Big Sky Basketball

[dbackjon]

Northern Colorado sits at 8-1 overall.

MSU is leading the conference at 2-0 after giving UNC their only loss (in Bozeman).



NAU will be lucky to get to 10 wins overall this year.

[SACCAT]

MSU got worked by Memphis last night. To much speed for the Cats to handle.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Weber nearly lost to Montana Tech last night.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Montana beats LMU on the road without Brian Qvale (family emergency), 82-73. Anthony Johnson went 14/14 from the line to help the Griz sweep the season series against the Lions.

NAU's women beat San Diego 62-58 in Flagstaff in the Big Sky's only other game tonight.

[Willie]

Montana beats LMU on the road without Brian Qvale (family emergency), 82-73. Anthony Johnson went 14/14 from the line to help the Griz sweep the season series against the Lions.

NAU's women beat San Diego 62-58 in Flagstaff in the Big Sky's only other game tonight.

Griz are lookin' like they could be pretty good come tourney time.

[frinq]

Griz? Well, we'll see. LMU is only a so-so team this year. We've got four teams up at the top with four and four, all of them with strengths and weaknesses. PSU is one of them, and coaches said pre-season that they'd come in fourth in conference. It's too early to say something about anything (though the bottom dwellers do look like bottom dwellers for sure). The next two weeks will tell something. Big Sky is presently 16th out of 32 conferences in rpi - mid-ranking for a mid-major conference. The much-touted California Catholic conference is our challenge this year, and thus far we've done pretty well against them. PSU is up against two of them next, Pepperdine and St. Mary's. Pepperdine we should beat, but I don't know about St. Mary's.

[frinq]

Pepperdine is, of course, not Catholic.

[Mvemjsunpx]

The Bears lose 80-79. The Sooners missed a free throw with 6 seconds left, but the Bears had the ball stolen trying to get up court for the game winner.

[dbackjon]

Looks like UNC is for real

[Mvemjsunpx]

EWU trails BYU 83-27 with 5 minutes left.

[dbackjon]

NAU wins at Air Force

[Mvemjsunpx]

EWU trails BYU 83-27 with 5 minutes left.

Eagles lose 91-34. I'd expect that if it was, say, their women's team playing UConn, but not a men's game against an unranked opponent.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Sac State comes back to beat Idaho State at home, 64-63.

Sac's only conference win last year was over ISU at home.

[Mvemjsunpx]

The Griz come back from a 10-point deficit to beat Fresno State at home, 59-56. Montana improves to 9-4 and should be 10-4 heading into the bulk of conference after they play NAIA Great Falls on Wednesday.

Fresno has a good amount of NBA-caliber talent, but they're still a bit raw and prone to taking ill-advised shots (though they made several of those tonight). This might be the only opponent all year to have a size advantage on the Griz.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Eastern Washington loses to Chicago State in the Las Vegas Classic, 62-53. The Cougars were 0-6 against DI coming in and had a non-DI loss. The Eagles have now lost 6 of their last 7 against DI teams and are just 2-8 against DI this season.

[dbackjon]

Eastern Washington loses to Chicago State in the Las Vegas Classic, 62-53. The Cougars were 0-6 against DI coming in and had a non-DI loss. The Eagles have now lost 6 of their last 7 against DI teams and are just 2-8 against DI this season.

NAU might not finish last in the SKY!!

[Mvemjsunpx]

EWU topped last night's futility by losing to winless Jackson State, 72-67. If Kirk Earlywine wasn't on the hot seat before, he probably is now.

[weberwildcat]

BigSkyfans:

Almost January, who is legit?

http://www.bigskyfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=508

[AZGrizFan]

BigSkyfans:

Almost January, who is legit?

http://www.bigskyfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=508

Based on the e-griz thread I read yesterday, it appears we're a pretty legit CONFERENCE when put up against the WCC or Big West....and even have shown good against the Pac-10. I stole these stats from e-griz...

Vs Big West: 7-3

WSU 1-1; L Santa Barbara; W CS Fullerton
UM: 1-0; W Riverside
MSU: 2-0; W Santa Barbara, W Cal Poly
NAU: 1-0; W Riverside; Pacific game was suspeneded (woulda been win)
PSU: 1-0; W Cal Poly
Sac: 1-2; L Riverside & Pacific; W Davis

Vs West Coast Conf: 6-3

EWU: 0-1; L Portland; Gonzaga Dec 28
UM: 2-0; W Loyola Marymount twice
MSU: 1-0; W San Francisco
NAU: 1-0; W Santa Clara
PSU: 2-0; W Portland and Pepperdine; L St Mary's
Sac: L Loyola Marymount

MONTANA
Beat Boise by 13
Beat Oregon by 13
Lost to Washington by 3
Lost to Col. State by 1
Beat Fresno State by 3

Northern Colorado
Beat Hawaii by 6
Beat Air Force by 24
Beat Col. State by 7
Lost to Wyoming by 6
Lost to Oklahoma by 1
Beat San Jose State by 24

MSU
Beat Santa Barbara by 12
Lost to S. Miss by 4

NAU
Beat Santa Clara by 14
Beat Air Force by 8

Weber State
Beat Utah by 7
Lost to #23 UNLV by 9
Beat Fullerton by 11

Sac State
Lost to Oregon State by 2

Portland State
Beat Portland by 4
Beat Peperdine by 12

[jjj3rd]

I've been to 3 out of the 4 UNC home games, including the great win, 72-57, over U of Denver last night. UNC to date is a very legit team. TCU on the road will be a huge test, but at a 165 RPI, and being 4-6 so far, UNC has a chance for a W. Oklahoma is now at a 111 RPI, is 8-4, and UNC only lost to them by 1 point at their place.

