The NEW Official Thread of the Augustana Vikings

[Stanger86]

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Which one of Augie's three home courts will be used?

[Augieholic]

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Representing the Central Region as the No. 1 seed in the #D2WBB Championship, Augustana (SD)! #MakeItYours

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[NSU4LIFE]

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There is a possibility that Elmen could host a regional. Just not the one that Wolves fans want.

HARDING KNOCKS OUT TOP-SEEDED SWOSU AT GAC CHAMPIONSHIPS - http://greatamericanconference.com/n...pionships.aspx

I believe there is a way to host both, but it doesn't matter as Northwest Missouri won again. I co uod make a case, but I'm not the the committee.

[laker]

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There is a possibility that Elmen could host a regional. Just not the one that Wolves fans want.

HARDING KNOCKS OUT TOP-SEEDED SWOSU AT GAC CHAMPIONSHIPS - http://greatamericanconference.com/n...pionships.aspx

[DapperDan]

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At this point, I kind of just want them to decide one way or the other.

[MrAugustana]

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VERY interesting article by Matt Zimmer about the future of the Summit.

I think that they will eventually lose Ft. Wayne.

Kansas City wants back in- but do they want KC?

UNC, the old NCC foe, is often mentioned. But Greeley seems to look west instead of east. It would be nice to have another football and baseball school to add.

Augie is mentioned. So is MSU, UMD and SCSU. But most likely would be Augie.

https://www.argusleader.com/story/sp...ion/389074002/

At this point, I kind of just want them to decide one way or the other.

[NSU4LIFE]

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VERY interesting article by Matt Zimmer about the future of the Summit.

I think that they will eventually lose Ft. Wayne.

Kansas City wants back in- but do they want KC?

UNC, the old NCC foe, is often mentioned. But Greeley seems to look west instead of east. It would be nice to have another football and baseball school to add.

Augie is mentioned. So is MSU, UMD and SCSU. But most likely would be Augie.

https://www.argusleader.com/story/sp...ion/389074002/

They were talking about this on a local sports show. The host seemed to think no one in the Summit wants Augie, which to me made him feel threatened that the Bison may fall even further in the hoops standings.

[laker]

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VERY interesting article by Matt Zimmer about the future of the Summit.

I think that they will eventually lose Ft. Wayne.

Kansas City wants back in- but do they want KC?

UNC, the old NCC foe, is often mentioned. But Greeley seems to look west instead of east. It would be nice to have another football and baseball school to add.

Augie is mentioned. So is MSU, UMD and SCSU. But most likely would be Augie.

https://www.argusleader.com/story/sp...ion/389074002/

[vikingfaithful]

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Spencer, Schaefer and Asmus graduate and will always be known as National Champions. How many D2 guys can say they walked into a power 5, D1 school in front of over 12000 and walk away victories. Next season 5 highly acclaimed freshmen will hit the hardwood and start a new chapter in AU basketball Will be fun as always.

[Stanger86]

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I won't be shocked if Jordan Spencer is playing a little pro ball in Europe next season. Should be fun to see how that turns out.

Pretty neat that some of his family got to see his last few games in person.

[MrAugustana]

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Bummer of a way to end the season. I don't particularly enjoy losing to SMSU. Especially not in back-to-back years when it comes to the NSIC tournament.

I feel like I'm just repeating myself from after the 2013-14 season, but I think the future is very bright for the Vikings. If Dykman and Cartwright continue to improve this summer, and at least a couple of the incoming freshmen make the impact they have the potential to make, I think we are going to be a tough team to beat within a couple of years. Next year may still present some hiccups, but I'm very excited for what the future holds.

Congrats to the graduating seniors. Although this year didn't go the way they had hoped I'd imagine, they still graduate as National Champions, which is something not very many seniors can say each year. All the best to them. I won't be shocked if Jordan Spencer is playing a little pro ball in Europe next season. Should be fun to see how that turns out.

[MrAugustana]

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Although this was originally posted in the "Chick Stuff" thread a couple of nights ago, I just wanted to mention that this is an astounding stat:

Ever the fashionista, Dave has adopted the track jacket in recent years. 29 years, 600 wins, and now 1 regular season title!!

[MrAugustana]

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Curious I am, as to the fall of this AU from last season? Graduated Huisken, Busack and Saugstad. Adam Dykman will be much better in the coming years, he just was not ready to fill the shoes of the 5th year senior Mike Busack. I think Mike's one year at AU was his favorite college season as the arena is pictured as the back drop on his twitter account. MrAugustana and Augieholic could you pontificate on the changes from last season to now.

Augieholic is obviously smarter than me, so I won't disagree with his analysis. I will mention that inconsistency was problematic too. Too many weekends had guys playing incredible games one night and then not even showing up for more than 6-8 points (if that) the next night. I'm not sure what should've been done about that, but hopefully the coaches can figure it out this offseason and have next year's squad ready to bring it night in and night out. In those games when everybody is firing on all cylinders, we are really tough to stop. But those times when a couple of guys are having an off night, we are clearly far from a top contender. I would love to see more consistency from the returners next year.

[Augieholic]

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Curious I am, as to the fall of this AU from last season? Graduated Huisken, Busack and Saugstad. Adam Dykman will be much better in the coming years, he just was not ready to fill the shoes of the 5th year senior Mike Busack. I think Mike's one year at AU was his favorite college season as the arena is pictured as the back drop on his twitter account. MrAugustana and Augieholic could you pontificate on the changes from last season to now.

It only takes one word to sum up the difference between last year's squad and this year's: defense. Last year's squad started Beyer-Huisken-Warren who were/are "plus" defenders that could cover for "minus" defenders like Busack/Spencer. Basically Augie had at least 2 or 3 solid defenders on the floor at most times and was able force stops at an adequate clip.

This year's team has the worst defensive rating since the 2013-14 team which was almost exclusively underclassmen. The driving force behind that decline is that the only two guys who have proven trustworthy defensively are Warren and Jameson Bryan(11mpg). Spencer/Schaefer/Asmus/Dykman/Cartwright are wildly inconsistent from night to night and Billeter has adapted by throwing out a variety of zones which have produced mixed results. Throughout the season Augustana's best defense has been the cliche "good offense" by cranking up the tempo and turning the game into a shooting contest.