******Minnesota Game Thread*******

[DenverBison05]

Might as well get this started

[NDSUstudent]

Time for us to stun another Big Ten team.....

http://xostech.cache.streamos.com/pics9/400/FI/FIUQTDYTVKJPBBL.20060121203439.jpg

[kchats]

I have the game on Fox Sports North and have a tape rolling in the VCR. Yep that's right an old-fashioned VCR. Hopefully the game is as I expect. Bison win by 10.

[pwbnd]

Decided to listen to the game at home instead of going out to a bar here in D.C. Got dueling radio stations going....WDAY and WCCO.

Let's go BISON!

[NDSUstudent]

Bison win the tip

[coloradobison]

Student radio working out here. Pretty ugly start for both teams it sounds like.

[ALPHAMALE]

Bison win the tip

Sounds like its in the bag. Good win Bison. LOL

[pwbnd]

Nevermind...guess WCCO broadcast only the pregame show on the internet. Still got WDAY though!

[kchats]

No score yet.

[tophatfan]

flops flops flops, big ten refs

[NDSUstudent]

Bison offense is really struggling, defense is playing great but we have got to start getting some quality shots on offense.

[silkamilkamonico]

Bison really struggling against Gophers defense early.

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

i want this game bad.

u minn is our true rival and the refs are humping us in the butt already.

3 bad calls.

pissing me off

[tophatfan]

Bison on the board

[tony]

I predict Bison 16, Gopher 8.

[pwbnd]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/gamecast?gameId=263170135&refresh=30

[NDSUstudent]

THREE FOR Mike Nelson

Bison up

5-2

[DenverBison05]

Bison up 5-2 :)

[tophatfan]

Nelie for 3!!!!!!!!

[silkamilkamonico]

Time to sit Woodside down. He's playing a little out of control, and isn't very effective in the sets.

Get Vaughn in there and see what he can do.

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

fouls starting to even out thank god.

#32 makes that 3pointer its ndsu 8 uminn 2. dammit

[silkamilkamonico]

i want this game bad.

u minn is our true rival and the refs are humping us in the butt already.

3 bad calls.

pissing me off


Who are you a fan of? UofM is hardly a true rival for NDSU.

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

silk- look at my thread on Division 1 board.

Huge Ndsu fan and U Minnesota is our new true rival get used to it.

past is the past

this is the future. Go Bison

[extremerouge]

i dont know a whole lot about basketball (i was a hockey player myself), but is our offense not playing well, or is their defense playing well...or a combo of the two...

[tophatfan]

come on lets do something with these oppertunities

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

same as football game outplaying the gophers and losing. argh

im really getting frustrated anyone else feel like that?

[NDSUstudent]

Somebodys got to heat up outside, we just can't get anything in the paint.

[silkamilkamonico]

silk- look at my thread on Division 1 board.

Huge Ndsu fan and U Minnesota is our new true rival get used to it.

past is the past

this is the future. Go Bison


A true rival consists of 2 teams that are equal in talent and beat each other.

We need a few wins under our belt to be considered a true rival.

[tophatfan]

might want to stop him

[NDSUstudent]

Woodside shuts up the students with a three.

[extremerouge]

that was pretty funny. the students were chanting air ball and woodside puts up the three!

[NDSUstudent]

that was pretty funny. the students were chanting air ball and woodside puts up the three!

Not good to wake a sleeping Bison, hopefully that gets Woodside rolling.

[NDSUstudent]

Andre Smith with 10 boards :o :o :o

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

how is that a foul on moorman? the opposite ref called it, and the ref in front of bench didnt.

what crap.

im not happy here folks.

[BisonBacker]

Boy we are stinking it up offensively

[BisonBacker]

Were getting handeled inside on offense. >:(

[NDSUstudent]

23-18 at the half

Bison are playing a lot better then they did last year but will need to clean it up on offense if we are going to come back and win.

[99Bison]

Yeah the force it to Andre and expect him to do something with it isn't what this team is done before... I say play some bb as a TEAM, like usual.

The last time we tried some "different kind of style" we got clobbered trying to slow it down last year against whoever that was at home.

We miss winks in there all the time though... He makes the clock turn.

[99Bison]

23-18 at the half

Bison are playing a lot better then they did last year but will need to clean it up on offense if we are going to come back and win.

Ah no, a lot worse than last year.

[NDSUFREAK10]

I JUST RELIZED THAT THE MBB TEAM WAS PLAYING RIGHT NOW!!! AHHHH I CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT IT!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o :o:o:o:o:o:o:o


on FSN channel 33 if anybody is just joining like me.

how are they doing?

[BisBison]

This has to be the ugliest half of B-Ball I've ever seen. Let's shake the cobwebs off and play some ball!!!

[99Bison]

Not playing good team ball... Sloppy junk all over, looks like the coaches game plan wasn't a good one... Need to change it up at half time...........

and learn how to pick and roll like they started to, MN is playing way out on screens.

[BisBison]

We better play better than this Friday night or Bobby Knight & company will take us to the woodshed.

[silkamilkamonico]

We need to get something going on the perimeter, to move the defense out and give Smith some room to work with inside.

They are double and tripling him up everytime he gets it because he puts his head down and moves towards the bucket.

If we continue to take this approach in the second half we're going to get killed.

[BisBison]

We need to get something going on the perimeter, to move the defense out and give Smith some room to work with inside.

They are double and tripling him up everytime he gets it because he puts his head down and moves towards the bucket. *

If we continue to take this approach in the second half we're going to get killed.

agreed they are plugging up the middle, we need to sink something from the outside to losen them up, or this is going to be a long night.

[NDSUFREAK10]

Especially when WINONA STATE beat them. I believe we have a great team and we obviously need to beat these guys!

[silkamilkamonico]

Especially when WINONA STATE beat them. I believe we have a great team and we obviously need to beat these guys!


Just curious on what approach the fans are taking when they say "we need to beat these guys?"

Judging from the first half, we are playing ugly on offense, and alot of that has to do with the athleticism that Minny-HaHa has. They aren't allowing any open shots and not giving any room to work with inside.

We have to play good team basketball to beat these guys, because they are far too athletic to become one dimensional, or get in an up and down game with them.

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

nice camera work after halftime.

attendence is putrid I see.

someone better light a candle under ndsu's @ss, else this game is over.

(i feel faint) horrible game.

[pwbnd]

Those that are watching on TV....does it look like there's a big crowd there tonight? Any Bison fans getting on camera?

[broke_back_mnt]

they took the time at the a begining of the game to point out the the Winona game was practice. It didnt count. This game was the begining.

Looks to me like The BISON are a little out muscled inside but might be able to get enough. The defense and board control is good. They need better than 30%. A hot second half could be all we need.

