nodak651 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, sioux24/7 said: In my mind, your focus should be ND (when there’s talent) and really hit MN, specifically the cities, hard. You shouldn’t limit yourself to recruiting other areas but I don’t think the focus should be Michigan or those other regions. I am assuming this poster is frustrated because we seemed to put a lot of eggs into Michigan and I wouldn’t say the ROI has been great. Beal and Hurst are contributors but I don’t think they have panned out to what has hoped. Now they’re only going into their junior year so still time. I think it makes sense to stay in Canada - international students can't sign NIL deals so if we get a good one it will be less likely that they're poached. There's got to be some overlooked talent in the Winnipeg area and in that case our location would actually help us for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopsFan03 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 2 minutes ago, nodak651 said: I think it makes sense to stay in Canada - international students can't sign NIL deals so if we get a good one it will be less likely that they're poached. There's got to be some overlooked talent in the Winnipeg area and in that case our location would actually help us for once. International students can get NIL deals. They just can't get paid while in the US. As long as they are outside of the US when they receive the money they can get paid whatever they want in NIL. It's not as smooth, but these big schools will find ways to pay the players that they want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farawayfan Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 20 hours ago, sioux24/7 said: What does Mal have to do to keep her job after this year? Signed through 2025-26 but this feels make or break to me…. Or it should be. It will be tough. Coach Mo was the one who tried to hold players accountable, regardless of how well they could score or how many ESPN stars they had as a recruit. Seems like he was asked to come back and then discarded. Pretty sh!tty really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux24/7 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 3 minutes ago, Farawayfan said: It will be tough. Coach Mo was the one who tried to hold players accountable, regardless of how well they could score or how many ESPN stars they had as a recruit. Seems like he was asked to come back and then discarded. Pretty sh!tty really. I believe he asked to come back. I wonder if the Hutter hiring made him feel undermined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL Sioux Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 51 minutes ago, Farawayfan said: It will be tough. Coach Mo was the one who tried to hold players accountable, regardless of how well they could score or how many ESPN stars they had as a recruit. Seems like he was asked to come back and then discarded. Pretty sh!tty really. If I recall he came back because his family was still in Grand Forks. Whole situation is strange. I can see him feeling undermined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Lubowski Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 3 hours ago, HoopsFan03 said: International students can get NIL deals. They just can't get paid while in the US. As long as they are outside of the US when they receive the money they can get paid whatever they want in NIL. It's not as smooth, but these big schools will find ways to pay the players that they want. Zach Edey did a lot of complaining about not being able to make any money off NIL. If they couldn’t find a way for someone like him, it must be pretty difficult. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdub27 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, Farawayfan said: It will be tough. Coach Mo was the one who tried to hold players accountable, regardless of how well they could score or how many ESPN stars they had as a recruit. Seems like he was asked to come back and then discarded. Pretty sh!tty really. Don't believe all of this to be accurate... Regardless, best of luck to him in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopsFan03 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, Big Lubowski said: Zach Edey did a lot of complaining about not being able to make any money off NIL. If they couldn’t find a way for someone like him, it must be pretty difficult. It really isn't that difficult. Just go to a different country and then they can get paid. It just takes some planning and coordinating. Extra steps that the non-international players don't have to deal with. That is why he complained so much. One quick Google search would have answered all your questions. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39882011/purdue-zach-edey-missing-profits-due-us-nil-law Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 On 5/2/2024 at 3:12 PM, sioux24/7 said: What does Mal have to do to keep her job after this year? Signed through 2025-26 but this feels make or break to me…. Or it should be. Given the low standards around here, anything 10 wins or above probably gets her a contract extension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND-fan Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 I have to believe that we finish in the top four of the Summit, 19 or better season wins by conference tournament and at least two wins in the conference tournament. The latter is my belief we need to reach a championship game in the Summit. This means we need to win a game in tournament against ORU, NDSU, and SDSU, SDSU I don't think we have a shot at next year and matter a fact I don't think anyone in the Summit has a chance of beating them. That means we need to be in other side of the bracket with other two teams. This is tall order, but she has had time to build this program now if we are going to move forward, she has to make it happen now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL Sioux Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 https://fightinghawks.com/news/2024/6/13/womens-basketball-fighting-hawks-announce-signing-of-guard-sydney-piekny.aspx?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0CPmOOWLgMH5jXXpLUQDX1CjSfBc4oWZNuQwRUjPsSNFvnpgZPQduWk5o_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND-fan Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 By this forum there is zero interest in women’s basketball not single post in three months and very little if any promotion of the program in the media. What is athletic administration doing when it is not promoting one major winter sports I see other Summit league schools have few press releases and few tv spots of players etc. I get feeling they two think this going to bad season and Mallory has been keeping low profile as well it can’t be to long until full time practice begins. If they are to get fans interested need to start promoting this team and give fans something to want to come out see this team. I think they have some exciting players that could surprise a lot of people and adding of new coaches could help turn this program around in developing inside and outside game plus improve their defense. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I think this season will cause people to chat more about UND WBB. Winning changes everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 20 hours ago, ND-fan said: By this forum there is zero interest in women’s basketball not single post in three months and very little if any promotion of the program in the media. What is athletic administration doing when it is not promoting one major winter sports I see other Summit league schools have few press releases and few tv spots of players etc. I get feeling they two think this going to bad season and Mallory has been keeping low profile as well it can’t be to long until full time practice begins. If they are to get fans interested need to start promoting this team and give fans something to want to come out see this team. I think they have some exciting players that could surprise a lot of people and adding of new coaches could help turn this program around in developing inside and outside game plus improve their defense. I hope they got a lot longer this year like the top teams in the league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxFan100 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 We just don’t have enough good players to compete with the best in our conference. Only a few returning players seem good enough. Schuler will help. Hopefully we have incoming freshman that can play right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND-fan Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 I agree with how good we can be this coming year, but my hope is group of young players develop and look like they could contend in coming years. We need for some young players step forward and become leaders of this team. The second thing how much longer does Mallory get if we see no progress and were one of the bottom 3 in this conference. I suspect that both of the South Dakota schools return to top of the conference this year. South Dakota State is loaded with talent I believe their bench probable win handily against us. South Dakota new coach I believe will turn the program around and by end of year will be positioned to take second in conference. Oral Roberts is going to continue improve and NDSU will be there by the end of season. KC, Denver, and Omaha will be fighting for the 5 through 7 spots and I believe we will be fighting to stay out the cellar. Only thing makes me think not this core of players Pemberton, Ibrahim, Demers, Schiller and maybe Beal if this is the year she lives up recruiting potential. Several other of the freshman could surprise us but it usually takes year before they contribute. Hurst will be mentioned but unless she develops game playing defense as well as offense, I see no future, but Mallory probably will continue to believe in her. I think there is talent here enough to be 500 team as it stands now and could improve but question will be if Mallory can change her coaching pattern of past few years my guess is no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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