NDSU @ IUPUI

NDSU is completing its transition to Division I athletics and is playing in the same conference as IUPUI.  The benefit for me is I will get to see them play every year.  The football team is joining the Gateway Conference next year and will play a few nearby schools including Indiana State, about an hour away.  The pictures below were from the Bison game at IUPUI on January 10, 2008.  Fraternity brother Mark Dittmer and I attended the game with about 25 other Bison fans.  They did not play well though and lost 60-46.  In a small world situation, Bison coach, Saul Phillips, bought my sister's house in Fargo when he moved there a couple years ago.  I talked to him briefly after the game and learned he has sold the house now that he's making a couple extra bucks.  I'm still learning how to use this camera and this night I learned I can't take good action shots from a distance inside.

An IUPUI player takes a shot (I think it may have been IUPUI stud George Hill)	IUPUI Coach Hunter is very animated but has been very successful at IUPUI
A Bison player makes a pass down low	Coach Phillips watches his team run their offense
The gym at the Natatorium is very small (seats about 1200) but is pretty nice and every seat is close to the action.  NDSU had a decent turnout for the game.	A look at the Bison media at the scorer's table
Coach Phillips tries to motivate his team during a time-out	The closer photos turned out a little better