The 2024-25 Big Sky Basketball Season

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Conference records include the tournament.

• • Men
    
    1. Montana State __________30-11____45-22
    2. Montana ________________28-14____39-28
    3. Northern Arizona _______26-14____45-24
    4. Northern Colorado______24-17____39-27
    5. Idaho ___________________19-20____32-31
    6. Idaho State _____________19-20____29-32
    7. Weber State_____________16-23____25-38
    8. Eastern Washington_____13-25____21-42
    9. Portland State___________12-26____23-37
    10.Sacramento State _______11-28____21-42

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Less than 24 hours after her team blew a 14-point lead with less than 3 minutes left in a WBIT loss, Loree Payne has left Flagstaff and will be the head coach at Santa Clara. Ironically, this is also where JR Payne (no relation, AFAIK) went when she left Southern Utah in 2014 (JR is now at Colorado). Loree Payne was NAU's all-time winningest coach with a record of 136-116.

https://nauathletics.com/news/2025/3/24 ... clara.aspx

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Mike Bibby named new head men's basketball coach at Sac State.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ento-state

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Mike Bibby named new head men's basketball coach at Sac State.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ento-state

That's… a hire.

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If that name sounds vaguely familiar, it's because Dinkins played for NAU back in the 2000s during the peak of Laurie Kelly's tenure (including their lone NCAA appearance in 2006). Dinkins was the top assistant at Grand Canyon the last 2 years, and she was an assistant at Long Beach and Fresno State before that.

https://nauathletics.com/news/2025/4/1/ ... coach.aspx