Gophers of course are in much the same position, but look a little stronger. NDSU needs to start hitting outside. Woodsides 3 pointer was great. Too bad he couldnt follow it up. If we start hitting them we will be able to get inside.

On defense we are doing what we have to do. Great game on that side of the ball.

[99Bison]

Yes team ball... we can get up and down with them if we really want to though, better than stuffing it all up with no movement and poor spacing.

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

i see erv & pat simmers behind the bench.

a group of prominent breckenridge businessmen with brady lipp.

trent tucker

kevin garnett

that's about it.

[broke_back_mnt]

If they start to run and get tough it will be interesting how we react.

[tophatfan]

sign Dre up for volleyball with that spike

[NDSUstudent]

Enough with the gloom and doom, we are playing good solid defense and that alone will keep us in this game. Just need to get the offense going and find some kind of rythm.

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

again bad call vs moorman, with the jack@ss ref calling it from behind vs tollackson.

horrible reffing.

its going to be a magnificant win to overcome all the bad shooting, turnovers and crappy calls.

[BisonBacker]

I don't remember seeing a Bison team shoot this poorly.

[ALPHAMALE]

I don't remember seeing a Bison team shoot this poorly.

Imagine how Wisconsin felt last year!

[99Bison]

Someone needs to remind Miles that "you play bb you don'r work bb." They guys are way too tentitive on offense trying to do what they are told... grrr.

[extremerouge]

smith is havin a good hard nosed game

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

we are playing vs 6, 7, 8 players in white. (and black)

im done with this game if it gets to 10

[NDSUstudent]

Big Three by Woodside but Tollackson is killing us in the paint.

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

NEED A STEAL, ZERO F#&$&ING STEALS

[coloradobison]

NEED A STEAL, *ZERO F#&$&ING STEALS
Need to make some shots!

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

minn up by 11

see you all later, this fR$#$KIN SUCKS.

[silkamilkamonico]

Dam. This is frustrating. The guys are playing hard, but we just can't match up with their athleticism..

It really goes to show the difference in athleticism between the majors and mid majors, and this game is a clear cut example of it.

[extremerouge]

hey man there's all sorts of time left!

[Jdubs21]

they are not playing bison bball

[BisonBacker]

Games can turn around in a hurry with the 3's, not giving up on the guys but they need to start draining their shots, and stop passing up on the easy open shots.

[99Bison]

Nice to see woody trying to do something a little bit creative, like shooting the ball... Maybe someone else will pick up on it and say screw the "plan" that we haven't changed.

[Jdubs21]

i might just have to watch monday night football...damn i was hopin we would play better than this

[99Bison]

Dam. This is frustrating. The guys are playing hard, but we just can't match up with their athleticism..

It really goes to show the difference in athleticism between the majors and mid majors, and this game is a clear cut example of it.


What... come on this is a joke statement.

[BisonBacker]

The guys just don't have it in sync tonight :(

[Jdubs21]

they need to slow it down and take control of the tempo.....we are playing right into their hands

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

one last thing, good job bisonville posters

33 people on gopherhole.com

56 people on bisonville.com

im OUT! *still a bison fan, just not the rest of this game.


ndsu didnt run a fast break all nite. depressing

[Jdubs21]

we arent shootin for shit either >:(

[Jdubs21]

i dont know why we have so damn many traveling calls...a couple of them were not travels

[BisonBacker]

Outside of Andre and he's even having lots of trouble I would have to agree with Silk's statement about not being able to handle the big guys. Were not doing it tonight.

[Jdubs21]

to look on the bright side....for as horrible as we are playing we are still in this game....we jsut need to slow down and quit taking dumb shots cuz they arent exactly scoring at will either

[BisonBacker]

Dam guys are passing up open shots? I don't get it. Quit dribbling the god dam ball and shoot the dam thing.

[99Bison]

If there is a post player who cannot score man-man given the ball on the block there is something wrong. I don't care if they play for nw woods tech or MN. Terrible defensive plan and adjustments on that in the second half. Play zone if you can't figure out to just front him a bit.

[silkamilkamonico]

Dam. *This is frustrating. *The guys are playing hard, but we just can't match up with their athleticism..

It really goes to show the difference in athleticism between the majors and mid majors, and this game is a clear cut example of it.


What... come on this is a joke statement.


Not as much as a comment simply stating "Bison are not playing Bison ball".

Geez, I wonder why? Minny-HaHa just might have something to do with that.

[BisonBacker]

The guys don't look real confident. The only ones playing are Andre and Woody.

[Jdubs21]

no u gotta make the defense move...get them tired will make score muc easier

[99Bison]

Dam guys are passing up open shots? I don't get it. Quit dribbling the god dam ball and shoot the dam thing.


yeah play ball.

[Jdubs21]

yeah winkleman has been silent...i understand we are under sized but for god sake we were like david and goliath in wisconsin and handled them jsut fine

[Jdubs21]

what do ya think we are shooting? 20%?

[NDSUstudent]

We are forcing things too much on offense, Smith may have a good chunk of our points but he is taking some bad shots. As for the Majors vs Mid-Majors, if the Mid-Majors can't make shots the athletes will always win.

[BisBison]

what do ya think we are shooting? 20%?

Winklman and Woodside combine for 2 for 14 shooting :-[ :-[ thank God for Andre

[BisonBacker]

Dam. *This is frustrating. *The guys are playing hard, but we just can't match up with their athleticism..

It really goes to show the difference in athleticism between the majors and mid majors, and this game is a clear cut example of it.


What... come on this is a joke statement.


Not as much as a comment simply stating "Bison are not playing Bison ball". *

Geez, I wonder why? *Minny-HaHa just might have something to do with that.
Minnesota isn't stopping us were stopping ourselves, bad shot selection, turnovers, poor shooting in general. I'm not that impressed with this Minnesota team but I am disappointed with our play except Andre's. He's having a good game.

[extremerouge]

what do ya think we are shooting? 20%?

29%

[Jdubs21]

screw this...i am turning it off...cant take this shit no more

[BisonBacker]

what do ya think we are shooting? 20%?

Winklman and Woodside combine for 2 for 14 shooting :-[ :-[ thank God for Andre

With shooting like that it doesn't matter who the competition is your not going to win many games :(

[Jdubs21]

we deff. aint ready for texas tech if this is what we can expect on the road again this year

[BisonBacker]

Every team has their off nights hopefully this is ours.

[99Bison]

Dam. This is frustrating. The guys are playing hard, but we just can't match up with their athleticism..

It really goes to show the difference in athleticism between the majors and mid majors, and this game is a clear cut example of it.


What... come on this is a joke statement.


