North Dakota Preps

ndbasketballfan007 wrote:Where did they play Devils Lake at?

GFRR99 wrote:

toddjames wrote:

GFRR99 wrote:the only time turtle mountain has a chance to win another game this year is when they are playing at home, for obvious reasons. st mary's, bismarck high, and north have all beaten TM by 40 when TM isnt at home. and they are 1-1 at home, beating a good dickinson team and barely losing to a good jamestown team. just ridiculous...they should be class B in my opinion

It's for obvious reasons why Turtle Mountain has such a hard time winning on the road. It's because anytime they play a team they can match up with on the road, the home team always gets the same type of home cooking you are always talking about when TM wins at home. It gets obvious when TM's leading scorer/post players (now I'm talking both boys and girls, I know it's just a boys topic but this ties in) get two or three fouls in the first 8 or so minutes of the game. Happened in the boys game at St. Mary's and in the girl's game at Century. At home they get an even playing field that's why the game's see be closer, they have a fighting chance at least. Your comment about Belcourt needing to be Class B is ridiculous, especially this season. They did get beat up by Bismarck and the St. Mary's game for them got out of hand, but like you said yourself they beat a good Dickinson team and lost a close one to a good Jamestown team. They also played Century tough, no matter if it was bad shooting or not it was still a competitive game. They are competing this year and it's not just at home. It's crazy to say they should be in Class B, you can have your opinion but I don't agree at all.

The reffing is not even comparable and you know it. You are obviously from Belcourt. If you ask any unbias basketball fan statewide, they will tell you the most home favoring refs are in Belcourt hands down. They have 3 FORTY POINT losses on the road..i guess that is competing, not just at home, like you said? The only 2 games they had a chance to win were at home, and trust me when they go to dickinson they will lose by 25+. TM skill level is comparable to class B schools..i wasnt reffering to enrollment numbers. They would not make the class B state tournament. Bismarck made them look like a junior high team, and that is just the sad truth.