Preseason Stuff

[ndsubison1]

Lindys
1. Denver
2. IPFW
3. ORU
4. NDSU
5. SDSU
6. Omaha
7. USD
8. WIU
9. IUPUI

First Team:
Lawrence Alexander
Brett Olson- DU
Obi Emegano- ORU
Cody Larson- SDSU
Steve Forbes- IPFW

2nd Team:
Garrett Covington- WIU
Brandon Bos- USD
CJ Carter- Omaha
Korey Billbury- ORU
Mike Rostampour- Omaha

POTY: Brett Olson
Newcomer: George Marshall- SDSU (Wisc. transfer)
Best Shooter: Olson
Best Rebounder: Rostampour
Playmaker: Trey Norris- USD
Defender: Devin Patterson- Omaha (Should be Brown)
Most Versatile: Alexander
Best NBA Prospect: Larson ( I would probably go with Convington)

Sporting News
1. ORU
2. IPFW
3. Denver
4. SDSU
5. NDSU
6. Omaha
7. USD
8. WIU
9. IUPUI

All Summit:
Korey Billbury- ORU
Obi Emegano- ORU
Steve Forbes- IPFW
Cody Larson- SDSU
Brett Olson- ORU

Top Player: Obi Emegano
Top Newcomer: Deondre Parks- SDSU
Top Coach: Scott Sutton- ORU

[ZHerd]

Interesting how one has ORU with most of the Summit first team on their roster yet Lindy's only has them at 3rd.

[ZHerd]

This years Bball team is a bit like the football team with new coaches yet ones who have been part of the success here, and some really good returning players. I think the Bison could surprise

[SanDakotaState]

I think IPFW is way to high in both of these preseason polls. They wont be near as good as they were this past season. They lost a lot of key players including there head coach and Steve Forbes won't come out of nowhere.

[SanDakotaState]

http://summitpoints.blogspot.com/2014/09/athlon-sports-previews-summitmbb.html

The 2014-15 Athlon Sports College Basketball Yearbook hit newsstands today. Its analysis of the league race projects Fort Wayne as champion. In the national rundown, IUPUI's Jason Gardner is listed as one of "Five Notable First-Time Coaches". Below is a summary of the league picks:

PREDICTIONS
1. Fort Wayne
2. North Dakota State
3. Denver
4. Oral Roberts
5. South Dakota State
6. Omaha
7. South Dakota
8. Western Illinois
9. IUPUI

ALL-SUMMIT FIRST TEAM
Lawrence Alexander (G), North Dakota State
Garret Covington (G), Western Illinois
Steve Forbes (F), Fort Wayne
Cody Larson (F), South Dakota State
Brett Olson (G), Denver

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Steve Forbes (F), Fort Wayne

Your thoughts on this Summit League Preview ndsubison1?

[bisonsupporter]

Basically, the Summit title is up for grabs. Should be an exciting year.

[DePereBisonFan]

My expectations are pretty low for this season, and I would love to be surprised. I think we're really going to miss Marshall Bjorklund. Could we win the Summit? Yes. Could we win an NCAA tournament game? No.

[#1BISONFAN ASHLEY]

My expectations are pretty low for this season, and I would love to be surprised. I think we're really going to miss Marshall Bjorklund. Could we win the Summit? Yes. Could we win an NCAA tournament game? No.

This team has the chance to really improve over the year. You will definitely be surprised.

[bisonsupporter]

My expectations are pretty low for this season, and I would love to be surprised. I think we're really going to miss Marshall Bjorklund. Could we win the Summit? Yes. Could we win an NCAA tournament game? No.

How low?

I still think we finish in the top half of the summit with another shot at an NCAA berth. As far as winning a tourney game, its all about matchups. If we get the right matchup we could pull another win out.

[DePereBisonFan]

How low?

4th or 5th, and bow out in the first or second round of the Summit Tournament.

[wcb_sas]

My expectations are pretty low for this season, and I would love to be surprised. I think we're really going to miss Marshall Bjorklund. Could we win the Summit? Yes. Could we win an NCAA tournament game? No.
NDSU should automatically start in the top four of any preseason poll ... too many resources, too many advantages and too much success to not be in the top four.

[Tony Almeida]

We lost 6-7, 6-7, 6-8 ,6-9 with talent to go with that height...we didn't come close to replacing any of that. Middle of the pack is my guess.

