Should Jamestown be accepted into the NSIC?

[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.

[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

[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.

[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

[Stanger86]

I wonder if they could get an alum like Bubba Schweigert to take over the program, at least on an interim basis. I wondered about Tom Dosch moving into administration as well.

[SW_Mustang]

Sad day for the Jimmies. That night at Paradiso when he wined and dined the NSIC elite into taking us will never be forgotten, thanks Hiebster! #margs4Hieb

It was less of a "wine and dine" and more of a "Hey we're joining your conference" kinda thing.

[oldyellaHer69]

The AD at Jamestown is moving on to bigger and better things.

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[SW_Mustang]

[QUOTE=WSUWarriorFan;n940083]

No such thing. Jamestown is bound for the Big Ten.

The conference has to keep it national championship streak alive, nobody better to do it then the Jimmies.

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

[WSUWarriorFan]

[QUOTE=debergfan;n940081]No such thing. Jamestown is bound for the Big Ten.

The conference has to keep it national championship streak alive, nobody better to do it then the Jimmies.

[debergfan]

The AD at Jamestown is moving on to bigger and better things.

No such thing. Jamestown is bound for the Big Ten.

[Stanger86]

The AD at Jamestown is moving on to bigger and better things.

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[SW_Mustang]

D1 might have to wait! https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/...cebook_KSTP-TV

They do that every year - surprised it even made the news.

That system is run worse than most.

[oldyellaHer69]

D1 might have to wait! https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/...cebook_KSTP-TV

[SW_Mustang]

Not sure where else to share this bit of news but Minnesota has hired Augustana's Gretta Melsted.

Melsted Named Head Softball Coach - University of Minnesota Athletics

[zimmy21]

If Mankato was serious about moving up they would be pursuing the open spot in the Missouri Valley with the loss of NDSU. Augie is at least a fit for football in the pioneer league academically.

Being in the Summit gives you immediate access to the MVFC as of 2 years ago. St. Thomas has opted for Non-Scholly football for now.