Big Sky Basketball - 2013-14

[AZGrizFan]

Thats uh quite the log jam

Admit it. It scares you JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST a little that the Griz are starting to find their stride....

[grizzaholic]

Thats uh quite the log jam

Admit it. It scares you JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST a little that the Griz are starting to find their stride....

I will say this right now. If, and that is a super huge if, the Griz win the BSC, they will be given a 1st Class butt whoopin' in the prelims of the 64.

And the only positive thing to come out of it would be watching the meltdown of the Weber State fanbase.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Kareem Jamar (UMT) - 20.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg (3 games)
Joel Bolomboy (WEB) - 16 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 14/14 on FTs, 64% on FGs (2 games)


Women

Melissa Williams (EWU) - 11 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 63% on FGs(2 games)
Lori Parkinson (SUU) - 22 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 steals, 10/14 on FGs (1 game)

[Wildcat Ryan]

Thats uh quite the log jam

Admit it. It scares you JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST a little that the Griz are starting to find their stride....

Everybody knew Montana was going to be too good a team to not be in the mix come this time in the season.



And a..........maybe a little

[AZGrizFan]

Admit it. It scares you JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST a little that the Griz are starting to find their stride....

I will say this right now. If, and that is a super huge if, the Griz win the BSC, they will be given a 1st Class butt whoopin' in the prelims of the 64.

And the only positive thing to come out of it would be watching the meltdown of the Weber State fanbase.

Oh, I have NO illusions....in fact they would lose convincingly to just about any team they were matched up against in the play-in game (and they would DEFINITELY be in the play-in game)....but I had given this team up for dead LONG ago....but it seems like they're only MOSTLY dead...

[kalm]

I will say this right now. If, and that is a super huge if, the Griz win the BSC, they will be given a 1st Class butt whoopin' in the prelims of the 64.

And the only positive thing to come out of it would be watching the meltdown of the Weber State fanbase.

Oh, I have NO illusions....in fact they would lose convincingly to just about any team they were matched up against in the play-in game (and they would DEFINITELY be in the play-in game)....but I had given this team up for dead LONG ago....but it seems like they're only MOSTLY dead...

They wiggled there fingers! That's wonderful!

[AZGrizFan]

Oh, I have NO illusions....in fact they would lose convincingly to just about any team they were matched up against in the play-in game (and they would DEFINITELY be in the play-in game)....but I had given this team up for dead LONG ago....but it seems like they're only MOSTLY dead...

They wiggled there fingers! That's wonderful!

They've always been quick healers...

[kalm]

They wiggled there fingers! That's wonderful!

They've always been quick healers...

[SuperHornet]

Admit it. It scares you JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST a little that the Griz are starting to find their stride....

I will say this right now. If, and that is a super huge if, the Griz win the BSC, they will be given a 1st Class butt whoopin' in the prelims of the 64.

And the only positive thing to come out of it would be watching the meltdown of the Weber State fanbase.

What makes you so absolutely certain of that, grizza? The Griz have a history of making noise at the NCAAs. Perhaps not so much as Weber, but noise nonetheless. A decent draw, some hard work, and some luck could see the Griz in the Sweet Sixteen or farther. Why dwell on the possibility of being on the wrong end of a blowout? Once the NCAAT starts, everything's a crapshoot....

[SDHornet]

I will say this right now. If, and that is a super huge if, the Griz win the BSC, they will be given a 1st Class butt whoopin' in the prelims of the 64.

And the only positive thing to come out of it would be watching the meltdown of the Weber State fanbase.

What makes you so absolutely certain of that, grizza? The Griz have a history of making noise at the NCAAs. Perhaps not so much as Weber, but noise nonetheless. A decent draw, some hard work, and some luck could see the Griz in the Sweet Sixteen or farther. Why dwell on the possibility of being on the wrong end of a blowout? Once the NCAAT starts, everything's a crapshoot....

There is that inner Griz fan we all know you have SH.


Hornets cruise to a home win against SUU tonight in the Nest making the BSC log jam that much bigger.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SUU 56-68 SAC; Suutah's starting lineup only scored 11 points
  
  
  
  Women
  
  NAU 59-93 SUU; Southern Utah shoots 65% from the field while the 'Jacks go 0/17 from the arc

[Mvemjsunpx]

Thats uh quite the log jam

Admit it. It scares you JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST a little that the Griz are starting to find their stride....

