Big Sky Basketball - 2012-13

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 74-89 SCU*; The Broncos get assists on 25 of their 30 baskets
  WRIGHT 60-45 ISU**; Bengals only get 30 field goal attempts for the whole game
  JAXST 50-48 NAU***; Lumberjacks lose despite outshooting the Gamecocks 46%-33%
  
  
  * - CBE Hall of Fame Classic
  ** - Utah Thanksgiving Tournament (in Salt Lake City, UT)
  *** - Global Sports Classic (in Las Vegas, NV)
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 58-91 CAL*; Eags outrebounded 39-17 by the #11 Golden Bears
  PSU 59-68 UTC**; The Mocs get 19 steals to PSU's 3
  SUU 54-78 TXTECH***; The T-Birds get handled despite holding the Red Raiders to 29% shooting
  WMU 78-67 NAU****; Broncos win second-chance points 17-0
  MSU 58-52 CLEM*****; Kalli Durham scores a career-high 23 in the Big Sky's only win of the night
  UNC 44-78 USD; The Bears lose the boards by 19 in a shockingly dismal performance
  UND 58-85 USF; UND starts 0-4 for the first time since moving up
  
  * - Cal Classic
  ** - St. Mary's Concord Hilton Tournament (in Moraga, CA)
  *** - Basketball Travelers Invitational
  **** - NAU Thanksgiving Tournament
  ***** - SMU Hoops for the Cure Classic (in Dallas, TX)

[SDHornet]

Hornets pulled off a win on the road and rallied from being down 16 at UCA. Hornets move to 4-1 and have a D2 exhibition next on the schedule.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 71-68 UCA; Hornets flip the script from their last game & rally from a 14-point deficit
  ISU 52-54 CMU*; Bengals shoot 49%, but lose the boards by 15
  WEB 55-65 USU; Aggies close the game on a 12-2 run
  NAU 70-62 CAMP**; Lumberjacks shoot 56% in a balanced win
  USD 66-67 UMT; The Griz bench shoots 73% including a game-winner from Kevin Henderson with 3 sec. left
  
  
  * - Utah Thanksgiving Tournament (in Salt Lake City, UT)
  ** - Global Sports Classic (in Las Vegas, NV)
  
  
  Women
  
  CSUF 45-50 EWU*; Lexie Nelson make 5 more free throws than the entire Titan team
  PSU 71-58 BUT**; Angela Misa gets 21 rebounds while 4 other Viks get double-figure points
  UNO 47-76 SUU***; Thunderbirds win the boards by the staggering margin of 62-23
  UTAH 73-47 WEB; Wildcats outshot 47%-25%
  BRAD 95-83 NAU****; Amy Patton ties the Big Sky record with 41 points, but her talent was again wasted
  UMT 69-65 UNLV (OT)*****; The Lady Griz blow an 8-point advantage late, but only allow 1 FG in overtime
  MSU 70-71 SMU******; Bobcats collapse against the press & choke away a 10-point lead in the final 2:30
  
  * - Cal Classic (in Berkeley, CA)
  ** - St. Mary's Concord Hilton Tournament (in Moraga, CA)
  *** - Basketball Travelers Invitational (in Lubbock, TX)
  **** - NAU Thanksgiving Tournament
  ***** - Lady Rebel Round-Up
  ****** - SMU Hoops for the Cure Classic

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 58-81 OKST; The Vikings allow the Cowboys to shoot 57%
  MSU 65-78 ORST; The Bobcats get 11 of their shots blocked & don't block any of OSU's
  
  
  
  Women
  
  SUU 54-65 NICH*; Hailey Mandelko scores 12 off the bench, but no T-Bird starters get to double figures
  NOVA 74-49 UMT**; The Wildcats get 15 treys to UM's 2 in this battle of 35th. year head coaches
  
  * - Basketball Travelers Invitational (in Lubbock, TX)
  ** - Lady Rebel Round-Up (in Las Vegas, NV)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UNC 69-85 CSU; The Rams shoot 54% from the field, 91% from the line, and win the boards by 10

[Mvemjsunpx]

According to realtimerpi, the Big Sky is rated a rather poor 28th. in the RPI (& that's up from a couple days ago). Montana is rated a surprisingly high 38th., but Weber—however—is ranked dead last in the nation.

On the other hand, the women's Big Sky is doing quite well & is ranked 12th. in the RPI. That's 6th. among non majors. ISU & MSU are in the top 70 while EWU, NoDak, Montana, & Suutah are all in the top half. For SUU & UND that's particularly surprising since the T-Birds are supposed to be near the bottom and the Former Sioux are currently winless.


It's still early, of course, but—due to the expanded conference schedule—close to half of the non-conference games are already complete. That's a lousy sign for the men's teams, but a very good one for the women.

[WeberAlum02]

Man, this conference is terrible. If my math is correct conference teams are a combined 8-34 vs D1 teams. That's a .190 winning percentage.

