Re: Interesting NDSU stats....
Again, that is my point. You lost three great players. Woodside is a once-in-a-programs-lifetime kid. Self called him the best guard KU faced all year, he hit for 60, dropped 37 on KU in the NCAA's...etc. NDSU will never have a kid like that again. Winkleman was also an all-time Bison great. They now have to be replaced and some NDSU fans are kind of ho-hum about it.
That said, this years NDSU class is shaping up real nice. They just added a 6'7/185lb kid from Oregon who was Mr. Basketball runner-up. He was said to have some PAC-10 interest, Gonzaga, Nevada, etc, but his list of teams on his recruiting profile were less than impressive.
I'll say this: Ben Woodside, Brett Winkleman, and Mike Nelson averaged 34.5, 33, and 31.4 minutes per game. I do not see those guys losing many, if any, minutes to anyone on SDSU's or NDSU's current '09-'10 roster. That doesn't mean that the current rosters will feild poor teams, but those guys were simply better players and commanded a ton of minutes.
That said, this years NDSU class is shaping up real nice. They just added a 6'7/185lb kid from Oregon who was Mr. Basketball runner-up. He was said to have some PAC-10 interest, Gonzaga, Nevada, etc, but his list of teams on his recruiting profile were less than impressive.
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