UND @ Idaho 12/3 8PM

[sioux24/7]

Alright, quick reset after the Hawaii game. No sense dwelling on that one, on to Idaho. UND heads to Moscow on 12/3 for an 8 PM tip in the Big Sky–Summit Challenge, and this should be a good chance to see how the guys bounce back.

Idaho is 4–3 with a couple legit wins, including Washington State and CSUN (yep, the same CSUN that got us). They’re sitting at KenPom 236 while UND is 325, and the projection has Idaho winning 78–71, but this is still a matchup where UND should be able to hang around if they clean some things up.

The Vandals are led by two young guys who can score it:

• Kolton Mitchell (12.1 PPG, 4.3 APG) — quick guard, makes things happen

• Jackson Rasmussen (15.6 PPG) — 6’7” freshman who’s already their go-to guy

Idaho’s coached by Alex Pribble, year three for him, and they look a lot more organized than they’ve been in the past.

For UND, this one is just about getting back to basics, playing with some energy, and showing they can respond after a rough one vs Hawaii. It’s a winnable game if they come out sharp.

Game’s on ESPN+ for anyone wanting to tune in.

[sioux24/7]

Let’s get the W tonight and build some momentum. 

[NDRoots4Life]

King looks confident today. When he plays confidently, we tend to do better. He's definitely a barometer for the team

[gfhockey]

Link? 

[Shawn-O]

Vandal hoops about as hot of a ticket as UND basketball i see 

[F'n Hawks]

Jones is just terrible 

[NDRoots4Life]

3 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Link? 

https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/145188c0-7bbe-47ba-b001-e1b2a4c406a3?om-navmethod=espn%3Amens-college-basketball%3Agamehq

[NDRoots4Life]

Just now, F'n Hawks said:

Jones is just terrible 

I agree. Not a fan of Smith either.

[sioux24/7]

2 minutes ago, F'n Hawks said:

Jones is just terrible 

Unfortunately, agreed. 

[Shawn-O]

Those of us that we there for the Vonesh-Gulseth era had no clue how good we had it 

[NDRoots4Life]

Wow. That gym is empty. No worry about long lines at the concession stand causing you to miss the action. 

[F'n Hawks]

5 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

Unfortunately, agreed. 

I just feel like he does nothing well. Can’t score, rebound, or defend. Was hopeful he would be a little bit better 

[sioux24/7]

2 minutes ago, F'n Hawks said:

I just feel like he does nothing well. Can’t score, rebound, or defend. Was hopeful he would be a little bit better 

Sets a mean illegal screen 

[sioux24/7]

7 minutes ago, Shawn-O said:

Those of us that we there for the Vonesh-Gulseth era had no clue how good we had it 

Jealous. I was just watching the Hooker led Big Sky champ team the other night thinking how good we had it. 

[Shawn-O]

3 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

Jealous. I was just watching the Hooker led Big Sky champ team the other night thinking how good we had it. 

I thought of that team right after my post.  

[Long Snapper 92]

Didn’t someone on here say Bothun is the best shooter on the team in practice? It certainly hasn’t translated to the games.

Looks bad out of the hand every time. 

[sioux24/7]

3 minutes ago, Long Snapper 92 said:

Didn’t someone on here say Bothun is the best shooter on the team in practice? It certainly hasn’t translated to the games.

Looks bad out of the hand every time. 

I may have said something along those lines. For sure thought he was the best shooter of our bigs but man he cannot buy one. And yeah he has an ugly looking shot. 

[sioux24/7]

Karson Ouse should not be playing. Think it’s out of necessity with Micah not being able to play but man. 

[F'n Hawks]

1 minute ago, sioux24/7 said:

Karson Ouse should not be playing. Think it’s out of necessity with Micah not being able to play but man. 

He does not want the ball at all when on offense 

[EternalOptimist]

4 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

I may have said something along those lines. For sure thought he was the best shooter of our bigs but man he cannot buy one. And yeah he has an ugly looking shot. 

He's struggled for sure, but the word is he is a good shooter. It cant be easy to get a feel if he only gets in for a minute, then get pulled. The subbing is terrible. Let him get a run.

[Shawn-O]

Idaho’s arena looks amazing.  

[Long Snapper 92]

1 minute ago, EternalOptimist said:

He's struggled for sure, but the word is he is a good shooter. It cant be easy to get a feel if he only gets in for a minute, then get pulled. The subbing is terrible. Let him get a run.

Agree but man they aren’t even close most of the time and just looks like it has a 0% chance of going in as it comes out of his hand.

Just surprised it has looked so bad when that’s supposedly all he is in there to do

[NDRoots4Life]

It's nice of us to come to town and always seem to give our opponents their "best looking game of the year"  🤦‍♀️

[Kab]

No shooters on this team

george can’t handle the ball

Jones is a wrecking ball out there’ the team hasn’t learned how,to screen without fouling 

they need to quit the double on defense so teams can’t beat the hell out of them with a 3 

[Shawn-O]

If I were one of Sather’s assistants I’d be getting my resume ready.