Men's Big Sky Tournament Thread - 2015

[SDHornet]

91-83 final. Hornets get a flurry of points in the closing minutes. McKinney out played Harvey so there is no question who the better player is. Great shooting from EWU, not easy trying to beat a team that goes 15/25 from 3.

Harvey had 9 points and fouled out. McKinney put up 24. Basically justifying the POTY nod.

[kalm]

Harvey had 9 points and fouled out. McKinney put up 24. Basically justifying the POTY nod.

One game?

[Mvemjsunpx]

Montana up 33-30 at the half. Yanku has at least 13 for the 'Jacks while Riley Bradshaw (of all people) leads the Griz with 10.

[Mvemjsunpx]

The Griz blow the lead in the final minute, but Gregory makes a layup with .4 seconds left for the 61-59 win…

…then NAU coach Jack Murphy tries to start a fight with UM coach Travis Decuire at midcourt.

[mtjack]

…then NAU coach Jack Murphy tries to start a fight with UM coach Travis Decuire at midcourt.

There's gotta be some video of this out there in internet land? Big Sky TV's feed froze up.

I'll wait to comment on this incident until I see the video. Murphy definitely gets fired up.

[Vidav]

…then NAU coach Jack Murphy tries to start a fight with UM coach Travis Decuire at midcourt.

There's gotta be some video of this out there in internet land? Big Sky TV's feed froze up.

I'll wait to comment on this incident until I see the video. Murphy definitely gets fired up.

Yeah it was when they went to talk after the game, Murphy lost his temper. Nothing crazy happened, just some shoving.

[Mvemjsunpx]

There's gotta be some video of this out there in internet land? Big Sky TV's feed froze up.

I'll wait to comment on this incident until I see the video. Murphy definitely gets fired up.

Yeah it was when they went to talk after the game, Murphy lost his temper. Nothing crazy happened, just some shoving.

The radio livecast said Murphy shoved his hand in DeCuire's face/chest to start the whole thing.

After the webcast resumed working, I went back to the right spot and the camera didn't catch everything. You can see Murphy yell at an official right after the final miss, but then he goes off screen and it doesn't come back until after the scrum had started. One interesting thing was that, after the mid-court scrum cleared up, Murphy went over to the Griz bench & really started screaming at UM assistant Jono Metzger-Jones (I think that's who it was) for whatever reason.

Ken Bone did the initial postgame radio interview & confidently said that the league will look at the video (whatever video that might be, I guess) and will see who was in the wrong. During the later interview with DeCuire, apparently Murphy came over & shook his hand. Mick Holien's post-interview account didn't exactly make that sound amicable, however.


As for the technical foul controversy at the end: apparently the refs ruled that Jermaine Edmonds wasn't on the court while the ball was live, so that's why they didn't call the tech.

[Mvemjsunpx]

http://bigskyconf.com/news/2015/3/14/MB ... 54327.aspx

Fullerton said he saw nothing to warrant disciplinary action against DeCuire. They are still looking at Murphy's actions.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

That alley-oop reverse dunk by Jois was fucking SICK.

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[Screamin_Eagle174]

91-83 final. Hornets get a flurry of points in the closing minutes. McKinney out played Harvey so there is no question who the better player is. Great shooting from EWU, not easy trying to beat a team that goes 15/25 from 3.

I have no qualms with McKinney winning MVP since he doesn't have the supporting cast around him that EWU has around Harvey, but Harvey is easily the better player, IMO.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• SAC 83-91 EWU; Eastern goes 15/25 from the arc, with Felix Von Hofe going 7/8
  • • • The Eagles win bench points 39-8
        McKinney & Garrity combine for 42 points in their final Big Sky games
  
  NAU 59-61 UMT; The 'Jacks shot under 40% yet again, but this time they couldn't quite overcome it
  • • • UM wins bench points 14-0 in the first half, while Gregory gets 16 of their 28 in the second
        Kris Yanku, despite not shooting well, gets 26 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 5 steals

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Quarterfinals
  (7) Idaho (8-10, 13-16) 83-91 vs. (2) Eastern Washington (14-4, 23-8)
  
  (6) Portland St. (9-9, 15-13) 60-70 vs. (3) Sacramento St. (13-5, 19-10)
  
  (5) Northern Colorado (10-8, 15-14) 57-63 vs. (4) Northern Arizona (13-5, 18-13)
  
  (8) Weber St. (8-10, 13-16) 73-76 (OT) @ (1) Montana (14-4, 18-11)
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (3) Sacramento St. (14-5, 20-10) 83-91 vs. (2) Eastern Washington (15-4, 24-8)
  
  (4) Northern Arizona (14-5, 19-13) 59-61 @ (1) Montana (15-4, 19-11)

• • Championship
  (2) Eastern Washington (16-4, 25-8) @ (1) Montana (16-4, 20-11) - Saturday, March 14, 7:00 PM MDT on ESPN U

• • (entire tournament at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, MT)

[Mvemjsunpx]

Yeah it was when they went to talk after the game, Murphy lost his temper. Nothing crazy happened, just some shoving.

The radio livecast said Murphy shoved his hand in DeCuire's face/chest to start the whole thing.

After the webcast resumed working, I went back to the right spot and the camera didn't catch everything. You can see Murphy yell at an official right after the final miss, but then he goes off screen and it doesn't come back until after the scrum had started. One interesting thing was that, after the mid-court scrum cleared up, Murphy went over to the Griz bench & really started screaming at UM assistant Jono Metzger-Jones (I think that's who it was) for whatever reason.

Ken Bone did the initial postgame radio interview & confidently said that the league will look at the video (whatever video that might be, I guess) and will see who was in the wrong. During the later interview with DeCuire, apparently Murphy came over & shook his hand. Mick Holien's post-interview account didn't exactly make that sound amicable, however.