[Wildcat Ryan]

And it doesnt get any easier this week, got some tough road games this week.

Weber State @ Dayton
Montana @ BYU (I wonder if this is on tv)
Northern Arizona @ Arizona
Southern Utah @ TCU
North Dakota @ South Dakota State

Which team has the best shot at a win? if any.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Man, this conference is terrible. If my math is correct conference teams are a combined 8-34 vs D1 teams. That's a .190 winning percentage.

Most all the games have been on road so far, so that doesn't help.

[Mvemjsunpx]

And it doesnt get any easier this week, got some tough road games this week.

Weber State @ Dayton
Montana @ BYU (I wonder if this is on tv)
Northern Arizona @ Arizona
Southern Utah @ TCU
North Dakota @ South Dakota State

Which team has the best shot at a win? if any.

That game is apparently on BYU TV.

[SDHornet]

Man, this conference is terrible. If my math is correct conference teams are a combined 8-34 vs D1 teams. That's a .190 winning percentage.

And amazingly for the first time ever, Sac State has not been the main offender in this. We are 3-1 in D1 games, but we do have a tough one at AZ State next week and then at SJSU as well.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Mathias Ward (UMT) - 23 points, 4 rebounds, 57% shooting, 3/6 3-pt. shooting (1 game)


Women

Cydney Horton (ISU) - 19 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals (1 game)
Amy Patton (NAU) - 30.5 ppg (tied record with 41 in 1 game), 5.5 steals pg (10 in 1 game) (2 games)

[SJHornet]

Man, this conference is terrible. If my math is correct conference teams are a combined 8-34 vs D1 teams. That's a .190 winning percentage.

And amazingly for the first time ever, Sac State has not been the main offender in this. We are 3-1 in D1 games, but we do have a tough one at AZ State next week and then at SJSU as well.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  domca 68-77 SAC; John Dickson scores 29 to help hold off the Penguins
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 66-68 ID; Eagles overcome a 16-point deficit, but give up 5 straight at the end
  WEB 44-67 UNM; Weber won turnovers by 8, but lost the boards by 22 and were outshot 45%-22%

[SDHornet]

• Men
  
  domca 68-77 SAC; John Dickson scores 29 to help hold off the Penguins

We totally squeaked that one out. The game wasn't put away until about 2 mins left.

[Wildcat Ryan]

Weber gets a great win at Dayton 62-61

[Mvemjsunpx]

Weber gets a great win at Dayton 62-61

Well, I guess you won't be last in the RPI anymore.

[SDHornet]

Weber gets a great win at Dayton 62-61

Well done. Solid win.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  WEB 62-61 DAY; Wildcats shoot 62% in the second half in front of 12,176 fans
  NAU 50-93 UA; The young 'Jacks learn things the hard way against a top-notch opponent
  UMT 60-85 BYU*; Griz lose turnovers by 8 in the first half & lose the boards by 14 in the second half
  UND 70-71 SDKST; The Summit League faves beat UND the same exact way Montana beat San Diego
  
  * - in Salt Lake City, UT
  
  
  Women
  
  SFRAN 60-68 SAC; Hornets dominate the second half thanks to a 19-9 turnover advantage in the period

[Wildcat Ryan]

Weber played really well in the 2nd half, and was able to hang on despite very questionable calls by the zebras


Montana is much better than the score indicates, I watched the game last night. If UM had Cherry it really could have been a lot different, not to mention the notorious BYU officiating was present, it's no secret why Weber is 0-18 against BYU away from the Dee. However, BYU is always a really tough team to beat, I hope Weber can pull it off on Dec 15th

[Wildcat Ryan]

Weber gets a great win at Dayton 62-61

Well, I guess you won't be last in the RPI anymore.

Weber went from Dead last (347) in RPI to 149 with that win.

[AZGrizFan]

Well, I guess you won't be last in the RPI anymore.

Weber went from Dead last (347) in RPI to 149 with that win.

And that makes me immediately question their mathematics model.

[Wildcat Ryan]

Weber went from Dead last (347) in RPI to 149 with that win.

And that makes me immediately question their mathematics model.

Most RPI rankings mean Jack Diddley till about mid December anyway

[Mvemjsunpx]

Weber went from Dead last (347) in RPI to 149 with that win.

And that makes me immediately question their mathematics model.

That was only Weber's third DI game, so there's obviously a lot of variance. They have 1 road win & 2 road losses; road wins are worth 1.4 wins while road losses are worth .6 losses. So, in other words, Weber's winning percentage went from 0% to 53.8% overnight.

[SDHornet]

And that makes me immediately question their mathematics model.

That was only Weber's third DI game, so there's obviously a lot of variance. They have 1 road win & 2 road losses; road wins are worth 1.4 wins while road losses are worth .6 losses. So, in other words, Weber's winning percentage went from 0% to 53.8% overnight.

Hey, where is a good place to grab RPI rankings?