2025-2026 Season

[Und Princess]

9 hours ago, Roger S. said:

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Awesome! I will!  My readers are extremely important to me!!!! 

[EternalOptimist]

11 hours ago, sioux24/7 said:

Portal season sucks and is exciting all at the same time. 

It will be interesting to see who stays and who goes. The actual portal doesn't open until April 7th I believe, but I assume that won't stop players from announcing. With the tournament this coming weekend, I would imagine we may see something next week - but I think that is actually spring break week, so many of the players will go home and think about it.  I would also assume or hope the coaches have some end of year meetings set up along with off season workouts starting March 16th. That may be the week we officially find out.  The portal is only open for 3 weeks this year, so the jumping in period should be fairly quick.

[EternalOptimist]

Wait...  I thought Sather was going to be coach of the year?

[gfhockey]

22 minutes ago, EternalOptimist said:

Wait...  I thought Sather was going to be coach of the year?

No all sather did was get paid

[UND1983]

34 minutes ago, EternalOptimist said:

Wait...  I thought Sather was going to be coach of the year?

He had a shot in early February but then got his contract.

[Long Snapper 92]

10 minutes ago, UND1983 said:

He had a shot in early February but then got his contract.

Some would say he got fat and happy 

[sioux24/7]

It’s funny that that gets shared but not this 

or this 

sometimes we have to learn to celebrate the things that did happen. 

[Long Snapper 92]

1 hour ago, sioux24/7 said:

It’s funny that that gets shared but not this 

or this 

sometimes we have to learn to celebrate the things that did happen. 

While I agree, were you not the one to point out how many games we've lost since he got his extension in your writeup in the game day thread for the SLT???? Or am I mixing you up with someone else?

[sioux24/7]

22 minutes ago, Long Snapper 92 said:

While I agree, were you not the one to point out how many games we've lost since he got his extension in your writeup in the game day thread for the SLT???? Or am I mixing you up with someone else?

Snarky! You are right, I did mention that and mentioned how the results were not super surprising given where and who (even though SDSU is down) we were playing. 

[UND1983]

1 hour ago, sioux24/7 said:

It’s funny that that gets shared but not this 

or this 

sometimes we have to learn to celebrate the things that did happen. 

Exciting

[Long Snapper 92]

23 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

Snarky! You are right, I did mention that and mentioned how the results were not super surprising given where and who (even though SDSU is down) we were playing. 

Thank you for the clarification!

[MoSiouxFan]

7 hours ago, sioux24/7 said:

It’s funny that that gets shared but not this 

or this 

sometimes we have to learn to celebrate the things that did happen. 

Eli deserves it, as does Greyson.  Loved watching Eli throughout his time at UND, played both ends of the floor, played with class, didn't whine at the refs, and worked his tail off.  Wish that he had another year.  Hope that Greyson stays; he and Eli were two big reasons why UND overachieved in the conference this season.

[EternalOptimist]

16 hours ago, sioux24/7 said:

It’s funny that that gets shared but not this 

Heh... the coaching post was shared because we had a few posters who seemed to be serious that Sather should get the Coach of the year, I even think something was mentioned about it being "obvious". 

I think everyone here is happy for Eli and Greyson, and believe they deserve the recognition. 

[Hawk2a]

On 3/2/2026 at 3:30 PM, UND1983 said:

Interesting comments from the new guy......🤔

 

On 3/2/2026 at 3:42 PM, Siouxperbb32 said:

Yep. Live or die by the 3. The problem is it seems like we can't help ourselves even if they aren't falling we just keep casting away instead of maybe working for some drives or midrange shots. And trapping the ball is great when it works but if a team like ndsu is red hot from 3 n u keep trapping after 2 passes they have great looks n seems like we can't deviate ever. Cast 3s no matter what and trap no matter what.🤷‍♂️

 

On 3/2/2026 at 3:51 PM, UNDDOM said:

FWIW....Year-end final stats. 

 

[Hawk2a]

On 3/2/2026 at 3:51 PM, UNDDOM said:

FWIW....Year-end final stats. 

Lets take a look at these stats carefully comparing minutes,

Efficiency -Smith Mins 17.7 8.5pts per game. .477fg% highest for all guards free throws 83.8% highest on the team rebs 2.3 3pt% .244 with only 45 attempts, shot 42% coming in from high school. Missing from the stat line are assist and turnovers *key for guards. Facilitates extremely well and gets guys easy shots. Opens the floor!

Ulemen had an amazing offensive year! hypothetically speaking smith plays the Pg position and Ulemen plays the shooting guard with that scoring ability what does this back court and team truly look like? 

 

 

 

[sioux24/7]

16 minutes ago, Hawk2a said:

Lets take a look at these stats carefully comparing minutes,

Efficiency -Smith Mins 17.7 8.5pts per game. .477fg% highest for all guards free throws 83.8% highest on the team rebs 2.3 3pt% .244 with only 45 attempts, shot 42% coming in from high school. Missing from the stat line are assist and turnovers *key for guards. Facilitates extremely well and gets guys easy shots. Opens the floor!

