Women's Big Sky Tournament Thread

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Quarterfinals
  (6) Montana State (9-7, 16-13) vs. (3) Sacramento State (10-6, 15-14) - Thursday, March 11, 3:30 PM PST
  
  (5) Portland State (9-7, 15-14) vs. (4) Idaho State (10-6, 15-14) - Thursday, March 11, 6:00 PM PST
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (highest remaining QF participant) vs. (2) Montana (10-6, 15-13) - Friday, March 12, 3:30 PM PST
  
  (lowest remaining QF participant) @ (1) Eastern Washington (12-4, 19-10) - Friday, March 12, 6:00 PM PST

• • Championship
  (semifinal winners) - Saturday, March 13, 2:00 PM PST on Altitude

• • (Entire tournament at Reese Court in Cheney, WA)

[Mvemjsunpx]

MSU leads Sac 45-31 at the half.

[SuperHornet]

Something's gotta change, because that's killing my bracket.

Sac def. MSU
PSU def. ISU

Sac def. UM
PSU def. EWU

PSU def. Sac

[Mvemjsunpx]

Something's gotta change, because that's killing my bracket.

Sac def. MSU
PSU def. ISU

Sac def. UM
PSU def. EWU

PSU def. Sac

Hornets need a miracle, now. They're down by 19 with 13 minutes left.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Bobcats win big.

PSU leads ISU 41-30 at the half. Shooting % again the big difference.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• MSU 89-66 SAC; Bobcats outshoot the Hornets big time, 50%-29%
  • • • Bobcats win the boards by 14 thanks to Janette Jackson's double-double (12 & 16)
  PSU 75-61 ISU; Katy Wade gets 9 rebounds and 6 blocks off the bench for the Viks
  • • • Oana Iacovita scores a game-high 22 points in her final outing as a Bengal

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Quarterfinals
  (6) Montana State (9-7, 16-13) 89-66 vs. (3) Sacramento State (10-6, 15-14)
  
  (5) Portland State (9-7, 15-14) 75-61 vs. (4) Idaho State (10-6, 15-14)
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (5) Portland State (10-7, 16-14) vs. (2) Montana (10-6, 15-13) - Friday, March 12, 3:30 PM PST
  
  (6) Montana State (10-7, 17-13) @ (1) Eastern Washington (12-4, 19-10) - Friday, March 12, 6:00 PM PST

• • Championship
  (semifinal winners) - Saturday, March 13, 2:00 PM PST on Altitude

• • (Entire tournament at Reese Court in Cheney, WA)

[SuperHornet]

I like how you're organizing this, Venus. Keep up the good work.

[Mvemjsunpx]

I like how you're organizing this, Venus. Keep up the good work.

Thanks.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Well, the Lady Griz failed to show up today.

Hopefully EWU can win the tourney so UM will at least make the WNIT.

[Mvemjsunpx]

PSU wins, 62-47.

The preseason favorite Viks were a disappointment throughout the regular season, but still manage a title game berth.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Eags lead MSU by 1 at the half. MSU's starters are dominating EWU's starters 25-10, but the Eagles are winning the bench battle 16-0.

Eastern's Kyla Evans isn't playing for some reason (assuming the live stats are right).

[dbackjon]

Well, the Lady Griz failed to show up today.

Hopefully EWU can win the tourney so UM will at least make the WNIT.

Why would the WNIT take a 15-14 Montana?

[Mvemjsunpx]

Well, the Lady Griz failed to show up today.

Hopefully EWU can win the tourney so UM will at least make the WNIT.

Why would the WNIT take a 15-14 Montana?

They'd get an auto-bid as the highest regular season finisher not to make the NCAAs.

[dbackjon]

Why would the WNIT take a 15-14 Montana?

They'd get an auto-bid as the highest regular season finisher not to make the NCAAs.

I didn't realize they did that - only guaranteed the regular season champ if they don't make

[Mvemjsunpx]

They'd get an auto-bid as the highest regular season finisher not to make the NCAAs.

