Big Sky Basketball - 2012-13

[SDHornet]

No, but it was funny, wasn't it?

I think SDHornet would like to have a few words with you.

Leave me out of this one...

[SACCAT]

My favorite part of this Big Sky year was listening to the Altitude Color guy talk about how the elevation in Greeley was affecting the Cats and the griz... The worst part of this year was listening to the color guy from both women and mens games for Cat/griz. The Lady Cats were up by something like 14 in the second half, and he says "If the Cats can't get Semansky in the game, they will not beat the griz" The other guy pauses and responds "Well...they are doing it right now". And the refs for BOTH games and BOTH teams were terrible. Cats men should have won that game, but got out coached at the end...

[Wildcat Ryan]

This is gonna be a big week in the Big Sky.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Troy Huff (UND) - 21.5 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 3.5 spg (2 games)
Tate Unruh (UNC) - 20 ppg, 10/15 on treys (2 games)


Women

Hayley Hodgins (EWU) - 16.5 ppg, 3 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 71% shooting (2 games)
Letisha Adams (MSU) - 14.5 ppg, 2 spg, 10/10 FTs (2 games)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SUU 68-76 MSU; Thunderbirds improve on turnovers & fouls, but still lose their fifth in a row
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 68-56 PSU; Eagles win turnovers by 11 against the struggling Viks
  UMT 78-63 SUU; Lady Griz hit a season-high 12 three pointers in an otherwise sloppy, foul-ridden contest

[bincitysioux]

This is gonna be a big week in the Big Sky.

No kidding! Obviously, Weber v. Montana will be the marquee match-up of the weekend. But alot of separation could also take place amongst the top 4 teams. Or, North Dakota and Montana St. could both get swept this week and fall back to the muddled mess that is everybody other than the Griz and Wildcats.

I'll be particularly interested to see how North Dakota does with this road-trip. They have been a horrible road team under our current head coach.

[AZGrizFan]

Cats men should have won that game, but got out coached at the end...

[AZGrizFan]

This is gonna be a big week in the Big Sky.

No kidding! Obviously, Weber v. Montana will be the marquee match-up of the weekend.

Griz had better play better basketball than they've been displaying recently.

VERY fortunate to be unbeaten in conference play at this point.

[Wildcat Ryan]

No kidding! Obviously, Weber v. Montana will be the marquee match-up of the weekend.

Griz had better play better basketball than they've been displaying recently.

VERY fortunate to be unbeaten in conference play at this point.

Good teams find ways to win in the end

[AZGrizFan]

Griz had better play better basketball than they've been displaying recently.

VERY fortunate to be unbeaten in conference play at this point.

Good teams find ways to win in the end

That's the mantra of teams that are winning and not playing very well.

Those last two games were at HOME. Should have not been contested like they were...

Two things in our favor: 1) back end of a weekend trip and 2) we get you at home. Hopefully the place is rockin'.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Griz had better play better basketball than they've been displaying recently.

VERY fortunate to be unbeaten in conference play at this point.

Good teams find ways to win in the end

That's the mantra of teams that are winning and not playing very well.

Those last two games were at HOME. Should have not been contested like they were...

Two things in our favor: 1) back end of a weekend trip and 2) we get you at home. Hopefully the place is rockin'.

Those games probably shouldn't have been close in theory, but I'm pretty sure SUU & MSU played better games than they usually do.

I guess you could chalk up the Southern Utah game to the fact that the Griz weren't used to playing goon ball & that Heuir went a bit nuts at the end—turning a game that wasn't close into a fairly close one in the final minute.

The free throw shooting was certainly bad in the Bobcat game (not as bad as the Lady Griz earlier that day, but still), but I also got the impression the Bobcats played their best game of the season. They also played a bit above their station, making contested shot after contested shot after contested shot, and didn't come down to reality until the overtime.

One positive, though, is that the Griz won turnover margin against a Bobcat team that was leading the Big Sky in turnover margin coming in.

[Wildcat Ryan]

Good teams find ways to win in the end

That's the mantra of teams that are winning and not playing very well.

Those last two games were at HOME. Should have not been contested like they were...

Two things in our favor: 1) back end of a weekend trip and 2) we get you at home. Hopefully the place is rockin'.

Weber played thier last 2 at home and they didnt really dominate either game, the Weber Sac game was a two point game with 3 minutes left before Weber went on a 9-0 run to finish the game.

It happens.

I sure hope Weber and UM both win on thurs, so that saturdays epic showdown will be that much more EPIC.

[Vidav]

Weber loses to the Bobcats.

[Mvemjsunpx]

The Bobcat men upset Weber at home by 4, thus initiating Weber State's sinister plan to lull Montana into a false sense of security for Saturday.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Posted on the Bobcat board…

[SDHornet]

The Bobcat men upset Weber at home by 4, thus initiating Weber State's sinister plan to lull Montana into a false sense of security for Saturday.

