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[gfhockey]

Was sueker announced at sr day

[SWSiouxMN]

9 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Was sueker announced at sr day

No, but he is out of eligibility. Used his COVID year last year.  Time to be Dr. Sueker

[MoSiouxFan]

2 hours ago, HoopsFan03 said:

First priority is keeping them. Next priority to getting them playing in the right positions. Omot is not a 4 man. He needs to be playing the 3. Treysen is not a point guard. He needs to be playing the 2. Get them playing the right positions and they will be even more successful. 

Agree on Treysen.  I think Omot is arguably either a 3 or a 4, especially if he adds some muscle and weight.

[Nodak78]

4 hours ago, HoopsFan03 said:

First priority is keeping them. Next priority to getting them playing in the right positions. Omot is not a 4 man. He needs to be playing the 3. Treysen is not a point guard. He needs to be playing the 2. Get them playing the right positions and they will be even more successful. 

Thing on Treysen, he has vision can see the court.  He dishes out some nice assists for a freshman.  Honestly I like him as a 6 man.  In the last month or so he gave a nice pick up off the bench.  He is a score as well.  3 pointer and nice move to the bucket.

[McBuckets]

4 hours ago, HoopsFan03 said:

First priority is keeping them. Next priority to getting them playing in the right positions. Omot is not a 4 man. He needs to be playing the 3. Treysen is not a point guard. He needs to be playing the 2. Get them playing the right positions and they will be even more successful. 

I agree!! Even though Treysen is a 2 i feel like having him play the point this year will be huge for his development and playmaker in years to come. I also love the idea of BJ at the 3 and just putting out a huge starting lineup then having BJ play the 4 one the subs start to come in

[FightingSiouxHawks]

Hopefully all the youngsters understand that going to a power 5 team at this point in their careers would really hinder their development. 
 

Going to a different mid-major would be a lateral move and not give them any options or opportunities to capitalize on a good year to move up a level (P5). 
 

Staying another year at UND would give them all a chance to develop faster with a level of comfort and familiarity with coaches, teammates, and system. All of them could give themselves better opportunities in another year after raising the program up from the bottom. All eyes would be on them them!

[SD UND]

25 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:

Yes, Treysen has developed nicely in his ability to drive and create for himself and others off the dribble as the season went on. Glad to see that and will only get better over the years to come! I like Omot playing the majority of his minutes at the 3. He can play some 4 when subs come in, but the majority of his minutes should be at the 3.

Having Treysen at 6'7" and Omot at 6'8" as your two wing players is a huge luxury that not many teams in the Summit have. Especially with both of them being highly skilled and athletic. We need to use that to our advantage.

If BJ is playing the 3 then you can't have a big bruiser 4 man that can't shoot. BJ needs space.. the more people on the floor that can shoot around him makes a big big difference... that's why he will probably play more 4 than 3 going forward.. even though position numbers anymore are obsolete other than maybe the 1 and the 5. 2,3,4 are pretty interchangeable.

[SD UND]

Will be interested to see what takes place in the 2 weeks following the end of UND's season.

Players that are for sure gone:

Mitchell Sueker

Caleb Nero

And I believe Nicholson is no longer in school

Players that could come back and use covid year:

Brady Danielson- 1 year left

Matt Norman- 1 year left

T- 1 year left

Treysen-SO

BJ- SO

Elijah- SO

Ajahni-SO

Mathews- JR

Trent- SR

Reid- JR

Incoming guys:

Doppler

Erikson

Bothun-PWO

 

I believe everyone here would like BJ to stay and any sane person could see that he is at the right level... but the people that have these kids' ear away from the program are not sane... I would be shocked if BJ goes to Minnesota.. while his ppg average is impressive for a freshman.. his percentages are not. And he doesn't have the body for the Big 10. Plus they are going to need impact guys that are ready to go right now.

Could a valley school try to scoop him up? Probably... Does he even want to leave?? who knows!!? 

Matt and T are interesting because normally JUCO sophomores have 2 years and they are out but the covid years throw a new wrinkle into that...

Brady could be done or he could play another year... with everything going on with his dad, who knows what he decides to do.

Do reid and jahni want to stay and be 9-10 on the roster?? Could they go D2 and play?? 

I can see 2-3 guys leaving because that is pretty normal attrition that happens to every team... regardless of who that is.. UND probably needs to get JUCO or 4 year transfers to fill that void. 

