SWSiouxMN Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 UND pulled a houdini act at home against Omaha, stealing a 3 point overtime win against the Mavs to get a critical home sweep. This allowed them to get out of the cellar and move into 8th place in the conference. Now they hit the road for the final time this year. First stop: Tulsa. Oral Roberts is having a dream season and are destroying every team in their path. They are 4 games away from perfection but have some of their toughest tests yet. The hype is starting to build with this squad, maybe they can make another dream run in March? Of course, they have to get there and once at Sioux Falls, the margin of error gets smaller and smaller. They are a machine... but they can be had in the right environment. Milestone watch: Norman has 69 made 3s this year. UND D1 record is 84 set by Q. With 5 games left to go (at minimum), baring a slump or injury. Norman should be able to hit that mark sometime during the homestand. Teams to cheer for: Denver, Omaha, NDSU* *I feel dirty in saying that If UND wants an outside chance of a 7 seed and not be on the side of ORU, then they need to steal 1 road game this weekend and either have KC or USD get swept. If UND beats KC, that would allow them to have the all important head to head tiebreaker if the two teams end up tied. Lets hope for some chaos this weekend. The Call: So how in the hell is UND going to pull this off. Well first, they need to shoot the ball very well from 3. Anything outside of that makes this exercise futile. Now, if they get the shooting they need, then it comes down to taking care of McBride (who was an issue in the first match) and figuring out how to deal with Vanover. Getting their big in foul trouble would be critical. Abmas will get what he wants and UND did a decent job on him in the first matchup, but he looks ready to ball out in his last 2 homes games. ORU is getting -18.5 points, I say that it is closer than the experts think... but ORU will be too much ORU 90-82 Game is here https://oruathletics.com/watch/?Live=412 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopsFan03 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 hour ago, SWSiouxMN said: Oral Roberts is having a dream season and are destroying every team in their path. They are 4 games away from perfection but have some of their toughest tests yet. The hype is starting to build with this squad, maybe they can make another dream run in March? Of course, they have to get there and once at Sioux Falls, the margin of error gets smaller and smaller. They are a machine... but they can be had in the right environment. Do you think even if they didn't win the conference tournament, say go undefeated in the regular season but lose in the championship game, that they will get an automatic bid? According to CBS's bracketology, they are an 11 seed. Ranked 50 in KenPom and 37 in NET rankings.... 19-4 with their 4 losses all being Quad 1 losses at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 50 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: Do you think even if they didn't win the conference tournament, say go undefeated in the regular season but lose in the championship game, that they will get an automatic bid? According to CBS's bracketology, they are an 11 seed. Ranked 50 in KenPom and 37 in NET rankings.... 19-4 with their 4 losses all being Quad 1 losses at the moment. In a just world, they would get considered. However, I don't think they would get in as an at large. Had they beat New Mexico, they would have a stronger case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopsFan03 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 16 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said: In a just world, they would get considered. However, I don't think they would get in as an at large. Had they beat New Mexico, they would have a stronger case. I agree! Back to the game tonight, I don't have this one as close as you do. We played them very well at home and lost by 12. On the road will be an even tougher challenge. And we don't match up with them very well. With the adjustments UND has made recently and how they have been playing I think they will cover the spread but be more in that 15-18 point range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux24/7 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 To me it all depends on how long ORU plays with their food. That’s been a common occurrence for them in the first half and just absolutely turning it on in the second half. Maybe they get caught playing with their food just a little too long tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND-SPORTS-FAN Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 13 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said: To me it all depends on how long ORU plays with their food. That’s been a common occurrence for them in the first half and just absolutely turning it on in the second half. Maybe they get caught playing with their food just a little too long tonight. Could say the same thing about UND all year with the second half collapses.. maybe we just need to learn how to eat our food faster... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux24/7 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 2 hours ago, UND-SPORTS-FAN said: Could say the same thing about UND all year with the second half collapses.. maybe we just need to learn how to eat our food faster... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND-SPORTS-FAN Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Someone needs to start putting this AD on blast! Busing the team down to Tulsa because you are too cheap to fly out of Grand Forks!! You can’t run a program like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 Usual starters. Hope they play irritated tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 T goaltend 2 all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGood Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 They’re putting Vanover on Trent and not helping on any dribble penetration. Can’t be letting a center guard our PG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 10-2 ORU They look like a team after a long bus ride right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux24/7 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, GoodGood said: They’re putting Vanover on Trent and not helping on any dribble penetration. Can’t be letting a center guard our PG Very smart move by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGood Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said: Very smart move by them. Need to make their guards have to guard someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 15-7 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 Eaglestaff 3 17-10 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 24-10 ORU Yuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGood Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Gotta get out in transition. Getting absolutely nothing in the half court Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 31-18 ORU Eaglestaff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopsFan03 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 This is tough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 37-19 ORU sorry for the lack of updates, the womens game is high action right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 46-27 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopsFan03 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Women’s game is great. Only positive I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 49-27 at the half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 T has played well Eaglestaff with a couple of nice shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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