NDSU Game Thread

[mitchellrabbit]

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How many more wins will it take to get into the conference tournament? 3 or 4 possibly.

i think if we win our 4 home games, we should have a good chance. that gives us a 7-11 record. maybe win a couple on the road and be in better shape. lets start next week with 2 wins at home and go from there

[Jack4Life]

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AMEN to that.... I think that they proved that they can compete in the first half of the conference schedule now they just have to prove they can win....

I agree. They kind of went into a shell the last two minutes. They were aggressive and pushed the ball the second half, and then with a five point lead with two minutes left, it seemed they quit pushing the ball. I have said it before, they need to learn to win and not play not to lose. Nice crowd though, and it was good to see a good student section last night.

[JimmyJack]

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LOL! whatever!!! SDSU has Great players, man your guys have great talent hope NDSU and SDSU can own the summit but, yes we lose 4 Awsome players, but our bench has been able to come in and give a rest to the starters and still manage a apparently poor 8-1 conference record!!! if our bench is weak than well... SDSU won't have a bench next year!

Um... you realize we graduate two guys, one who played about 30 seconds last night, and another who didn't play, right? So we'll have the same bench next year... plus a few new guys. Meanwhile, NDSU doesn't just lose four awesome players (and nobody would argue they're anything other than great). You lose about 90 percent of your scoring and rebounding. Let's see: You lose 90 percent of your scoring and rebounding. We lost... 0 percent. Thus, your post makes absolutely no sense at all.

Let's review a bit: Your bench scored six points last night and added 8 rebounds. Flowers is an athlete who has no apparent offensive game. Vaughn played 19 minutes and managed 2 points. I don't even recall seeing Carlson in the game, but he played 10 minutes (and people over at Bisonville think he's part of the answer for next year?) Sussenguth? Can we all agree he's a total bust?

Meanwhile, Wink and Woody scored 59 of your 87 points. Do you even have any other point guards on your team? Woody played all but one minute. Wink played all but two. Nelson had a poor game, but he's an amazing player, too. Despite the fact that they beat us again, it was honestly a pleasure to watch those guys play. They're just great.

Our bench wasn't super productive, either. But that's not the point. We won't be relying on those players to start next year. Why? We don't lose four starters. We lose zero starters. And we gain two freshmen who should contribute right away. And we hope to have our 6'10" center back from injury. And we have a 6'8" redshirt freshman who will contribute. We're going to be considerably deeper next year.

This is NDSU's year. Things are going to be different next year. Unless NDSU can unearth 59 points from a couple of Jucos NDSU is going to be down a lot next year.

[EQguy]

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I was really disappointed in the result last night. I even wore my lucky Gruber Law Office basketball shirt under my sweatshirt hoping to bring the guys luck.

By the way two of the guys sitting in the reserved seats in the front row and the two kids with the wood side poster are the type of people that give Bison fans a bad name. I am all for standing up and rooting for your team and yelling and screaming when things are going right but their kind of crap makes me sick. I especially loved that no on paid attention to the two kids with the woodside poster but the 10 8 year olds standing behind them.

And from now on every time I see Justin Engalls I am likely to throw up in my mouth a bit. That guy is a walking disaster as a ref.

[EQguy]

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Woodside and Winkelman are impressive, it can be very easy for anyone (especially their teammates) to stand there and just watch them go. I am not about to predict the demise of NDSU basketball as no one knows what they have coming in and no one knows of who is likely to step up once they are out from under the shadow of the big 2. But they do have some gigantic shoes to fill.

I do like where our team is going. I don't know how you blame Nagy for players missing the front end of consecutive one and one's with under 1 minute on the clock. I don't know how you can blame Nagy for not putting AC in with 10 seconds left (he still could be fouled and give them the ball with 7 seconds and even or down 1 and no one wants to see what Woodside could do in that situation other than NDSU fans). I can understand questioning not calling timeout after the two free throws but in the end you have to be able to trust that Kai and Garrett can get things done there. We all expected them to, why shouldn't Nagy?

[NoVaJack]

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LOL! whatever!!! SDSU has Great players, man your guys have great talent hope NDSU and SDSU can own the summit but, yes we lose 4 Awsome players, but our bench has been able to come in and give a rest to the starters and still manage a apparently poor 8-1 conference record!!! if our bench is weak than well... SDSU won't have a bench next year!

Hnnnnnnhhhh???
Anyone explain this?