I believe they still have 1 open scholly anyways so it will be interesting to see what they do with that.. I assume it's a 4/5 with some athleticism but who knows.

 

Long post, but I'm bored at work.. not sure if any of it makes sense

 

 

 

[GoodGood]

1 minute ago, SD UND said:

Will be interested to see what takes place in the 2 weeks following the end of UND's season.

Players that are for sure gone:

Mitchell Sueker

Caleb Nero

And I believe Nicholson is no longer in school

Players that could come back and use covid year:

Brady Danielson- 1 year left

Matt Norman- 1 year left

T- 1 year left

Treysen-SO

BJ- SO

Elijah- SO

Ajahni-SO

Mathews- JR

Trent- SR

Reid- JR

Incoming guys:

Doppler

Erikson

Bothun-PWO

 

I believe everyone here would like BJ to stay and any sane person could see that he is at the right level... but the people that have these kids' ear away from the program are not sane... I would be shocked if BJ goes to Minnesota.. while his ppg average is impressive for a freshman.. his percentages are not. And he doesn't have the body for the Big 10. Plus they are going to need impact guys that are ready to go right now.

Could a valley school try to scoop him up? Probably... Does he even want to leave?? who knows!!? 

Matt and T are interesting because normally JUCO sophomores have 2 years and they are out but the covid years throw a new wrinkle into that...

Brady could be done or he could play another year... with everything going on with his dad, who knows what he decides to do.

Do reid and jahni want to stay and be 9-10 on the roster?? Could they go D2 and play?? 

I can see 2-3 guys leaving because that is pretty normal attrition that happens to every team... regardless of who that is.. UND probably needs to get JUCO or 4 year transfers to fill that void. 

I believe they still have 1 open scholly anyways so it will be interesting to see what they do with that.. I assume it's a 4/5 with some athleticism but who knows.

 

Long post, but I'm bored at work.. not sure if any of it makes sense

 

 

 

I would love if they could someone get an athletic 5 man on the team next year. Really liked Ahjany Lee from St. Thomas and the potential he has. Can see why he had a Kansas offer at one point. He’s miles away from reaching that potential but you can see it. Long way of saying it would be fun to have a rim running big guy on the team next year 

[MoSiouxFan]

1 hour ago, SD UND said:

Will be interested to see what takes place in the 2 weeks following the end of UND's season.

Players that are for sure gone:

Mitchell Sueker

Caleb Nero

And I believe Nicholson is no longer in school

Players that could come back and use covid year:

Brady Danielson- 1 year left

Matt Norman- 1 year left

T- 1 year left

Treysen-SO

BJ- SO

Elijah- SO

Ajahni-SO

Mathews- JR

Trent- SR

Reid- JR

Incoming guys:

Doppler

Erikson

Bothun-PWO

 

I believe everyone here would like BJ to stay and any sane person could see that he is at the right level... but the people that have these kids' ear away from the program are not sane... I would be shocked if BJ goes to Minnesota.. while his ppg average is impressive for a freshman.. his percentages are not. And he doesn't have the body for the Big 10. Plus they are going to need impact guys that are ready to go right now.

Could a valley school try to scoop him up? Probably... Does he even want to leave?? who knows!!? 

Matt and T are interesting because normally JUCO sophomores have 2 years and they are out but the covid years throw a new wrinkle into that...

Brady could be done or he could play another year... with everything going on with his dad, who knows what he decides to do.

Do reid and jahni want to stay and be 9-10 on the roster?? Could they go D2 and play?? 

I can see 2-3 guys leaving because that is pretty normal attrition that happens to every team... regardless of who that is.. UND probably needs to get JUCO or 4 year transfers to fill that void. 

I believe they still have 1 open scholly anyways so it will be interesting to see what they do with that.. I assume it's a 4/5 with some athleticism but who knows.

 

Long post, but I'm bored at work.. not sure if any of it makes sense

 

 

 

The way they developed this year, would love to see T and Matt return.  Brady has also really developed this year and is such a great teammate and role model for the younger players, I'd like to see him return, also.

[sioux24/7]

5 hours ago, SD UND said:

Will be interested to see what takes place in the 2 weeks following the end of UND's season.

