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An Early High-Stakes weekend.

Posted on January 11, 2024 By Sam Goaley No Comments on An Early High-Stakes weekend.

The St. Thomas Men’s basketball team has the chance to put an exclamation point on their rise to the top of the Summit League this weekend. Tonight, they play the #1 South Dakota State Jackrabbits, and then go immediately on the road to play #3 Oral Roberts on Saturday. They go into the game tonight…

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Articles, Men's Basketball, St. Thomas

Week 8 Reaching the Summit Players of the Week

Posted on January 10, 2024January 10, 2024 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Week 8 Reaching the Summit Players of the Week
Week 8 Reaching the Summit Players of the Week

Guard Tommy Bruner Denver When you are the scoring leader for all of NCAA basketball it should be no surprise when you win your 4th Senior of the Week award. Bruner continues to put up impressive numbers week in and week out. For the week Bruner averaged an eye-popping 30 points per game. He also…

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Denver, Men's Basketball, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, St. Thomas

Reaching the Summit Power Rankings 1/8/24

Posted on January 8, 2024 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Power Rankings 1/8/24

The Summit/Big Sky challenge gave us some great basketball and some shake-up in the power rankings. South Dakota State: 78 points (6) first-place votes Last week: 1 The Jackrabbits dominate Montana State and lose a close one to Weber State. They stay in first place in the power rankings but can see St. Thomas in…

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Men's Basketball

Rising to the Top?

Posted on January 8, 2024 By admin No Comments on Rising to the Top?

Are there two teams rising to the top? Just how special is the season Tommy Bruner is having? What is going on with a couple of teams on long-losing streaks? Does an Oak Hills curse exist? Is Zack responsible for Omaha's collapse against Idaho State? These are just a few of the questions answered on…

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Men's Basketball, Podcast

St. Thomas in the Big Sky-Summit Challenge

Posted on January 3, 2024 By Sam Goaley No Comments on St. Thomas in the Big Sky-Summit Challenge

The University of St. Thomas Tommies tonight travel on the road to Moscow, Idaho to play the Vandals, and then return home to play Sacramento State in Year 1 of the Big Sky vs Summit League Challenge. The Tommies are coming off decisive wins over North Dakota, and UMKC over the last week, and are…

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Men's Basketball

Reaching the Summit Week 7 Players of the Week

Posted on January 2, 2024 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Week 7 Players of the Week
Reaching the Summit Week 7 Players of the Week

Senior of the Week Guard Tommy Bruner Denver For the third time this season Tommy Bruner is named the Reaching the Summit Senior of the Week, and it is well deserved. Bruner continues an incredible campaign here in week 7. Bruner finished the week averaging 28.5 points per game and scoring isn’t the only way…

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Denver, Men's Basketball, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota State

Let the Chaos Begin

Posted on January 2, 2024 By admin No Comments on Let the Chaos Begin

St. Thomas clamps down on Summit League opponents, South Dakota State impresses and the rest of the league tells us most of the season is going to be chaos. The guys talk about all of it this week. https://anchor.fm/s/359beb70/podcast/play/80713735/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2Fexports%2F359beb70%2F80713735%2Ff5e43cd88a9f69b2d828efd032731ff2.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Men's Basketball, Podcast

Reaching the Summit Power Rankings 1/1/24

Posted on January 2, 2024 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Power Rankings 1/1/24

Welcome to the new year and a new list of power rankings. We have our first weekend of conference play in the books and that has caused some major movement in the power rankings. South Dakota State: 98 points (10) first-place votes Last week: 1 The Jackrabbits only had one game this week, and after…

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Men's Basketball

Omaha Men’s Basketball Finally Win Their First Game at Sanford Coyote Sports Center!!!

Posted on January 1, 2024January 1, 2024 By Michael Sharp No Comments on Omaha Men’s Basketball Finally Win Their First Game at Sanford Coyote Sports Center!!!
Omaha Men’s Basketball Finally Win Their First Game at Sanford Coyote Sports Center!!!

The Omaha Mavericks were coming off a 95-80 defeat to Denver two days prior in front of a rowdy crowd of 3,707 people at Baxter Arena.  That game was back and forth in the first half of the game.  Red Panda was the halftime entertainment and after that things went downhill for Omaha. Denver started…

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Men's Basketball

South Dakota wins Summit League opener at NDSU

Posted on December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 By admin No Comments on South Dakota wins Summit League opener at NDSU

The South Dakota Coyotes kicked off the Summit regular season with a huge win on the road against the North Dakota State Bison winning 75-66 & moving their record to 8-6 on the year. The first victory for the Coyotes in Fargo in over five years (men’s bball) and an early program defining win for…

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Men's Basketball, South Dakota

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