Next Up: IPFW

[HoopsBison]

2579---------------------------2580
IPFW -------------------------------------NDSU
Record: 8-9 (1-2)--------------------------Record: 12-3 (4-0)

GameDay: Thursday January 10th
Gametime: 7:00pm


The Bison are off to a tremendous start and are playing a very high brand of basketball. Now that the football team has delivered a Natty Tittle for the second straight season its time to get behind this basketball team and enjoy the success that it can bring. IPFW is led by star Frank Gaines who averages almost 20ppg.

Today's KenPom rankings have North Dakota St. at 39th. That's 5 below Illinois, 3 below UNC, 1 below NC State, & 1 above Iowa.


GO BISON!

[North Side]

Gaines can ball, but I like us to win at home.

[unbison]

LA et la win going away!




I spose 4m redneck truck guy wish we started werner

[bisonfan08]

I must say I was very pleased listening to the USD game on the radio on the way to Frisco and also with the result of the UMKC game. Domination on the road in league play is something this team has not done before and I now fully belive this team is for real. Interested to see how we match up in the WIU game coming up and Oakland could be a test on Saturday but I really think it's a 3 horse race this year with us leading the way. Sure SDSU lost to USD this weekend but with Wolters leading the way they'll be tough in March. Let's get this sweep at home and keep the energy rollin from Frisco!

[jimmyptubas]

this game is on TV for those direct TV people out there channel 623 but....according to them Fort wayne is playing " North Dakota " tomorrow....

:facepalm:

[TheBisonator]

Am I the only one here who considers NDSU 11-3 because of two non-DI wins?? ESPN.com is even listing overall standing vs. DI teams only for every team.

[roadwarrior]

From NDSU facebook page:


Catch Marshall and the rest of the Herd tonight at the BSA as they look to go 5-0 in Summit play! The first 400 students receive a FREE t-shirt!

[roadwarrior]

From the Forum:

Bjorklund piling up baskets

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/385945/group/Sports/

[BadlandsBison]

From NDSU facebook page:

It sure as heck better have a Qdoba advertisement on it or its going right in the trash

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[JSUBison]

From the Forum:

Bjorklund piling up baskets

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/385945/group/Sports/


“Never underestimate the toughness of being raised on a pig farm,” Phillips said. “Certainly it’s somewhat genetic but it’s been ground in by repetition as well.”


:rofl: Saul gives the best one liners in the NDSU athletic department.

[Herd]

this game is on TV for those direct TV people out there channel 623 but....according to them Fort wayne is playing " North Dakota " tomorrow....

:facepalm:

Its all the same, right? By the way, did you see the great game between Michigan State and Nebraska last night from Chysler in Lansing? The Spartans in their maize and blue finally pulled away from Miles at the end. I think the Michigan Spartans are #1, and Izzo is a damn good coach, hail to the Victors!

[bruinbison]

But hey, my CableOne here in Fargo got it listed right! After knashing of teeth many times of what they don't carry, there it is tonight on channel 306 (FCSA) - IPFW at North Dakota State

mastodon probable Starters (subject to change)
Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG PG APG FG% 3FG% FT%
F 15 Mario Hines 6-8 Sr Cleveland, Ohio 9.1 5.9 0.9 .472 . 600
F 20 Michael Kibiloski 6-7 Jr. Elkhart, Ind. 7.8 4.4 1.1 .380 .298 .947
G 4 Frank Gaines 6-3 Sr Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 19.3 4.4 1.0 .395 .316 .769
G 11 Isaiah McCray 6-1 So. Baltimore, Md. 5.9 4.0 2.4 .375 .323 .556
G 13 Luis Jacobo 6-5 Jr. Sanford, Fla. 10.6 4.2 1.2 .420 .385 .692

http://gomastodons.com/documents/2013/1/9/1-10_at_NDSU.pdf?id=1345

Out of curiosity, checked for Frank Gaines on NBAdraft.net's top 100 list for 2013 draft, but did not find him.
He has the second-most career points in IPFW men’s basketball history. His shooting % are not too good on this year's stats (see above)

[dragonsfan]

I emailed directtv for you guys.
Thank you for writing. We value your business as a loyal customer.*We are sorry for omitting the State University in NDSU. We certainly did not mean to offend you or anyone else with this mistake. I forwarded your comments to DIRECTV Management. Be assured your feedback is important to us and we often make changes based on viewer comments like yours. I am also forwarding your comments to our web site support team for review.Thank you for your patience and understanding.Sincerely,Chris C.*100403662

[Hammerhead]

I'm almost certain it used to say North Dakota State because I have our DVR set to record anything that contains "North Dakota State" and noticed there was an item on the to do list when I checked on Sunday.


this game is on TV for those direct TV people out there channel 623 but....according to them Fort wayne is playing " North Dakota " tomorrow....

