I think Deng is actually a more well rounded prospect at this point in his career than Tray was. Tray was a high flyer no doubt and a shot blocking machine but Deng is a much better shooter and can get to the rim better than Tray could in his younger years. It wasn't until Tray was a senior that I wouldn't cringe when he went to shoot a 3.
Braun had the most complete game I've seen amongst NDSU players. Not very often you see a 6'7" guy that plays big but can handle the ball like a PG. I loved watching him play. Woodside and LA were both clutch studs at PG
Lack of athleticism on that team that a lot of fans don't recognize. Understandable as that 2009 squad has been (rightfully) romanticized. Absolutely no reason, though, to believe they had any better chance of winning two tournament games than the '13-14 squad. Andre Smith was a big missing cog on that team. Tveidt, Winks and Moorman not much for defense or rim protection.
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Now this is the law of the prairie
As old and as true as the sky
And the Bison that keep it will prosper
And the Bison that break it will die
As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk
This law is the final word:
For the strength of the Herd is the Bison
And the strength of the Bison is the Herd.
True, but they had a scorer's mentality and a killer instinct that the '13-'14 squad lacked. If Woody wanted to put up 35, he could any night against anyone. The same could not be said for Braun. I know this has been discussed but my ultimate All-Bison team would be Woody, LA, Brown, P. Miller and Bjorkland with Winks, Braun, Trey, and Dex coming off the bench. Woody, LA and at times P. Miller have the ability and mentality to take over a game from anywhere on the court. Brown could defend anyone and his senior year he was outstanding creating offense.
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I am so sick of the Bison already. Win this, win that, blah, blah, blah. I'd really, really like to know how they do it. I swear they have to be the luckiest sob's on the planet. Just sick of this bs, just fed up.
Woody's teams played an ungodly easy transition schedule, it was really hard to get a good idea on how good those teams were. They probably hold 2 of the program's most prestigious wins, and after that really didn't have another win against a top 100 team their entire career.
Those games against Minnesota, you could see they couldn't work well against athletes. Brett Winkleman was arguably one of the better mid major players at the time, and would get absoutely destroyed by bigger more athletic players.
I really liked the team that beat Oklahoma. That team could play with a lot of higher athletic teams.
This team I think can be really good but I don't have any confidence in them going against better athletes. They have the sense to me as an NCAA tournament team that is going to get destroyed in the first round regardless of their opponent/seed.