Not as much as a comment simply stating "Bison are not playing Bison ball".

Geez, I wonder why? Minny-HaHa just might have something to do with that.

MN Athletism is doing what exactly? Posting a big slow guy under the basket that we let catch the ball at will?

Us dribbling around the perimiter constantly... wow athletic there.

[BisonBacker]

That was a horseshit call. Thes refs do suck.

[silkamilkamonico]

Minnesota isn't stopping us were stopping ourselves, bad shot selection, turnovers, poor shooting in general. I'm not that impressed with this Minnesota team but I am disappointed with our play except Andre's. He's having a good game.




I agree, however I do think Minnesota is forcing the Bison to play like this to some degree.

Extremely disappointed with Woodside. Other than a couple three's he has been absolutely non existent in this game. I'm vertainly going to be taking his name off CBS' top 100 -players or whatever.

He clearly isn't doing anything to help get his team going this game.

[BisonBacker]

Well this game is over, the wrong guys are taking 3's and they can't hit on the inside.

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

OK Im back.

one of the WORST MINNESOTA BBALL TEAMS IN HISTORY

and we cant freaking even fast break on them?? put pressure on them once god dammit?

how bout shooting a freakin 3 pointer or 172384 of them

this is a freakin disgrace.

Ndsu should be outplaying this PATHETIC!! GOPHER TEAM!


its a freakin joke, the 2006-2007 gopher team will be 1-15 in big ten, mark my words.


sorry tim, your team had ZERO fire and moxie tonite

[broke_back_mnt]

the Gophers are good. *We are weak in the middle. *This is a thrashing. *Even with decent shooting I dont think we would win.

I think the Gophers will be a factor in the Big 10

[silkamilkamonico]

Dam. *This is frustrating. *The guys are playing hard, but we just can't match up with their athleticism..

It really goes to show the difference in athleticism between the majors and mid majors, and this game is a clear cut example of it.


What... come on this is a joke statement.


Not as much as a comment simply stating "Bison are not playing Bison ball". *

Geez, I wonder why? *Minny-HaHa just might have something to do with that.

MN Athletism is doing what exactly? Posting a big slow guy under the basket that we let catch the ball at will?

Us dribbling around the perimiter constantly... wow athletic there.



We aren't getting any open shots, and we're getting constant pressure on the ball at all times. The lines are closing in a hurry and everything we're trying on offense is getting contested.

If Minny isn't doing that to us, then that's our approach to the game. And if that's the case, I feel sorry for Mid Con allowing a lazy unmotivated uncompetitive team into it's league.

[BisonBacker]

Woody drives to the inside, gives off to a open guy who then throws it back out to Andre for an outside shot. I don't get it. An open guy down in close has to take that shot, instead he tries to juke a guy then is covered so throws it out to Andre. Christ these guys look like they are afraid to shoot the ball. They don't look like the team that I saw play last year and these are basically the same guys. :( :( :(

[silkamilkamonico]

OK Im back.

one of the WORST MINNESOTA BBALL TEAMS IN HISTORY



Wow. You just can't help but trash NDSU even more with your demeaning comments of the Gophers.


Are a closet UND fan that signed up just to check out the game thread, considering you only have about 15 posts or whatever.

[Wacker_in_the_Hall]

Minnesota isn't stopping us were stopping ourselves, bad shot selection, turnovers, poor shooting in general. *I'm not that impressed with this Minnesota team but I am disappointed with our play except Andre's. *He's having a good game.




I agree, however I do think Minnesota is forcing the Bison to play like this to some degree.

Extremely disappointed with Woodside. *Other than a couple three's he has been absolutely non existent in this game. *I'm vertainly going to be taking his name off CBS' top 100 -players or whatever. *

He clearly isn't doing anything to help get his team going this game.


Silk I agree with your comments------They are bothering us with their athleticism--and size. We are not shooting well--I suspect that may be in part to their D

We can play better and will-----But we are NOT ready to play Big Ten teams on a nightly basis

[BisonBacker]

the Gophers are good. *We are weak in the middle. *This is a thrashing. *Even with decent shooting I dont think we would win.

I think the Gophers will be a factor in the Big 10
Completely disagree but we will see.

[extremerouge]

Minnesota isn't stopping us were stopping ourselves, bad shot selection, turnovers, poor shooting in general. *I'm not that impressed with this Minnesota team but I am disappointed with our play except Andre's. *He's having a good game.




I agree, however I do think Minnesota is forcing the Bison to play like this to some degree.

Extremely disappointed with Woodside. *Other than a couple three's he has been absolutely non existent in this game. *I'm vertainly going to be taking his name off CBS' top 100 -players or whatever. *

He clearly isn't doing anything to help get his team going this game.


Silk I agree with your comments------They are bothering us with their athleticism--and size. We are not shooting well--I suspect that may be in part to their D

We can play better and will-----But we are NOT ready to play Big Ten teams on a nightly basis

hopefully we have a good week of practice or friday wont be very fun for the Bison...

[BisonBacker]

Minnesota isn't stopping us were stopping ourselves, bad shot selection, turnovers, poor shooting in general. *I'm not that impressed with this Minnesota team but I am disappointed with our play except Andre's. *He's having a good game.




I agree, however I do think Minnesota is forcing the Bison to play like this to some degree.

Extremely disappointed with Woodside. *Other than a couple three's he has been absolutely non existent in this game. *I'm vertainly going to be taking his name off CBS' top 100 -players or whatever. *

He clearly isn't doing anything to help get his team going this game.


Silk I agree with your comments------They are bothering us with their athleticism--and size. We are not shooting well--I suspect that may be in part to their D

We can play better and will-----But we are NOT ready to play Big Ten teams on a nightly basis

We wouldn't win one game in the Big Ten playing like this.

[Uminn_is_my_rival]

SILK!!

HELL FREAKIN NO!! that shcool is the armpit of the world, screw them

i hate the freakin gophers, monson and mason and i want them fired and I wish to hell the bison wouldve beat them.



JBB- minn a factor in the big ten? are you smokin crack right now? this minn team is freakin horrible, i cant believe ndsu didnt win.

im so pisssssssssssssssssssssed.

[BisonBacker]

We need a BIG MAN in the middle to help out Andre.

[silkamilkamonico]

Wow, the Gophers do not have any seniors on their team.

I hate to say it, but I hope we don't play this team next year.

:-[

[99Bison]

Dam. This is frustrating. The guys are playing hard, but we just can't match up with their athleticism..

It really goes to show the difference in athleticism between the majors and mid majors, and this game is a clear cut example of it.


What... come on this is a joke statement.


Not as much as a comment simply stating "Bison are not playing Bison ball".

