Leatherneck Nation

The men are done for the season, but the women are off to the Summit League tournament this coming weekend.

Western (5) will play Oral Roberts (4) at noon on Sunday, March 6th
All conference tournament games will be available on ESPN3/WatchESPN.
The winner of our game will take on the winner of South Dakota (1) and Denver (8).
Here's the full bracket: http://static.psbin.com/l/f/zbb1v82qkwp ... racket.pdf

Western went 1-1 against Oral Roberts this season, winning in Macomb on January 1st (72-61), then losing in Tulsa on February 20th (79-55).

Bags packed. Weather in Sioux Falls looking favorable. A little rabble-rousing going on between the Jacks and Bison (Bison wanted to show off those five Natty trophies at the Sioux Falls Scheels - Jacks cried foul - not going to happen - You know the Bison fans will retaliate somehow someway). I am bringing my Breckenridge Mardi Gras parade purple and gold beads. They were good for two Ws in Denver. I think JD's gals will be prepared for ORU and get to the semis. God I love March Madness.

Good article about #44 Sophie Reichelt from Wednesday's "Western Courier":
http://westerncourier.com/34972/sports/ ... ll-family/

sealhall74 wrote:Bags packed. Weather in Sioux Falls looking favorable. A little rabble-rousing going on between the Jacks and Bison (Bison wanted to show off those five Natty trophies at the Sioux Falls Scheels - Jacks cried foul - not going to happen - You know the Bison fans will retaliate somehow someway). I am bringing my Breckenridge Mardi Gras parade purple and gold beads. They were good for two Ws in Denver. I think JD's gals will be prepared for ORU and get to the semis. God I love March Madness.

Yea, I guess they were doing a Sheels tour. Sheels is headquartered in Fargo and is a HUGE NDSU supporter. Not sure if the person organizing it just didn't think about it, or if they were purposely trying to get in a bit of a "dig" on the Jackrabbits. Something tells me that if SDSU and NDSU meet up in the tournament (it'd be the championship game for the men, NDSU's women didn't make the tournament...finished 9th in regular season) that there will be a bit of an extra "chip" on the shoulders of the Jackrabbits. Might see them play a bit more passionately because of it.

Scheels Fan Shop carries a lot of Western apparel:
http://fanshop.scheels.com/search/weste ... athernecks

Lots of possibilities if they do meet up in championship. I think I would go with 5 "Big Trophy" posters and wave them behind the basket. If they allow "Big Heads", I dont think they could prevent "Big Trophies". ESPN would have a field day with it.

Game is at Noon today and will be on the Midco Sports Network.
ESPN3 will be picking up the Midco telecast.

End of the 1st qr. Oral Roberts ahead 15-9.
Western was 1 for 10 on three-point attempts.

End of the first half. Oral Roberts ahead 28-19.
Western is 1 for 15 on three-point attempts.

There have been several shots of the band that Oral Roberts hired to play for their games. Looks like a lot of older people in that band.

Apparently Western did not hire a band.

Kudos to the event staff for playing our fight song on the PA system at end of half. We need more fight.