bbfan65 wrote:I find it hard to believe that NDSU wouldn't recruit a girl from ND if they were good enough to play. Seems a bit of a stretch considering Coach Ruley made her living with ND girls on her teams. UND does have ND talent but they would get hammered by SDSU. Check out the UND roster in a few years it will have fewer ND girls than it does now. Look how the roster changed at NDSU on the FB. Last year they targeted 3-4 kids from ND. Having D1 teams in ND will generate more chances for the top players each year to stay closer to home and not go the New Mexico and Denver Univ. down the road.
It is definitely hard to believe but true. Ruley really put NDSU on the map by winning D2 titles on the backs of great ND players. She didn't necessarily go after only ND players, but she did always go after the Miss Basketball winners and repeat all-staters, then she really turned her back on the state, and the new coach followed. Peltier is the first ND player to sign with NDSU in over 7 years!