NDSU v Oklahoma in Spokane

[filbert]

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Soo...you're saying you hate OU for no good reason then? Got it.

See, this is why we can't have nice things . . .

[bigticket1]

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Elite basketball mind.....I like that.

NDSU has a 12 seed. The 12 v 5 upset is an almost annual event. I like Harvard, a team with NCAA tourney experience and wins over UCINN. I like NC State to play in and beat SLU. SFA will give VCU a game but Shaka is a seasoned coach that knows how to win in the tourney.

OU has 2 wins over ISU, OSU, wins over Baylor, Texas, Tulsa and Mercer. All our tourney teams. NDSU has a nice win over ND and a "close loss" to OSU.

Lon Krueger is a good coach with NCAA experience. He's been to the elite 8 and the final 4. Granted, his team did drop a 1st round game 2 years ago. Saul does not have that reputation.

I think it will be a good game, close early. If NDSU can make bunches of 3's and OU plays without discipline (like they often do) maybe you get a result like La Tech or UT Arlington and Bison pull off the upset. If OU lays an egg like they did the 1st half versus Texas Tech in Lubbock Bison could roll them!!

I don't see it but that doesn't mean it won't happen. NDSU isn't going to sneak up on OU (I don't think). If the Bison win I will be very happy for the Summit League. If the Bison lose big I won't shed a tear.

It will be interesting to see if the Bison's lack of quality opponents ( only 2 games vs top 50 RPI, both losses - and only 2 top 100 wins against # 67 and 69) has them prepared for this type of game. Bison will have to come out of the gate strong and not dig themselves a hole right away.

[Hammersmith]

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HOLD YOUR NOSE and think revenue. Seems like Douple was quoted in saying that if the SL won a game in the NCAA, it would get another share of the large CBS pie. For that reason alone, I am pulling for the Bison. The senior leadership is probably the best so far, and that not a slam to Nate Wolters. Three to four mature minds are better than one or two minds, such as Wolters and Feigen last year. You would have thought the Bison would have folded at Frost, but they didn't and I expect the Sooners to get more than they are prepared for. I don't bet on BB, but will pull for the Bison.

FYI: A win is worth about $1.5-2.0 million to the conference spread out over 6 years.

[Nidaros]

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FYI: A win is worth about $1.5-2.0 million to the conference spread out over 6 years.

Thanks only joking about hold the nose, I think the Bison do have a very good chance to win.

[SoDakJack]

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We got into a bit of an verbal tussle at work today. I was of the opinion that a team like NDSU would have been better off being one of the first four teams. Playing in place of a team like NC State would give them center stage coverage (only 1 other game), and also give them that extra warm up game that can calm some of the nerves.

[MontanaRabbit]

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We got into a bit of an verbal tussle at work today. I was of the opinion that a team like NDSU would have been better off being one of the first four teams. Playing in place of a team like NC State would give them center stage coverage (only 1 other game), and also give them that extra warm up game that can calm some of the nerves.

Dont think nerves are gonna be an issue for NDSU.

[BisonBohl]

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We got into a bit of an verbal tussle at work today. I was of the opinion that a team like NDSU would have been better off being one of the first four teams. Playing in place of a team like NC State would give them center stage coverage (only 1 other game), and also give them that extra warm up game that can calm some of the nerves.

Umm no thanks, why add extra step, the tournament is already hard enough.

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[joeybrownerHOF]

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That would mean the TSL is a multiple bid league. The first four 11/12 seeds are at large bids.

[SoDakJack]

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Umm no thanks, why add extra step, the tournament is already hard enough.

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The extra step gives you undivided national exposure with the added chance of winning a game.

I didn't say that NDSU should be in the play in game, I was just playing devil's advocate when it came to the free publicity the extra games offered.

[SoDakJack]

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It is the biggest game in their careers...there will be nerves. Being an older team helps deal with them, but they will still have them

[filbert]

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That would mean the TSL is a multiple bid league. The first four 11/12 seeds are at large bids.

It's vaguely possible that the Bison may have wound up in the 12-seed play-in game if IPFW had pulled it out at the end of the SL championship game. Not likely, mind you, but I suspect they might have wound up in the field of 68 somewhere with a close competitive lost to IPFW.

[FargoBison]

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There is one problem with a first round game, if you lose it really sucks. If you win it is great though but there is a huge amount of risk for a nice but small gain.

[jackmd]

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It's vaguely possible that the Bison may have wound up in the 12-seed play-in game if IPFW had pulled it out at the end of the SL championship game. Not likely, mind you, but I suspect they might have wound up in the field of 68 somewhere with a close competitive lost to IPFW.

You must listen to different people than I do and believe that 30 years of precedent would be broken for the Bison. Tell me where you have info that suggests the Bison would get an at large with zero top 50 wins an RPI of 50? There must be some precedent that I am missing or something I don't understand. I'm always open to being educated. Thanks.


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[FargoBison]

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It's vaguely possible that the Bison may have wound up in the 12-seed play-in game if IPFW had pulled it out at the end of the SL championship game. Not likely, mind you, but I suspect they might have wound up in the field of 68 somewhere with a close competitive lost to IPFW.

NDSU needed that So Miss game to get into that discussion.

That said to this day I still wonder what would have happened to ORU if they had lost to SDSU in the title game instead of WIU in the semifinal. They were one of the last teams out and that WIU loss was really damaging.

[filbert]

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You must listen to different people than I do and believe that 30 years of precedent would be broken for the Bison. Tell me where you have info that suggests the Bison would get an at large with zero top 50 wins an RPI of 50? There must be some precedent that I am missing or something I don't understand. I'm always open to being educated. Thanks.


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You first: Show me that NDSU's RPI would have been 50 with a championship game loss to IPFW.