPN3/ESPN+ will have future MidcoSN broadcasts.

Hope that clarifies! I'm not a marketing person, but we apologize for any inconvenience. We're excited about the new service/app and we think you'll enjoy the same high-quality broadcasts as always!

[UND1983]

5 minutes ago, DBrownMidcoSN said:

This is David Brown from MidcoSN. I will attempt to clarify viewing options for this evening because I know there's been a lot of confusion.

1. If you have Midco cable, you can watch these games on regular old fashioned TV. They will be on MidcoSN 2 (Channel 624) because we will be airing the NCHC hockey pod games on MidcoSN (Channel 622)

2. If you have to stream, you can ONLY do it on Midco Sports Plus, our new streaming service.

Many of us at MidcoSN have heard from people and seen the screengrabs that show the games will be on ESPN3 / ESPN+. Even though ESPN3 / ESPN+ still show the games as being available, trust me when I say they will NOT be on ESPN3 / ESPN+. You can only STREAM on Midco Sports Plus.

The service/app is $5.99/month, but if you sign up in December, you get the first 30 days FOR FREE! Sign up at midcosn.com/streaming.

As an FYI, with the Midco Sports Plus app, you get ALL of our live games, plus replays, original programming, etc.

3. The Dakota Showcase games (all six from December 10-12) are exclusive (streaming-wise) to Midco Sports Plus. ESPN3/ESPN+ will have future MidcoSN broadcasts.

Hope that clarifies! I'm not a marketing person, but we apologize for any inconvenience. We're excited about the new service/app and we think you'll enjoy the same high-quality broadcasts as always!

Thank you!

[forksandspoons]

2 hours ago, DBrownMidcoSN said:

This is David Brown from MidcoSN. I will attempt to clarify viewing options for this evening because I know there's been a lot of confusion.

1. If you have Midco cable, you can watch these games on regular old fashioned TV. They will be on MidcoSN 2 (Channel 624) because we will be airing the NCHC hockey pod games on MidcoSN (Channel 622)

2. If you have to stream, you can ONLY do it on Midco Sports Plus, our new streaming service.

Many of us at MidcoSN have heard from people and seen the screengrabs that show the games will be on ESPN3 / ESPN+. Even though ESPN3 / ESPN+ still show the games as being available, trust me when I say they will NOT be on ESPN3 / ESPN+. You can only STREAM on Midco Sports Plus.

The service/app is $5.99/month, but if you sign up in December, you get the first 30 days FOR FREE! Sign up at midcosn.com/streaming.

As an FYI, with the Midco Sports Plus app, you get ALL of our live games, plus replays, original programming, etc.

3. The Dakota Showcase games (all six from December 10-12) are exclusive (streaming-wise) to Midco Sports Plus. ESPN3/ESPN+ will have future MidcoSN broadcasts.

Hope that clarifies! I'm not a marketing person, but we apologize for any inconvenience. We're excited about the new service/app and we think you'll enjoy the same high-quality broadcasts as always!

Thanks David!

[jdub27]

2 hours ago, DBrownMidcoSN said:

As an FYI, with the Midco Sports Plus app, you get ALL of our live games, plus replays, original programming, etc.

Just curious, I assume this does not inlcude UND hockey as Midco doesn't have streaming rights? Or is that included?

[SIOUXFAN97]

4 hours ago, DBrownMidcoSN said:

This is David Brown from MidcoSN. I will attempt to clarify viewing options for this evening because I know there's been a lot of confusion.

1. If you have Midco cable, you can watch these games on regular old fashioned TV. They will be on MidcoSN 2 (Channel 624) because we will be airing the NCHC hockey pod games on MidcoSN (Channel 622)

2. If you have to stream, you can ONLY do it on Midco Sports Plus, our new streaming service.

Many of us at MidcoSN have heard from people and seen the screengrabs that show the games will be on ESPN3 / ESPN+. Even though ESPN3 / ESPN+ still show the games as being available, trust me when I say they will NOT be on ESPN3 / ESPN+. You can only STREAM on Midco Sports Plus.

The service/app is $5.99/month, but if you sign up in December, you get the first 30 days FOR FREE! Sign up at midcosn.com/streaming.

As an FYI, with the Midco Sports Plus app, you get ALL of our live games, plus replays, original programming, etc.

3. The Dakota Showcase games (all six from December 10-12) are exclusive (streaming-wise) to Midco Sports Plus. ESPN3/ESPN+ will have future MidcoSN broadcasts.

Hope that clarifies! I'm not a marketing person, but we apologize for any inconvenience. We're excited about the new service/app and we think you'll enjoy the same high-quality broadcasts as always!

since the nchc.tv app is total garbage...what do i get with midco streaming app...sioux hockey? football?

[siouxfan512]

1 hour ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

since the nchc.tv app is total garbage...what do i get with midco streaming app...sioux hockey? football?

I've had no issues with the NCHC app through Roku. Anyone know if this Midco app is available on Roku?

 

[SWSiouxMN]

USD 8

UND 5

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[SWSiouxMN]

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