St. Thomas to DI-approved

[NDSU1980]

First year...

Hockey - 3-32-1
Women's- 5-27-1

Volleyball 3-25 and 2-16 in conference play

Basketball
Men's- 4-14 in conference play and 10-20 overall
Women's- 4-14 in conference play and 7-21 overall

Soccer
Men's 3-11-2 and 2-4 conference
Women's- 4-12-1 and 2-7 in conference

Softball
2-13 start

Baseball 2-8 start

Mens Track Field 5th out of 7th
Women's Track Field 6th out of 8

Women's cross country- 4th out of 9
Men's cross country 2nd out of 8

Saving grace was football where the pioneer teams don't fund scholarships either, so same level as D3 on my eyes. 7-3 overall and 6-2 in conference play. They played 1 good team, UNI and lost 44-3

Overall I thought their program would do better but that was just year 1. Bright spots were cross country

In the immortal words of Dave DeLand, the St. Thomas Director of Communications, I wonder if St. Thomas will ever play a meaningful postseason game again?

[El_Chapo]

they aren't eligible for playoffs yet, so they don't care.
their BBall team will be top 3-4 next year
their football team will.dominate pioneer.
their baseball team only lost by 1 to Creighton today.

I think they will be fine, D3 to D1 Is a big leap

(DeLand is at st johns...not St thomas)

[NDSU_grad]

In the immortal words of Dave DeLand, the St. Thomas Director of Communications, I wonder if St. Thomas will ever play a meaningful postseason game again?

UND folks were saying the same about NDSU. I think year 1 is a little quick to judge if the decision was a good one.

[NDSU1980]

UND folks were saying the same about NDSU. I think year 1 is a little quick to judge if the decision was a good one.

I agree about giving them more time except when it comes to Dave DeLand. I'm not cutting him any slack when he made that comment when NDSU moved up.

[abc123]

I agree about giving them more time except when it comes to Dave DeLand. I'm not cutting him any slack when he made that comment when NDSU moved up.

In such a hurry to look like an internet tough guy, you don't even know where the person you're trying to insult and hold some strange grudge against even works. Well played.

[HerdBot]

they aren't eligible for playoffs yet, so they don't care.
their BBall team will be top 3-4 next year
their football team will.dominate pioneer.
their baseball team only lost by 1 to Creighton today.

I think they will be fine, D3 to D1 Is a big leap

(DeLand is at st johns...not St thomas)

The best way to build a brand is not to suck so bad, nobody takes you seriously so I doubt they don't care. They just don't have the athletes to compete at this level. Some day they might but they have a ton of work to do. They are a long term investment

[bisonaudit]

St. Thomas reportedly looking at space on the Ford Plant redevelopment site and approached Town and Country Club with an unsolicited offer of $60 million for their property for athletic facility expansion.

[GreenfieldBison]

St. Thomas reportedly looking at space on the Ford Plant redevelopment site and approached Town and Country Club with an unsolicited offer of $60 million for their property for athletic facility expansion.

Heard T&C rejected that offer.


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[The_Sicatoka]

Heard T&C rejected that offer.

Yes, correct.

[NDSUstudent]

I think their first year went just about as I expected. DIII basketball is a massive step up while football was basically a lateral move.