Should Jamestown be accepted into the NSIC?

[Stanger86]

This was my response to the discussion a year ago about the all-sports standings (page 156):

I think somewhere around 11th to 13th is an attainable expectation for Year 1 in Division II.

The final standings were announced today, and Jamestown came in 13th, only slightly behind the Mustangs.

2025-26 NSIC All Sports Competition
RK School Points
1 Minnesota State (18) 226.5
2 Augustana (18) 189
3 Winona State (14) 142.5
4 University of Mary (18) 142
5 Sioux Falls (18) 140.5
6 Concordia-St. Paul (16) 132.5
7 Wayne State (14) 121.5
8 Minnesota Duluth (14) 121
9 Northern State (15) 111.5
10 St. Cloud State (12) 107
11 MSU Moorhead (16) 102
12 SMSU (16) 79
13 Jamestown (18) 76.5
14 Minot State (16) 67.5
15 Bemidji State (13) 64
16 Minnesota Crookston (11) 62

BTW...100 pages of discussion in the past year. Not bad everyone!





For comparison, here are the standings from a year ago.

2024-25 NSIC All Sports Competition
Rank Overall Standings Points
1 Minnesota State (18) 203.00
2 Augustana (18) 183.00
3 Sioux Falls (18) 134.50
4 University of Mary (18) 125.50
5 Concordia-St. Paul (16) 121.50
6 Winona State (14) 111.00
7 Minnesota Duluth (14) 103.50
8 MSU Moorhead (16) 101.00
9 St. Cloud State (12) 98.00
10 Wayne State (14) 96.00
11 Northern State (15) 95.00
12 SMSU (16) 81.50
13 Minot State (16) 77.50
14 Bemidji State (13) 58.50
15 Minnesota Crookston(11) 47.00

[WSUWarriorFan]

Gabbys in Winona used to have mystery pulls from the back bar where you paid $1 and got to pull a beer out of a big covered barrel. Most of the time you got Busch Lite but every once in a while you got a Miller or Bud Lite. I have to image that is how the Jimmys first season went. A lot of terrible play with the ocasional mediocre play. Cheers.

[MrMustang]

[QUOTE=SW_Mustang;n940085]

Their club hockey team has as many natties as the entire history of the Big10 Conference. Money well spent.

I saw theor hockey tem play this winter. very good. many big AND fast Canadians

[D2Rover]

No clue if they have any interest in joining one of the conferences if the NSIC ever split, but Mines and Black Hills are about the same driving distance to Minot, Jamestown, Sioux Falls as they are to their nearest trips in Denver right now.

Non-football, Billings is a shorter drive to Moorhead than it is for any current conference trips right now, pretty sure they fly everything in the GNAC. I suspect they would at least be open to talking to a conference based primarily in the Dakotas.

[zimmy21]

No clue if they have any interest in joining one of the conferences if the NSIC ever split, but Mines and Black Hills are about the same driving distance to Minot, Jamestown, Sioux Falls as they are to their nearest trips in Denver right now.

Non-football, Billings is a shorter drive to Moorhead than it is for any current conference trips right now, pretty sure they fly everything in the GNAC. I suspect they would at least be open to talking to a conference based primarily in the Dakotas.

There was a black hills supporter in here a while back claiming they'll never go for it because they recruit Colorado and Arizona so heavy now. They prefer that over fighting for the Dakota kids and Montana/Wyoming

[oldyellaHer69]

Dosch is the Head Jimmy now, Mistro to AD, we are so back!

[Mandan]

No clue if they have any interest in joining one of the conferences if the NSIC ever split, but Mines and Black Hills are about the same driving distance to Minot, Jamestown, Sioux Falls as they are to their nearest trips in Denver right now.

Non-football, Billings is a shorter drive to Moorhead than it is for any current conference trips right now, pretty sure they fly everything in the GNAC. I suspect they would at least be open to talking to a conference based primarily in the Dakotas.

Neither school is in the GNAC, they are in the RMAC for all sports. Mines was in the GNAC only in 2014/2015.

[vikingfaithful]

Dosch is the Head Jimmy now, Mistro to AD, we are so back!

Mistro the slick talker is now the AD and will dominate the league meetings. Tom Dosch is a good person and coach. old yella how many FB games do you REALISTICALLY think Jimmies win?

[zimmy21]

Neither school is in the GNAC, they are in the RMAC for all sports. Mines was in the GNAC only in 2014/2015.

I believe he was referring to Central Washington and Western Oregon potentially working with the RMAC? Could be wrong though

[zimmy21]

Mistro the slick talker is now the AD and will dominate the league meetings. Tom Dosch is a good person and coach. old yella how many FB games do you REALISTICALLY think Jimmies win?

Oh boy, Pandora's box has been opened

[D2Rover]

Neither school is in the GNAC, they are in the RMAC for all sports. Mines was in the GNAC only in 2014/2015.

I am aware both are in the RMAC, hence Denver. I have been to a Black Hills State basketball game before, but know very little about the athletic departments otherwise. I'd love to have both schools in the GNAC and start rebuilding football, but I don't think anyone is seriously (or even unseriously) discussing that right now. I didn't know what their feelings were towards the NSIC.

MSU Billings is non-football and is in the GNAC. I have no direct sources with Billings either, but know the GNAC pretty well. I suspect the opportunity to potentially bus to the Dakota schools and Northern Minnesota rather than fly to the PNW and Alaska is something they would at least be open to exploring.

Apparently I failed to distinguish Billings from the other two in my first post.

[oldyellaHer69]

Mistro the slick talker is now the AD and will dominate the league meetings. Tom Dosch is a good person and coach. old yella how many FB games do you REALISTICALLY think Jimmies win?

4 with Northern being a toss up game even though advantage Dosch we could get 5.

[zimmy21]

4 with Northern being a toss up game even though advantage Dosch we could get 5.

Drinking that orange Kool-Aid... Jamestown has only won 4 games in a single season twice in the last decade.

[SW_Mustang]

Drinking that orange Kool-Aid... Jamestown has only won 4 games in a single season twice in the last decade.

You know he's a troll right

[oldyellaHer69]

Drinking that orange Kool-Aid... Jamestown has only won 4 games in a single season twice in the last decade.

Dosch was 8-3 & 9-2 his last two seasons, sure NAIA but it’s all relative. Should have had 4 the first year D2, plenty to be excited about!