As for the technical foul controversy at the end: apparently the refs ruled that Jermaine Edmonds wasn't on the court while the ball was live, so that's why they didn't call the tech.

Here's a video that shows everything (except the later berating of Metzger-Jones). Maybe Edmonds should play baseball instead.


[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSSytvW ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]

[Screamin_Eagle174]

• • Quarterfinals
  (7) Idaho (8-10, 13-16) 83-91 vs. (2) Eastern Washington (14-4, 23-8)
  
  (6) Portland St. (9-9, 15-13) 60-70 vs. (3) Sacramento St. (13-5, 19-10)
  
  (5) Northern Colorado (10-8, 15-14) 57-63 vs. (4) Northern Arizona (13-5, 18-13)
  
  (8) Weber St. (8-10, 13-16) 73-76 (OT) @ (1) Montana (14-4, 18-11)
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (3) Sacramento St. (14-5, 20-10) 83-91 vs. (2) Eastern Washington (15-4, 24-8)
  
  (4) Northern Arizona (14-5, 19-13) 59-61 @ (1) Montana (15-4, 19-11)

• • Championship
  (2) Eastern Washington (16-4, 25-8) @ (1) Montana (16-4, 20-11) - Saturday, March 14, 7:00 PM MDT on ESPN U

• • (entire tournament at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, MT)

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict EWU beats the Griz 91-83.

[AZGrizFan]

• • Quarterfinals
  (7) Idaho (8-10, 13-16) 83-91 vs. (2) Eastern Washington (14-4, 23-8)
  
  (6) Portland St. (9-9, 15-13) 60-70 vs. (3) Sacramento St. (13-5, 19-10)
  
  (5) Northern Colorado (10-8, 15-14) 57-63 vs. (4) Northern Arizona (13-5, 18-13)
  
  (8) Weber St. (8-10, 13-16) 73-76 (OT) @ (1) Montana (14-4, 18-11)
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (3) Sacramento St. (14-5, 20-10) 83-91 vs. (2) Eastern Washington (15-4, 24-8)
  
  (4) Northern Arizona (14-5, 19-13) 59-61 @ (1) Montana (15-4, 19-11)

• • Championship
  (2) Eastern Washington (16-4, 25-8) @ (1) Montana (16-4, 20-11) - Saturday, March 14, 7:00 PM MDT on ESPN U

• • (entire tournament at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, MT)

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict EWU beats the Griz 91-83.

[93henfan]

Go Griz!

[SDHornet]

Here's a video that shows everything (except the later berating of Metzger-Jones). Maybe Edmonds should play baseball instead.


[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSSytvW ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]

Wow...should have been a T. Not sure how the refs missed that...but probably wouldn't have changed the outcome. NAU would have got a FT and the ball at half court with 0.4 left. If anything it would have set up a better final heave.

No excuse for how the NAU coach(es) acted. Poor form.

[polsongrizz]

Below is a statement regarding why no technical was assessed late in the Friday semifinal between Montana and Northern Arizona.

"After a score by Montana to take the lead in the second half, we noticed a bench personnel from Montana come onto the floor to celebrate with .4 left on the game clock. We stopped play and proceeded to the court side monitor to confirm time left on the game clock. Given that the premature celebration did not prevent the ball from being put in play, nor did it interfere in any other way, we resumed play pursuant to rule 10-2.8.d and Case Book A.R. 270."

Marla Denham
Coordinator of Officials

[dbackjon]

Translation: We wanted Montana in the finals


FUCK THE BIASED REFS THAT GAVE THE GAME TO MONTANA

GO EWU

[SDHornet]

Below is a statement regarding why no technical was assessed late in the Friday semifinal between Montana and Northern Arizona.

"After a score by Montana to take the lead in the second half, we noticed a bench personnel from Montana come onto the floor to celebrate with .4 left on the game clock. We stopped play and proceeded to the court side monitor to confirm time left on the game clock. Given that the premature celebration did not prevent the ball from being put in play, nor did it interfere in any other way, we resumed play pursuant to rule 10-2.8.d and Case Book A.R. 270."

Marla Denham
Coordinator of Officials

Huh?
So now anyone can run onto the court so long as it doesn't interfere with a play?


And at the 0:18 mark the inbounding player is clearly looking towards NAU #1 who is behind superman...er I mean that montana guy diving off the court.

[Vidav]

91-83 final. Hornets get a flurry of points in the closing minutes. McKinney out played Harvey so there is no question who the better player is. Great shooting from EWU, not easy trying to beat a team that goes 15/25 from 3.

I have no qualms with McKinney winning MVP since he doesn't have the supporting cast around him that EWU has around Harvey, but Harvey is easily the better player, IMO.

According to SD logic Riley Bradshaw is, without question, better than everyone on NAU except Yanku and Upshur.

[SDHornet]

I have no qualms with McKinney winning MVP since he doesn't have the supporting cast around him that EWU has around Harvey, but Harvey is easily the better player, IMO.

According to SD logic Riley Bradshaw is, without question, better than everyone on NAU except Yanku and Upshur.

Nope, McKinney still better by a long shot.

[Vidav]

Translation: We wanted Montana in the finals


FUCK THE BIASED REFS THAT GAVE THE GAME TO MONTANA

GO EWU

Oh bullshit.

There were so many shitty fouls called against both teams. I'm sure that one play was all that mattered in the game, though.

[Grizalltheway]

Translation: We wanted Montana in the finals


FUCK THE BIASED REFS THAT GAVE THE GAME TO MONTANA

GO EWU

[93henfan]

Probably a bad call. Jon's subtle reaction is priceless.