2010-11 Big Sky Basketball

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 69-70 SJSU; Glen Dean scores 23 in his return from injury, but the Eags still lose in the closing seconds
  CSF 89-93 PSU; Vikings survive 60% shooting by the Titans
  UMT 48-50 SF (OT); Griz win points off turnovers 36-7, yet still lose the game
  UNC 76-86 ILL; The Bears score 50 in the second half, but that wasn't nearly enough to overcome a lousy first half
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UPORT 62-55 UMT; Lady Griz fall to 0-4 against DI opponents when leading at halftime

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Women
  
  ORST 62-55 WEB; The Weber women bring in 4877 fans thanks to a horde of elementary students on a field trip
  UNC 45-56 DEN; Bears outscored 20-9 over the last 11 minutes

[Mvemjsunpx]

Griz beat Oregon State at home, 71-66. The Pac-10 must suck, because UM is 2-0 against them but 2-4 against other western DI conferences.

[Shellin]

Washington, Washington State, Arizona. That is the Pac-10 this season, no other team even has an outside shot at making the NCAA Tournament. Good win for the Griz but that really doesn't help the Pac-10's RPI for my Cougs trying to snag an at large bid when March rolls around.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SEA 91-95 EWU; Eags nearly blow a big lead, but hold on thanks to going 15/16 from the line in the final 2:30
  PSU 77-92 CSUB; Viks outscored 47-21 over the last 16 minutes
  ORST 66-71 UMT; Brian Qvale has a monster game: a career-high 27 points, a career-high 18 boards, and 5 blocks
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UCI 67-75 EWU; Despite being 5'0", Eagle PG Chene Cooper gets a double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds

[AZGrizFan]

Washington, Washington State, Arizona. That is the Pac-10 this season, no other team even has an outside shot at making the NCAA Tournament. Good win for the Griz but that really doesn't help the Pac-10's RPI for my Cougs trying to snag an at large bid when March rolls around.

So Oregon and Stanford are just pretenders?

[dbackjon]

Washington, Washington State, Arizona. That is the Pac-10 this season, no other team even has an outside shot at making the NCAA Tournament. Good win for the Griz but that really doesn't help the Pac-10's RPI for my Cougs trying to snag an at large bid when March rolls around.

So Oregon and Stanford are just pretenders?

Pacific-10 Conf All
Washington St. 0-0 7-1
Arizona 0-0 8-2
Stanford 0-0 6-2
Oregon 0-0 7-3
Washington 0-0 6-3
USC 0-0 6-4
UCLA 0-0 5-4
California 0-0 5-4
Arizona St. 0-0 4-4
Oregon St. 0-0 4-5

Washington State:
Sat, Nov 13 Southern W 86-47 -- -- --
Tue, Nov 16 Idaho W 88-71 -- -- --
Tue, Nov 23 Portland W 84-68 -- -- --
Fri, Nov 26 at Fresno St. W 66-55 -- -- --
Tue, Nov 30 Sacramento St. W 84-36 -- -- --
Fri, Dec 3 (5) Kansas St. L 58-63 -- -- --
Wed, Dec 8 Gonzaga W 81-59 -- -- --
Fri, Dec 10 TX Pan American W 74-52


Stanford:
Mon, Nov 15 San Diego W 64-48 -- -- --
Thu, Nov 18 Virginia W 81-60 -- -- --
Sun, Nov 21 AR Pine Bluff W 92-49 -- -- --
Thu, Nov 25 Murray St. L 52-55 -- -- --
Fri, Nov 26 Tulsa L 53-65 -- -- --
Sun, Nov 28 at DePaul W 81-74 -- -- --
Sun, Dec 12 UC Riverside W 55-48 -- -- --
Wed, Dec 15 N.C. A&T W 76-59

Oregon:
Fri, Nov 12 North Dakota St. W 97-92 -- -- --
Sat, Nov 13 Denver W 68-56 -- -- --
Sun, Nov 14 UCSB W 72-70 -- -- --
Sat, Nov 20 San Jose St. L 72-75 -- -- --
Tue, Nov 23 Texas Southern W 75-52 -- -- --
Sat, Nov 27 (1) Duke L 71-98 -- -- --
Thu, Dec 2 (9) Missouri L 80-83 -- -- --
Sun, Dec 5 Portland St. W 68-49 -- -- --
Sat, Dec 11 Willamette W 100-67 -- -- --
Mon, Dec 13 Jacksonville St. W 74-56