[HoopsBison]

Guard play is huge at our level, and we have the best pg in the league in my opinion. There will be some growing pains and some kids are going to need to step up but I see no reason why we cant compete at a high level in the SL

[unbison]

There is no way we are a stinker with LA AND KB ON THE FLOOR

[Tony Almeida]

I guess I'm just worried about who's doing the scoring this year. Along with the height we lost the scoring as well.

We are very young, maybe a year or two may tell a different story...hopefully.

[El_Chapo]

Basketball is our marque sport now, time for the chatter to begin on the season.
LA needs to be woodside style scoring a ton.
Dupree needs to slash and hit the 3 ball
Kory brown needs lights out D AND ATTACK THE BOARDS.

after that is question marks.

Kading needs to act tall down low.
Dexter needs to be the HAMMER use all 5 fouls each game
Jacobson can you play d1.
Can Evan jake or miller step in and play.

[NDSUstudent]

This team has talent, they will be young in spots but I love that we have a senior leader running the show in LA. This team will get better and will grow from what is a tough non-conference schedule. Lots to be excited about!

[unbison]

Basketball is our marque sport now, time for the chatter to begin on the season.
LA needs to be woodside style scoring a ton.
Dupree needs to slash and hit the 3 ball
Kory brown needs lights out D AND ATTACK THE BOARDS.

after that is question marks.

Kading needs to act tall down low.
Dexter needs to be the HAMMER use all 5 fouls each game
Jacobson can you play d1.
Can Evan jake or miller step in and play.

Wow... Bad take try again foo

[ndsubison1]

I guess I'm just worried about who's doing the scoring this year. Along with the height we lost the scoring as well.

We are very young, maybe a year or two may tell a different story...hopefully.

I think Brown will really step it up this year. He will be looked at as a scorer this year. His role will change. Other than that and LA there's some question marks.

[Herd12]

I think we're being underestimated. I'm not saying we should be league favorites, but you can go a long way in mid-major basketball with good guard play. With LA, Kory and Carlin Dupree we should have the best guard play in the Summit.

[El_Chapo]

I think we're being underestimated. I'm not saying we should be league favorites, but you can go a long way in mid-major basketball with good guard play. With LA, Kory and Carlin Dupree we should have the best guard play in the Summit.

exactly, im ready for a 3 guard offense and start pushing the tempo. why not? Basketball will generate the most exposure/attention for NDSU thats already been proven with the NCAA win last year, time to capitilize on that momentum and push for a 2nd straight ncaa bid!

[bisonfan08]

I think Brown will really step it up this year. He will be looked at as a scorer this year. His role will change. Other than that and LA there's some question marks.

I agree with this, KB started to score a little more towards the end of last season but he wasn't asked to because of the talent we had on the floor. This year he'll step up and be more aggressive on offense. LA will most likely up his PPG a little bit and I think Jacobson can step right in and get double digits per game. Dupree is the wild card, he has shown flashes of brilliance and is very explosive but also inconsistent with turnovers. Hopefully he's worked on that this offseason and also worked on knocking down the 3. I think along with ORU we will be the most athletic team in the conference so still plenty to be excited about!

[SanDakotaState]

http://www.summitpoints.blogspot.com...summitmbb.html

USA Today Projects #SummitMBB




USA Today’s 2014-15 College Basketball special edition hit newsstands today and its analysis of The Summit League race projects Denver as champion and Oral Roberts’ Obi Emegano as Player of the Year. Below is a summary of the league picks:


PREDICTIONS
1. Denver
2. South Dakota State
3. Oral Roberts
4. North Dakota State
5. Fort Wayne
6. South Dakota
7. Omaha
8. Western Illinois
9. IUPUI


ALL-SUMMIT TEAM
Korey Billbury (G), Oral Roberts
Obi Emegano (G), Oral Roberts
Steve Forbes (F), Fort Wayne
Cody Larson (F), South Dakota State
Brett Olson (G), Denver


PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Obi Emegano (G), Oral Roberts


ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Daniel Amigo (C), Denver

[Herd]

I am anxious to see Jacobsen play. We need 10 & 5 from the guy. Also I think pople have Dex wrong. He won't be a 5 foul guy, he'll get you 8-10 point and 9 boards with plenty of O Boards. He will be a big surprise to our fans with more skill vs. brawn.