:facepalm:

[Hammersmith]

Was that emo-Thundar?

[BisonTeacher]

Another fine feed from go bison. Squashed choppy and pixelated

[SDbison]

Bison lead 9-6.........watching on FCS

[dragonsfan]

Close game glad to see it on directtv . Does that big guy of ndsu get enough shots? 7-7 , 8-8 etc. He should get 18-20 shots and dominate. Imho.

[dragonsfan]

15-11 ndsu

[NorthernBison]

HD would be a welcome change.

[dragonsfan]

Full house looks allright on tv (but can only see one side)

ndsu 18-17 9min left

Felt for 3, then ipfw hits 3.

[NorthernBison]

Not fair. LA almost broke that guy's ankle. Then hit a 3.

[dragonsfan]

25 25 6 min felt leads with 7

[dragonsfan]

33-28 ndsu I'm out , good luck bison.

[BisonTeacher]

That rim we are shooting at is really loud lol!

[BisonTeacher]

That priest motorcycle commercial is weird

[Gully]

That priest motorcycle commercial is weird

If you didn't live so darn far away you could come over and watch it on FCS.

[Gully]

Marshall is a beast!

[BisonTeacher]

If you didn't live so darn far away you could come over and watch it on FCS.

Or if I wasnt so damn cheap i could just pay for fcs! ;-)

[IndyBison]

That priest motorcycle commercial is weird

We liked the MidCon commercial with the guy from Burlington (NoDaks do talk funny) followed by the hockey player commercial. So stereotypical.

[Bison"FANatic"]

IPFW looks good coming off screens

[NDSUstudent]

Some other Summit League scores...

Oakland 37
SDSU 35 Halftime

IUPUI 36
Omaha 42 Halftime

[NDSUstudent]

Braun leads the way for the Bison at the half with 10 points, if my math is right he is just 26 points shy of 1,000 career points.

[Gully]

Bison up 50-34 with 13:15 left. Looking good.

[Gully]

50-40, two quick threes by Fort Wayne.

[SDbison]

Bison letting IPFW back in game.....61-54

[NDSUstudent]

These refs are garbage...just T'd up Braun for no reason.

[BisonTeacher]

That has to be the worst call ive seen in a long time...and at home. Wtf?

[Gully]

That was terrible. Fire refs, save season.

[Gully]

Marshall Law!

[BisonTeacher]

I really like bjorklund

[dragonsfan]

ndsu up 16 now only by 6 gee whatd I miss
Great save by marshall then he scores, crowd loud
1:35 left up 8

[dragonsfan]

ndsu up 12 dagger game over.

[BisonTeacher]

67-56 final. Oakland up next on saturday.

[Gully]

Got a little ugly but a win is a win. Not to be a downer but this was about the point of the year last year where the wheels fell off. I don't think that's going to happen this year. Team is different. They play much better defense. That will allow you to win sometimes on an off day.

[SDbison]

Bison win 67-55.

[NDSUstudent]

Bison move into a first place tie with WIU.

[Gully]

other scores?

[NDSUstudent]

other scores?

IUPUI 79
Omaha 90 FINAL

Oakland 74
SDSU 79 40 seconds left.

[344Johnson]

Got out of work late enough that i was only there for the last 5 minutes. Liked Braun's dunk.

[SDbison]

Bunnies up 79-74 over Oakland with 25 sec left.

[IndyBison]

Got to see most of the game tonight. Glad someone here posted it was on FCS. HD would definitely look nicer. I was flipping back and forth to the Pacer game and the difference is significant. The Bison looked good. The best part is everyone is back next year. I'm hoping to see them next week when they are in Indy.

[SDbison]

SDSU beat Oakland 81-74.

[HoopsBison]

Fun game to watch, Bison just have to much balance this year and its nice.

I was impressed with IPFW, they really made strong cuts and came off screeens well. They play that way they will win some games. They did settle for a lot of threes though.

Marshall Bjorklund is just a beast, just makes winnning plays. His effort late in the game to save a ball and come back and score was big time, have to love his effot.