[Shellin]

Neither Stanford nor Oregon has a quality win and Stanford has that bad loss to Tulsa. I do believe Stanford will finish in the middle of the Pac-10 and be competitive (maybe 7-11/8-10 in Pac-10 play) but they certainly won't challenge for an NCAA bid. Oregon has surprised me this season and they played a great second half against Missouri, almost coming back to win the game. The Duck's issue right now is depth, they have 4 guys right now averaging 30 minutes of playing time per game. Look at the box score of the Missouri game, they played 7 players. That works against NDSU, Denver, Texas Southern, etc but in conference play when they have to play Thursday night then again on Saturday every single week it is really going to start taking it's toll. Stanford and Oregon will probably knock off some good conference teams in play this year but as far as contending for a Pac-10 title or an NCAA bid, yes, they are absolutely pretenders.

[Mvemjsunpx]

NAU leads Arizona, 31-24, at the half.


And a big "ruh-roh" for Weber as Damian Lillard missed the second half/overtime with an injury in their loss to Tulsa. Lillard was reportedly on crutches.

[Wildcat Ryan]

NAU leads Arizona, 31-24, at the half.


And a big "ruh-roh" for Weber as Damian Lillard missed the second half/overtime with an injury in their loss to Tulsa. Lillard was reportedly on crutches.

Yep and we wont know until after an MRI if it is really serious or not Injuries really kicking our butts right now.

[Mvemjsunpx]

NAU leads Arizona, 31-24, at the half.

NAU now down 3 with 37 seconds left. The 'Jacks are dominating shooting & rebounds, but they can't force turnovers while Arizona has hit 10 treys.

Wildcats win, 63-58.

[dbackjon]

Hometown refs gave UA the win...

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  WEB 79-81 TULSA (OT); Lindsey Hughey makes 3 treys in the last 15 seconds, but that wasn't enough for Weber
  NAU 58-63 UA; The 'Jacks dominate Arizona on shooting & rebounds by double-digits, but lose turnovers by 8
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 57-85 NEV; The Wolf Pack win every stat except fouls & bench points

[dbackjon]

• Men
  
  WEB 79-81 TULSA (OT); Lindsey Hughey makes 3 treys in the last 15 seconds, but that wasn't enough for Weber
  NAU 58-63 UA; The 'Jacks dominate Arizona on shooting & rebounds by double-digits, but lose turnovers by 8
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 57-85 NEV; The Wolf Pack win every stat except fouls & bench points

If NAU had gotten some calls, they would have won. Cameron Jones got butchered everytime he drove the lane, but no calls. UA only had three fouls called on them first 19 1/2 minutes

[mtjack]

dbackjon -

That was fun. Although the end result was not what the small NAU contingency in attendance was hoping for, it was a great night to watch hoops in soggy Tucson. NAU may not have had the better pure athletes on the court but they had the better team for 3/4 of the game. U of A's speed and size won out in the very end. U of A beat NAU at their own game by hitting the three's. That was the difference. NAU, amazingly, won the inside game and controlled tempo for a bulk of the game. No quit in this Lumberjacks team. Color me impressed with their effort under uneasy travel/weather/finals circumstances.

Re: the questionable calls. Of course the benefit of the doubt will go to the Pac-10 (BCS conference) team over a Big Sky (FCS) team. That isn't how it should be but that's how it is in college athletics. My concern is that the U of A pulls an ASU and quits scheduling the Lumberjacks in basketball due to the fact that they just may lose one of these days.

All kinds of positives to take out of this. From what I've seen I predict the Big Sky to be a dogfight this season. A few BSC teams that seem down but a few highly competitive teams also. Go Jacks!

[Shellin]

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketba ... the-season

Looks like Damian Lillard is out for the rest of the season for Weber. That's definitely bad news for the Wildcats.

[Mvemjsunpx]

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketba ... the-season

Looks like Damian Lillard is out for the rest of the season for Weber. That's definitely bad news for the Wildcats.

I think that ranks as a quintuple ouch. The biggest injury I can think of in recent Big Sky basketball history.

It looks like a two-way race between Montana & NAU now. MSU could get hot & win the tourney, but I don't think they're good enough to win the regular season grind.