I see the line as: Starter/Backup

LA/Show
DuPree/Miller
Brown/Jacobsen
Dex/Vanden
Kading/Wesen

Scoring needs to come from:
LA 15
Kading 10
Brown 10
Dex 8
Jacobsen10
Dupree 10
Miller 6

[roadwarrior]

It's Jacobson

[bisonsupporter]

http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/201410088o7xvw

1. IPFW
5. NDSU

LA 1st team
Brown 2nd Team

[HoopsBison]

Glad they got it right with LA and KB, both very deserving. Looks like we got 4 of the 30 first place votes and sit in 5th.

[ndsubison1]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24744015/-15-college-basketball-conference-champion-predictions

3 picked Denver. 2 picked IPFW and 1 ORU to win the Summit.

[El_Chapo]

Man, NDSU basketball needs to have a good year this year.

after woody left the next year NDSU failed to capitilize on their NCAA tourney run and crapped the bed... I dont want a REPEAT!

LA needs to be woody-esque
KB needs to be aggressive to the hoop more
Carlin needs an outside shot
Kading/Dexter/Evan need to show us something down low.

Cmon boys!!

[NDSUstudent]

This is the first time I can say that I have no clue who will win the league. It is completely wide open, lots of new coaches and of course a ORU odds another new variable to the mix.

If I had to pick it would be Denver, best player and their coach should have a better idea of how to win in the Summit. Wildcard though is ORU, not sure what happened to them in the SLC but I can never discount Sutton. Great coach and he knows how to win in this league.

NDSU, SDSU, IPFW, USD and Omaha would be my next tier all of have new parts. Kind of hard to get a feel for them until I see them play a few games.

IUPUI and WIU are still a year or two away in my estimation. I think both hired well though.

[ndsubison1]

WIU has potential to knock someone off with Covington. Best player in the conference IMO

[SanDakotaState]

WIU has potential to knock someone off with Covington. Best player in the conference IMO

I wonder how WIU will play this season. Will they speed up their game a bit and play more up-tempo since coach mo moved on or will they stay with the 40ppg style? Covington is a special player and defiantly has the best shot at being the next NBA drafted player to come from the Summit, but his supporting cast is not that great. Remember a couple years back when Nate put up 53 (17-28 ; 9-14 from 3) at IPFW? SDSU only won by 6 points and the 2013 SDSU supporting cast was a lot better than WIU has this year. Covington would have to have that sort of game and more to pull of an upset during the tournament imo. Possible but not probable.

[BFKasper14]

Man, NDSU basketball needs to have a good year this year.

after woody left the next year NDSU failed to capitilize on their NCAA tourney run and crapped the bed... I dont want a REPEAT!

LA needs to be woody-esque
KB needs to be aggressive to the hoop more
Carlin needs an outside shot
Kading/Dexter/Evan need to show us something down low.

Cmon boys!!

Where does Jacobson fit into the mix? I feel like he can be an instant contributor for the team next year.

[westnodak93bison]

Where does Jacobson fit into the mix? I feel like he can be an instant contributor for the team next year.
SG/SF . Supposedly he had a great redshirt year.

[bisonfan08]

It really just depends what Richman decides to go with for a lineup, it's possible he could start AJ at the 4 spot in a lineup with LA, Dupree, Brown, AJ and Kading but if he decides to keep more of a post player along with Kading in the starting lineup like Dex or Wesenberg he could start at the 3 spot and Dupree would be first off the bench or AJ could be the 6th man. It'll be very interesting to see how it all plays out but the coaching staff is very high on him so he will definitely be highly involved.

[Kujava23]

I know jumping the gun----but is Carlin Dupree our next PG after LA? Especially for next season?? Or is that player not on the Bison Roster yet?

[ndsubison1]

I would say Dupree is our next pg for the most part. he can also play off guard too. will play there this season too and might see LA at the 2 at times as well

[Jelo]

https://twitter.com/domizzowday/status/525753264512720896

@DomIzzoWDAY: #NDSU announces forward Brett VandenBergh is leaving the team, he missed last season with knee injury, played as true freshman

[ndsubison1]

thats too bad. thought he couldve contributed this season. that probably solidifies AJ starting

[Herd]

thats too bad. thought he couldve contributed this season. that probably solidifies AJ starting
Wow that leaves us awefully thin

[westnodak93bison]

12 days until we play TX and I haven't seen much preseason local media coverage coming off a win in the dance. Kind of disappointing. Local media needs to step it up.

