2023-2024 Season

[GoodGood]

2 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

This team is special

The Summit looks to be pretty bad this year so I’d say anything is possible 

[ND1]

4 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

This team is special

Still concerned about the lack of true shooters from the outside on this team.  Other than Eaglestaff, who is there BJ maybe on good days? Eli King certainly doesn't like to shoot as he always looks to pass first.  

[petey23]

16 hours ago, nodak651 said:

I think a third game, vs NDSU, played annually in Bismarck could be kind of a neat idea.  Would be a way to showcase the state universities to North Dakotans who live farther West.  Could make it a neutral site tournament potentialy as well, sponsored by ND Tourism or something. 

Bismarck Civic Center

2-3 day event

NDSU and UND against Montana and Montana St.

U Mary and Minot or Jamestown against a couple teams from the Great NW Athletic Conference and/or Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

BSC and UTTC against a couple JUCOS from Wyoming or Nebraska.

maybe Mix in some High School teams from ND and SD.

[gfhockey]

12 minutes ago, ND1 said:

Still concerned about the lack of true shooters from the outside on this team.  Other than Eaglestaff, who is there BJ maybe on good days? Eli King certainly doesn't like to shoot as he always looks to pass first.  

Hong doesn’t miss practice

[ND1]

2 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Hong doesn’t miss practice

Hong is not playing, the writing is on all over the wall

[GoodGood]

26 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:

Shooting is a major concern once we play better competition and get into league play. Currently shooting 27% from three as a team with our highest being Treysen at 37%. Next highest is TT as 31%.

It's going how I predicted it would go all off-season/pre-season. Lot of season left but Omot is shooting 19% from three. I remember someone telling me he would shoot near 40% from three this year. 

I’m really interested to see how teams guard us when they have a full scouting report and a real game plan in place. 

[sioux24/7]

8 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:

Maybe he should be??

You know you don’t believe that. 

We will have to figure out how to break a zone, that’s for sure. Teams are going to let us shoot all day from 3, I’d imagine. I’m not trying to look to next year already but our two biggest needs have to be a big and a shooter. 

[ND1]

11 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

You know you don’t believe that. 

We will have to figure out how to break a zone, that’s for sure. Teams are going to let us shoot all day from 3, I’d imagine. I’m not trying to look to next year already but our two biggest needs have to be a big and a shooter. 

You will have Eaglestaff, Tyre and Kraft that can all shoot next year.  I would imagine that next years shooting % from the 3 will be greatly improved just with the players they have now.  

[sioux24/7]

1 minute ago, ND1 said:

You will have Eaglestaff, Tyre and Kraft that can all shoot next year.  I would imagine that next years shooting % from the 3 will be greatly improved just with the players they have now.  

Tyree isn’t an abomination from 3 but he’s not a shooter either. Shot 34% last year but only 16 makes. I’d be surprised if Kraft is seeing many minutes next year. 

[ND1]

5 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

Tyree isn’t an abomination from 3 but he’s not a shooter either. Shot 34% last year but only 16 makes. I’d be surprised if Kraft is seeing many minutes next year. 

I will disagree on Kraft, I am told the coaching staff has been overly impressed with him and the one most game ready to play from the freshman group.  Time will tell I guess.  

[sioux24/7]

Just now, ND1 said:

I will disagree on Kraft, I am told the coaching staff has been overly impressed with him and the one most game ready to play from the freshman group.  Time will tell I guess.  

Oh I really liked him in that game but assuming no portal entries (I know, tough to assume) all we lose is Brady and T. Tyree is going to take major minutes and then we need a big for sure. Will be hard for Kraft to carve his way to much playing time. 

[GoodGood]

2 minutes ago, ND1 said:

I will disagree on Kraft, I am told the coaching staff has been overly impressed with him and the one most game ready to play from the freshman group.  Time will tell I guess.  

Not sure how Kraft would see the floor with hopefully King, Tyree, Trey, and Brooks back next year 

[SIOUXFAN97]

i guess i just said instead of having vcsu on that night why not usd or ndsu.......next month instead of concordia on ndac's schedule we drive 60 miles south to return....so what if we play 2 conference and 2 non-conf games against the bison......who cares!

same thing with northland....why not usd........next month/week instead of usd hosting sd mines we drive down the interstate.........

this can't be that hard....and yeah bring duke into the discussion is next level stuff.....nice work batman

[McBuckets]

Just now, HoopsFan03 said:

Yeah Tyree can't shoot either.

And if Kraft is getting minutes next year then UND really has problems.

That means we lost a lot of guys to the portal or Kraft has the greatest development year ever.

[McBuckets]

1 hour ago, HoopsFan03 said:

Shooting is a major concern once we play better competition and get into league play. Currently shooting 27% from three as a team with our highest being Treysen at 37%. Next highest is TT as 31%.

It's going how I predicted it would go all off-season/pre-season. Lot of season left but Omot is shooting 19% from three. I remember someone telling me he would shoot near 40% from three this year. 

I think BJ gets that percentage up a lot throughout the season, I think he’ll get it figured out and if everything goes well get him to a 30% shooter

[SD UND]

7 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

i guess i just said instead of having vcsu on that night why not usd or ndsu.......next month instead of concordia on ndac's schedule we drive 60 miles south to return....so what if we play 2 conference and 2 non-conf games against the bison......who cares!

same thing with northland....why not usd........next month/week instead of usd hosting sd mines we drive down the interstate.........

this can't be that hard....and yeah bring duke into the discussion is next level stuff.....nice work batman

No school in the country would willingly play conference opponents 4 times during the year. That's just idiotic.

The only reason the Dakota schools did it the one time when they all played in Sioux Falls was because of COVID and they needed to find games.

[gfhockey]

I’m glad to see all the interest in fighting Sioux basketball

[forksandspoons]

Pack the Betty! 6-1 team!

[SiouxFan100]

If teams zone us and we need folks who can make a three then we need to put in anyone who can make the shot - including Kraft or Hoog if needed

[forksandspoons]

Guessing Omot will shoot better from deep as the year goes on. 100% agree though that 3-point shooting needs to improve across the board, even if it is every player raising their % by a point or two from what it currently is.   

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, SD UND said:

No school in the country would willingly play conference opponents 4 times during the year. That's just idiotic.

The only reason the Dakota schools did it the one time when they all played in Sioux Falls was because of COVID and they needed to find games.

So vcsu on monday in front of 700 it'll be.........thinking inside the box nice.......

[SIOUXFAN97]

48 minutes ago, forksandspoons said:

Pack the Betty! 6-1 team!

OPEN THE BAR FOR @gfhockey

[McBuckets]

This is cool to see, also saw at 6-1 it is the best start to a season since 2002-03

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, SD UND said:

No school in the country would willingly play conference opponents 4 times during the year. That's just idiotic.

The only reason the Dakota schools did it the one time when they all played in Sioux Falls was because of COVID and they needed to find games.

Was the "meltdown at the ralph" conference games back in the day?

[gfhockey]

17 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

OPEN THE BAR FOR @gfhockey

I don’t go to non-D1 games if I’m in town