I thought Korey Brown may have played his best game of the season. Held Gaines to 12 points, had a presence on the offense and made smart decisions. Kudos to him.

Tray was flying everywhere tonight, man can that kid soar. He had some monster dunks to get some energy into a pretty dead BSA. His length on defense is huge as well.

Braun and LA are just solid as they come.

The technical on Braun was just terrible.


Oakland Saturday afternoon at 4, hopefully the weather cooperates and allows for a nice crowd.

[JSUBison]

They had a graphic earlier in the game showing head coaching wins. If I'm remembering right, Saul will tie Tim Miles on Saturday if they beat Oakland.

[Tatanka]

They had a graphic earlier in the game showing head coaching wins. If I'm remembering right, Saul will tie Tim Miles on Saturday if they beat Oakland.just passed Mr. Tom Billeter.

[BisonTeacher]

They had a graphic earlier in the game showing head coaching wins. If I'm remembering right, Saul will tie Tim Miles on Saturday if they beat Oakland.

And not just total number of wins...but win percentage as well.

[silkamilkamonico]

It was fun to see Felt be effective throughout the course of the game. I feel like I haven't been able to see him have a good game in person for a while. Kid is a real dynamic shooter.

[WYOBISONMAN]

Great to see the Herd on TV! Good game and IPFW really played tough. Hopefully we can keep this up and not have a repeat of last year. Looking forward to watching the game on Saturday since FCS will have that as well!!

[bruinbison]

Nice win! The Bison came ohso close to blowing out the 'Dons starting off the 2nd half. Their players looked ready to find the bus to Brookings. Their coach gave his players some energy by going to that half-court trap.
Good job by him. It lead to 3 3pointers in a row for Fort Wayne. He did the Bison a favor by exposing a weakness, the Bison's handling of that trap. Saul can work on that before Oakland gets to town (hope they make it to Fargo on schedule - winter weather in the Dakota's, it may arrive yet!).
Love how when LA penetrates, he and Trayvon really can make that a spectacular game. Tray had a couple of big blocks on D as well. And more improvement from Brown - nice freshman year. One little mistake he can learn from is on a drive from the right wing, he put it up with his left hand - right into a block. If he had switched hands - may have still scored.

[bisonfan08]

Huge props to Kory Brown, kid filled up the stat sheet last night, handled the ball well, made good, smart passes and held Gaines to 12 points. GREAT WORK!!!

A couple things that haven't been mentioned:
1) This team now has leadership. I don't know if anyone else noticed, but after those 3 consecutive turnovers turned into 3 3-pointers by IPFW, we broke the press and the LA threw a lazy pass to the wing trying to hit Felt that was deflected out of bounds. Taylor got in LA's face pretty hard about that telling him to pick it up. It's that leadership that has kept this team from letting games like this crumble and turn into losses, instead the guys took the punch to the gut and countered and held on for the W.
2) This team is scrappy! These guys WANT to win BADLY. They are flying all over the floor, Taylor was on the floor twice in one defensive possession going after the ball. The hustle shows in our defensive stats and that will to win will take us a long ways.
3) Listened to the post game show on the way home and they had Tray on, they asked him about how sitting 10 minutes of the first half affected him. He mentioned that it makes it hard to get into a rhythm shooting and so he focused in the 2nd half about trying to be more productive around the rim. IT WORKED, why is this his attitude the whole game every game!
4) I think the student section should be shown a video of how the football team represented the student section during the SDSU game, they sat the whole game until the last 3 or 4 minutes, didn't do the little finger thing that even Bohl was doing during free throws and just seemed uninterested. Need them to lead the rest of the crowd.

It got a little ugly, but we got the W and moved into a tie for 1st in the Summit. HUGE game against a very tough Oakland team on Saturday, hopefully the weather won't keep the crowd away should be a full house.

[Kermit]

Great post above from bisonfan08. I am glad people are starting to recognize what Kory Brown brings to the table. Kory has been a big reason why the Bison having been tearing up zone defenses. He has a knack for flashing to high post, catching, and then distributing very well. His defensive skills are obvious, and although he is is not a primary scorer he isn't afraid to score when needed.

LA and Taylor are both showing tons of leadership. Marshall has been a beast. Tray is an absolute game changer on defense. I could go on and on right now, but everybody is doing their part, they are a TEAM, and I am very happy! Go Bison!!