Big Sky Basketball Thread: 2017-18

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 88-93 WYO (OT); The Eagles led by 6 with 20 seconds left in regulation
  UND 63-99 SDKST; The Jackrabbits shoot 71% in the first half
  
  
  
  Women
  
  mayst 54-82 UND; Lexi Klabo has another big game with 24 points and 12 boards

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 84-95 UO; The Viks won points-off-turnovers 29-4, but only shot 38% from the field
  DEN 63-83 UNC; Spight & Johnson combine for 12 threes as the Bears improve to 8-3
  
  
  
  Women
  
  SEA 78-64 UMT; 5000 elementary-school kids watch the Redhawks drain 11 treys

[Mvemjsunpx]

Highly touted Bobcat freshman Isaac Bonton has apparently quit the team. He was fourth on the team in scoring at 7.8 ppg. From this and from reading comments on bobcatnation this season, I have a feeling the Brian Fish regime in Bozeman might be on the verge of collapsing.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SDK 90-77 NAU; Coyotes win the boards 50-29
  
  
  
  Women
  
  GCU 72-54 NAU; The 'Jacks miss their last 9 three-point attempts

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  simonf 54-73 ID; After leading at halftime, the Clan shoots 26% in the second half
  
  
  
  Women
  
  SAC 76-90 SFRAN; Maranne Johnson hit 2 threes to break Sac's career record, but she missed 10 more
  SEA 68-60 ID; The Vandals go 7/33 from the arc and fall to 3-6

[SDHornet]

Highly touted Bobcat freshman Isaac Bonton has apparently quit the team. He was fourth on the team in scoring at 7.8 ppg. From this and from reading comments on bobcatnation this season, I have a feeling the Brian Fish regime in Bozeman might be on the verge of collapsing.

WTF is going on over there? Seemed like MSU had a ton of promise. Something with Fish's mentality/way of doing things?

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  simonf 54-73 ID; After leading at halftime, the Clan shoots 26% in the second half
  
  
  
  Women
  
  SAC 76-90 SFRAN; Maranne Johnson hit 2 threes to break Sac's career record, but she missed 10 more
  SEA 68-60 ID; The Vandals go 7/33 from the arc and fall to 3-6

It sounds like he might be a jerk to his players. I don't know if it's headed toward a Robin Potera-Haskins/Sherri Murrell/Mike Adras type of ending, but it seems possible.

(Robin Potera-Haskins was MSU's women's coach from 2001-04. Her team shared the regular-season title her first two years, but she was fired in 2004 after a bunch of her own recruits quit that offseason. She also had an extremely abrasive personality. She eventually sued MSU for sex discrimination, but lost. Sherri Murrell was the PSU women's coach from 2007-2015. Her Viks won the BSC tournament in 2010 and shared the regular-season title in 2011, but didn't even make the BSC tournament after that. She was fired in February, 2015, after a bunch of players apparently threatened to quit the team if she wasn't. Mike Adras was NAU's men's coach from 1999-2011. He abruptly resigned in December, 2011. It was later revealed that somebody blew the whistle on his blatant NCAA-violating practice habits that seemed mostly designed to terrorize his team into obedience or whatever.)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  linf 71-116 PSU; Canda finishes 1 assist shy of a triple-double (Linfield played 18 players, which is weird )
  CMU 80-86 SUU; Suutah pulls the upset despite getting 0 second-chance points
  UAPB 74-96 WEB; The Wildcats shoot 61% and Jerrick Harding scores 30
  UND 83-89 GONZ (OT); NoDak nearly pulls a huge upset despite getting 0 bench points
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 82-72 UCI (OT); Sidney Rielly tied the game twice in the final 15 seconds of regulation (she scored 30)
  ISU 70-58 UVU; Grace Kenyon gets ISU's first triple-double in 26 years (12 points, 13 boards, 11 assists)
  NAU 67-69 YSU; NAU overcomes an 18-point deficit but can't stop the Penguins in the final seconds

[JALMOND]

• Men
  
  linf 71-116 PSU; Canda finishes 1 assist shy of a triple-double (Linfield played 18 players, which is weird )
  CMU 80-86 SUU; Suutah pulls the upset despite getting 0 second-chance points
  UAPB 74-96 WEB; The Wildcats shoot 61% and Jerrick Harding scores 30
  UND 83-89 GONZ (OT); NoDak nearly pulls a huge upset despite getting 0 bench points

Linfield said they were going to treat the PSU game as an exhibition so it wasn't surprising they played that many players. Probably the best performance in this year's non-conference slate across the board was UND's performance in Spokane. Too bad they couldn't close the deal. It would have been a huge win for the Hawks, as well as for the conference. Some good, gutsy performances so far this season.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Linfield said they were going to treat the PSU game as an exhibition so it wasn't surprising they played that many players.