[NDSUstudent]

The way the Forum covers NDSU MBB is an absolute joke, the others haven't been much better.

Kolpack asked to do way too much.

[Tatanka]

12 days until we play TX and I haven't seen much preseason local media coverage coming off a win in the dance. Kind of disappointing. Local media needs to step it up.


The way the Forum covers NDSU MBB is an absolute joke, the others haven't been much better.

Kolpack asked to do way too much.
Agree...Kolpack is only one dude. If the Forum dedicated the same manpower to the Bison as the el forko fishwrap does to teh flagshit we wouldn't have this issue.

[unbison]

Yes we need more basketball coverage

[bisonfan08]

I've been complaining about this for years, there's been days where there's a home game and there isn't even an article or section letting local fans know. Makes it a little tough for the casual fans to decide to go to a game if they don't even know one is going on. After our run last year I was hoping for improved coverage this year, so far I'm not impressed.

[bruinbison]

Dom Tweets:

Fargo, ND
Dom Izzo@DomIzzoWDAY · 3h 3 hours ago

#NDSU MBB HC Dave Richman says Evan Wesenberg, Jake Showalter and Paul Miller will play as true freshmen @summithoops

[El_Chapo]

So eliason trey miller redshirt. Ok

[Mr. Burgundy]

Dom Tweets:

Fargo, ND
Dom Izzo@DomIzzoWDAY · 3h 3 hours ago

#NDSU MBB HC Dave Richman says Evan Wesenberg, Jake Showalter and Paul Miller will play as true freshmen @summithoops

I am shocked showalter wanted to play immediately. Not many minutes available for him. Tough choice. He's a great shooter

[bisonfan08]

I'm not so sure it was a want as much as it was a need. If he would redshirt we'd be down to 8 scholarship players and a walk-on, with him playing we have 9 scholarship players and a walk-on. We need him for depth, if someone gets in foul trouble early or God forbid we have an injury even if it's just for the game we need him available. With both Ishola and Trey Miller having knee surgery and Eliason just not ready physically he's the guy that last spot falls to.

[bruinbison]

For bigs that leaves the 6' 8" Kading, 6' 7" Wesenberg and 6' 6" Werner.
So if one of the 3 is out for a while with an injury, does that mean they pull the redshirt on the 6' 9" Eliason?
Or does AJ at 6' 6" play some PF in a real small line-up?

[silkamilkamonico]

For bigs that leaves the 6' 8" Kading, 6' 7" Wesenberg and 6' 6" Werner.
So if one of the 3 is out for a while with an injury, does that mean they pull the redshirt on the 6' 9" Eliason?
Or does AJ at 6' 6" play some PF in a real small line-up?

Lot of small ball this year regardless I think

[bisonfan08]

For bigs that leaves the 6' 8" Kading, 6' 7" Wesenberg and 6' 6" Werner.
So if one of the 3 is out for a while with an injury, does that mean they pull the redshirt on the 6' 9" Eliason?
Or does AJ at 6' 6" play some PF in a real small line-up?

AJ starts at the 4 spot and will see a lot of time there, he'll get most of the minutes at the 4 with Dex subbing in at both the 4 and 5 and Wesenberg getting a few minutes a game at the 4. Barring foul trouble, for the most part I think we'll see a primary 7 man rotation with our starters and Paul Miller and Dex off the bench. Wesenberg and Showalter will see limited time as needed, especially at the beginning of the season as true freshman. As the season goes along and they get more acclimated to the system and the level of play I think they will start to see the floor a little more. Based on the way Richman talked about this team it's his goal to have everyone healthy and up to speed by time we start conference play. Seems like this first month or so is going to be spent getting everyone settled in which is why we can't have real high expectations for the OOC part of the schedule. If we get through our first 11 games at 6-5 I'd be more than happy but 5-6, 4-7 wouldn't surprise me with so much youth playing a lot of minutes.

[HandoEX]

http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/201410088o7xvw

1. IPFW
5. NDSU

LA 1st team
Brown 2nd Team

IPFW (1-5) was picked to win the conference but is tied for last place going into tomorrow's game against the Bison (5-1). What a strange season!