NSIC Play Opens This Weekend

Hi Warrior fans, well the NSIC schedule opens tonight as we are up in St. Cloud getting ready for out game against the Huskies. It should be a great atmosphere and hopefully a fun game. The team just completed it shoot around and we are now heading to a local Subway for our usual pregame meal while on the road.
As for tonight's game we are expecting a hostile environment and loud crowd. St. Cloud St. always has good crowds for basketball games and with this being the conference opener I would expect maybe a couple more people then usual to see this game. The game tonight will be a great challenge to us as we are taking on a team loaded with talent both inside and out. As many Warrior fans remember last year the Huskies had our number and they return all players but 2 from last years squad. Along with the returners they also have added some other nice players to make them the favorite to win the NSIC this season. On the outside they have a trio of great shooters in Taylor Witt, Josh Ortmann and Brett Putz all can have huge games from the 3 point line so we cannot let them get going. Inside they have All-American candidate Matt Schneck along with wing/post player Andrew Bernstetter. The focus for tonight's game will once again begin on the defensive end where we must continue to improve on shutting our man down one on one, also tonight we must be aware that they will want to get the ball inside as much as possible so we will need to have great defensive rotations. Off those rotations we will also have to make sure we are getting a body on the weak side rebound and not giving up a ton of offensive boards like we did last weekend against Mankato. On the offensive side we will need to get scoring from a variety of players. We cannot just hope that DJ continues to have huge games and other guys will need to step up to the plate. Hopefully we can learn from last weekends game and have a great showing tonight in front of a great crowd. GO WARRIORS!!

Pre-game Alumni social event @ O'Gara's Bar 12:30 to 2:30, free appetizers! :)

    Hey Warrior fans, well it was an up and down weekend for the Warriors as we went 1-1 out at the Hoopsfest.  It was a fun event and our guys learned a lot from playing against two quality teams.  Hopefully we can care over what we have learned to this coming weekend as we will be playing two very tough, talented teams.  

    As for this weekend.  On Saturday before the Concordia St. Paul game there will be a Pre-game Alumni social event at O'Gara's Bar and Grill from 12:30 - 2:30.  This event is open obviously to all former alumni along with parents, family and fans of Winona State.  For those of you who do not know where O'Gara's is located the address is: 164 Snelling Ave. North, St. Paul, MN.  If you need more information on the place here is a link to there website: http://www.ogaras.com/.  Just copy and paste it into a web browser to go it.  Finally at O'Gara's on Saturday not only will it be the spot to gather for Warrior fans it will also be the spot to grab some free appetizers as they will be available while they last.  So let get everyone together to catch up on old times and then head on over to Concordia St. Paul to cheer the Warriors onto victory.  GO WARRIORS!!!