NSIC Travel Partners moving forward

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Woah, that's interesting...

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A few teams have begun posting 2025-26 basketball schedules, so we are starting to see what the new travel partners will be.

Augie-Wayne...

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Crixus is two hours behind us in New Mexico. Those are noon starts....

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Their first home game as a D2 program....they're going to be fired up. I think it will be a relatively even matchup....

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I know it's a question on everyone's minds.....

9/6 vs. MSUM
9/13 at Jamestown
9/20 vs. UMary
9/27 at Wayne State
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I noticed that SMSU picked up a transfer WR from Division I Northern Illinois this week. Began his career at D3 Concordia-Wisconsin, so I'm not exactly...

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I tend to agree. I don't know if this team can match the 28-win mark set by the 2000-01, 2008-09, and 2016-17 teams, but I think they have the potential...

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Here we are, back again.

Last year, the Mustangs finished 21-9 and won a share of the NSIC regular season championship, making their second...

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USF's cat has its mouth closed...TOTALLY different....

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It's fine

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Some might call this an apt comparison since they might believe Jamestown itself is nothing more than a collection of junk.......

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Minot State finished 13th in its first season, ahead of SMSU, BSU and UMC (Sioux Falls finished SIXTH!). UMary finished 7th in the 10-team league in its...

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

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Honestly, this hire makes sense for Minot right now. I'd expect a slight step back especially due to defections, but he should have them playing well...

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Still waiting for the bubble that Hmielewski promised us.......