Players that are for sure gone:

Mitchell Sueker

Caleb Nero

And I believe Nicholson is no longer in school

Players that could come back and use covid year:

Brady Danielson- 1 year left

Matt Norman- 1 year left

T- 1 year left

Treysen-SO

BJ- SO

Elijah- SO

Ajahni-SO

Mathews- JR

Trent- SR

Reid- JR

Incoming guys:

Doppler

Erikson

Bothun-PWO

 

I believe everyone here would like BJ to stay and any sane person could see that he is at the right level... but the people that have these kids' ear away from the program are not sane... I would be shocked if BJ goes to Minnesota.. while his ppg average is impressive for a freshman.. his percentages are not. And he doesn't have the body for the Big 10. Plus they are going to need impact guys that are ready to go right now.

Could a valley school try to scoop him up? Probably... Does he even want to leave?? who knows!!? 

Matt and T are interesting because normally JUCO sophomores have 2 years and they are out but the covid years throw a new wrinkle into that...

Brady could be done or he could play another year... with everything going on with his dad, who knows what he decides to do.

Do reid and jahni want to stay and be 9-10 on the roster?? Could they go D2 and play?? 

I can see 2-3 guys leaving because that is pretty normal attrition that happens to every team... regardless of who that is.. UND probably needs to get JUCO or 4 year transfers to fill that void. 

I believe they still have 1 open scholly anyways so it will be interesting to see what they do with that.. I assume it's a 4/5 with some athleticism but who knows.

 

Long post, but I'm bored at work.. not sure if any of it makes sense

 

 

 

Is Bothun actually a PWO? 

[SD UND]

27 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

Is Bothun actually a PWO? 

I believe that to be true, yes.

[sioux24/7]

11 minutes ago, SD UND said:

I believe that to be true, yes.

Interesting. If that’s the case, I believe we have 2 open scholarships then. Sueker and Nero for sure gone and then assuming Danielson plus Ndouko not making it and only 2 scholarship players coming in. 

[gfhockey]

I wouldn’t mind Danielson back he’s the heart and soul and provides better culture than anyone in the men’s hockey team does

[McBuckets]

3 hours ago, gfhockey said:

I wouldn’t mind Danielson back he’s the heart and soul and provides better culture than anyone in the men’s hockey team does

Definitely plays hard and crashes the board hard. Not sure but I would imagine he is a good locker room guys as well and always helps having that experience on the roster.

[sioux24/7]

On 2/28/2023 at 10:57 AM, SD UND said:

I believe everyone here would like BJ to stay and any sane person could see that he is at the right level... but the people that have these kids' ear away from the program are not sane... I would be shocked if BJ goes to Minnesota.. while his ppg average is impressive for a freshman.. his percentages are not. And he doesn't have the body for the Big 10. Plus they are going to need impact guys that are ready to go right now.

Could a valley school try to scoop him up? Probably... Does he even want to leave?? who knows!!? 

Matt and T are interesting because normally JUCO sophomores have 2 years and they are out but the covid years throw a new wrinkle into that...

Brady could be done or he could play another year... with everything going on with his dad, who knows what he decides to do.

Do reid and jahni want to stay and be 9-10 on the roster?? Could they go D2 and play?? 

I can see 2-3 guys leaving because that is pretty normal attrition that happens to every team... regardless of who that is.. UND probably needs to get JUCO or 4 year transfers to fill that void.

I’m just going to focus on this part of your post. I, like everyone here, really hope BJ stays. The guy could develop into an absolute force in the Summit. I think he could be a real good player in the Valley too. Like you said, he has a ways to go to be an impact player in the B1G. 

After last year, I would have said I hope T transfers because he was very replaceable. At the beginning of this year, I had similar thoughts anytime Norman did anything besides shoot 3s. Shows why I’m not on the coaching staff and also how much both these two improved. Having both return next year would be huge. I would guess T does but Norman will be interesting to see whether he tries to find a role on a bigger school or maybe he just hangs them up. 

Brady falls into the same boat for me as I would love to have him back but he may just be ready. 

Reid Grant just isn’t a D1 player. He’s a nice PG with good vision but he belongs at the D2 level. There’s no shame in that.  Think Levias could become a reliable bench player in the Summit with a full offseason of health but could find a lot of success moving down as well. I believe he’s around 21 or so as a redshirt freshman. 

I will go ahead and assume we will have at least two scholarships available. I think everyone on here can agree that we need an actual 5 and a PG. 