Geez, I wonder why? Minny-HaHa just might have something to do with that.

MN Athletism is doing what exactly? Posting a big slow guy under the basket that we let catch the ball at will?

Us dribbling around the perimiter constantly... wow athletic there.



We aren't getting any open shots, and we're getting constant pressure on the ball at all times. The lines are closing in a hurry and everything we're trying on offense is getting contested.

If Minny isn't doing that to us, then that's our approach to the game. And if that's the case, I feel sorry for Mid Con allowing a lazy unmotivated uncompetitive team into it's league.

Yes right! The main problem is that it's the coaches game plan for this game... and being the good midwesterners we are, we follow it through no matter what. Then the coaches didn't make adjustments when it didn't work... and unfortunately noone rebelled...

[BisonBacker]

SILK!!

HELL FREAKIN NO!! that shcool is the armpit of the world, screw them

i hate the freakin gophers, monson and mason and i want them fired and I wish to hell the bison wouldve beat them.



JBB- minn a factor in the big ten? are you smokin crack right now? this minn team is freakin horrible, i cant believe ndsu didnt win.

im so pisssssssssssssssssssssed.

I think Lakes has a new FREAKIN user id ;D ;D ;D ;D

[silkamilkamonico]

SILK!!

HELL FREAKIN NO!! that shcool is the armpit of the world, screw them

i hate the freakin gophers, monson and mason and i want them fired and I wish to hell the bison wouldve beat them.



JBB- minn a factor in the big ten? are you smokin crack right now? this minn team is freakin horrible, i cant believe ndsu didnt win.

im so pisssssssssssssssssssssed.

Why did you change your name again Lakes?

[extremerouge]

Minnesota isn't stopping us were stopping ourselves, bad shot selection, turnovers, poor shooting in general. *I'm not that impressed with this Minnesota team but I am disappointed with our play except Andre's. *He's having a good game.




I agree, however I do think Minnesota is forcing the Bison to play like this to some degree.

Extremely disappointed with Woodside. *Other than a couple three's he has been absolutely non existent in this game. *I'm vertainly going to be taking his name off CBS' top 100 -players or whatever. *

He clearly isn't doing anything to help get his team going this game.


Silk I agree with your comments------They are bothering us with their athleticism--and size. We are not shooting well--I suspect that may be in part to their D

We can play better and will-----But we are NOT ready to play Big Ten teams on a nightly basis

We wouldn't win one game in the Big Ten playing like this. *

we might stand a chance against northwestern....maybe....

[Wacker_in_the_Hall]

SILK!!

HELL FREAKIN NO!! that shcool is the armpit of the world, screw them

i hate the freakin gophers, monson and mason and i want them fired and I wish to hell the bison wouldve beat them.



JBB- minn a factor in the big ten? are you smokin crack right now? this minn team is freakin horrible, i cant believe ndsu didnt win.

im so pisssssssssssssssssssssed.

Why did you change your name again Lakes?





+++++++++++++++++

[99Bison]

the Gophers are good. We are weak in the middle. This is a thrashing. Even with decent shooting I dont think we would win.

I think the Gophers will be a factor in the Big 10
Completely disagree but we will see.


Gophers are not good. We will see how the season plays out for them. Sad to see Bison come in and lay goose egg. If you haven't figured out from the rest of my posts, I squarely place this on the coaching staff.

[broke_back_mnt]

I hate the way they interview Monson and he doesnt even mention the BISON.

These guys are good. *We hit a string of bad luck. *Nothing matters after the first five minutes of the second half. *Obviously we took them lightly. *We thought that we could win because Winona did. *We couldnt beat these guys half the time.

Big 10! lol. *We wouldnt even figure in.

1-1 aint bad. *If we had the Mid Con this year it would be a lot of fun, because we would have the conference games to play. *Right now this is one of our big games. *Too bad it turned out so poorly, but it has as much to do with the Gophers as it does with us.

After all, Dutcher says we play well together and we are well coached! *lol Thanks Mr. Dutcher!

[99Bison]

Wow, the Gophers do not have any seniors on their team.

I hate to say it, but I hope we don't play this team next year.

:-[


I hope we do.

[BisonBacker]

the Gophers are good. *We are weak in the middle. *This is a thrashing. *Even with decent shooting I dont think we would win.

I think the Gophers will be a factor in the Big 10
Completely disagree but we will see.


Gophers are not good. We will see how the season plays out for them. Sad to see Bison come in and lay goose egg. If you haven't figured out from the rest of my posts, I squarely place this on the coaching staff.
THat is part of it but the coaching staff are not the ones who missed all those shots. We came out cold and no coaching staff can do anything about that. They can get the guys to take better shots to improve the percentages but when you have guys throwing up Bricks that is on the players. On the other hand I hope the coaches correct this problem about the guys passing on open shots.

[Wacker_in_the_Hall]

the Gophers are good. *We are weak in the middle. *This is a thrashing. *Even with decent shooting I dont think we would win.

I think the Gophers will be a factor in the Big 10
Completely disagree but we will see.


Gophers are not good. We will see how the season plays out for them. Sad to see Bison come in and lay goose egg. If you haven't figured out from the rest of my posts, I squarely place this on the coaching staff.



If Gophers are not good what does that say about us???? [smiley=embarassed.gif]

[silkamilkamonico]

I do think this is a good reality check for the players and staff.

Obviously we aren't where we want to be, and this is a good oppurtunity for all the coaches and players to take a good look at themselves and figure out what they need to do to get better.

Sometimes the best thing for a good young team that has alot going for them is to get knocked down on their azz.

Back to the drawing board tomarrow guys, and if this doesn't motivate them to work harder, then there are some serious problems on the team.

Go Bison!

[BisonBacker]

the Gophers are good. *We are weak in the middle. *This is a thrashing. *Even with decent shooting I dont think we would win.

I think the Gophers will be a factor in the Big 10
Completely disagree but we will see.


Gophers are not good. We will see how the season plays out for them. Sad to see Bison come in and lay goose egg. If you haven't figured out from the rest of my posts, I squarely place this on the coaching staff.



If Gophers are not good what does that say about us???? [smiley=embarassed.gif]

That on this night when the goofers were not that good we were even worse that's what is says. This is only one game and Tim will work on it. The guys are better then they showed tonight, I'm not getting down on them for one game.

[99Bison]

the Gophers are good. We are weak in the middle. This is a thrashing. Even with decent shooting I dont think we would win.

I think the Gophers will be a factor in the Big 10
Completely disagree but we will see.