I didn't realize they did that - only guaranteed the regular season champ if they don't make

That's what the men's NIT does. The WNIT gives a guaranteed auto-bid to each conference (assuming the team doesn't decline it like Rutgers threatened to do weeks ago—if the designated team declines it the conference's auto-bid is forfeited).

[dbackjon]

I didn't realize they did that - only guaranteed the regular season champ if they don't make

That's what the men's NIT does. The WNIT gives a guaranteed auto-bid to each conference (assuming the team doesn't decline it like Rutgers threatened to do weeks ago—if the designated team declines it the conference's auto-bid is forfeited).

OK - cool...

[Mvemjsunpx]

Barring a miracle, we'll be seeing the bottom 2 seeds in the Big Sky Title Game.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• PSU 62-47 UMT; Viks win the boards against the Big Sky's top rebounding team, 39-27
  • • • Lady Griz only score 2 points in the final 9:30
        This game only had 15 combined fouls
  MSU 65-57 EWU; Erica Perry leads all scorers with 22 for the Bobcats
  • • • Eagles shoot just 47% from the line
        League MVP Julie Piper played only 2 minutes in the first half due to foul trouble
        EWU's second-leading scorer Kyla Evans missed the game with a back injury

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Quarterfinals
  (6) Montana State (9-7, 16-13) 89-66 vs. (3) Sacramento State (10-6, 15-14)
  
  (5) Portland State (9-7, 15-14) 75-61 vs. (4) Idaho State (10-6, 15-14)
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (5) Portland State (10-7, 16-14) 62-47 vs. (2) Montana (10-6, 15-13)
  
  (6) Montana State (10-7, 17-13) 65-57 @ (1) Eastern Washington (12-4, 19-10)

• • Championship
  (6) Montana State (11-7, 18-13) vs. (5) Portland State (11-7, 17-14) - Saturday, March 13, 2:00 PM PST on Altitude

• • (Entire tournament at Reese Court in Cheney, WA)

[Mvemjsunpx]

Whoever wins will be the lowest-seeded team to win the Big Sky Tournament (only one sub-2 seed had ever won the thing before: #3 NAU in 2006).

The #6 seed had never made the title game prior to this year.


So, was the regular season a big waste of time? I guess it filtered out Weber, NAU, and UNC, but that's about it…

[SuperHornet]

The Goddess is going dancing!!! Hooray!!!

(I know that's not official yet, but it's GOING to happen.)

[Mvemjsunpx]

Things turned out the way they were supposed to at the beginning of the season, I guess…

[Mvemjsunpx]

• MSU 58-62 PSU; Claire Faucher scores a game-high 26 points on 8/16 three-point shooting for the Viks
  • • • Faucher also had 6 assists and 5 steals
        Sarah Strand scores 19 points to lead MSU while Erica Perry adds 18 in her final game
        Despite being guards, Katie Bussey & Janette Jackson led MSU with 10 rebounds each
        The Bobcats won the shooting battle 40%-33% and the boards 46-35
        However, the Vikings won turnovers 20-9

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Quarterfinals
  (6) Montana State (9-7, 16-13) 89-66 vs. (3) Sacramento State (10-6, 15-14)
  
  (5) Portland State (9-7, 15-14) 75-61 vs. (4) Idaho State (10-6, 15-14)
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (5) Portland State (10-7, 16-14) 62-47 vs. (2) Montana (10-6, 15-13)
  
  (6) Montana State (10-7, 17-13) 65-57 @ (1) Eastern Washington (12-4, 19-10)

• • Championship
  (6) Montana State (11-7, 18-13) 58-62 vs. (5) Portland State (11-7, 17-14)

• • (Entire tournament at Reese Court in Cheney, WA)

• All-Tournament Team
  
  
  Eryn Jones (PSU)
  Kelli Valentine (PSU)
  Erica Perry (MSU)
  Sarah Strand (MSU)
  Oana Iacovita (ISU)
  
  MVP - Claire Faucher (PSU)