Ulemen had an amazing offensive year! hypothetically speaking smith plays the Pg position and Ulemen plays the shooting guard with that scoring ability what does this back court and team truly look like? 

 

 

 

I love Smith and do agree that he’s a much better facilitator. He did not trust his shot this year at all, hopefully that comes back. I just don’t know if him and Greyson can truly play together effectively. Greyson is so ball dominant and has such a high usage rate when he touches the ball I just don’t think that plays that well with A3. 

[GoodGood]

Smith played his role fine. Hard to play him more minutes if you’re throwing a lineup of Smith (24%), Uelman (34%), King (30%), and a 5 that can’t shoot. There’s simply not enough spacing 

[Hawk2a]

On 3/2/2026 at 3:51 PM, UNDDOM said:

FWIW....Year-end final stats. 

 

56 minutes ago, GoodGood said:

Smith played his role fine. Hard to play him more minutes if you’re throwing a lineup of Smith (24%), Uelman (34%), King (30%), and a 5 that can’t shoot. There’s simply not enough spacing 

Perhaps that's problematic as a whole being ball dominant as a point guard seeing how Kraft, King and Anderson are better playing off being set up opposed to trying to create shots late in the shot clock that didn't seem to be any of those guys strength. 22 dribbles before a shot oppose to 22 passes can take rhythm guys out of their comfort zones as we saw quite a bit late in the shot clock. Everyone can adjust or should be able to adjust when different guys are in the line up and play to their strenght in particular times of the game. Where are the assists coming from? Who's getting the offense flowing? We all love scoring but for me at the point guard position you cant have more turnovers than assists playing the bulk of the minutes. 

[Hawk2a]

1 hour ago, GoodGood said:

Smith played his role fine. Hard to play him more minutes if you’re throwing a lineup of Smith (24%), Uelman (34%), King (30%), and a 5 that can’t shoot. There’s simply not enough spacing 

106 3s for ulemen, king 129, Anderson 146, and kraft 170, at those percentages I would have to ask myself what type of shots they were taking. Ulemen can create his own shot defending on the type of defense being played. The other 3 guys are better catching and shooting off of kick outs and sets from my observation and I watched every game. There wasn't much chemistry.

[Hawk2a]

26 minutes ago, Hawk2a said:

106 3s for ulemen, king 129, Anderson 146, and kraft 170, at those percentages I would have to ask myself what type of shots they were taking. Ulemen can create his own shot depending on the type of defense being played. The other 3 guys are better catching and shooting off of kick outs and sets from my observation and I watched every game. There wasn't much chemistry.

Would that line up be any different than Ulemen, King, Kraft? Kraft could have been the spark off the bench seeing how he loves to shoot the 3 only and being a questionable defender.

[McBuckets]

I guess Im not following this too well. Feel like most of that is based of what half court offense Sather has ran than personal. This team was always going to be limited in the halfcourt which is a major reason they turned up the pressure defensively. @Hawk2a you wanted to see less Greyson at the point and more Smith at the point. So then that means less Kraft minutes? Or where are you taking those minutes from

[Hawk2a]

Just now, McBuckets said:

I guess Im not following this too well. Feel like most of that is based of what half court offense Sather has ran than personal. This team was always going to be limited in the halfcourt which is a major reason they turned up the pressure defensively. @Hawk2a you wanted to see less Greyson at the point and more Smith at the point. So then that means less Kraft minutes? Or where are you taking those minutes from

I would say less minutes due to the fact he has certain limitations offensively and defensively.

[Hawk2a]

7 minutes ago, Hawk2a said:

I would say less minutes due to the fact he has certain limitations offensively and defensively.

When Smith is in the game with Ulemen at best slid him over to shooting guard now he's a threat catching and shooting off penetration oppose to still having to expend the same energy looking to score only. Easier shots with a better flow to the game.

[UNDDOM]

2 minutes ago, Hawk2a said:

When Smith is in the game with Ulemen at best slid him over to shooting guard now he's a threat catching and shooting off penetration oppose still having to expend the same energy. Easier shots with a better flow to the game.

But when Smith hits the ground...continually complains to the refs and chirps other players, teams such as NDSU beat us in transition for an easy bucket multiple times...hence why he didn't play in the 2nd half of the bison game.  I like him and think he a solid true PG but needs to mature a bit more.  I thought the same of Marley C.  I think his game grew a lot over the year and was providing some valuable minutes to close out the year.  Still not sure why he didn't play the last game, as he had close to 10 rebounds vs Denver on the Friday game.  Hopefully smith and curtis twins stay.    

[UND92,96]

Question--when Smith and Moore played together in high school, who primarily ran the point? I'm assuming Moore?