Summit Expansion?

[El_Chapo]

I've said it on here before an will say it again. If the expectation and ceiling for NDSU m basketball is to win 2-3 games at the conference tourney every March, I'm all for adding Hockey. It would be fun to have another sport on campus that is capable of making a realistic run in an NCAA tournament. We have football, wrestling, and maybe women's basketball (as proved by the jacks). The softball super regional has proven to be a fluke and competing on a national level is something NDSU should strive at.

Mountain West and AAC Basketball teams got to the Final 4.... and Loyola a few year back FFS. Its achievable.

[HerdBot]

I've said it on here before an will say it again. If the expectation and ceiling for NDSU m basketball is to win 2-3 games at the conference tourney every March, I'm all for adding Hockey. It would be fun to have another sport on campus that is capable of making a realistic run in an NCAA tournament. We have football, and individually wrestling and track, that's it. The softball super regional has proven to be a fluke. Having sports that can compete on a national level is something NDSU should strive for.

Well said. I mean if Winnipiniac (sp) can win a Natty, why couldnt we? Were in a hockey part of the nation

[TAILG8R]

Well said. I mean if Winnipiniac (sp) can win a Natty, why couldnt we? Were in a hockey part of the nation

You would think the same for UND wouldn’t you?


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[HerdBot]

You would think the same for UND wouldn’t you?


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I mean I dont like to compliment them but they have like 8

[heffray]

I mean I dont like to compliment them but they have like 8

When there’s only 60 or less teams, you’ll win a few by accident.

[DePereBisonFan]

Just think what will happen up at UND when NDSU wins its first ncaa hockey national title in 2033. That will be so sweet.

[El_Chapo]

Just think what will happen up at UND when NDSU wins its first ncaa hockey national title in 2033. That will be so sweet.

it's the nichiest of niche sports for f..cks sake.

stop it. don't listen to loud minority. hockey is smaller than small time. freakin Quinnipiac. this is hilarious

[The_Sicatoka]

Instead of trying to elevate a D2 model to D1, ...

The "D2 model" used at Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Boston College, Army, Air Force, Arizona State, Miami, Western Michigan, Bowling Green, Holy Cross, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Maine, St Thomas, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, UMass, Connecticut ... you know ... schools that play at least FCS football and DI hockey.

(I left out the DIs that don't play FCS+, like Denver, Providence, BU, Quinnipiac, Omaha, et al.)

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

The "D2 model" used at Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Boston College, Army, Air Force, Arizona State, Miami, Western Michigan, Bowling Green, Holy Cross, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Maine, St Thomas, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, UMass, Connecticut ... you know ... schools that play at least FCS football and DI hockey.

(I left out the DIs that don't play FCS+, like Denver, Providence, BU, Quinnipiac, Omaha, et al.)

You know what I meant

Look at the new landscape of the portal and NIL in D1 athletics

Look at the demographic trends for higher ed in the upper Midwest, and juxtapose that against the Dakota higher ed models, the MN system, and the collective population of the states

What you guys are throwing around is basically the old D2 gang, at the D1 level, in a time of rapid change that is not in our favor on many fronts

I don’t believe in Bison fatigue, but there is a palpable perception of moving backwards in all this talk

Whether or not that’s something people want appears to be the question

[Professor Chaos]

Hockey is a flippin expensive sport and it doesn't do much to elevate the athletic program being a niche sport with similar national appeal to FCS football. Men's basketball is where there's opportunity to elevate the athletic department and money spent starting a hockey program would be much better spent investing in the men's basketball program.