Men's Big Sky Tournament Thread - 2014

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Quarterfinals
  (7) Sacramento St. (10-10, 14-15) vs. (2) North Dakota (12-8, 15-15) - Thursday, March 13, 2:05 PM MDT on Big Sky TV
  
  (6) Northern Colorado (11-9, 17-12) vs. (3) Northern Arizona (12-8, 15-16) - Thursday, March 13, 4:30 PM MDT on Big Sky TV
  
  (5) Portland St. (11-9, 16-13) vs. (4) Montana (12-8, 17-12) - Thursday, March 13, 7:00 PM MDT on Big Sky TV
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (middle two remaining seeds) - Friday, March 14, 4:30 PM MDT on Big Sky TV
  
  (lowest remaining seed) @ (1) Weber St. (14-6, 17-11) - Friday, March 14, 7:00 PM MDT on Big Sky TV

• • Championship
  (semifinal winners) - Saturday, March 15, 6:00 PM MDT on ESPN U

• • (entire tournament at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, UT)

[SuperHornet]

Your arrangement looks SO much more eye-appealing than mine. Good job, Venus.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Your arrangement looks SO much more eye-appealing than mine. Good job, Venus.

Thanks.

[Mvemjsunpx]

NoDak edges Sac by 3 in the first game. Apparently the Hornets had their chances late, but couldn't get anything going in crunch time.

[Mvemjsunpx]

NoCo leads 39-25 at the half against the 'Jacks. If that holds, the UM/PSU winner will dodge Weber in the semis.

[Mvemjsunpx]

UNC barely held on to win by 2. Didn't see what happened at the end there, but NoCo had a seemingly comfortable lead with not a whole lot of time left. Bears will play Weber in the late game tomorrow.

[Mvemjsunpx]

So far, the UM/PSU game is a battle of which post player can blow the most point-blank shots.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Montana up 28-26 at the half. Free throws keeping PSU in it to offset 31% shooting.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Vikings win by 7. Griz fail to win a game in the tournament for the first time in 5 years.

[Vidav]

Vikings win by 7. Griz fail to win a game in the tournament for the first time in 5 years.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• SAC 76-79 UND; The Hornets commit 4 of their 10 turnovers in the final 3:00
  • • • Mikh McKinney has a huge game (24 pts, 4 reb, 7 assists, 1 TO), but UND shoots 52%
  UNC 62-60 NAU; 'Jacks went on a 14-0 run to cut it to 2, but went cold in the final two minutes
  • • • Aaseem Dixon scored 20 off the bench, but Quinton Upshur was held to a mystifying 2
  PSU 70-63 UMT; Montana wins the boards by 6 (a season best), but the Viks go 26/30 from the line
  • • • Kareem Jamar gets 20 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals in his (probably) final game

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Quarterfinals
  (7) Sacramento St. (10-10, 14-15) 76-79 vs. (2) North Dakota (12-8, 15-15)
  
  (6) Northern Colorado (11-9, 17-12) 62-60 vs. (3) Northern Arizona (12-8, 15-16)
  
  (5) Portland St. (11-9, 16-13) 70-63 vs. (4) Montana (12-8, 17-12)
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (5) Portland St. (12-9, 17-13) vs. (2) North Dakota (13-8, 16-15) - Friday, March 14, 4:30 PM MDT on Big Sky TV
  
  (6) Northern Colorado (12-9, 18-12) @ (1) Weber St. (14-6, 17-11) - Friday, March 14, 7:00 PM MDT on Big Sky TV

• • Championship
  (semifinal winners) - Saturday, March 15, 6:00 PM MDT on ESPN U

• • (entire tournament at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, UT)

[SuperHornet]

I got PSU vs. Weber....

[Mvemjsunpx]

NoDak beat PSU with surprising ease in the first game, while Weber just barely held off NoCo in overtime in the second.

[SuperHornet]

Well, I got half of it right, anyway. SMH....

[Mvemjsunpx]

• PSU 63-79 UND; The normally efficient Vikings commit 18 turnovers and shoot 39%
  • • • UND uncharacteristically wins the boards by 12
        Kyle Richardson gets 13 points, 8 boards, 2 blocks and 2 steals in his final game
  UNC 63-66 WEB (OT); NoCo outshot Weber, but the Weebs made 8 treys to UNC's 3
  • • • Derrick Barden had a game-high 21 points in (probably) his final performance
        A decidedly un-Big-Sky-type game with only 16 combined free-throw attempts

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Quarterfinals
  (7) Sacramento St. (10-10, 14-15) 76-79 vs. (2) North Dakota (12-8, 15-15)
  
  (6) Northern Colorado (11-9, 17-12) 62-60 vs. (3) Northern Arizona (12-8, 15-16)
  
  (5) Portland St. (11-9, 16-13) 70-63 vs. (4) Montana (12-8, 17-12)
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (5) Portland St. (12-9, 17-13) 63-79 vs. (2) North Dakota (13-8, 16-15)
  
  (6) Northern Colorado (12-9, 18-12) 63-66 (OT) @ (1) Weber St. (14-6, 17-11)
  
  
  • Championship
  (2) North Dakota (14-8, 17-15) @ (1) Weber St. (15-6, 18-11) - Saturday, March 15, 6:00 PM MDT on ESPN U

• • (entire tournament at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, UT)

[SDHornet]

NoDak edges Sac by 3 in the first game. Apparently the Hornets had their chances late, but couldn't get anything going in crunch time.

Well the surprising season came to an end. Would have been nice to see another win but a big step forward for this program nonetheless. We need to follow it up with another solid season next year.

And Weber spanked UND to punch their ticket to the Dance. Congrats Weber fans.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• UND 67-88 WEB; Weber outshot NoDak 57% to 39% on FGs and 45% to 8% on treys
  • • • The game only had 12 combined turnovers
        After a disappointing season in some eyes, Kyle Tresnak scores a career-high 27
        Troy Huff led UND with 17, while Alonzo Traylor had 15 off the bench

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Quarterfinals
  (7) Sacramento St. (10-10, 14-15) 76-79 vs. (2) North Dakota (12-8, 15-15)
  
  (6) Northern Colorado (11-9, 17-12) 62-60 vs. (3) Northern Arizona (12-8, 15-16)
  
  (5) Portland St. (11-9, 16-13) 70-63 vs. (4) Montana (12-8, 17-12)
  
  
  • Semifinals
  (5) Portland St. (12-9, 17-13) 63-79 vs. (2) North Dakota (13-8, 16-15)
  
  (6) Northern Colorado (12-9, 18-12) 63-66 (OT) @ (1) Weber St. (14-6, 17-11)
  
  
  • Championship
  (2) North Dakota (14-8, 17-15) 67-88 @ (1) Weber St. (15-6, 18-11)

• • (entire tournament at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, UT)

• All-Tournament Team
  
  
  Derrick Barden (UNC)
  Troy Huff (UND)
  Aaron Anderson (UND)
  Jordan Richardson (WEB)
  Kyle Tresnak (WEB)
  
  MVP - Davion Berry (WEB)