12/4 vs Missouri State

[roadwarrior]

I can hear Jeff Culhane on the TV broadcast. Is that common?

They sit next to each other on press row.

[Bison03]

Anytime a team is losing, it get's frustrating. And there are some things with this team that look concerning. But everyone also needs to keep some perspective. For a mid-major, the goal of the non-conference season is to prepare for the conference season. That means playing a challenging schedule, which NDSU has done so far. The combined W-L record of the 5 teams NDSU has lost to is 32-7. They have yet to lose to a poor opponent. In fact, the team with the worst record they have played so far is USC (4-2) who started the year as a Top 10 team. And UCSB, who everyone thought was a bad first loss, is actually 6-2 with some solid wins and only losses to P5 teams. So everyone take a breath...this is still a relatively young team and some of those young guys like Ward, Hunter and Geu are going to be up and down against the types of teams NDSU is playing. If they can get some more consistency from those guys as the year progresses (which is not out of the question at all), this team will be very solid again in the Summit. Also, keep in mind that for the first 80% of the season last year, SDSU was awful.

Amen!! No team in the Valley is as good as Missouri State. People need to remember we are a young team. This team will grow.

[NDSUstudent]

All of our bigs are the same player that they came here as, not hardly a bit of development in any of them offensively. Losing doesn't necessarily frustrate me but the way this team is losing is frustrating.

Saul had teams that struggled, Miles had teams that struggled but with those teams I could sense something big brewing. This team isn't bad but they are mediocre and unless something changes it just seems like we are on some kind of treadmill of being decent but never really great. Our offense isn't going to strike fear into the hearts of any high major or good mid-major.

The issues the team has aren't new, they were evident at the end of the last year but without big Dex are just more glaring. If anything I'm just frustrated with how far this program has regressed, we aren't even close to where we were when Saul left and I'm not sure that kind of team is even in sight. Granted where we were when Saul left is a damn high bar but with the new luxuries this program has been given, expectations should remain high.

[ndsubison1]

The ball sticks often. Too many times someone will catch the ball and stand stationary for too long. We dont really have anyone that can get past defender more often than not other than Ward

[HerdBot]

Once again we launch a shit load of threes, don't attempt any shots inside, and don't shoot many free throws.

This team plays scared and lacks balls. Soft and very pussy like.

[El_Chapo]

Anytime a team is losing, it get's frustrating. And there are some things with this team that look concerning. But everyone also needs to keep some perspective. For a mid-major, the goal of the non-conference season is to prepare for the conference season. That means playing a challenging schedule, which NDSU has done so far. The combined W-L record of the 5 teams NDSU has lost to is 32-7. They have yet to lose to a poor opponent. In fact, the team with the worst record they have played so far is USC (4-2) who started the year as a Top 10 team. And UCSB, who everyone thought was a bad first loss, is actually 6-2 with some solid wins and only losses to P5 teams. So everyone take a breath...this is still a relatively young team and some of those young guys like Ward, Hunter and Geu are going to be up and down against the types of teams NDSU is playing. If they can get some more consistency from those guys as the year progresses (which is not out of the question at all), this team will be very solid again in the Summit. Also, keep in mind that for the first 80% of the season last year, SDSU was awful.

Haha excuse machine!!

(Stetson & Florida A M 328 & 344 RPI) so basically 1-5 and NDSU had a better rpi than MSU today

[JohnnyExtacy]

This team won’t go anywhere in league play, we are picked third but I would be surprised we if finish in the top five. As of right now this team lacks heart and effort when playing. We

Top 5? LoL?

Do you basketball gurus even understand that every team that has beat you would win the Summit walking away? It's like some of you actually think the Summit is a good conference. None of these teams take your conference and the teams in it seriously.

[Bisonator98]

Top 5? LoL?

Do you basketball gurus even understand that every team that has beat you would win the Summit walking away? It's like some of you actually think the Summit is a good conference. None of these teams take your conference and the teams in it seriously.

Why are you here then?

[ndsubison1]

Top 5? LoL?

Do you basketball gurus even understand that every team that has beat you would win the Summit walking away? It's like some of you actually think the Summit is a good conference. None of these teams take your conference and the teams in it seriously.

Probably false

[westnodak93bison]

Didn't watch the game. Is Paul still playing the point?

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