Gophers are not good. We will see how the season plays out for them. Sad to see Bison come in and lay goose egg. If you haven't figured out from the rest of my posts, I squarely place this on the coaching staff.
THat is part of it but the coaching staff are not the ones who missed all those shots. We came out cold and no coaching staff can do anything about that. They can get the guys to take better shots to improve the percentages but when you have guys throwing up Bricks that is on the players. On the other hand I hope the coaches correct this problem about the guys passing on open shots.


Sure, however it severly appeared that the shots we were talking were out of the "game plan" hence we seemed nervous taking them... I know the feeling and dislike it.

[99Bison]

the Gophers are good. We are weak in the middle. This is a thrashing. Even with decent shooting I dont think we would win.

I think the Gophers will be a factor in the Big 10
Completely disagree but we will see.


Gophers are not good. We will see how the season plays out for them. Sad to see Bison come in and lay goose egg. If you haven't figured out from the rest of my posts, I squarely place this on the coaching staff.



If Gophers are not good what does that say about us???? [smiley=embarassed.gif]

That on this night when the goofers were not that good we were even worse that's what is says. This is only one game and Tim will work on it. The guys are better then they showed tonight, I'm not getting down on them for one game.


Bingo Backer!!

Sounds like some kind of online time wasting game :-/

[NDSUstudent]

I do think this is a good reality check for the players and staff.

Obviously we aren't where we want to be, and this is a good oppurtunity for all the coaches and players to take a good look at themselves and figure out what they need to do to get better.

Sometimes the best thing for a good young team that has alot going for them is to get knocked down on their azz.

Back to the drawing board tomarrow guys, and if this doesn't motivate them to work harder, then there are some serious problems on the team.

Go Bison!

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This was just one game, I know everyone wanted this one but last time I checked a basketball season is a lot longer then just one game. Hopefully we can regroup and put in a strong effort against Texas Tech.

[99Bison]

I do think this is a good reality check for the players and staff.

Obviously we aren't where we want to be, and this is a good oppurtunity for all the coaches and players to take a good look at themselves and figure out what they need to do to get better.

Sometimes the best thing for a good young team that has alot going for them is to get knocked down on their azz.

Back to the drawing board tomarrow guys, and if this doesn't motivate them to work harder, then there are some serious problems on the team.

Go Bison!


True.

Go Bison!

[BisBison]

the Gophers are good. *We are weak in the middle. *This is a thrashing. *Even with decent shooting I dont think we would win.

I think the Gophers will be a factor in the Big 10
Completely disagree but we will see.


Gophers are not good. We will see how the season plays out for them. Sad to see Bison come in and lay goose egg. If you haven't figured out from the rest of my posts, I squarely place this on the coaching staff.



If Gophers are not good what does that say about us???? [smiley=embarassed.gif]

Even if they aren't that good they made us look positively like crap. We were so out of our game we couldn't even talk ourselves into taking a 6-8 foot jump shot. I've never seen such tenative play out of our guys. Better make some adjustments b-4 Friday, or it'll even be uglier. :( :-/

[BisonBacker]

the Gophers are good. *We are weak in the middle. *This is a thrashing. *Even with decent shooting I dont think we would win.

I think the Gophers will be a factor in the Big 10
Completely disagree but we will see.


Gophers are not good. We will see how the season plays out for them. Sad to see Bison come in and lay goose egg. If you haven't figured out from the rest of my posts, I squarely place this on the coaching staff.
THat is part of it but the coaching staff are not the ones who missed all those shots. * We came out cold and no coaching staff can do anything about that. *They can get the guys to take better shots to improve the percentages but when you have guys throwing up Bricks that is on the players. *On the other hand I hope the coaches correct this problem about the guys passing on open shots.


Sure, however it severly appeared that the shots we were talking were out of the "game plan" hence we seemed nervous taking them... I know the feeling and dislike it.

I wouldn't say that. At the beginning of the game our guys were missing shots they normally make. Anytime you start missing a lot of shots then players are going to start thinking too much and I think that is why they started passing up on the open shots. When your missing you just have to keep trying or get the ball to the guy who is hot. In this case that was Andre and the gophers knew that so they keyed in on him. As soon as he got the ball he was doubled up and had a tough time and still made many shots. But the other players have to help him out, you can't just expect one guy do all the scoring.

[BisonBacker]

I agree with Silk's assesment about this being a early wake up call. IF we come out flat on Friday then I will really be wondering what's going on.

[broke_back_mnt]

They are good. No not smoking crack. ;D Drinking chilies and gin, smoking dynamite! ;D Old areosmith lyric but hell no Im not smoking crack but Im not about to run down a team that just ran us out of town either. Ill take the pounding and look forward to the next one. These are good teams we have scheduled. We got a big game this weekend. This one is gone! lol. Settle down BISON fans you win some and you lose some. 8-)

[99Bison]

I wouldn't say that. At the beginning of the game our guys were missing shots they normally make. Anytime you start missing a lot of shots then players are going to start thinking too much and I think that is why they started passing up on the open shots. When your missing you just have to keep trying or get the ball to the guy who is hot. In this case that was Andre and the gophers knew that so they keyed in on him. As soon as he got the ball he was doubled up and had a tough time and still made many shots. But the other players have to help him out, you can't just expect one guy do all the scoring.

Yes and no, you have to keep shooting. You can't force it to one guy unless he is a perimeter player coming off good screen plays or can create his own shots.

I wouldn't say Andre was hot on offense. More like he was getting pounded in there endlessly.

[Buff01]

The sad part is that if we were going to beat the gophers this should have been the year but they look like they have assembled some pretty decent athletes and could look pretty good in a couple of months. They handed it to us - let's give them credit as they outplayed us in all phases of tonights game.

Now football..................that was a different story! :)

[BisonBacker]

I'm outta here for now, don't let this one form your opinion of this Bison Team. They are a good group of guys and will come out better on Friday, I'd bet on it.

[semobison]

Some nights the ball doesnt go in. We will have better nights but dont kid yourself, we are not a Big 10 caliber team.

[NDSUstudent]

It's funny last year I was happy and content with a 13 point loss but this year I am a bit pissed after losing by 14. It's too early to get totally pissed off because its just one game in a long season and I don't think NDSU is as bad as they showed tonight. We came out a bit tight and forced things on offense and played solid D but if you can't score it gets harder and harder to play the same high level of defense all game as was very clear tonight.

[Flintstone]

Winkleman and Woodside were no where to be found tonight. I think the two charging calls early on made everybody a little tenative. Nobody would take the ball to the hole any more. Andre had a good game, I was hoping he would have gotten a little stronger from last year but it doesn't look like it. He would be totally unstoppable if he had 15lbs more muscle on him.

If we play like this on Friday, we will loose by 30. Hopefully we can step it up and play some more aggressive ball.

