The NEW Official Thread of the Augustana Vikings

[simple as a $3 bill]

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As Augieholic noted in the 2017 Recruiting thread, Flandreau, SD's Dylan LeBrun appears to have committed to Augie. To contradict our resident high school talent expert, simple as a $3 bill, I really like this Dylan LeBrun commitment for the Vikes.

I'll tell you what, you gather up the Top 10 SD kids and I'll gather up the Top 10 MN kids and lets play. I'll give you 2-1 odds and you can name the amount.

[MrAugustana]

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I'm sure the kid is talented but the defender in the first video looked like a penguin walking backwards.

Some penguins have incredible athleticism.

[Purple Mav Man]

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As Augieholic noted in the 2017 Recruiting thread, Flandreau, SD's Dylan LeBrun appears to have committed to Augie. To contradict our resident high school talent expert, simple as a $3 bill, I really like this Dylan LeBrun commitment for the Vikes. Everything I've read/heard about LeBrun is VERY positive. Not finding a ton of in-game footage of him, but here are at least a couple of tweets/videos:

"That game was boring" -Dylan Lebrun 🐐 pic.twitter.com/7gLoMMG0mr

— D💰 (@DalynBakkedahl) February 15, 2017

The Original. @djlebrun assist from @augustinreede pic.twitter.com/yBbIbACqU8

— Connor LeBrun (@ConnorLeBrun12) May 14, 2017

And here's an old article about him from the Argus during his sophomore season: http://www.argusleader.com/story/spo...daf089f54ee3c5

LeBrun was first-team all-state for class A in South Dakota this past year. Also, as a junior, he broke the career scoring record for Flandreau last February. I believe the Prep Hoops guys have given him several glowing write-ups as well. Should be fun to follow his senior year this next season.

I'm sure the kid is talented but the defender in the first video looked like a penguin walking backwards.

[MrAugustana]

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As Augieholic noted in the 2017 Recruiting thread, Flandreau, SD's Dylan LeBrun appears to have committed to Augie. To contradict our resident high school talent expert, simple as a $3 bill, I really like this Dylan LeBrun commitment for the Vikes. Everything I've read/heard about LeBrun is VERY positive. Not finding a ton of in-game footage of him, but here are at least a couple of tweets/videos:

"That game was boring" -Dylan Lebrun 🐐 pic.twitter.com/7gLoMMG0mr

— D💰 (@DalynBakkedahl) February 15, 2017

The Original. @djlebrun assist from @augustinreede pic.twitter.com/yBbIbACqU8

— Connor LeBrun (@ConnorLeBrun12) May 14, 2017

And here's an old article about him from the Argus during his sophomore season: http://www.argusleader.com/story/spo...daf089f54ee3c5

LeBrun was first-team all-state for class A in South Dakota this past year. Also, as a junior, he broke the career scoring record for Flandreau last February. I believe the Prep Hoops guys have given him several glowing write-ups as well. Should be fun to follow his senior year this next season.

[MrAugustana]

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Steven Bruce @mnbuckets 1m1 minute ago

Wow, big news out of Yankton SD just now. New Head Men's Basketball Coach at Mt Marty will be Cody Schilling. He'll be fantastic!

Exciting for Cody and the Schilling family. I suppose now that their Augie careers are over (a sad fact of reality), the Schilling clan needed a new school to support wholeheartedly. Look forward to seeing what Cody is able to accomplish in his coaching career.

[laker]

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Steven Bruce @mnbuckets 1m1 minute ago

Wow, big news out of Yankton SD just now. New Head Men's Basketball Coach at Mt Marty will be Cody Schilling. He'll be fantastic!

[MrAugustana]

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Anyone know why Lucas Walford left Augie? Not enough playing time? I thought he had a lot of potential.

Sadly this info did leak out late in the spring and it was obviously not expected. I've heard hes headed to St John's but what is less certain is if he'll be playing basketball.

That was kind of my understanding too as far as whether or not he even intended to play. I also believe several of his close friends from high school currently play basketball at St. John's. Personally, I highly doubt it was a playing time issue, as he was likely to be our starting big man this year. As a previous article about the Dykman transfer noted, Walford was already transferring out before Augie was even in the discussion with Dykman, so it's not like he left because of Dykman coming in.

[Augieholic]

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Anyone know why Lucas Walford left Augie? Not enough playing time? I thought he had a lot of potential.

Sadly this info did leak out late in the spring and it was obviously not expected. I've heard hes headed to St John's but what is less certain is if he'll be playing basketbal.

What Augie needs from John more than anything this coming season is sustained aggression. He's got to make Coach Orion proud by playing two way basketball through asserting himself offensively. Specifically I would be happier than a pig in poo if he increased the frequency of his drives to the hoop since it will allow him more room for that silky smooth jumper.

[Ole.]

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Anyone know why Lucas Walford left Augie? Not enough playing time? I thought he had a lot of potential.

[MrAugustana]

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Enjoyed seeing this show up in Ryan James's Twitter feed regarding the Minneapolis Pro-Am league going on right now.

Good to see John Warren doing so much. Hit three triples, scored an active 21 points, and grabbed nine boards

— Ryan James (@RyanJamesMN) June 20, 2017

I'm sure it's a pretty relaxed atmosphere/environment, but there is a high level of talent playing in these leagues either way.

[MrAugustana]

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Congrats, Vikes: http://goaugie.com/news/2017/5/31/ge...ht-season.aspx

Augustana wins First Dakota National Bank Mayor's Cup Challenge for fifth straight season

[MrAugustana]

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While it almost slipped by unnoticed, we'd be remiss not to mention that the Vikings claimed a third straight NSIC All-Sports award this year: http://goaugie.com/news/2017/5/18/ge...rts-award.aspx

Augustana wins third straight NSIC All-Sports AwardAugustana has finished second or better in the NSIC All-Sports Award standings every season since joining the conference in 2008-09. Augustana won its first All-Sports Award in 2010-11 while also winning it in 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. Only four schools have won the award since its inception in 1999-00. Minnesota Duluth, Winona State and Minnesota State, Mankato are the other schools that have won the award. Augustana and Minnesota Duluth are the only two schools to win the award five times.

The Vikings were in second place after the fall season, earning 63 points, after winning the men's cross country title, tying for third in volleyball and football while placing fourth in soccer and fifth in women's cross country.

The Vikings moved into first-place in the NSIC All-Sports Award standings following the winter season. Augustana gained the lead by finishing second in women's basketball, third in wrestling, tying for fourth in men's basketball and finishing fifth in swimming.

Augustana sealed the All-Sports Award with a strong spring season winning conference titles in women's tennis and women's golf while finishing second in baseball, third in softball, fourth in men's and women's outdoor track and field and sixth in men's golf.

The NSIC All-Sports Award is calculated by awarding the winner of each conference-sponsored championship points totaling the number of teams in that sport plus one. The next place finisher receives points totaling the number of teams less the number of places from first place. Ties in the standings at any level shall result in the totaling of points and equal distribution. Indoor and outdoor track and field are computed at half the total points as listed on the previous mentioned categories.

Augustana will be presented the NSIC All-Sports Award on Tuesday, July 11, at the NSIC Hall of Fame Banquet in Burnsville, Minnesota.

Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Augustana University is a member of NCAA Division II and competes in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

[Stanger86]

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1) Mankato
2) Augustana
3) Everyone else

:)

I probably can't disagree with that

[MrAugustana]

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We could always start our yearly arena rankings lol

1) Mankato
2) Augustana
3) Everyone else

:)

[Stanger86]

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I'm just happy there's some traffic on here, this is usually such a dead time.

We could always start our yearly arena rankings lol