Even if it doesn't, Weber has proven they can choke in the tourney against other teams too.

[Wildcat Ryan]

The 3 words that have haunted Weber State fans everywhere for the last few years.

BIG SKY TOURNAMENT (shudders)

[AZGrizFan]

I will say this right now. If, and that is a super huge if, the Griz win the BSC, they will be given a 1st Class butt whoopin' in the prelims of the 64.

And the only positive thing to come out of it would be watching the meltdown of the Weber State fanbase.

What makes you so absolutely certain of that, grizza? The Griz have a history of making noise at the NCAAs. Perhaps not so much as Weber, but noise nonetheless. A decent draw, some hard work, and some luck could see the Griz in the Sweet Sixteen or farther. Why dwell on the possibility of being on the wrong end of a blowout? Once the NCAAT starts, everything's a crapshoot....

Sweet Jesus, man. Put down the crack pipe. This is the worst Griz team in at LEAST 6-8 years....IF (and that's a big if) they manage through some miracle of miracles to actually MAKE the tourney, they will get blasted. Really, really REALLY good Griz teams have gotten blasted the past several years.

[SuperHornet]

Well, at least you bothered to explain WHY, AZ. Grizza just made the bald assertion. Having seen what the Griz have done in the past, that sounded rather fishy. Your explanation eliminates that "fishiness."

SD: Meh. Despite the problem with the announcers, I'd rather see Weber make it than the Griz....

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 72-85 EWU; All five Eagle starters score in double figures
  NAU 65-63 PSU; A last-second Viking turnover leads to a Kris Yanku put-back at the buzzer
  WEB 75-55 SUU; The T-Birds are whipped at home by a team they nearly shocked on the road
  UMT 86-89 UNC (OT); Bears win points-in-the-paint 36-8 after halftime
  MSU 78-70 UND; The Bobcats go 28/32 from the line while the No-Nicks go 7/15
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 79-73 SAC; Sac scored 80+ in each of their first 12 games, but have broken 80 in just 4 of their last 10
  SUU 70-66 ISU; Suutah wins turnovers 15-7
  PSU 61-84 NAU; 11 players scored in double figures in this one, but Amanda Frost's 28 was the big difference
  UNC 55-61 UMT; In their loss in Greeley, UM went 10/20 from the arc; in tonight's win, they went 2/18
  UND 67-78 MSU; NoDak's leading scorers—Mia Loyd & Madi Buck—combine to go 7/26 from the field

[wsucatfan]

I am. Weber's announce crew on the OTHER game was going off about how a 14-5 team stinks so bad that "anybody" could beat them. And that's a team that had ALREADY broken the BSC single-game team scoring record once already this season. They were freaking out after the Hornets proceeded to do it AGAIN that very night....

Um, Weber fans couldn't care less about women's basketball (do a search on the wildcat forum about women's ball), or about what the announce crew says about women's basketball programs.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  NAU 65-84 EWU; Kris Yanku's 30 bench points for NAU are outdone by Tyler Harvey's 37 points for EWU
  SAC 72-65 PSU; Hornets shoot 62% and lead start to finish against the suddenly collapsing Viks
  ISU 75-65 SUU; Bengals shoot 62% in the second half after shooting 26% in the first
  MSU 73-83 UNC; The Bears go 16/20 from the field in the second half
  UMT 69-74 UND; The Griz get a rare rebounding victory, but commit a season-high 17 turnovers
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 80-84 SAC; Sac makes 23 free throws to PSU's 11
  SUU 80-64 WEB; Wildcats lose their 51st. straight conference games despite 30 points from Desiree Ramos
  EWU 78-86 NAU; Five different players fouled out in this upset win
  UND 49-52 UMT; Montana pulls even in the loss column despite scoring just 16 in the first half
  UNC 65-59 MSU; Stephanie Lee scores 36 points while the Bobcats get killed on the glass

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Men
    
    1. Weber State__________11-2_____14-7_____ W3
    2. Northern Colorado____9-5_____15-8_____ W2
    3. North Dakota _________8-6_____11-13____ W1
    4. Northern Arizona _____8-6_____11-14____ L1
    5. Montana ______________7-7_____12-11____ L2
    6. Eastern Washington___7-7_____12-13____ W2
    7. Montana State ________7-7_____12-13____ L1
    8. Sacramento State _____7-7_____11-12____ W1
    9. Idaho State ___________6-7______9-13____ W1
    10.Portland State_________6-8_____11-12____ L4
    11.Southern Utah ________0-14_____1-22____ L22/L22

