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Tommies look to finish strong on Senior Night

Posted on March 1, 2024 By Sam Goaley No Comments on Tommies look to finish strong on Senior Night

Tomorrow will be the final home game for a good chunk of the University of St. Thomas Men’s Basketball team, and each of the players celebrated will have quite a legacy to look up to. St. Thomas takes on Denver and the highest scoring player in the country, Tommy Bruner. The University of St. Thomas…

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Final Power Rankings of the Year

Posted on February 28, 2024 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Final Power Rankings of the Year

  1. South Dakota State: 63 pts (6) Last week: 2 Jacks are in the drivers seat for the regular season title and reclaim the top spot in the power rankings.     2. North Dakota: 54 pts Last week: 1 A loss to the rival Bison has UND chasing South Dakota State with one…

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It All Comes Down to This

Posted on February 27, 2024 By admin

The top 3 teams in the league face off in the final week and the guys are here to talk about it. Who comes out on top North Dakota, North Dakota State or South Dakota State. How does the rest of the league shake out and for old times sake an NIL transfer portal rant….

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St. Thomas in pursuit of the Jackrabbits

Posted on February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 By Sam Goaley No Comments on St. Thomas in pursuit of the Jackrabbits

On Thursday, the University of St. Thomas fell in Fargo, as they had last year and the year prior to that. St. Thomas just ran into the annual “Richman Reverse*” in Fargo, and was not able to stop Bo Skunberg in the second half when he was let loose. No Summit League team wants to…

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Reaching the Summit Power Rankings 2 20 24

Posted on February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Power Rankings 2 20 24

    1. North Dakota: 79 pts (7) first-place votes Last week 2 Fighting Hawks sweep the weekend and take the top spot from the Jacks   2. South Dakota State: 74 pts (2) Jacks split the weekend and gets passed by North Dakota 3. St. Thomas: 63 pts Last week 3 Tommies win their…

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What Will it Take to Make a Run

Posted on February 19, 2024 By admin

Greg and Todd go through each Summit League Team and discuss what it will take for them to make a run through the tournament. They also answer an interesting question about whether the number 1 seed (if UST were eligible to make the NCAA tournament) is really an advantage in this tournament format. https://anchor.fm/s/359beb70/podcast/play/82889294/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-1-19%2Fd7e030da-9388-586e-7751-f6c2e5554370.mp3Podcast: Play…

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Reaching the Summit Power Rankings 2 14 24

Posted on February 14, 2024 By Todd Buckingham 2 Comments on Reaching the Summit Power Rankings 2 14 24

You want to know when the power rankings are getting hard to do? When voters just choose not to vote. Only 6 voters this week so let’s see how it turned out South Dakota State: 54pts (6) first-place votes Last week tied 1 Only 1 game this week but a home win over rival Oral…

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Reliving the Mitch Hahn Buzzer Beater Five Years Later!!!

Posted on February 13, 2024February 13, 2024 By Michael Sharp 1 Comment on Reliving the Mitch Hahn Buzzer Beater Five Years Later!!!

It has been five years since my favorite moment of Omaha Mavericks Athletics has happened. Five years, it feels like yesterday almost. On February 14th, 2019 Omaha Men’s Basketball took on South Dakota State which was a showdown for the ages. Both teams were battling for first place in the Summit League and Omaha had…

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Reaching the Summit Power Rankings 2 7 24

Posted on February 7, 2024 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Power Rankings 2 7 24

South Dakota State: 91pts (5) first-place votes Last week 2 With North Dakota surging the Jacks hang on to a tie for 1st   2. North Dakota: 91pts (6) Last week 6 6 wins in a row and the Fighting Hawks are surging. Tied for 1st place.   3. St. Thomas: 77pts Last week 2…

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Taking a Look at the Summit Postseason Awards Races

Posted on February 7, 2024February 7, 2024 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Taking a Look at the Summit Postseason Awards Races

If the season were to end today, who would be my vote for various Summit League awards? That’s not an easy question to answer for many of those awards, but I will do my best to answer below. Player of the Year Tommy Bruner Denver I do believe that winning should factor into the Player…

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