[jdub27]

11 hours ago, sioux24/7 said:

I think everyone on here can agree that we need an actual 5 and a PG. 

Would have been nice this season to have a Rebraca and an Ihenacho to fill those gaps.

Two completely different scenarios, but this team is a whole lot different with those two on the roster.

[siouxfan512]

On 2/27/2023 at 9:02 AM, Kab said:

A few people think Bj would go to minnesota

why would anyone go to that dumpster fire

when he signed he said he was 1000% committed

i think Trey wants to be at Und 

I mean if we are going to compare dumpster fires, at least playing for a bigger program comes with bigger perks. If this was a competitive UND team, I may understand the concept. But c'mon. What has this team/program shown in the last handful of years that would really make someone not consider other options?

I'm not saying it is right. I am old school and think if a school is giving you an opportunity and an education, you should be grateful for it and show up ready to work for 4 years, but that just isn't the way it is right now.

[ND1]

1 hour ago, siouxfan512 said:

I mean if we are going to compare dumpster fires, at least playing for a bigger program comes with bigger perks. If this was a competitive UND team, I may understand the concept. But c'mon. What has this team/program shown in the last handful of years that would really make someone not consider other options?

I'm not saying it is right. I am old school and think if a school is giving you an opportunity and an education, you should be grateful for it and show up ready to work for 4 years, but that just isn't the way it is right now.

Along with NIL money that wouldn't be available around here

 

[GoodGood]

2 hours ago, jdub27 said:

Would have been nice this season to have a Rebraca and an Ihenacho to fill those gaps.

Two completely different scenarios, but this team is a whole lot different with those two on the roster.

Look at the talent other teams in the conference have lost the last couple of years. Yea obviously we’d be in a better position if we were the only team to get our players back. It doesn’t work that way 

[jdub27]

22 minutes ago, GoodGood said:

Look at the talent other teams in the conference have lost the last couple of years. Yea obviously we’d be in a better position if we were the only team to get our players back. It doesn’t work that way 

Only pointing out the two glaring holes in this team could have both been filled by players that were on the roster 24 months ago. Both of who had proved they could make a difference in the league.

Wishful thinking more than anything.

[Kab]

3 hours ago, siouxfan512 said:

I mean if we are going to compare dumpster fires, at least playing for a bigger program comes with bigger perks. If this was a competitive UND team, I may understand the concept. But c'mon. What has this team/program shown in the last handful of years that would really make someone not consider other options?

I'm not saying it is right. I am old school and think if a school is giving you an opportunity and an education, you should be grateful for it and show up ready to work for 4 years, but that just isn't the way it is right now.

Well let’s see how many star recruits Mn. Gets

im old school too, you commit, you stay 

[MoSiouxFan]

4 hours ago, jdub27 said:

Would have been nice this season to have a Rebraca and an Ihenacho to fill those gaps.

Two completely different scenarios, but this team is a whole lot different with those two on the roster.

I've been following Rebraca fairly closely at Iowa and, as far as I can tell, he's started every game, usually leads the team in rebounding, and there's been at least a time or two where he's lead the team in scoring.  I'm guessing that he would have meant another 4-5 wins to our squad each of the last two seasons.  Just wishful thinking, water under the bridge, yada, yada, yada, but sometimes it's fun to speculate.

[UND-SPORTS-FAN]

14 hours ago, siouxfan512 said:

I mean if we are going to compare dumpster fires, at least playing for a bigger program comes with bigger perks. If this was a competitive UND team, I may understand the concept. But c'mon. What has this team/program shown in the last handful of years that would really make someone not consider other options?

I'm not saying it is right. I am old school and think if a school is giving you an opportunity and an education, you should be grateful for it and show up ready to work for 4 years, but that just isn't the way it is right now.

BJ is not P5 nor Minnesota level talent.. maybe St Thomas to get closer to home (ps I’m already prepping for this mentally)

[sioux24/7]

7 hours ago, UND-SPORTS-FAN said:

BJ is not P5 nor Minnesota level talent.. maybe St Thomas to get closer to home (ps I’m already prepping for this mentally)

Going to St. Thomas would be stupid. Lateral move (right now) and no shot at the dance. If he wants to be closer to home, may as well go to Northern Iowa. Still 3 hours away from Mankato but closer, better conference and a chance to make the dance.