The NEW Official Thread of the Augustana Vikings

[MrAugustana]

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Slight bit of bad news here, but it sounds like Augie and USF beat writer Ian Frazer has been let go by the Argus Leader after its recent management shake-up. Based on the fact that he was already covering Augie, USF and the prep sports scene for the Argus, it's probably safe to assume neither of the local D2 schools will be getting the same level of coverage they've gotten in recent years. Hopefully Zimmer and/or Mick Garry will jump over from their D1 duties from time to time to cover the Vikes and Cougars, but I'd imagine those feature stories will be few and far between.

Unless the Argus surprisingly hires a replacement for Frazer, my guess is we get some coverage for season openers, an Augie/USF crosstown rivalry game feature, and maybe some postseason coverage if either team makes it very far in the postseason this year. If we get more than that, I'll be pleasantly surprised. Then again, maybe this is just an unnecessarily dire doom & gloom prediction. Either way, always a bummer to lose a beat-writer with no replacement in sight.

[vikingfaithful]

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Happy 7-month anniversary of Augie's National Championship, Viking fans. Seems like just yesterday 9,000 pounds of confetti were falling from the ceiling and the Vikes were celebrating the conclusion of the best season in school history with a championship victory. Here's to hoping we can make another run like that sooner than later.

Fantastic young men and stupendous coaching staff made it happen. We are fortunate indeed!

[simple as a $3 bill]

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While we may not be the preseason #10 SCSU Huskies, I do have confidence in the Augie coaching staff's ability to find and cultivate good talent. Should be fun to see if Cartwright in particular proves you wrong over the next few years. I don't think Vincent is expected to be a knockdown shooter, so if that aspect of his game happens to be solid during his career as a Viking, it's probably just a bonus.

Hell, I don't even think that we are the #10 SCSU Huskies. :)

[MrAugustana]

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Happy 7-month anniversary of Augie's National Championship, Viking fans. Seems like just yesterday 9,000 pounds of confetti were falling from the ceiling and the Vikes were celebrating the conclusion of the best season in school history with a championship victory. Here's to hoping we can make another run like that sooner than later.

[MrAugustana]

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Oh boy, the numbers 1 and 5 shooters in South Dakota. That and a $5 bill will get you...........20 quarters. Good luck with all that.

Ha, I already knew you are obsessed with me.

While we may not be the preseason #10 SCSU Huskies, I do have confidence in the Augie coaching staff's ability to find and cultivate good talent. Should be fun to see if Cartwright in particular proves you wrong over the next few years. I don't think Vincent is expected to be a knockdown shooter, so if that aspect of his game happens to be solid during his career as a Viking, it's probably just a bonus.

[Guest69]

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Two assists!!! But how many pairs of shoes did he wear in that game?

[simple as a $3 bill]

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A recent Prep Hoops Dakotas article about SD's top shooters lists 2017 Augie commit Matt Cartwright as the #1 shooter in the state:



And fellow 2017 commit Tayton Vincent as another (#5):



As much as simple doesn't care about South Dakota kids, I'm looking forward to seeing what these two do this season during their senior years as well as what they're able to do once they get into Augie jerseys.

(Ugh. simple references in two consecutive posts...now I'm afraid he's going to pull a John and assume that means I'm obsessed with him or something.)

Oh boy, the numbers 1 and 5 shooters in South Dakota. That and a $5 bill will get you...........20 quarters. Good luck with all that.

Ha, I already knew you are obsessed with me.

[MrAugustana]

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A recent Prep Hoops Dakotas article about SD's top shooters lists 2017 Augie commit Matt Cartwright as the #1 shooter in the state:

Matt Cartwright

And fellow 2017 commit Tayton Vincent as another (#5):

Tayton Vincent

As much as simple doesn't care about South Dakota kids, I'm looking forward to seeing what these two do this season during their senior years as well as what they're able to do once they get into Augie jerseys.

(Ugh. simple references in two consecutive posts...now I'm afraid he's going to pull a John and assume that means I'm obsessed with him or something.)

[MrAugustana]

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Looks like I got double posted. Go ahead and disregard this one. Or all of them, if you're simple as a $3 bill.

[MrAugustana]

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Came across this tweet on the Augie men's bball Twitter account and thought it was kind of cool. Congrats to Dan. Seems things are off to a good start for him over in Belgium.

Check out our @EuroMillionsBL MVP of the Week: Daniel JANSEN of @LimUtd #inforthewin https://t.co/STWTMUFLxO pic.twitter.com/xymSPatClx

— EuroMillions Basket (@EuroMillionsBL) October 24, 2016

[MrAugustana]

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Hearing good things out of fall camp from my sources close to the situation. Kerkman could surprise some people. Tall and long, he could get early PT and I just got really excited about the upcoming season.

That's good news for sure. Last I'd heard, he had only recently started working out after recovering from the broken foot he's had pretty much all through the preseason. I like your report on Kerkman a little more than the reports I'd been hearing.

[Guest69]

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Hearing good things out of fall camp from my sources close to the situation. Kerkman could surprise some people. Tall and long, he could get early PT and I just got really excited about the upcoming season.

[MrAugustana]

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The Augustana All-Access show on Midco had a short segment featuring the men's bball team getting its National Championship rings at the homecoming football game last Saturday. The basketball segment starts at the 16:45 mark for anyone interested. Also talks a little bit about the upcoming season for the Vikes.

[laker]

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Any idea as to why there were at the Cuyahoga HTS 60th Reunion?

Looking through Coach Billeter's tweets, he has the same photo posted a few days before Jay Wright's, mentioning something about a Nike Clinic. Maybe that's the site where the clinic was held?

I think that you hit it right on the head. Back in my coaching days I remember seeing a list of Nike basketball clinics and seeing one at Cuyahoga. I wondered why even then.

[MrAugustana]

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Any idea as to why there were at the Cuyahoga HTS 60th Reunion?

Looking through Coach Billeter's tweets, he has the same photo posted a few days before Jay Wright's, mentioning something about a Nike Clinic. Maybe that's the site where the clinic was held?