[BisonMav]

Monson did a better job coaching against the Bison this year. Tollackson was the key, and the Bison had nothing to counter. Last year Tollackson sat early and often. Just too much size, wore the Bison down.

[kchats]

Bison had alot of people talking like they should win the game this year. Minnesota losing to Winona State was the worst thing to happen to the Bison. Gophers got pissed and embarrassed while the Bison played well in Idaho. Bison hear the talk of they should win the game and the pressure mounts. They played like they had the weight of the world on their shoulders tonight. I haven't seen many Bison games live but from what I hear on the Bison Zone broadcasts they move alot more and pass alot more than they did tonight. They didn't look quick they looked a bit tired and shots don't fall when you are tired and don't get your legs into the shot. They didn't play many off the bench and Minnesota played almost eveyone. Depth was definitely in Minnesota's favor tonight. The guys didn't look like they were having fun either, I didn't see many smiles. I hope the expectations are more in line for the game in Texas Tech and NDSU can go in with nothing to lose again. Bison need to have fun playing the game and not worry about what people are talking about. Play them one game at a time and play them all to win.

[bisonranch]

The allure of playing in Williams arena must have got to the team tonight. They had the deer in the headlights look when shooting especially. One game at a time though, there's still a few Big 12 teams out there...

[SDbison]

Winkleman and Woodside were no where to be found tonight. *I think the two charging calls early on made everybody a little tenative. *Nobody would take the ball to the hole any more. *Andre had a good game, I was hoping he would have gotten a little stronger from last year but it doesn't look like it. *He would be totally unstoppable if he had 15lbs more muscle on him.

If we play like this on Friday, we will loose by 30. *Hopefully we can step it up and play some more aggressive ball.
I couldn't agree more about the early charging calls. What I don't understand is how they were called charging (does the Big Ten have a different version of the rule book)? The Minnesota defenders threw themselves in front of the Bison player and had not a fraction of a second of establishing position. When the refs called that crap and let the Goofers hang on the Bison while driving the lane it changes things big time. Yes the Goofs were more athletic, but that does not make a team. The Bison played like a fractured team tonight, shot terrible and were out of sync for the entire game. They tried to hang on with defense but were overcome. The Bison offense never showed up.

[WYOBISONMAN]

All I can say is the Bison looked terrible tonight. We came out flat, MN came out flat. MN caught fire and we stayed flat.

[NDSUstudent]

Tim Miles thoughts on the game

“I thought we set basketball back 15 years in the first 15 minutes of the game and I don’t know if it got any better after that. I credit Minnesota and I blame Winona. I thought Minnesota came out and really flew around and got us hurried up. We were really quick in terms of our decisions. We had 10 turnovers in the first 10 minutes and that is not the pace you want to be on. I guess with that, in the second half we let McKenize get away from us a little bit by hitting the threes. We couldn’t slice into that six, seven point lead. Then the threes came. From a coaches perspective it was just fun to see someone make a shot. It was such an ugly basketball game and I don’t mean that the wrong way, it just was. I thought Minnesota did a great job defensively getting out and getting us hurried up.”

[jzillmer]

Winkleman and Woodside were no where to be found tonight. *I think the two charging calls early on made everybody a little tenative. *Nobody would take the ball to the hole any more. *Andre had a good game, I was hoping he would have gotten a little stronger from last year but it doesn't look like it. *He would be totally unstoppable if he had 15lbs more muscle on him.

If we play like this on Friday, we will loose by 30. *Hopefully we can step it up and play some more aggressive ball.
I couldn't agree more about the early charging calls. *What I don't understand is how they were called charging (does the Big Ten have a different version of the rule book)? *The Minnesota defenders threw themselves in front of the Bison player and had not a fraction of a second of establishing position. *When the refs called that crap and let the Goofers hang on the Bison while driving the lane it changes things big time. *Yes the Goofs were more athletic, but that does not make a team. *The Bison played like a fractured team tonight, shot terrible and were out of sync for the entire game. *They tried to hang on with defense but were overcome. *The Bison offense never showed up. *

This loss just doesn't sit well with me at all because after watching itgame, and knowing what we are capable of, we would have won this game by 20+ had we only brought our B game.

As far as the charging calls goes, I was sitting on what our baseline in the 1st half. The two calls weren't charging they were "player control fouls" for pushing off with the forearm. Woodsides was probably legit although picky, but the 2nd call, on Winkelman or Nelson I don't remember which, was blatent and the correct call. If I would have anything to complain about as far as the officiating of the game it would have to be what appeared to be the fact that they forgot that we are allowed to have a pivot foot the few times were were able to get inside in the 1st half.

What disapointed me the most about this game was that two minutes in I turned to the guy next to me and said we were just going through the motions and that never changed throughout the game. I was happy at the half that were were only down 5 after playing what I thought was the worst we could possibly play all around, but I guess I was wrong. We had no inside presence on either end of the floor. The gophers got the ball within 2 feet of the hoop anytime they wanted while we were lucky to get with in 15. Then when we did get the ball inside we only went strong to the hoop about 3 times all night everything else was either a fade away or leaner. We spent the entire 2nd half running our offense 23 feet from the basket and settling for jumpers.

The 29% from the field I guess I can deal with because sometimes the ball just doesn't go in the hole, but what I just can't deal with is the way we rebounded. It seemed as though everytime the ball went up everyone, with the exception of Moormann a few times, was just turning and looking for the ball instead of putting a body on someone and boxing out. I know I counted more than once that there were 4 white shirts fighting for an offensive board when we were nowhere to be found, and there is no excuse for that.

All in all the encouraging part is that everything that happened tonight is correctable, and if anyone will get the job done it's coach Miles. The rebounding we proved last year we can get done, our inside game is there we just need to execute, and that will open up things more on the outside, and that will help the shooting %. The gophers punched us in the mouth early tonight, and honestly we looked like we thought we were going to win by just showing up and then when they came at us we didn't know what to do. That is something I don't expect to see again this year because while our program is good we aren't a program that is able to do that which was proven tonight.

Now we have more important things to deal with like Bobby Night, Texas Tech, and figureing out where on the espn site you purchase single game webcasts by Friday.

[99Bison]

Tim Miles thoughts on the game

“I thought we set basketball back 15 years in the first 15 minutes of the game and I don’t know if it got any better after that. I credit Minnesota and I blame Winona. I thought Minnesota came out and really flew around and got us hurried up. We were really quick in terms of our decisions. We had 10 turnovers in the first 10 minutes and that is not the pace you want to be on. I guess with that, in the second half we let McKenize get away from us a little bit by hitting the threes. We couldn’t slice into that six, seven point lead. Then the threes came. From a coaches perspective it was just fun to see someone make a shot. It was such an ugly basketball game and I don’t mean that the wrong way, it just was. I thought Minnesota did a great job defensively getting out and getting us hurried up.”