From CBSSports.com after Monday's games:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... rpi/index1

*Only games against D-I opponents are exhibited on team records - UNC is the only BSC team to play only D-I competition so far.

Rank-School--------------W-L------RPI-----SOS Rank--SOS
64---Northern Colorado-11-3-----0.5735-----222------0.4783
72---Montana--------------8-4*----0.5673------84------0.5342
115--Montana State-------5-5*----0.5362------90------0.5323
139--Northern Arizona----4-7*----0.5179-----104------0.5273
152--Portland State-------4-7*----0.5071-------84------0.5342
161--Weber State---------5-6*----0.5030------168------0.5003
228--Idaho State----------1-10*---0.4611-------53------0.5579
286--Sacramento State---4-8*----0.4177------301------0.4347
290--Eastern Washington-2-10*--0.4167------189------0.4915

From Yahoo Rivals.com:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=5

Record includes ALL games played - v-X-X = record against RPI teams in those ranges. UNC is the only BSC team with a winning record in each range.

Rank-Team--------------W-L----Pts----SoS Rank---v-1-50---v-51-100---v-101-150---v-151-200---v-200+
71--Montana------------10-4--0.5672------85----------0-1--------0-1---------1-2----------4-0----------3-0
72--Northern Colorado-11-3--0.5669-----225----------1-0--------1-0---------3-2----------1-0----------6-1
115-Montana St----------7-5--0.536--------90----------0-1--------1-2---------1-1----------1-1----------2-1
139-Northern Arizona---5-7--0.5181-----104----------0-2--------0-2---------0-2----------2-0----------2-1
144-Portland St----------5-7--0.5119------84----------0-2--------1-1---------0-2----------0-2----------3-0
161-Weber St------------7-6--0.503------167----------0-2--------0-1---------0-1----------0-3----------5-1
226-Idaho St-------------3-10-0.4611------54----------0-2--------0-1---------0-2----------0-2----------1-3
287-Sacramento St------6-8--0.4177-----301----------0-1--------0-1---------0-1----------0-4----------4-1
290-Eastern Wash-------4-10-0.4166-----189----------0-1--------0-4---------0-1----------0-2----------2-2

[dbackjon]

Weber downs Montana St
Idaho State beats Montana

[Mvemjsunpx]

Weber downs Montana St
Idaho State beats Montana

EWU up 15 on Sac with about 10 minutes left.

EWU's women beat Sac 90-85.

[SDHornet]

BigSkyfans:

Almost January, who is legit?

http://www.bigskyfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=508

Based on the e-griz thread I read yesterday, it appears we're a pretty legit CONFERENCE when put up against the WCC or Big West....and even have shown good against the Pac-10. I stole these stats from e-griz...

Vs Big West: 7-3

WSU 1-1; L Santa Barbara; W CS Fullerton
UM: 1-0; W Riverside
MSU: 2-0; W Santa Barbara, W Cal Poly
NAU: 1-0; W Riverside; Pacific game was suspeneded (woulda been win)
PSU: 1-0; W Cal Poly
Sac: 1-2; L Riverside & Pacific; W Davis

Vs West Coast Conf: 6-3

EWU: 0-1; L Portland; Gonzaga Dec 28
UM: 2-0; W Loyola Marymount twice
MSU: 1-0; W San Francisco
NAU: 1-0; W Santa Clara
PSU: 2-0; W Portland and Pepperdine; L St Mary's
Sac: L Loyola Marymount

MONTANA
Beat Boise by 13
Beat Oregon by 13
Lost to Washington by 3
Lost to Col. State by 1
Beat Fresno State by 3

Northern Colorado
Beat Hawaii by 6
Beat Air Force by 24
Beat Col. State by 7
Lost to Wyoming by 6
Lost to Oklahoma by 1
Beat San Jose State by 24

MSU
Beat Santa Barbara by 12
Lost to S. Miss by 4

NAU
Beat Santa Clara by 14
Beat Air Force by 8

Weber State
Beat Utah by 7
Lost to #23 UNLV by 9
Beat Fullerton by 11

Sac State
Lost to Oregon State by 2

Portland State
Beat Portland by 4
Beat Peperdine by 12

Sac State beat Oregon State.............................and lost to EWU tonight.

[Mvemjsunpx]

The end to the UM/ISU game was really unlucky for the Griz. Amorrow Morgan missed a running attempt and Demetrius Monroe had his put-back brutally rejected by Brian Qvale, but the swat went right into the hands of Austin Kilpatrick and he promptly nailed the long deuce at the buzzer for the win.

If there was ever a moment that exemplified how blocks are the most overrated stat in basketball…

[AZGrizFan]

The end to the UM/ISU game was really unlucky for the Griz. Amorrow Morgan missed a running attempt and Demetrius Monroe had his put-back brutally rejected by Brian Qvale, but the swat went right into the hands of Austin Kilpatrick and he promptly nailed the long deuce at the buzzer for the win.

If there was ever a moment that exemplified how blocks are the most overrated stat in basketball…

Was ISU really 1-10 coming into that game? If so, there is NO excuse for the Griz to have ISU that close to even have that ending be a factor.