[Wildcat Ryan]

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketba ... the-season

Looks like Damian Lillard is out for the rest of the season for Weber. That's definitely bad news for the Wildcats.

I think that ranks as a quintuple ouch. The biggest injury I can think of in recent Big Sky basketball history.

It looks like a two-way race between Montana & NAU now. MSU could get hot & win the tourney, but I don't think they're good enough to win the regular season grind.

No way, Lillard might have been our best player, but we took Tulsa into overtime without him or our second leading scorer Scott Bamforth. Weber still has loads of talent, they will still be very tough to beat.

Weber has won the Big Sky with players Not named Damion Lillard before.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Women
  
  SEA 92-82 SAC; Hornets pathetically outrebounded 71-37 while they horribly lose the offensive glass 34-10

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 42-72 NEB; Eagles outshot 50%-21%
  UPORT 78-67 PSU; The Pilots torch the Vikings inside the arc, shooting 76%
  ISU 60-66 CREIGH; Broderick Gilchrest scores 22, but the Bengals can't overcome a bad start
  sw 54-94 WEB; Five Wildcats in double-figures in the season premiere of Life Without Lillard
  UMT 64-63 ID; The Griz narrowly avoid a Vandal revenge bid thanks to a Derek Selvig game-winner
  UNC 68-71 DEN; Bears dominate the glass, but it's not enough to beat the hot-shooting, turnover-stingy Pioneers
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 61-72 USD; The Toreros make 22 more free throws than the Eagles & get all five starters in double-figures
  PSU 67-82 BYU; The Viks are outscored in the paint, 52-26, and uncharacteristically lose assists 22-6
  BSU 70-79 WEB; Wildcats Megan Patterson & Caitlin Anderson combine for 9 treys, 12 free throws, & 53 points

[uncbears8228]

• Men
  
  
  UNC 68-71 DEN; Bears dominate the glass, but it's not enough to beat the hot-shooting, turnover-stingy Pioneers

UNC 3-2 zone got torn apart by DU shooting. DU shot 60% from the three point line in the second half. DU also had some really good hands in forcing turnovers. UNC also had some foul trouble, but the defense still needs some work this year

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 63-65 MCNSE (OT); Hornets never trail until the final minute of regulation, but turnovers finally do them in
  MSU 67-78 UCR; Bobcats lose the shooting battle 54%-38%
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UCD 78-55 SAC; The Hornets lose the boards by double-digits for the 10th. time this season
  NAU 70-88 NW; The Lumberjacks allow the Wildcats to shoot 61% from the field and attempt 33 free throws

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 72-78 SDK; Eagle G Kevin Winford goes 2/12 from the arc
  PSU 73-79 NEV; Chris Harriel goes 4/7 from outside for the Viks, but the rest of his team goes 0/8
  UNC 61-75 CSU; Devon Beitzel scores 29, but it's not enough to overcome the Rams' big turnover & foul advantages
  
  
  
  Women
  
  CSUB 61-75 MSU; Bakersfield has now lost 7 of 9 since starting 6-0
  SF 46-74 UNC; Bear G D'shara Strange gets 17 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, and 6 steals

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 53-66 OU; Sultan Toles-Bey scores 21, but the Hornets shoot 35%
  ISU 48-71 USU*; The Bengals shoot 69% in the second half, yet don't even dent the Aggie lead
  BYU 72-66 WEB; The Wildcats outshot BYU from the arc, but couldn't overcome a minus-7 turnover margin
  MSU 59-75 UCLA; Bobcats rebound from an early 15-point hole, but get outscored 32-13 over the last 15 minutes
  
  * - World Vision Invitational
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 60-64 ORST; The Eags force 27 turnovers & erase an early 23-6 deficit, but can't keep up the momentum
  GT 69-53 PSU; Eryn Jones goes 7/11 from the field, but the rest the Viks go 11/46
  ugf 50-98 ISU; Bengals force 32 turnovers in winning their fifth in a row
  WEB 53-66 SUU; Wildcat F Caitlin Anderson gets a double-double & breaks 1000 career points
  WYO 73-51 UMT; Alyssa Smith's 0/10 performance sums up yet another bad shooting night for the Lady Griz

[Wildcat Ryan]

It was alot of fun watching a game in front of close to 10,500 last night, too bad that s the only time it'll happen.