Big Sky Basketball Thread: 2017-18

[dbackjon]

JFC, NAU, you're trailing 1-5 Santa Clara 30-7!?

They're waiting to fire the coach, so they can go on a tear to get him rehired. It worked for the football team.

[SDHornet]

JFC, NAU, you're trailing 1-5 Santa Clara 30-7!?

They're waiting to fire the coach, so they can go on a tear to get him rehired. It worked for the football team.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 54-70 SMC; Jock Landale scores more than half of the Gaels' points
  
  
  
  Women
  
  CSUF 60-80 ID; Taylor Pierce goes 9/10 from the arc
  MSU 75-81 HAW; Not much defense as this game had more made field goals than rebounds

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Tyler Hall (MSU) - 21.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.5 apg (2 games)


Women

Savannah Scott (UNC) - 23.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 5 apg, 68% on FGs, 5/7 on treys, 16/16 on FTs (2 games)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  MSU 48-75 CMU; Tyler Hall goes 0/9 and doesn't score
  UND 68-111 CREIGH; NoDak allows 28 fast-break points
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UCI 71-64 SUU; Suutah trimmed a 17-point deficit down to 3 with 1:10 left, then ran out of gas
  UND 43-105 BAY; Baylor wins points-in-the-paint 66-14

[Mvemjsunpx]

Montana's game against UCLA tonight has been cancelled.

http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2017/12/ ... celed.aspx

[Vidav]

Montana's game against UCLA tonight has been cancelled.

http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2017/12/ ... celed.aspx

They were scared.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 94-85 LMU; The Viks nab 20 steals and force 33 turnovers
  uav 74-97 SAC; Six different Hornets hit three-pointers
  WSU 64-91 ID; The Vandals get their biggest win over Wazzu in 55 years
  CSUN 66-74 ISU; Balint Mocsan hits 6 treys and scores a career-high 23
  LBSU 89-94 SUU; Jadon Cohee & Brandon Better combine for 51 points & both set career-highs
  WEB 56-83 UVU; Weber gets outshot 56%-38% by the red-hot Wolverines
  sdc 70-79 NAU; Lumberjacks win the boards by 14 in an otherwise even game
  UMT - UCLA; Cancelled due to wildfires
  
  
  
  Women
  
  uav 62-95 SAC; Hannah Friend scores 32 and she's averaging 30.3 ppg over the last 3 games

[Wildcat Ryan]

It's gonna be a long basketball season in Weberville.

[SACCAT]

• Men
  
  MSU 48-75 CMU; Tyler Hall goes 0/9 and doesn't score
  UND 68-111 CREIGH; NoDak allows 28 fast-break points
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UCI 71-64 SUU; Suutah trimmed a 17-point deficit down to 3 with 1:10 left, then ran out of gas
  UND 43-105 BAY; Baylor wins points-in-the-paint 66-14

Hall has been fighting an ankle injury for a while. Seemed like the coach shut him down once we were getting steamrolled in the game. Pretty sure Hall only played about 11 minutes in the game (started game missing two easy lay-ups and a open jumper). Hall went on Twitter after the game and apologized to the game of basketball for his performance...Feel sorry for the next team he plays against.

[Mvemjsunpx]

http://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketb ... me-at-ucla

[AZGrizFan]

http://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketb ... me-at-ucla

That is all kinds of awesome.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 71-81 SFRAN; Bliznyuk scores 31, but it's not enough to overcome a 26-point deficit
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PEPP 61-71 WEB; Pepperdine's starters only score 22 points
  UA 66-84 NAU; The 'Jacks shoot 55% and end a 20-game skid against the Pac-10/12
  SFA 52-60 UMT; The Ladyjacks were scoring 80 ppg coming in

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Women
  
  mult 42-88 EWU; Eagles win points-in-the-paint 52-18
  ISU 64-62 HAW (OT); The Bengals score 12 in OT after not scoring over the last 5:00 of regulation

[SuperHornet]

Question:

Is there something of a BSC-WCC Challenge going on this month? Sac just played cheap-shotting Saint Mary's, while UOP recently played Northern Colorado. Is the same thing going on around the conference?

