Keenan Henderson Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Tonight, begins the conference season for the Summit League. Throughout the season we can keep a watchful eye on the other teams and how they look in the Summit League. Interested to see how St. Thomas does in their opener against Omaha. A win able game for the former D3 squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 St. Thomas wins their first game in conference and lead by 23 at halftime on the road in Omaha. Looks like they are going to be a tough out, their first year in D1. Very impressive! SDSU blows out KC by 32 and just destroyed their tough defense by scoring 89. The game on Wednesday night with the Jackrabbits will be a shoot-out, first one to 90! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Big tilt in the Summit League tonight: South Dakota State at North Dakota State. I just don't see the Jackrabbits losing too many conference games this season; this is one of the few where they should be challenged. No word yet on SDSU leading-scorer Noah Freidel's status after mysteriously being benched last Saturday for the win over ORU in Brookings. Oh, and the current temperature in Fargo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTex Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Not a great effort so far for the Bison, and apparently not much defense in Fargo tonight. SDSU up 48-37 at the half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 NDSU was up 11-2 early… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 SDSU holds off the Bison by 4 tonight and that was without their leading scorer Noah Friedel. Impressive win for the Jackrabbits tonight. They may come to Tulsa at 16-0 in league play come February. Still have a tough one at Western Illinois but they are the team to beat in the Summit League this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcboy2000 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Definitely looking forward to playing them in Tulsa. We need the same home court treatment from the refs that they got. I expect nothing less than 25 free throws for us and 1 for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 St. Thomas is blowing out Western Illinois by 16 at the half and have lead by as much as 20. Crazy, who would have thought they would be so good their first year in D1? Their only conference loss was to Denver, who they lead by as many as 19 before losing on a buzzer beater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTex Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Western is a bit of an enigma. The surprise team early, and consensus top 4 in the league per all the ratings. But they've already lost to Omaha and St. Thomas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleManiac Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Maybe Western is not quite what we had hoped they were, but St. Thomas has been very impressive in their jump to D1. Nice addition to the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 Watched the second half of St. Thomas and WIU, which the Tommies win by 23! They put on a clinic and Western had no answers. St. Thomas has five guys on the floor who are all basically guards that can: dribble, pass, drive and shoot the ball at a high level. It is textbook basketball at its finest. How will ORU matchup with that? Western had a lot of size but could not keep up with the Tommies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUJason Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 We basically play a 4-5 guard lineup all the time. If anyone can match up with the Tommies, we can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglefan 21 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 The TOMMIES have a bunch of seniors. Does anyone know if they will all be back with the Covid eligibility waivers? If so, they will have a stacked team next year. I think they have a 4* guard who signed with them for 2022-2023. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTex Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I found a great resource for tracking Summit scores and standings that I never realized was there. The Wikipedia page for the season has updated standings (with tiebreakers) and a matrix showing each team's record against each other conference team. Makes it really easy to track who's done what against whom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021–22_Summit_League_men's_basketball_season (scroll down about halfway) Here's a current snapshot: Regular Season Conference Standings Conference Overall Rank Team Record Perecent Record Percent Tiebreaker 1 South Dakota State 3-0 1.000 12-4 .750 2 Oral Roberts 3-1 .750 9-6 .600 3 St. Thomas 2-1 .500 7-7 .500 4 North Dakota State 1-1 .500 9-5 .643 Kansas City 1-1 .500 6-6 .500 6 Omaha 1-2 .333 2-12 .143 Ahead of Western Illinois and Denver based on win percentage in the group 7 Western Illinois 1-2 .333 10-5 .667 Ahead of Denver based on Head-to-Head win percentage 8 Denver 1-2 .333 