What Next?
Taylor Braun At Summit League Tournament Well now we wait. Unlike last season when NDSU was a surpise postseason entrant into the CBI and lost at Wyoming last March. The only surprise that will come...
View ArticleBison Video Blog: Sunday CBI Ramblings
Thanks for everyone staying up late and checking in here on the Ramblings; NDSU will play in the postseason for a 2nd straight year and 3rd time in it’s Division 1 history; heading back to the CBI and...
View ArticleAnd That’s It
Trayvonn Wright dunks against Western Michigan in the CBI. The Bison men’s basketball season ended tonight in a similar fashion to last year with a last second chance to try and win/tie the game; last...
View ArticleBison Video Blog: Sunday Ramblings
The college basketball season has come to a close for those that follow it closely here and NDSU has plenty of expectations surrounding them heading into the offseason. Jeff and I will give out full...
View ArticleHelp On The Horizon?
Final Four weekend is notorious for coaches getting together to negotiate for new jobs, but it appears this year it’s about schools negotiating for new leagues. Rob Demovsky of the Green Bay Press...
View ArticleOakland Is Off
Well folks the inevitable appears to be here; according to the Detroit Free Press; Oakland will make it official after a Board Of Trustees vote that they are indeed leaving the Summit League for the...
View ArticleThe Fight for First
NDSU’s men’s basketball team continues to rack up the wins at home, taking care of IUPUI last night 57-48, despite falling behind 9-2, you can watch highlights of the game here. With the win, the Bison...
View ArticleBottom line: Bison need a win, and help from the Coyotes
Once again, NDSU could be involved in a regular season league tiebreaker situation, only this time, there’s more on the line. Recall in November when the Bison football team got the Missouri Valley...
View ArticleAnother trip to Tulsa
NDSU heads to Tulsa today with the opportunity to win the Summit League title tomorrow night with a win against Oral Roberts and some help from South Dakota State. Brett Winkelman and NDSU won a huge...
View ArticleHandicapping the Summit: Fifth-seeded USD will win it
It was about this time last year when the Summit League men’s basketball tournament looked to be NDSU’s to lose. The Bison had the Summit Player of the Year in Taylor Braun, South Dakota State no...
View ArticleThursday’s hot links
Lawrence Alexander’s outstanding career with North Dakota State puts him among the elite in the Bison’s Division I era. Jeff Kolpack explains how LA has become a complete player. The $117 million...
View ArticleIt’s Coming
Monday could go down as a landmark day for mid-major sports. Yesterday we found out that the Horizon League approved the new cost of attendance measure; mandating it in men’s basketball and for at...
View ArticleSeth Coatta
North Dakota State’s men’s basketball team will be a young squad in 2015-16 with just two seniors on the roster (Kory Brown and Chris Kading). That means just two available scholarships for the Class...
View ArticleThe New Guy and some hoops
Matt Larsen has been on the job ten months and he is now starting to arrange his staff the way he wants it. Monday NDSU announced the hiring of Todd Phelps as the school’s first deputy athletic...
View ArticleSchedule almost set
The Summit League released its men’s basketball schedule on Wednesday and there are some quirks again like last year with nine teams, notably games on Wednesdays and Sundays, which NDSU has each of...
View ArticleBison Video Blog: Season preview with Dave Richman
NDSU begins a new men’s basketball season tonight at Scheels Arena with an exhibition game against the University of Mary. I visited with Dave Richman about the new season, new players and expectations...
View ArticleRace to the end
It may not seem fair that we turn our attention to basketball a full week into February, but such is life in the Red River Valley when covering the five time national champions. North Dakota State’s...
View ArticleBison Video Blog: NFL Combine wrap up, Summit League Tournament preview
Join WDAY sports director Dom Izzo and The Forum’s Jeff Kolpack for the latest Bison Video Blog.
View ArticleOn to the Summit
North Dakota State’s basketball teams open conference play tomorrow night as the real season begins for each team. For the Bison men, the non-conference was a mixed bag of results, highlighted by the...
View ArticleThe Past Is the Future
The band is getting back together. The University of North Dakota is set to announce tomorrow that they will be leaving the Big Sky Conference and joining the Summit League for the fall of 2018 and the...
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