2025-2026 Season

[SIOUXFAN97]

12 minutes ago, NDRoots4Life said:

Why do people type Chavez for Chaves?

bc I come up with nicknames on here...people love it/em

[coachdags]

1 hour ago, UND1983 said:

UND never had any of this crap 10-20 years ago.  NOW they need all of that?  Quit recruiting slow, small basketball players first.  

Arguably UND had the best D2 Arena in Basketball 🏀 the Hyslop when packed could hold 5,000+ fans. Fans were engaged, loud, knowledgeable and students actually supported the programs! Hyslop Hysteria was a thing. Winning streaks were long and memorable! 
We WON, and kids came to play for that! 

[Und Princess]

Good Evening! I hope you're having a fantastic day! I just dropped my newest UND women's and Men's Basketball postgame blog!!! Check it out:

https://ftstspotlight.blogspot.com/2025/12/basketball-court-kings-and-queens-hump.html?m=1

Sincerely Und Princess 

[gfhockey]

11 minutes ago, coachdags said:

Arguably UND had the best D2 Arena in Basketball 🏀 the Hyslop when packed could hold 5,000+ fans. Fans were engaged, loud, knowledgeable and students actually supported the programs! Hyslop Hysteria was a thing. Winning streaks were long and memorable! 
We WON, and kids came to play for that! 

Now with the bleachers so far away the white hats and kids can’t see thst far

 

 

[gfhockey]

At least they are family and chavez made the hire quick to save the recruiting class we had coming in per source

[DL Sioux]

Hutter inherited a gas fueled dumpster fire. He may or may not be the right hire but building some unity with the girls is as important as talent. If players don’t get along we are no better than before. “There is no I in team!” Sure a great talent may get us farther but not for the long haul. 

[HockeyHawk]

22 minutes ago, DL Sioux said:

Hutter inherited a gas fueled dumpster fire. He may or may not be the right hire but building some unity with the girls is as important as talent. If players don’t get along we are no better than before. “There is no I in team!” Sure a great talent may get us farther but not for the long haul. 

But his social media posts were all about building a great culture so it’s ok. Painful game. 

[Oxbow6]

A 1-5 Griz team just rolled into the Betty and curb stomped UND by 30. Uffffff...

[gfhockey]

4 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

A 1-5 Griz team just rolled into the Betty and curb stomped UND by 30. Uffffff...

Val said it’s no ordinary 1-5 team. They had a tough scheduke

[Kab]

So,little basketball sense on this team

 

[ND-fan]

Montana would push SDSU and NDSU if not win our conference they are big athletic if they play up to their potential if they can get past Montana state they will be good representative in ncaa or WNIT tournaments. We couldn’t match up with them at all they were nearly as big at guards as the we are at center. There girls are under listed for size  when you see them compared to our girls.  They are mature team you see it physicallly and how they played. The score what I was afraid it would be. The trip Montana State I even fear more that will be another big team but quicker than one we played tonight. The positive we are getting better performance out Volmer and miller inside and Fletcher showed enough why they recruited her and same with Ohnstad but both are going to need a lot of work before expect big minutes from them. That is problem with this team we’re playing playrts more minutes than we should with a lot of these players instead of bringing them along giving them time to develop their talent. This is going to be tough rebuild especially the way college basketball is now facilities need to be upgraded, Finding NIL money pick up immediate help, and everyone saying how many people want this job but if your up coming coach you need program where administration is willing to invest to win I don’t see it we are now in worse position than SU was 5 years ago and with portal and NIL influencing things even building with high school recruits difficult to keep now especially if you don’t start winning right away.

[MoSiouxFan]

48 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Val said it’s no ordinary 1-5 team. They had a tough scheduke

Losses were to two Big 10 teams, two Big 12 teams, and the preseason Summit champ.

[NewUndFan]

5 minutes ago, MoSiouxFan said:

Losses were to two Big 10 teams, two Big 12 teams, and the preseason Summit champ.

Yeah but we play in the Summit... Sdsu beat them by 24.  What will they do with us ? 

[MoSiouxFan]

58 minutes ago, NewUndFan said:

Yeah but we play in the Summit... Sdsu beat them by 24.  What will they do with us ? 

They'll be more than a handful, for sure.  Was just pointing out that Montana wasn't exactly playing the little sisters of the poor with respect to their 1-5 record.

[UND92,96]

I think Hutter's mistake was allowing ALL of the players who didn't make the choice to enter the portal come back. He knew some either absolutely couldn't play at this level, or didn't fit the system he wants to run. He gambled that the players he could bring in with the roughly six scholarships he had to work with would be enough, along Demers and Aumer, to be a pretty competitive team. Anything he got from the other returnees was a nice bonus (and at least of late he's getting that from Volmer). But then Klosterbuer got hurt right away, and a few of other newcomers haven't played as well as hoped, at least so far. So now we are where we are, and last night looked even worse than normal with Demers out with an illness. He absolutely needs to add, at a minimum, an experienced point guard to replace Hughes and another 6'2-6'3" player who can play the 4 or 5 for next season. Without some players leaving that's not going to be possible, so either he makes the tough decisions, or else we're likely in for more of the same, if not worse, next season.

[OldschoolUND]

47 minutes ago, UND92,96 said:

I think Hutter's mistake was allowing ALL of the players who didn't make the choice to enter the portal come back. He knew some either absolutely couldn't play at this level, or didn't fit the system he wants to run. He gambled that the players he could bring in with the roughly six scholarships he had to work with would be enough, along Demers and Aumer, to be a pretty competitive team. Anything he got from the other returnees was a nice bonus (and at least of late he's getting that from Volmer). But then Klosterbuer got hurt right away, and a few of other newcomers haven't played as well as hoped, at least so far. So now we are where we are, and last night looked even worse than normal with Demers out with an illness. He absolutely needs to add, at a minimum, an experienced point guard to replace Hughes and another 6'2-6'3" player who can play the 4 or 5 for next season. Without some players leaving that's not going to be possible, so either he makes the tough decisions, or else we're likely in for more of the same, if not worse, next season.

The system you are talking about is a simple weave dribble drive offense.  It's used for teams with low basketball IQ and can be implemented at the 4th grade level to create movement.  Teams don't even have to prep for us because it is so predictable. 2 yrs of the same garbage! Maybe coach Hutter should try something different with a record of 1-8. As far as your idea of kicking players to the curb!  I don't know how that fits into coach Hutters family of kumbaya!  All so all this crap about Hutter's 6 players and Mal's players is meaningless talk.  If he is such a great coach, then change the style of play to fit your strengths. SD Coyotes have 13 new players and they are 8-1.   At least now we know what happens at your house when the times get tough! 

[UND92,96]

31 minutes ago, OldschoolUND said:

The system you are talking about is a simple weave dribble drive offense.  It's used for teams with low basketball IQ and can be implemented at the 4th grade level to create movement.  Teams don't even have to prep for us because it is so predictable. 2 yrs of the same garbage! Maybe coach Hutter should try something different with a record of 1-8. As far as your idea of kicking players to the curb!  I don't know how that fits into coach Hutters family of kumbaya!  All so all this crap about Hutter's 6 players and Mal's players is meaningless talk.  If he is such a great coach, then change the style of play to fit your strengths. SD Coyotes have 13 new players and they are 8-1.   At least now we know what happens at your house when the times get tough! 

I'm certainly not saying Hutter is the greatest coach who ever lived, but Dawn Staley couldn't win with this roster. Nobody is going to X and O their way out of this. We need some more players who can play at this level, regardless of what system is used.

[Long Snapper 92]

Butter and the women will be just fine!! Everyone needs to calm down a bit