The NEW Official Thread of the Augustana Vikings

[MrAugustana]

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Came across this tweet from Cody Schilling and figured I'd post it here. Congrats to Al Richter on leading his team in scoring in the first game of his professional career up in Canada. 20 points on 8-12 shooting (3-6 from three) isn't a bad start.

20 points in 24 minutes of action for @alrichter31 in his first professional pre-season game. #NBLC @islandproball @AugieMensBball https://t.co/4g0FO9ScPi

— Cody Schilling (@schilling_cody) December 19, 2016

[MrAugustana]

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Congrats to future Viking Tayt Vincent:

Augie signee Tayt Vincent had 22pts/10asts/8rbs in Sioux Valley's 93-34 W vs Baltic. He's now the school's all-time leading scorer (1,445).

— Ryan Deal (@RyanDeal_DR) December 16, 2016

[laker]

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You got me good.

I see that MSU has games at home with Waldorf at 2 & 4 that afternoon. Seems like an odd time to schedule- can't imagine more than a handful of people there. Graduation was Sat. so students will be home. I wouldn't expect big crowds for the Dec. 30 & 31st games either.

[MrAugustana]

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They probably wouldn't do very well with a game very close to Christmas either. :)

You got me good.

[simple as a $3 bill]

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Just saw this on Twitter and thought it was cool. I'm sure Doane College a few days before Thanksgiving wouldn't exactly have been a sell-out anyway, so going with free admission is a pretty fun way to bring in whatever fans are still around:

They probably wouldn't do very well with a game very close to Christmas either. :)

[MrAugustana]

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Just saw this on Twitter and thought it was cool. I'm sure Doane College a few days before Thanksgiving wouldn't exactly have been a sell-out anyway, so going with free admission is a pretty fun way to bring in whatever fans are still around:

Join us on Mon. Dec. 19 at 7pm in the Elmen as @AugieMensBball takes on Doane College. Admission is FREE for all fans! #WeAreAU pic.twitter.com/mAWypLVgUY

— Augustana Vikings (@GoAugie) December 12, 2016

[MrAugustana]

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Something I did not expect to see in the win/loss column this year:

Minot State - L - 88-84.

Hope the Vikes come out with a little more intensity this evening. Going 0-2 on this trip would be very disappointing.

[laker]

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20 miles north of Minot

I think it was back in 1997 when some older lady's house near Marshall was buried. Neighbors came to dig her out. Lucky the chimney wasn't covered.

[Stanger86]

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Interesting challenge this weekend. Heard the weather/roads are still pretty rough up north, which should make the Minot/Mary trip fun for the team, as I'm sure it always is.

20 miles north of Minot



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[MrAugustana]

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Interesting challenge this weekend. Heard the weather/roads are still pretty rough up north, which should make the Minot/Mary trip fun for the team, as I'm sure it always is.

Minot has played well against decent competition with a few wins and a 4-point loss to Northern in Aberdeen and a 9-point loss to Moorhead in Moorhead last weekend. Tyler Rudolph seems to be playing exceptionally well, putting up 22 points per game and grabbing almost 9 rebounds per game and shooting 43% from the 3-point line. Definitely 1st Team All-NSIC numbers if he can keep it up all season long. They seem to have a few other decent scorers, but Rudolph seems to make things go for the Beavers.

Hopefully Busack and/or Huisken are prepared to put in work defensively tomorrow night. I think if we can contain Rudolph a little bit (mid-teens or below), we'll have a good chance to win by double digits, as some of our perimeter guys (Warren, Beyer, etc.) seem to be playing well on the defensive end.

Mary is still tough to figure out, as they have also had some close games and they have two solid scorers in Bryan Jefferson and Damonta Henry.

My biggest concern is whether or not the Vikes will be mentally ready to take care of business. If they're flying a little too close to the sun after taking down the Mavericks, they could be in for a rude awakening up north. If they handle things with the mentality of last year's team, I feel good about things. I suppose Mary taking down Northern at home Saturday night might wake them up to the fact that neither Minot nor Mary should be overlooked.

Either way, I'm looking forward to the games this weekend, even if I (and every other sane person from this area) happen to be watching from a distance.

Go Vikes. Let's snag two more wins on the road.

[MrAugustana]

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Really good win for the Vikes tonight. Can't believe Augieholic has been so apprehensive about this Augie squad so far this season.

In all seriousness, it was good to see Huisken put together such a solid game. Would love to see more of that moving forward for sure.

Great weekend for Beyer and Spencer. Busack didn't try to do too much, which showed some maturity on his part.

No dunk for Lucas Walford tonight. Oh well. Maybe he'll have a couple in a game next weekend.

Solid work, Vikes.

[Augieholic]

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Concordia has a couple really nice, young pieces in Bryndan Matthews, Ted Brown, and Sioux Falls' own Sam Siganos. Matthews showed a lot of potential last year and he appears to be building on it this season. Brown has all the physical attributes necessary to one day dominate the league but he needs to add a few more post moves to his repetoire and a jump shot. Siganos really understands how to open the court for his teammates and was one of the main reasons Concordia kept it close in the first half.

Now that I've given the multitude of Bears fans a reason to live, it's time to put them back in hibernation. Joey James is truly atrocious, there's little to no movement in their offensive schemes so the only time his squad looked truly dangerous was when they got out in transition. On top of this is his unbelievably whiney sideline demeanor. Every coach, especially Billeter, "works" officials but James' constant complaining give off the vibe of someone who has accomplished a lot more than several middling seasons in St Paul following USD regurgitating him back up 5 months after Dave Boots crammed him down their throats. The best example of this was his tech at the hands of Jacob Welch which came immediately after his team got away with a fairly obvious foul.

Moving along to the Busack Bowl, the Vikings could not be more prepared. A seemingly simple recipe of surrounding Spencer with the space created by 3 or 4 capable shooters produced an offensive explosion last night. Lots of quick ball movement kept the defensive swinging until it broke. If the defense is able to goad the Mavericks into jump shots by protecting the paint I think Augie has the offensive juice to win their 33rd straight NSIC game in Sioux Falls.

[MrAugustana]

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Very impressive game, especially the 2nd half. 28pts off of turnovers and 21 fast break pts. Andy Kerkman played 6 minutes is he still on the mend?

Pretty sure he wasn't able to even go full-contact in practice until a few weeks ago. Seeing as he got injured in June or July, it has been a pretty long time since being in a live game situation. I would imagine he is still just working back into things. But that's just a guess.

[vikingfaithful]

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Very impressive game, especially the 2nd half. 28pts off of turnovers and 21 fast break pts. Andy Kerkman played 6 minutes is he still on the mend?

[MrAugustana]

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Oh, and it was Coach Billeter's 350th career win. Congrats to Texas Tom and his staff for their success over the years.