SWSiouxMN Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 UND could not overcome the Cyclone defense and couldn't get the upset against Iowa State. It is on to the West Coast for game 2 of their 3 game road swing. They get the Pilots of Portland, who is coming off a impressving showing at the Phil Knight Invitiational About the Pilots For much of the 2010s, the Pilots where consistenly in the bottom of the WCC conference. While they did have a couple of visits to the CIT tournament, this program found itself struggling to win even a conference game towards the end of the decade. It was clear that something needed to change. Enter Shantay Legans Legans made a name for himself in the BSC with Eastern Washington, winning a BSC regular season title in 2020 and and BSC tournament title in 2021. In his first year in Portland, it produce their best season in nearly a decade. 7-7 in the WCC and 19 wins. In year 2, things continue to be an upward direction for the Pilots. The best evidence of this was at the Phil Knight Invitational. While they did go 1-2 in this tournmament, they easily could have gone 3-0. They lost by 8 to then #1 North Carolina, beat Villinova by 12, and lost against #12 Michigan State by a single point. This was a bit of a statement to the rest of the WCC that perhaps the Pilots are ready to take the next step in the conference. While the Zags and the Gaels of St. Mary's will still be the class of the conference, these results could means that if the Pilots made a strong run the rest of the way in non-conference (they have a game against Oregon) and perhaps pick off the Zags or Gales at some point... could they find their way to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 1996? Even if they can't, the program is going in the right direction. And that could mean bigger things for Mr. Legans About Shantay Legans (100-68 overall, 7-7 WCC) The 41 year old has made a name for himself in the small school world. After spending 8 years as an assistant under Jim Hayford at Eastern Washington, he took over the program after Hayford went up to Seattle. In his 4 years there, the Eagles finished no worse than 3rd in the BSC and made an NCAA tournament appearance. Now at Portland, led them to their best season in quite some time and is now looking for more. The performance of the team at the PKI has started to get some notice that Legans might be on to bigger and better things in the future, but for now, a climb up the WCC stadnings will do. Key player: Tyler Robertson (6'6 Junior) The Aussie with a big guard but man can he do it all. He can score, rebound and distribute the basketball. He had a 22-24 performance from the free throw line against Portland State. He nearly had triple doubles against Nova and MSU. He doesn't shoot too much from 3 but is quite capable of hitting it from outisde. UND will face a tough test with this guard, backcourt better be ready. Averaging 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists per game. Keys: 1) No long droughts 2) Crash the boards hard 3) No track meets The call: This will be a good team for UND to play to prepare them for both Seattle later in the year and then Oral Roberts. This is a very efficient offense that the Pilots run and they can score. UND is going to have to play their best offensive game of the year and their defense is going to have to be on top of their as well. If they can play this game in the 70s, they will have a chance. With that said, I think Pilots will be too much on the offensive side of the basketball for UND on this one. Portland 83-71 Game is on ESPN+ Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Great writeup! I question if UND can score enough points in this game to keep up with Portland's offense. However, this should be a good game and I hope we see our offense get its stride back after the 44 point performance on Wednesday! Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted December 3, 2022 Author Posted December 3, 2022 They need to win this game by mucking it up for Portland Would love to see some efficient offense tonight. No updates for me tonight due to a prior obligation, you are on your own tonight. 1 Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 Anyone else’s stream loading for them on ESPN+?? Quote
Nodak78 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 UND leads 8-6 early. Of course no Espn+ yet. 1 Quote
Nodak78 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 Sounds lime Levias is playing very good in the early start Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 Love that! Levias is what we needed! Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 ESPN+ still “experiencing technical difficulties” Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 A run by Portland with Nero in at PG. Down 7 now. Happens every game when he subs in at PG Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 34-22 Portland. Another extended offensive lull Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: A run by Portland with Nero in at PG. Down 7 now. Happens every game when he subs in at PG this is where is said if sather would've shortened his bench we could've beat isu....nero has regressed so so much it's painful to watch 1 Quote
Nodak78 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 1 minute ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: this is where is said if sather would've shortened his bench we could've beat isu....nero has regressed so so much it's painful to watch Chill. You can.t even see the game. 1 Quote
Nodak78 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 Brooks must be healing up. Scored 4 points. Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 Just now, Nodak78 said: Chill. You can.t even see the game. I mean to be fair we have seen it all season. Nero hurts the team more than he helps the majority of the time. It’s not hard to see in all the other games. 1 Quote
Nodak78 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 Just now, HoopsFan03 said: I mean to be fair we have seen it all season. Nero hurts the team more than he helps the majority of the time. It’s not hard to see in all the other games. You have listened to the radio. Your biased is unbelievable. Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 Another 5 minute drout to end the second half. Nero in the majority of those minutes. That drout is not a coincidence with Nero in 1 Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 Just now, Nodak78 said: You have listened to the radio. Your biased is unbelievable. I have watched every single game this year. It’s not hard to see man. Please take the Nero fanboy glasses off for a second and watch the game when Nero is in vs when Trent is in. I promise you it’ll be eye opening 1 Quote
Nodak78 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: I have watched every single game this year. It’s not hard to see man. Please take the Nero fanboy glasses off for a second and watch the game when Nero is in vs when Trent is in. I promise you it’ll be eye opening No visual. No Stats, only radio. You must be better than Bill Fitch. At least have visual. Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, Nodak78 said: Chill. You can.t even see the game. have you seen him play recently..to think he actually played at weber is mind boggling 1 Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 hoping at the year goes on that the trent going down the lane and bj running down the baseline bc his guy wasn't looking and trent flippiing up an easy alley oop to bj.... Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, Nodak78 said: No visual. No Stats, only radio. You must be better than Bill Fitch. At least have visual. Don’t worry I have a stream working for the second half so I’ll be able to see it with my own two eyes what me and anybody else actually watching the games has seen all year from Nero. It’s not hard to see bud Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 Trent a steal and assist to start the half. Love to see it 1 Quote
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