[Nidaros]

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I think we need to start worrying about next year ... next year, not now. How NDSU shapes up with the loss of four gifted seniors, is a judgement call. As others have said, we got most of our people back, and with another year of experience under their belt, we can only be a better team.. I do like Woody's comment that "we were lucky to win", and unspoken is the preception is that SDSU has improved. Three close loses do sting however, but lets hope our guys can shake it off.

[Nidaros]

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Hnnnnnnhhhh???
Anyone explain this?

Its not worth trying to explain.

[bub94]

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At least I got a chuckle about something tonight.

I'm sorry but if I was judging the dive, it would have received low marks. He wasn't verticle (thank god) and there would have been a huge splash. In all seriousness, that is a play many people get hurt from and we are lucky Kai didn't get hurt.

[FargoBison]

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Two things...

You can talk about our fans but within the basketball program there is a tremendous amount of respect for SDSU. Don't forget that.

As for next year, there is talent on that bench but those guys don't really get a chance to show it or develop with guys like Woodside, Nelson, and Winks out there. Those guys are going to get their touches, that is just the way it is. However, I do like how the bench guys have picked up there play, it is night and day from last year.

Will they turn into big time contributers next year? Who knows but I wouldn't exactly write them off before they get a chance. I won't say NDSU will be the best team in the Summit or anything like that(Oakland is going to be great next year) but the team is mid-level and could be very solid by the time the end of the season rolls around.

[jacksfan 93]

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Being at the game last night, I too was disappointed with the outcome, but I think that Coach Nagy has this team heading in the right direction and if we get a few more breaks and a couple of the layups go in we beat the #1 team in the conference.

Also when we get that first game to go our way watch out for the Rabbits!

[KUlawJack]

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Two things...

You can talk about our fans but within the basketball program there is a tremendous amount of respect for SDSU. Don't forget that.

As for next year, there is talent on that bench but those guys don't really get a chance to show it or develop with guys like Woodside, Nelson, and Winks out there. Those guys are going to get their touches, that is just the way it is. However, I do like how the bench guys have picked up there play, it is night and day from last year.

Will they turn into big time contributers next year? Who knows but I wouldn't exactly write them off before they get a chance. I won't say NDSU will be the best team in the Summit or anything like that(Oakland is going to be great next year) but the team is mid-level and could be very solid by the time the end of the season rolls around.

I don't think anyone disputes that your bench players might develop and improve significantly in the off season to become contributors. It was your friend tjbison trying to say that we don't have a bench. It was probably the most clueless thing he's ever posted. I won't go over the details again as others have addressed it, but your top 4 have taken 845 of 1143 shots this year. They play 3/4 of the minutes played. Woodside has taken 69 more free throws than every bench player combined. These are the facts. We return almost everyone and add the two best players in the state next year. Depth advantage/bench = SDSU by a long shot. Woodside is a terror and I thank my lucky stars he is gone after this year. Players like him come around rarely and I am happy he is almost done. And Nelson and Winkelman aren't too damn shabby either. To this end, SDSU will be pretty damn solid next year. That's the truth and you can take it straight to the bank.

[filbert]

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I've discovered that I'm really, really hoarse today. My vocal cords got a workout last night. Anyone else?

[Lakesbison]

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filbert... you looked great at halfcourt..

i am hoarse as well... look at the bright side, you guys got close enough to catch a glimpse of LEGENDARY stuff.!!!!!!


you were close... but dayum.. how amazing is WOODY!! LEGEND!!!


i know i know.. you're a woman's bball college, but hats off to SDSU men last night.


and filbert was the ONLY man standing on that side of frost arena....... kudo's to him......


PEACE BROOKINGS.... MET A BUNCH OF YOUR FBALL BOYS UPTOWN. COOL STUFF!!

[KUlawJack]

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filbert... you looked great at halfcourt..

i am hoarse as well... look at the bright side, you guys got close enough to catch a glimpse of LEGENDARY stuff.!!!!!!


you were close... but dayum.. how amazing is WOODY!! LEGEND!!!


i know i know.. you're a woman's bball college, but hats off to SDSU men last night.


and filbert was the ONLY man standing on that side of frost arena....... kudo's to him......


PEACE BROOKINGS.... MET A BUNCH OF YOUR FBALL BOYS UPTOWN. COOL STUFF!!

Wow.

So you got to meet the guys who have twice in a row (3rd time is coming as well) made your beloved Bovines crawl away losers from the Battle for the Dakota Marker huh? That is definitely cool stuff.