Maybe I spoke a bit too soon about the state of North Dakota State Bison football, as they are once again preparing to play in the FCS championship game, this time against South Dakota State. That they barely snuck past Incarnate Word in the semifinal is hardly a knock against them. After all, they did win the semifinal, and reached the final. The Bison are fine on the football field.
Now, the basketball team? All that I said was true. This is not a good year for NDSU basketball, who have started 3-11, and have only one win, against Portland, in their D-1 victory ledger. They probably won't make the tournament this season. The Summit League tournament.
It's not just NDSU, but every D-1 school in the Dakotas. In the first round of conference play, the Dakotas were winless.
North Dakota has had the best season of the 4 schools, with a 6-8 mark, with their best win coming against, I don't know, Elon? Utah Tech? They also had a heavy loss at the hands of Portland, who is so bad they lost to NDSU, so I don't know.
It's going to be uphill for all of those schools in the Dakotas. Denver has looked better than they have for quite some time, and Western Illinois is finally feisty again, but the real threat is Oral Roberts, who still has Max Abmas, the best player the conference has had in a very long time.
NDSU shook off their football slump this year, and now, the basketball teams in the Dakotas are tasked with proving that this is, at best, a one year hiccup
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