[JALMOND]

Question:

Is there something of a BSC-WCC Challenge going on this month? Sac just played cheap-shotting Saint Mary's, while UOP recently played Northern Colorado. Is the same thing going on around the conference?

Portland State finishes up their WCC schedule tonight at Santa Clara. They are currently 2-0 against the WCC, having beaten Portland and Loyola Marymount. They then play two Pac-12 opponents on the road, Oregon and Cal, sandwiched around a home game against Linfield.

Better than playing the likes of Portland Bible over and over again.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Question:

Is there something of a BSC-WCC Challenge going on this month? Sac just played cheap-shotting Saint Mary's, while UOP recently played Northern Colorado. Is the same thing going on around the conference?

Not officially, but the Big Sky typically plays a lot of WCC schools for obvious geographic reasons (and Big West, and WAC, etc.).

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 87-84 SCU; Portland State makes 16 straight shots to close the game
  SAC 54-77 BSU; Jeff Wu hits a career-high 4 treys, but his teammates only combine for 1
  ID 55-66 CSUB; The Vandals go 0-2 against the only team that's lost to NAU
  nwnaz 57-73 ISU; Bengals win the boards 51-27
  SUU 63-88 MICHST; The T-Birds shoot 42% from outside, but just 26% inside
  WEB 68-74 BYU*; Cougs win three-point shooting 53%-25%
  NAU 51-79 USD; Lumberjacks shoot 15% in the first half
  UMT 68-71 GSU; Griz overcome a 17-point halftime deficit, but can't score in the final minute
  UCSB 91-69 MSU; Tyler Hall scores 19, the same as the rest of MSU's starters combined
  NDSU 88-79 UND; The F-Hawks lose despite making more than 4 times as many free throws
  
  * - Beehive Classic (in Salt Lake City, UT)
  
  
  Women
  
  nwest 60-63 PSU; Ashley Bolston returns, but the Viks still struggle
  WYO 70-64 ID; Ferenz & McCorkell combine for 52 points in the loss
  SUU 38-98 UO; Sabrina Ionescu had twice as many assists as the entire SUU team
  AF 52-62 WEB; Weber dominates the fourth quarter to keep Air Force winless
  CP 89-73 NAU; No altitude issues here: Cal Poly shoots 58% in the second half
  SFA 54-59 MSU (OT); The Ladyjacks go 1/16 from the arc
  NDSU 68-79 UND; Klabo & Freije combine for 49 points and 22 boards

[kalm]

• Men
  
  PSU 87-84 SCU; Portland State makes 16 straight shots to close the game
  SAC 54-77 BSU; Jeff Wu hits a career-high 4 treys, but his teammates only combine for 1
  ID 55-66 CSUB; The Vandals go 0-2 against the only team that's lost to NAU
  nwnaz 57-73 ISU; Bengals win the boards 51-27
  SUU 63-88 MICHST; The T-Birds shoot 42% from outside, but just 26% inside
  WEB 68-74 BYU*; Cougs win three-point shooting 53%-25%
  NAU 51-79 USD; Lumberjacks shoot 15% in the first half
  UMT 68-71 GSU; Griz overcome a 17-point halftime deficit, but can't score in the final minute
  UCSB 91-69 MSU; Tyler Hall scores 19, the same as the rest of MSU's starters combined
  NDSU 88-79 UND; The F-Hawks lose despite making more than 4 times as many free throws
  
  * - Beehive Classic (in Salt Lake City, UT)
  
  
  Women
  
  nwest 60-63 PSU; Ashley Bolston returns, but the Viks still struggle
  WYO 70-64 ID; Ferenz & McCorkell combine for 52 points in the loss
  SUU 38-98 UO; Sabrina Ionescu had twice as many assists as the entire SUU team
  AF 52-62 WEB; Weber dominates the fourth quarter to keep Air Force winless
  CP 89-73 NAU; No altitude issues here: Cal Poly shoots 58% in the second half
  SFA 54-59 MSU (OT); The Ladyjacks go 1/16 from the arc
  NDSU 68-79 UND; Klabo & Freije combine for 49 points and 22 boards

Way to go Big Sky!