Most teams don't even have 18 players, though. I guess this could be common in DIII, I don't know.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  CSUN 58-86 EWU; 8 Matadors finish with exactly 1 assist, but nobody gets more
  UCR 61-77 UMT; Jamar Akoh, who was 54% on free throws coming in, goes 9/9 from the line
  
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 40-65 PUR*; Eagles lose points-off-turnovers 31-6
  WEB 91-70 UPORT; Texas Tech GS transfer Larryn Brooks scores 33 and is averaging 20.3 ppg
  
  * - Basketball Travelers Inc. Invitational

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  ID 82-52 WMU; Idaho goes 17/30 from the arc to blow past the stunned Kalamazoo faithful
  YSU 62-86 ISU; Bengals win three-point shooting 58%-24%
  NAU 56-70 USF; The Lumberjacks have shot under 40% in all 10 of their losses
  DEN 65-79 MSU; Tyler Hall didn't have to do much because the Pioneers committed 28 turnovers
  
  
  
  
  Women
  
  SMC 76-56 EWU*; Eastern led 10-0 early, then got blown out the rest of the way
  MIAMI 82-56 SAC**; The Hornets are outshot 53%-26%
  ID 33-77 ASU; Idaho amasses their lowest point total in 30 years
  SUU 54-59 GCU; Suutah only allowed 10 points-in-the-paint, but they couldn't shoot well enough to win
  NAU 69-78 CSUN; The 'Jacks shot 28% in the second half after shooting 52% in the first
  smsu 62-85 UND; Fighting Hawks win turnovers 25-11
  
  * - Basketball Travelers Inc. Invitational (in West Lafayette, IN)
  ** - Puerto Rico Classic (in San Juan, PR)

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Bogdan Bliznyuk (EWU) - 23 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 5 apg (2 games)


Women

Grace Kenyon (ISU) - 12 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 blocks, 1 triple-double (1 game)

[Mvemjsunpx]

UPSET ALERT (WBB): Portland State leads Mississippi 46-28 at the half in Portland. Ole Miss isn't ranked, but they are 9-2.

[Mvemjsunpx]

UPSET ALERT (WBB): Portland State leads Mississippi 46-28 at the half in Portland. Ole Miss isn't ranked, but they are 9-2.

Mississippi cut it to 8 a couple times, but could get no closer. PSU wins by 15, probably the second biggest win for the women's Big Sky this season (NoCo over DePaul being #1).

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  CSUN 61-66 SAC; Every Big Sky team now has a DI win
  SUU 64-92 UI; This was still easily SUU's best non-conference since joining the Big Sky
  PEPP 67-72 WEB; Weber blew a 16-point halftime lead in less than 6 minutes, but still pulled it out
  UCI 68-86 UMT; Timmy Falls scores 14, 2 more than he'd scored on the season coming in
  UNC 91-84 WYO; The Bears hit 14 treys and Andre Spight gets 24 points and 10 assists
  
  
  
  Women
  
  MISS 79-94 PSU; Ashley Bolston scores a career-high 32 in just her third game back from injury
  UNC 88-73 UMKC*; NoCo shot 61% while UMKC got 0 bench points
  
  * - Roo Holiday Classic

[Wildcat Ryan]

Big Sky as a whole has looked much better this year. Conference RPI is much higher now than it finished last year.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Big Sky as a whole has looked much better this year. Conference RPI is much higher now than it finished last year.

Yep. Realtime currently has the men's rank at 18th. and the women's rank at 17th. That's about on par for the women this decade, but I believe it's the best for the men since '09-10 (the year of the Anthony Johnson miracle).

[SDHornet]

• Men
  
  CSUN 61-66 SAC; Every Big Sky team now has a DI win

We're on the board, we're on the board!!!!

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  provmt 66-94 EWU; Bliznyuk continues his tear with 24 points, 7 boards, and 5 assists
  NAU 83-72 JU; The 'Jacks finally get hot and shoot 61% on the road
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 61-58 UTM*; Eagles win turnovers 21-11
  SAC 75-84 NIU**; Sac actually puts up fewer three-point attempts than their opponent for once
  SUU 74-76 UA (2OT); The T-Birds lose a tough one and finish 1-10 out-of-conference
  WEB 78-81 FRES; Jocelyn Adams gets 18 points and 17 rebounds, but the Wildcats give up a three at the end
  rocky 38-54 UMT; The Battlin' Bears shoot 19% in the second half
  LIB 57-65 UNC***; Savannah Scott scores 26 and the Bears keep rolling
  
  * - Basketball Travelers Inc. Invitational (in West Lafayette, IN)
  ** - Puerto Rico Classic (in San Juan, PR)
  *** - Roo Holiday Classic (in Kansas City, MO)

[Mvemjsunpx]

Portland State rolling Cal in Berkeley right now. 43-24 with 4:14 to go in the first and a Cal player just got called for a technical.

[JALMOND]

Portland State rolling Cal in Berkeley right now. 43-24 with 4:14 to go in the first and a Cal player just got called for a technical.

Final, 106-81. PSU finishes the non-conference slate 2-1 against the Pac-12 and 3-0 against the WCC.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 106-81 CAL; The Viks get six in double figures, win turnovers 26-10, and put up 26 fast-break points
  UPORT 80-75 SAC; Justin Strings got 19 points and 13 boards, but the Hornets just couldn't force turnovers
  UCI 67-59 ID; After torching WMU in Kalamazoo, the Vandals shoot 36% against a losing team at home
  ISU 71-85 BYU; Geno Luzcando had 15 points and 10 assists, but the Bengals had no defense
  MSU 71-84 OMAHA; Tyler Hall goes 2/19 from the field
  
  
  
  Women
  
  eou 70-84 ID; Pierce & Ferenz combine for 11 treys and 50 points
  UND 71-76 SDK; NoDak wins the glass 35-18, but loses turnovers 22-7

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  pres 48-88 WEB; Wildcats win turnovers 21-4
  UMT 63-66 UW; Montana gets 20 offensive rebounds, but only 6 free-throw attempts
  UNC 91-94 UNLV; The Runnin' Rebels finish the game on an 18-7 run
  
  
  
  Women
  
  MSU 54-75 BYU; Bobcats lose points-off-turnovers 26-2

[grizzaholic]

That Montana game was tough to watch. Some really questionable calls.