UND @ Denver 1/24/2026 3PM

[sioux24/7]

UND (KenPom 290) went down to Tulsa and handled Oral Roberts exactly like they should, picking up a 79-62 road win.

Zach Kraft had his best game in green and white, scoring 22 points on a ridiculous 6/7 from three and 8/9 from the field. Eli King did Eli King things, racking up seven steals, plus 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Complete game, statement type night.

Now onto Denver.

UND heads to Denver Pioneers (KenPom 259), who are coming off a close 82-77 loss at home to NDSU. When you pull up Denver’s KenPom page, it is basically a Christmas tree on offense and a crime scene on defense. Great offensive team, horrid defensive team. That pretty much sums them up.

They are under first year head coach Tim Bergstraser, who came over from Minnesota State Moorhead and brought a bunch of his Dragons with him.

The headliner is guard Carson Johnson (#20), who is averaging 18.6 points and 2.8 assists. He is the engine. Zane Nelson (#7) is another tough guard, putting up 14.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists.

Jeremiah Burke (#0) transferred over from NDSU and has been excellent, averaging 15.7 points and 6 rebounds. And then there is Logan Kinsey (#5), another Moorhead import, averaging 11.1 points and 3.7 boards.

UND’s defense is going to have to be locked in across the board to slow this group down. Denver can really score it and they have multiple guys who can go for 20 on any given night.

One interesting side note: this will be the last time UND travels to Denver as a Summit League opponent, with the Pioneers heading to the Mountain West next season.

KenPom projects Denver to win 86-80, so another high scoring track meet is expected.

Tip is set for 3pm on Saturday and as always you can watch on the Summit League Network. 

[GoodGood]

Got the UND ndsu moneyline parlay going today. Don’t let me down 

[SIOUXFAN97]

2 minutes ago, GoodGood said:

Got the UND ndsu moneyline parlay going today. Don’t let me down 

[F'n Hawks]

2 minutes ago, GoodGood said:

Got the UND ndsu moneyline parlay going today. Don’t let me down 

I went with NDSU -8.5, was not impressed with Oral Bob at all.

[GoodGood]

1 hour ago, F'n Hawks said:

I went with NDSU -8.5, was not impressed with Oral Bob at all.

ORU letting a kid shoot 6/7 from deep in the the 1st half. Recognizing shooters might not be a strength of theirs 

[F'n Hawks]

20 minutes ago, GoodGood said:

ORU letting a kid shoot 6/7 from deep in the the 1st half. Recognizing shooters might not be a strength of theirs 

50-26 at the half… Yikes!

[GoodGood]

Is the game going to start anytime soon?

[F'n Hawks]

Just now, GoodGood said:

Is the game going to start anytime soon?

Turned it on a couple minutes late and was surprised it hasn’t started 

[GoodGood]

Refs calling it tight early. Going to be a long game

[F'n Hawks]

Greyson is so damn good. 

[GoodGood]

Sorry it drives me insane but 4 times Kraft involved on a defensive play, 4 paint touches for Denver.

[UNDDOM]

Interesting take .. Denver typically only plays 8 guys and 80% of all their points are scored by 3 players 

[Long Snapper 92]

We might win the conference 

[GoodGood]

3 minutes ago, Long Snapper 92 said:

We might win the conference 

Id settle for winning this game and cashing my bet

[UNDDOM]

Kraft attracts so money double teams on offense, opens things up so much 

[GoodGood]

8 minutes ago, GoodGood said:

Sorry it drives me insane but 4 times Kraft involved on a defensive play, 4 paint touches for Denver.

5 for 5

[Long Snapper 92]

1 minute ago, UNDDOM said:

Kraft attracts so money double teams on offense, opens things up so much 

Who is double teaming Kraft??? Are we watching the same game?

[UNDDOM]

1 minute ago, GoodGood said:

Double teaming a spot up shooter would be something I've also never seen before 

Welcome back hoops, I heard you checked out at the start of the season . 😊

[GoodGood]

Just now, UNDDOM said:

Welcome back hoops, I heard you checked out at the start of the season . 😊

Are you drunk? 

[F'n Hawks]

16 foul calls already 

[GoodGood]

Let the boys play ball

[UNDDOM]

1 minute ago, GoodGood said:

Let the boys play ball

Screw that, we have a better bench 

keep calling them, Denver has nothing beyond their first 5 

[UNDDOM]

How is Carson Johnson wide open for 3???

[McBuckets]

I would’ve have liked our odds if this game came to a shootout but the boys are playing hard!

[GoodGood]

Reggie with the huge block!!