I seriously don't like some of these thoughts... "getting us hurried up," what exactly is that. It seems to be what he wants to see (ie. what he was afraid of) instead of what actually happened. We surely didn't looked hurried up out there, we were tentative and indecisive. Makes sense on some of the decisions we made through the game on coaching though. Maybe it's just wording symantics but doesn't seem like what I was watching.

From a player perspective this is a good lesson in playing the game.

From a coaching perspective it is freightening as to what game was being scene here. Hopefully after looking at tape they can figure it out.

[lakesbison]

That game was such a joke that i actually puked in the parkin lot at sallys afterwards.

what da FIZZZZ UCK... was that??

NDSU was flatter than KATE MOSS TONITE!!

I don't get it ,,, there was bison fans there... hell we even started the "LETS GO BISON " chant before tipoff.. you could hear it clearly until the JACK ASS band from minnesota started playing over it!!!



I was soooo freakin jacked up for this game, about 20 of us were at sally's partying beforehand and everyone wanted to talk about NDSU and our football game and bball team... it was TONS of respect!!!!!!!!

then we go out and lay a FREAKIN EGG!!


Referee's were plain horrid.... in 1st half i counted 4-5 fouls that never shouldve been called , ndsu just stood there with hands up!!!!

we shouldve ran away with that game in first 10 minutes instead we shoot 23% or whatever, and then NO 3 point shooting.. No fast breaks, No steals or pressure until last 2 minutes.

Im sooooooooooooooooo disgusted!!!!

My bubble was burst big time tonite..... thank god im going to SDSU football game sat to get rid of this taste in my mouth!!

Miles... you wanted to stay here instead of carolina... time to start rolling up the sleeves and earn it!!!

[Gully]

That was hard to watch. Their defense was great, but even so we missed many open shots.

I couldn't understand why they didn't try to double 50 or go to a zone after he started abusing us early in the 2nd half? I know this can lead to open looks for 3 but you have to try to mix it up don't you?

I thought it was interesting how our guys get offensive fouls for touching the Gophers with their arm (and then having the Gophers flop) but down low their guys just bulled their way to the basket and then went over the back if they missed....with no fouls called.

We wouldn't have won anyway but it's hard to get into a rythm with all those offensive fouls and travels (some of which weren't real anyway). If our post players used a pivot foot, they called traveling????

Frustrating, oh well, the Gohpers certainly came to play and we hung with them for a half.

[WYOBISONMAN]

I just hope the Texas Tech game has more energy........

[tcbison]

That was hard to watch. *Their defense was great, but even so we missed many open shots. *

I couldn't understand why they didn't try to double 50 or go to a zone after he started abusing us early in the 2nd half? *I know this can lead to open looks for 3 but you have to try to mix it up don't you?

I thought it was interesting how our guys get offensive fouls for touching the Gophers with their arm (and then having the Gophers flop) but down low their guys just bulled their way to the basket and then went over the back if they missed....with no fouls called.

We wouldn't have won anyway but it's hard to get into a rythm with all those offensive fouls and travels (some of which weren't real anyway). *If our post players used a pivot foot, they called traveling????

Frustrating, oh well, the Gohpers certainly came to play and we hung with them for a half.


This pretty much sums it up. The game was really boring and slow. All the timeouts, turnovers, subsitutions, fouls, really slowed the game. I thought NDSU had a great chance early in the game to take the lead when the Gophers took out the starting 5 and replaced them.

[RedRiver]

My concern is the lack of bench depth and scoring.

[IABZN]

I felt like I was watch a bad high school girls game! Run up the court, foul, run down the court foul!!! The Gophers Defense was sticky on the parimeter, and much quicker. It does get hard to have an answer, as a coach, when nobody can hit a shot. I agree with alot of the above, espically the lack of scoring off the bench. However lakes, it is one loss in a long season for a young team. Miles is a great coach who in my mind is putting some respect in Bison mens basketball. When fans like you start smacking miles, he will leave for bigger and better things :-X. I think the reason he would stay is the support from the fans. I, myself was proud to have an opportunity to sit with my family and watch the game on tv. Not something us bison get to do very often.

My 7 year old son asked me why the commentators kept sayin Bison wrong ;)

[westriverbison]

I think their jocks were to tight. It's hard to play loose when you are playing in the arena you grew up dreaming about playing in against the team you grew up playing for. Maybe the next time we play the Gophers the players need to go commando. ;)

[Trimmy]

Like many have said, Tolleckson was the turning point. Why didn't we start fronting him, denying the ball, and getting weak side help, or something? They just kept going to him, over and over and over and over...

The bright spot for me was Nelson. He was the only guy who could penetrate the entire game. Took it to the hoop or set up jump shots. He had some real hard fought hoops. Played his rear-end off too.

[silkamilkamonico]

Does anyone here know why Lorenzo Riley didn't play?

[jzillmer]

I think their jocks were to tight. It's hard to play loose when you are playing in the arena you grew up dreaming about playing in against the team you grew up playing for. Maybe the next time we play the Gophers the players need to go commando. ;)

Someone else mentioned this earlier, but this year I just don't buy it. If that was the case they should've had it out of their system after last year. This wasn't our 1st trip to the barn.

[TheDoctor]

Does anyone here know why Lorenzo Riley didn't play?

I was asking myself that last night, considering Lunde even played. How about Nelson getting thrown out of the arena by the back of his jersey and nothing called? Minnesota went on a fast break after that, missed a shot and Nelson was just getting back on the court. He was literally thrown off the court and into one of the tunnels. Absolutely terrible. :-[

[lakesbison]

IABIZON---

I just got back.. got a KILLER headache..

Im not MAD at Miles...but i am disappointed in how this team performed and operated in that first 10-14 minutes.

I put that on Miles and team leaders... there was no MOXIE. no FIGHT!!

as an underdog and smaller, less athletic team, you absolutely NEED that!!!


i had a HORRIBLE sports weekend, was at st johns football lost, at gophers husky hockey TIED, at vikes green bay LOST at Williams for bison.. LOST

<< i take the blame!!!


last year i did. Bison - Gophs bball, St Johns fball, Wild HOckey and vikes at Lambau 3-1. (bison lost)

[Jdubs21]

yeah was a horrible game for both coaches and players

[MNSnowman]

While a lot of Gopher fans were pretty impressed with the quality of the Bison fans from the football game earlier this fall, LakesBison visited our fan board and showed his true colors.