Not that big of a shock. A mediocre at best Hornet team hung with Weber until the very end last week. No surprise a hot MSU team pulls the upset. This game just goes to show how wide open this weak conference is this year.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UND 58-67 SAC; Hornets get a needed win despite missing Dylan Garrity
  PSU 63-76 SUU; Viks continue their road woes, getting outshot 51%-36%
  UNC 65-67 NAU; The Bears continue their hot shooting, but the defense gives up 28 to Gabe Rogers
  ISU 51-70 UMT; Griz outshoot Idaho State 58%-22% in the second half
  WEB 74-79 MSU; Bobcats go 14/14 from the line in the final 1:01
  
  
  
  Women
  
  SUU 70-68 PSU (OT); Vikings somehow blow an 8-point lead over the final 1:05 of overtime
  UMT 57-52 ISU; Shanae Gilham's 10 second-half points make the difference in a defensive win
  MSU 67-37 WEB; Bobcats win by 30 despite going 0/9 from the arc
  NAU 54-69 UNC; NoCo shoots 54% as they continue their Jekyll-&-Hyde ways on offense
  SAC 79-77 UND; Alle Moreno's 25 points help hand UND their fifth-straight loss

[Grizalltheway]

The Bobcat men upset Weber at home by 4, thus initiating Weber State's sinister plan to lull Montana into a false sense of security for Saturday.

Not that big of a shock. A mediocre at best Hornet team hung with Weber until the very end last week. No surprise a hot MSU team pulls the upset. This game just goes to show how wide open second place in this weak conference is this year.

Fixed.

[SDHornet]

Not that big of a shock. A mediocre at best Hornet team hung with Weber until the very end last week. No surprise a hot MSU team pulls the upset. This game just goes to show how wide open second place in this weak conference is this year.

Fixed.

Meh. UM was bailed out at Sac on a questionable call in the final seconds. No one has looked unbeatable this season.

[AZGrizFan]

I sure hope Weber and UM both win on thurs, so that saturdays epic showdown will be that much more EPIC.

Nice jinx, Wildcat.

[dal4018]

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.

How much money were they getting playing on the road vs powerhouse squads???

[grizzaholic]

Weber v Montana in 5.5 hours. Gonna be a good one.

[uofmman1122]

Montana beats Weber State 76-74.

Sounds like things got testy at the end.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UNC 72-79 SAC; Hornets go on a 32-11 run after falling down 10
  EWU 55-69 SUU; The Eagles are dominated in the second half yet again
  UND 81-79 NAU; Gabe Rogers & Troy Huff both have big nights, but Huff gets the game-winning putback
  WEB 74-76 UMT; Will Cherry scores a season-high 28 points & goes 15/16 from the line
  ISU 59-61 MSU (OT); The Bobcats blow a 17-point lead, but hold ISU to 2 in overtime
  
  
  
  Women
  
  SUU 70-79 EWU; Eagles go 25/26 from the line to offset a horrible rebounding performance
  MSU 55-63 ISU; Bobcats actually shoot the 3 well, but have their worst inside-shooting game of the season
  UMT 61-53 WEB; Weber plays a team within single digits for the first time in 21 games
  SAC 63-79 UNC; The Bears hold Kylie Kuhns to 1 rebound, 10 below her average
  NAU 50-70 UND; NoDak went to halftime with a 24-point lead largely thanks to a 29-13 glass advantage

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Men
    
    1. Montana _____________10-0_____14-4_____ W23/W10
    2. Weber State___________8-2_____13-5_____ L2
    3. Montana State ________6-4______9-9_____ W3
    4. Sacramento State _____5-5_____10-8_____ W2
    5. Southern Utah ________5-5______7-12____ W2
    6. North Dakota _________5-5______8-11____ W1
    7. Northern Arizona _____4-6______7-13____ L1
    8. Portland State_________3-6______5-11____ L3
    9. Idaho State ___________3-7______4-15____ L3
    10.Northern Colorado____3-7______5-13____ L2
    11.Eastern Washington___2-7______4-15____ L4

• • Women
    
    1. Montana State ________8-2_____14-5_____ L1
    2. Montana ______________8-2_____14-5_____ W3
    3. Eastern Washington___7-3_____11-8_____ W4
    4. Northern Colorado____6-3______9-9_____ W2
    5. Idaho State ___________6-4_____11-8_____ W1
    6. Sacramento State _____5-4_____10-8_____ L1
    7. Southern Utah ________4-5_____10-9_____ L1
    8. Northern Arizona _____3-6______4-14____ L3
    9. Portland State_________3-7______9-10____ L2
    10.North Dakota _________3-7______8-11____ W1
    11.Weber State___________0-10_____0-19____ L28/L38