5-11 .313 9 North Dakota 0-1 .000 4-10 .286 Ahead of South Dakota based on # of losses 10 South Dakota 0-2 .000 7-6 .538 Conference Matrix[edit] Denver Kansas City Omaha North Dakota North Dakota State Oral Roberts St. Thomas South Dakota South Dakota State Western Illinois vs. Denver – 1-0 0-1 1-0 vs. Kansas City – 0-1 1-0 vs. Omaha – 1-0 1-0 0-1 vs. North Dakota – 1-0 vs. North Dakota State 0-1 – 1-0 vs. Oral Roberts 0-1 0-1 – 0-1 1-0 vs. St. Thomas 1-0 0-1 – 0-1 vs. South Dakota 1-0 1-0 – vs. South Dakota State 0-1 0-1 0-1 – vs. Western Illinois 0-1 1-0 1-0 – Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleManiac Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Thanks for the heads up Tex. This is a great resource and I'm sure takes a lot of time for whoever is doing it. It would almost be worth pinning that on the board and keeping it updated as the season plays out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Omaha puts up 98 tonight and handles North Dakota by 16. Shows how much better teams play at home. After that game on Saturday against ORU who would have thought they would score like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis 83 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 On 12/30/2021 at 10:57 AM, Old Titan said: Big tilt in the Summit League tonight: South Dakota State at North Dakota State. I just don't see the Jackrabbits losing too many conference games this season; this is one of the few where they should be challenged. No word yet on SDSU leading-scorer Noah Freidel's status after mysteriously being benched last Saturday for the win over ORU in Brookings. Oh, and the current temperature in Fargo? Wasn’t that D Days gpa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, Otis 83 said: Wasn’t that D Days gpa? Nailed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Does anyone know why SDSU played at Omaha today, instead of the other way around? Omaha and Denver are normally travel partners, as are the two South Dakota schools. But tonight, Denver played at USD and SDSU at Omaha. On Saturday, the schedule returns to “normal” with Denver coming to SDSU, and Omaha plays at USD. The next time these schools play, the scenario will flip, with Omaha coming to SDSU, and then returning home to play USD in the same week. Perhaps there was a venue scheduling difficulty? In any case, I don’t think it creates an unfair advantage or disadvantage, I just found it odd. I don’t see any other situation like this in the entire Summit schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 12 hours ago, TrueBlue82 said: Does anyone know why SDSU played at Omaha today, instead of the other way around? Omaha and Denver are normally travel partners, as are the two South Dakota schools. But tonight, Denver played at USD and SDSU at Omaha. On Saturday, the schedule returns to “normal” with Denver coming to SDSU, and Omaha plays at USD. The next time these schools play, the scenario will flip, with Omaha coming to SDSU, and then returning home to play USD in the same week. Perhaps there was a venue scheduling difficulty? In any case, I don’t think it creates an unfair advantage or disadvantage, I just found it odd. I don’t see any other situation like this in the entire Summit schedule. I heard it had something to do with a "hockey-ice-in-the-way" conflict for one of those schools on one of their two weekends of playing each other. That one weekend being screwed up meant their other weekend together had to be symmetric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 WIU bounces back with a big win in overtime against NDSU on the road. The Leathernecks are still a force to be reckoned with in the Summit League. That win by ORU on the road against Western Illinois is looking better and better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Big WIU win at NDSU.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 One reason I like the win WIU had over the Bison is that it shows more parity in the league. The top five teams: SDSU, ORU, KC, WIU and NDSU can win on any given night. You may even be able to throw St. Thomas in there. Very good for our conference, in my opinion. Here's hoping that a few teams can knock off SDSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenEagleFan Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Something that is crazy after seeing the UMKC plays at home again tonight versus Denver: With their 2-week Covid pause, the Roos have not had to travel since getting back from Christmas break. Quite the advantage to sleep in your own bed and avoid traveling to open up your new year! Now of course it will all even out as the Summit League has made the wise decision to reschedule games rather than just not play them. It could be a busy second half of league play for the Roos in regards to travel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Denver leads UMKC by 7 (30-23) at halftime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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