Lots of smack. Lots of bragging. (see http://p218.ezboard.com/fthehole84398frm8.showMessage?topicID=9011.topic )

But, strangely enough, he never came back after the game to acknowledge that his smack and bragging were a bit over the top given the results. But, LakesBison, a little humility and perspective really is in order. You really should have listened to WyoBisonMan and toned it down. ::)

Anyway, I thought it was interesting that Woodside and Winkelman were held to 6 points apiece after scoring a combined 50 points against Idaho. (Coincidentally, that's all each scored last year as well.)

This Gopher team is very much a work in progress. We got schooled by Winona State and that probably worked to your detriment. The game against NDSU was a nice step along the path to progress.

BTW, good luck against Texas Tech. They're also having a down year, right?

[TheDoctor]

While a lot of Gopher fans were pretty impressed with the quality of the Bison fans from the football game earlier this fall, LakesBison visited our fan board and showed his true colors.

Lots of smack. *Lots of bragging. *(see http://p218.ezboard.com/fthehole84398frm8.showMessage?topicID=9011.topic )

But, strangely enough, he never came back after the game to acknowledge that his smack and bragging were a bit over the top given the results. *But, LakesBison, a little humility and perspective really is in order. *You really should have listened to WyoBisonMan and toned it down. * ::)

Anyway, I thought it was interesting that Woodside and Winkelman were held to 6 points apiece after scoring a combined 50 points against Idaho. *(Coincidentally, that's all each scored last year as well.)

This Gopher team is very much a work in progress. *We got schooled by Winona State and that probably worked to your detriment. *The game against NDSU was a nice step along the path to progress.

BTW, good luck against Texas Tech. *They're also having a down year, right?


Good luck to you guys as well. I would like to personally apologize for Lakes, he's kind of the Black Sheep of the family ;).
I for one was impressed with how you shut us down offensively. I NEVER though that would happen. I can't say I all that impressed with your offense though, considering our defense wasn't really there. Oh well :-?. TT here we come! :D

[99Bison]

Like many have said, Tolleckson was the turning point. Why didn't we start fronting him, denying the ball, and getting weak side help, or something? They just kept going to him, over and over and over and over...

The bright spot for me was Nelson. He was the only guy who could penetrate the entire game. Took it to the hoop or set up jump shots. He had some real hard fought hoops. Played his rear-end off too.


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[lakesbison]

FUNNY that SNOWMAN is quick to get on here and talk smack AFTER his 3-23 Gophers beat a bison team that shot 23% and got intimidated by the BIG TEN REFS in first 10 minutes of the game.

yea... snowman.. come on over.

but I DIDNT see you after the GOPHER FOOTBALL game over here.. DID I?!

FUNNY huh.

melt melt away,, gophers will be 3-23 this year and its a DAM SHAME NDSU LOST!!!!!

[NDSUFREAK10]

lakes, why did you start that?

"We came down and DESTROYED your silly little football team, with a TD called back and blocked FG away from winning 20-10.

Our Bball team will have the backs of the football boys and DESTROY your bball team at the BARN.... AG SCHOOL at the BARN?? are you kidding me? this is a no brainer!

Like IDAHO, you will try and box in 1, triangle defend Ben Woodside and Winkelman will drop 25 on you.

Woody will still get his, and the Barn will be ROCKING!

Im hoping 1500-2000 NDSU fans/alumni make it to the Game!

"LETS GO BISON!!"

NDSU 77 GOPHS 60"

People already think we are majorly cocky.

[TheDoctor]

lakes, why did you start that?

Because he has no common sense. Plain and simple. >:(

[MNSnowman]

Offense has been a struggle for this team. Coleman has been pretty decent and McKenzie (who got 20 vs your team) is streaky. Tollackson only came alive in the second half.

I really like the NDSU-Minnesota competitions -- prefer those kinds of games to the Temples/Kent States we play in NC football or the Long Islands/Central Floridas we play in NC basketball. Given the number of Minnesota HS players on your teams, it's kinda like having a second DI in-state team ::) (It's a much friendlier "rivalry" than Iowa or Wisconsin ... maybe because of all the MN kids, maybe because it's a new "rivalry" ... probably a combination.)

But I was surprised that there weren't more NDSU fans at the game ... was it because it was on a Monday night? When we played Winona, I'd say at least a third of the arena was filled with WSU fans and I think that played a factor in the outcome. I also think the WSU loss played a factor in the relative lack of Gopher fans Monday night ... so we were ripe for the plucking.

Is there any particular reason why there weren't more Bison fans there? We honestly expected more, especially after the football game's attendance.

[TheDoctor]

Offense has been a struggle for this team. *Coleman has been pretty decent and McKenzie (who got 20 vs your team) is streaky. *Tollackson only came alive in the second half.

I really like the NDSU-Minnesota competitions -- prefer those kinds of games to the Temples/Kent States we play in NC football or the Long Islands/Central Floridas we play in NC basketball. *Given the number of Minnesota HS players on your teams, it's kinda like having a second DI in-state team *::) *(It's a much friendlier "rivalry" than Iowa or Wisconsin ... maybe because of all the MN kids, maybe because it's a new "rivalry" ... probably a combination.)

But I was surprised that there weren't more NDSU fans at the game ... was it because it was on a Monday night? *When we played Winona, I'd say at least a third of the arena was filled with WSU fans and I think that played a factor in the outcome. *I also think the WSU loss played a factor in the relative lack of Gopher fans Monday night ... so we were ripe for the plucking. *

Is there any particular reason why there weren't more Bison fans there? *We honestly expected more, especially after the football game's attendance.

Well, #1 we are still trying to sell the city of Fargo on basketball. NDSU football has been the fan favorite and for the most part a successful team forever. Before last year, NDSU Men's basketball has never been successful, even at the D2 level. This coupled with #2 a 4 hour drive for a Monday night game didn't do much for our attendance. With the football game, men women and children made a weekend out of it. I am sure someone else can offer more insight but I would say #1 everyone is not sold on basketball yet and #2 Monday night. We were NEVER the D2 National Champions such as Winona State!

[lakesbison]

MONDAY night was scheduled, because Minnesota was afraid to schedule NDSU on a friday/saturday, because Minnesota knew we'd pack the BARN!! thats' your FINAL ANSWER!!

Im trying to HELP sell Men's BBALL as well.

SNOWMAN!

WELCOME TO THE BISON BOARD!!!!


bison fans... *what I did was called "stirring the pot with a RIVAL!"

after the football game, MINNESOTA IS OUR RIVAL NOW!

Im convinced of that. and besides, ALL OF YOU THOUGHT NDSU was going to destroy Minnesota in bball.. I sure did.

especially when Minnesota will be 3-23, oh wait, they play 4 cupcakes, *make that 7-19.


thanks snowman!! *I respect you as a RIVAL!