[Mvemjsunpx]

Way to go Big Sky!

Eh… the Big Sky still ranks 18th. in the RPI (according to realtimerpi), which is its best ranking in several years.

Also: the Big West ranks 12th., with Davis & UCSB both in the top-40. Davis is actually in the top-50 for both MBB & WBB.

[JALMOND]

• Men
  
  PSU 87-84 SCU; Portland State makes 16 straight shots to close the game
  SAC 54-77 BSU; Jeff Wu hits a career-high 4 treys, but his teammates only combine for 1
  ID 55-66 CSUB; The Vandals go 0-2 against the only team that's lost to NAU
  nwnaz 57-73 ISU; Bengals win the boards 51-27
  SUU 63-88 MICHST; The T-Birds shoot 42% from outside, but just 26% inside
  WEB 68-74 BYU*; Cougs win three-point shooting 53%-25%
  NAU 51-79 USD; Lumberjacks shoot 15% in the first half
  UMT 68-71 GSU; Griz overcome a 17-point halftime deficit, but can't score in the final minute
  UCSB 91-69 MSU; Tyler Hall scores 19, the same as the rest of MSU's starters combined
  NDSU 88-79 UND; The F-Hawks lose despite making more than 4 times as many free throws
  
  * - Beehive Classic (in Salt Lake City, UT)
  
  
  Women
  
  nwest 60-63 PSU; Ashley Bolston returns, but the Viks still struggle
  WYO 70-64 ID; Ferenz & McCorkell combine for 52 points in the loss
  SUU 38-98 UO; Sabrina Ionescu had twice as many assists as the entire SUU team
  AF 52-62 WEB; Weber dominates the fourth quarter to keep Air Force winless
  CP 89-73 NAU; No altitude issues here: Cal Poly shoots 58% in the second half
  SFA 54-59 MSU (OT); The Ladyjacks go 1/16 from the arc
  NDSU 68-79 UND; Klabo & Freije combine for 49 points and 22 boards

Way to go Big Sky!

Portland State just completed their WCC swing, going 3-0 all on the road. OLive mentioned that the Viks RPI is currently at 63 (I had to get this from a list of the Ducks next 10 opponents, no Viking recognition from OLive, of course). Viks take a foray into Pac-12 land with games at Oregon and Cal, but they are currently 1-0 against the Pac-12, winning against Stanford in the PK80.

I get what you're saying, though. Viks may be the lone bright spot for the conference so far.

[kalm]

Way to go Big Sky!

Portland State just completed their WCC swing, going 3-0 all on the road. OLive mentioned that the Viks RPI is currently at 63 (I had to get this from a list of the Ducks next 10 opponents, no Viking recognition from OLive, of course). Viks take a foray into Pac-12 land with games at Oregon and Cal, but they are currently 1-0 against the Pac-12, winning against Stanford in the PK80.

I get what you're saying, though. Viks may be the lone bright spot for the conference so far.

Yep. Viks look good. Idaho also had a nice against WSU.

[SDHornet]

Hornets have had nothing but road games so far with our only "true" home games being against playdown teams. We do have a winnable game against Northridge this week. We also get UCSB in The Nest this month as well.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 73-75 SDK; Eastern is now 1-6 since upsetting Stanford
  opsu 53-104 UNC; The Bears hit 18 threes
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UMT 58-61 FRES; Montana blows a 15-point halftime lead and loses their 20th. straight away from Missoula
  CSU 55-44 UNC; NoCo scores just 2 points in the second quarter

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Women
  
  CP 72-75 EWU; The Eagles overcome 24 turnovers by shooting 58%