Jimmie mens basketball excited for first official Division 2 schedule

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• "We're going to shoot for that high goal and through that process we are going to become better players and better people and hopefully set this program up for sustained success in the future."The Jimmies have just entered their first official season as a NCAA Division 2 program.
• UJ will compete in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). In the Jimmies' final season at the NAIA level, the team finished at 17-11 and wound up placing second in the North Star Conference.
• UJ's season came to an end after losing in the conference tournament championship game to Dickinson State University."We had a really good year," Bruggeman said.
• "We went 1-3 against Division 2 teams last year.
• That was fun to kind of get a taste of that NSIC basketball in our nonconference schedule, and it made everyone excited for our full D2 schedule this year."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBruggeman is coming into this season with 11 new recruits."I don't think the recruiting ever really stops," Bruggeman said.