Weather conditions outside of the Bemidji State University Gymnasium were as they had been all day – clear and not a chance of precipitation. It was the heavy downpour of a basketball variety inside the facility that troubled the University of Minnesota Duluth men’s basketball team.UMD (7-4, 4-3 NSIC) was hurt early by a strong shooting Bemidji State (10-3, 5-2 NSIC) squad en route to an 85-72 setback in their first contest of 2012.“There was no competitiveness on our part

After a strong finish to the 2011 portion of their schedule, the University of Minnesota Duluth men's basketball team (7-3, 4-2 NSIC) will look to carry over their gathered momentum to the year 2012 as they open up the new year with an NSIC road tilt at Bemidji State (9-3, 4-2 NSIC).Both the Bulldogs and Beavers will be well-rested after a holiday hiatus of over two weeks and a win by the Bulldogs would help alleviate the logjam in the NSIC standings as three squads boast a 4-2 mark in confere