The NEW Official Thread of the Augustana Vikings

[Matt Witwicki]

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As a football guy, I have to say that I was very impressed with Augie when they destroyed USF less than a week ago....and it's pretty clear the Augie youth movement 2.0 shows great promise..as they stepped up to the big game challenge in the Key game.

Obviously Crookston used the 3-ball to get a win on the road last night and sometimes you have to tip your cap to the other guy....which makes for an odd wknd situation with no Augie mens team playing at the Pentagon. That said, I thought they had a really nice year on their way building towards the future.

[simple as a $3 bill]

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Is this sincere? Is it a reverse jinx? I'm so confused. My world is already in disarray, so I don't know which safety rail to grab in my current state of vertigo, and this is only making it worse.

Good, then my work here is done. :)

No, it was sincere. that's a very good group that Texas Tom has assembled. Now the question becomes, how long is the NSIC going to let them hang around and wreck havoc on the NSIC and all of Div. II.

[MrAugustana]

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This was a better-than-expected year, but seeing the Vikes in that 9-spot for the Regional and then losing the way we did last night almost makes it worse than if we just finished at 16-14 with no Regional hopes at all.

Hopefully this team reacts to this loss the same way the 2014-15 team did when the Vikes got picked off unexpectedly by Northwest Missouri in the Regional and committed as a team to not being in the same situation the following year. That commitment worked out pretty well for the program.

Again, great season from such a young crew. Just would've liked to see it end differently after getting so close to taking it even deeper into the postseason than anyone would've imagined. Hard to swallow right now.

[vikingfaithful]

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I was wr, wr, wro, wr. I was mistaken on those kids. They are all solid.

It takes a strong man to admit he was wrong.

[MrAugustana]

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I was wr, wr, wro, wr. I was mistaken on those kids. They are all solid.

Is this sincere? Is it a reverse jinx? I'm so confused. My world is already in disarray, so I don't know which safety rail to grab in my current state of vertigo, and this is only making it worse.

[simple as a $3 bill]

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To Simple: with much respect to the 4 MN. players this season, but how bout' those South Dakota young men who you scoffed at.

I was wr, wr, wro, wr. I was mistaken on those kids. They are all solid.

[vikingfaithful]

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Congratulations to UMC. 18-26 on three pointers for an insane 69.2% clip. Also insane how open they were. I'ts been stated ad nauseam, but congrats on a 1 sophomore 4 freshmen lineup for much of the season for finishing 18-11 on the season. Cartwright is who he thought he would be, but names like Plitzuweit, Lebrun, Hanson and Schaefer far exceeded our expectations.


To Simple: with much respect to the 4 MN. players this season, but how bout' those South Dakota young men who you scoffed at.

[Augieholic]

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I only have myself to blame for allowing the Regional Rankings to fill my head with visions of multiple tournament runs and instead it came crashing down in an avalanche of shattered defensive coverages and cataclysmic three point accuracy. Balls.

[MaroonJackRabbits]

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Love reading your lengthy posts as there is always a lot of great insist in them!

This group will be fun to watch over the next few years, especially the development of A.J. who, in my opinion, is the best player on the team and should be starting at USD right now. Another opinion of mine is I think we get lucky and see this group play out in D2 as I don't think the move to D1 happens until the end of there said improvement plan which I think was 10 years but could be wrong on that length. However this group vs NWMSU in the region final the next couple years in Maryville sure will be a spectacle worth paying to see.

[laker]

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Got to watch Schaefer throw up at the beginning of the second half.

In all honesty, how did our favorite ref notice that he was about to throw up and stop the play? I swear he knew it was going to happen before Michael did.

[MrAugustana]

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Congrats to the Vikes on finishing the regular season 18-10. Was hoping for a .500 record with this crew knowing we'd have plenty of room to grow from there in the coming years. Now the worst we can finish is 18-11, and if we manage a couple of wins in the tournament we can hit 20-win territory. Was not expecting that, but it has been a year of exceeded expectations, at least for me. Here's to hoping we have a lengthy postseason run to continue exceeding those expectations. :)

[MrAugustana]

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The first half tonight was another tantalizing look at the future of Augustana basketball. Against one of the top defenses in the NSIC based on defensive efficiency rating they scored 50 points on 53% FG/ 58% 3pt / 100% FT. Furthermore, this was done with USF absolutely clamping down Matt Cartwright and Tyler Riemersma clearly nowhere near 100%. The Elmen Center was rolling like white-outs of old and no one enjoyed it more than Jameson Bryan. Who cares if it's nowhere close to D1 caliber, the benches suck, and a quarter of the gym had to watch Michael Schaefer throw up at the beginning of the second half, it's home.

Was disappointed Midco didn't go for a multi-angle replay on this.

[Augie Boy]

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The first half tonight was another tantalizing look at the future of Augustana basketball. Against one of the top defenses in the NSIC based on defensive efficiency rating they scored 50 points on 53% FG/ 58% 3pt / 100% FT. Furthermore, this was done with USF absolutely clamping down Matt Cartwright and Tyler Riemersma clearly nowhere near 100%. The Elmen Center was rolling like white-outs of old and no one enjoyed it more than Jameson Bryan. Who cares if it's nowhere close to D1 caliber, the benches suck, and a quarter of the gym had to watch Michael Schaefer throw up at the beginning of the second half, it's home.

Got to watch Schaefer throw up at the beginning of the second half.

In all honesty, how did our favorite ref notice that he was about to throw up and stop the play? I swear he knew it was going to happen before Michael did.

[Augieholic]

Re: The NEW Official Thread of the Augustana Vikings

The first half tonight was another tantalizing look at the future of Augustana basketball. Against one of the top defenses in the NSIC based on defensive efficiency rating they scored 50 points on 53% FG/ 58% 3pt / 100% FT. Furthermore, this was done with USF absolutely clamping down Matt Cartwright and Tyler Riemersma clearly nowhere near 100%. The Elmen Center was rolling like white-outs of old and no one enjoyed it more than Jameson Bryan. Who cares if it's nowhere close to D1 caliber, the benches suck, and a quarter of the gym had to watch Michael Schaefer throw up at the beginning of the second half, it's home.

[Augieholic]

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What sort of monsters did this? Let's leave nasty comments on their Insta.

What? Thought it is the talk of the town.

It's only been two months since the announcement, dont take MrAugustana's short attention span as gospel.