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South Dakota State: 109pts (10) first-place votes, last week (1) Jackrabbits remaining in first is no surprise, but Western Illinois continues to close the gap. 2. Western Illinois: 101 (1) first-place vote, last week (3) Western Illinois continues winning and is rewarded with a move up from 3 last week. 3. Oral Roberts:…
Barnstorming the Country The past month the University of St. Thomas has spread their brand of basketball from coast to coast going 4-5. Loyal ESPN3 viewers were gifted with watching high-scoring entertaining basketball if they could put up with hearing “division 3 to division 1” about 1000 times from the broadcasters. The Drake game yesterday…
Todd gave 1st quarter grade to each Summit League team and the guys discuss those grades and where Zack and Greg agree or disagree. We are also lucky to be joined by Western Illinois Head Coach Rob Jeter whose Leathernecks are off to a red hot start in the non-conference season. — Support this podcast:…
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November is over, which means approximately one-quarter of the regular season is over. We felt that made sense to grade the first quarter for each Summit League team. Yes, we are grading on a curve. It will be based on preseason expectations, Kenpom ranking to start and now. Take into account injuries a little bit…
It was quite the successful trip to the Northeast Part of the United State for the UND Women, as they took two out of three games in a span of 4 days. They went 1-1 in the Vermont Tournament and then took down Siena just this last Tuesday. The wins helped to improve UNDs record…
MACOMB — It is early in the basketball season but Western Illinois has made a strong case in the first month of the season that it is going to be a contender in the Summit League when conference play opens at the end of December.The Leathernecks are off to a 6-2 start, winning games against…
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The year was 2014 and NDSU had a few seniors by the names of Taylor Braun, Marshall Bjorklund and especially Trayvonn Wright who made it a habit of punishing the rim with a wide variety of dunks. During one game at some point in the middle of the season, after a particularly ridiculous Trayvonn Wright…
Below are the Reaching the Summit Women’s Basketball Players of the Week for games played 11/21 – 11/27. Each week our voters select a senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman student-athlete that they thought deserved this weekly award. Enjoy! SENIOR OF THE WEEK: Anna Jackson, Denver (@annaj25_) Jackson finished the week averaging 21.5 ppg and…
Overall, the league went 9-10 this past week with some impressive wins, including SDSU’s upset over ranked UCLA. Was that upset enough to convince voters that there’s a new sheriff in town? Check out our week 3 power rankings below to find out! Â Â Â 1. South Dakota State (59 points). After losses to…
Senior of the Week Forward Douglas Wilson South Dakota State We have mentioned on the podcast recently that the former Summit League Player of the Year seems to be back. This week that showed. Against high level competition in the Crossover Classic Wilson was a force. Wilson averaged 18.7 points, and 6.7 rebounds, as the…