• • Women
    
    1. North Dakota ________11-4_____16-8_____ L2
    2. Montana _____________10-4_____16-7_____ W2
    3. Southern Utah _______10-4_____16-7_____ W4
    4. Eastern Washington___8-6_____12-11____ L1
    5. Sacramento State _____8-6_____16-7_____ W1
    6. Idaho State ___________7-6______9-13____ L2
    7. Montana State ________7-7_____12-11____ L1
    8. Northern Colorado____7-8_____13-11____ W1
    9. Northern Arizona _____5-9______8-15____ W2
    10.Portland State_________4-10_____6-17____ L2
    11.Weber State___________0-13_____4-18____ L51/L15

[SuperHornet]

I caught most of the second half of the PSU-Sac game. I'm STILL mad the tipoff time got changed on me. (It was originally set for two, but ended up being 1:05.) From just the 15 min and change I saw, Sac DID show some defensive weakness in that they had problems defending both the backdoor play and dribble penetration by the guards...IF PSU could get past the outside ball harassment. The problem for PSU was that was a HUGE IF. Many of Sac's second half points came off Viking turnovers caused by said ball harassment. But the failure to watch the back door is generally what kept the Vikings in the game. They were unable to do that as much as was apparently necessary to get the job done, though. Sac's penchant for draining 3-bombs was also a key defensive problem for PSU. There was a bit of home cooking from the officials, but nowhere near enough to blame the loss on that. For the remainder of the season, PSU has to control the ball and defend the three-ball better, and Sac must be more aware of the back door and disrupting dribble penetration.

[Mvemjsunpx]

I caught most of the second half of the PSU-Sac game. I'm STILL mad the tipoff time got changed on me. (It was originally set for two, but ended up being 1:05.) From just the 15 min and change I saw, Sac DID show some defensive weakness in that they had problems defending both the backdoor play and dribble penetration by the guards...IF PSU could get past the outside ball harassment. The problem for PSU was that was a HUGE IF. Many of Sac's second half points came off Viking turnovers caused by said ball harassment. But the failure to watch the back door is generally what kept the Vikings in the game. They were unable to do that as much as was apparently necessary to get the job done, though. Sac's penchant for draining 3-bombs was also a key defensive problem for PSU. There was a bit of home cooking from the officials, but nowhere near enough to blame the loss on that. For the remainder of the season, PSU has to control the ball and defend the three-ball better, and Sac must be more aware of the back door and disrupting dribble penetration.

PSU needs a ton of help to make the tourney since they're 3 games back with 6 to go. Gotta wonder how long Murrell still has given they're looking at 3 straight tourney misses, not to mention the frequent rumors of friction between her and the team.

Sac should still get in the tournament, but their longevity is questionable given how their depth has been reduced. They were able to deal with Parrish's absence, but adding further injuries on top of that has hurt them. If they can shoot close to 40%, they tend to win, but if they're down closer to 30% the turnover margin advantages just aren't enough.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Tyler Harvey (EWU) - 26.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 12/21 on treys (2 games)


Women

Kellie Cole (UMT) - 15.5 ppg, 6 rpg, 4 apg, 57% on FGs (2 games)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  WEB 75-78 ISU (OT); The Bengals outshoot Weber from the arc 62%-28%
  
  
  
  Women
  
  ISU 71-84 WEB; Wildcats end their losing streak by winning turnovers 25-9

[SACCAT]

Well, at least you bothered to explain WHY, AZ. Grizza just made the bald assertion. Having seen what the Griz have done in the past, that sounded rather fishy. Your explanation eliminates that "fishiness."

SD: Meh. Despite the problem with the announcers, I'd rather see Weber make it than the Griz....

Big Shy could be in the Play-in game this year...That would be the only way a Big Sky team plays two games in the tourney...

[SuperHornet]

Why's that, Cat? Our schools have won first round games before. What makes it a done deal before the brackets are even close to being out that a Sky school is an auto-loser in the first round? I think I'd want to see the bracket first....