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BOTH Conference Awards

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Men’s
2024-25 Big Sky Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Most Valuable Player: Dylan Darling, Idaho State
Newcomer of the Year: Dylan Darling, Idaho State *
Freshman of the Year: Evan Otten, Idaho State
Defensive Player of the Year: Tre-Vaughn Minott, Portland State
Top Reserve: Money Williams, Montana
Coach of the Year: Travis DeCuire, Montana

2024-25 Big Sky Men's Basketball First Team All-Conference
Dylan Darling, Idaho State *
Langston Reynolds, Northern Colorado *
Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona
Blaise Threatt, Weber State
Joe Pridgen, Montana
Isaiah Hawthorne, Northern Colorado
Jaron Rillie, Northern Colorado

2024-25 Big Sky Men's Basketball Second Team All-Conference
Malik Moore, Montana
Carson Towt, Northern Arizona
Terri Miller Jr., Portland State
Jacob Holt, Sacramento State
Money Williams, Montana
Brandon Whitney, Montana

2024-25 Big Sky Men's Basketball All-Conference Honorable Mention
Jaylin Henderson, Portland State
Qiant Myers, Portland State
Jake O'Neil, Idaho State
Brandon Walker, Montana State
Jack Payne, Idaho

2024-25 Big Sky Men's Basketball All-Defensive Team
Tre-Vaughn Minott, Portland State (DPOY)
Carson Towt, Northern Arizona*
Brandon Whitney, Montana
Jake O'Neil, Idaho State
Zach Bloch, Northern Colorado

Women’s
2024-25 Big Sky Conference Individual Awards
Most Valuable Player: Esmeralda Morales, Montana State
Newcomer of the Year: Olivia Nelson, Idaho *
Freshman of the Year: Kourtney Grossman, Eastern Washington
Defensive Player of the Year: Taylee Chirrick, Montana State
Top Reserve: Saniyah Neverson, Northern Arizona
Coach of the Year: Tricia Binford, Montana State

2024-25 First-Team All-Big Sky Conference
Esmeralda Morales, Montana State *
Olivia Nelson, Idaho *
Taylor Feldman, Northern Arizona *
Sophie Glancey, Northern Arizona *
Marah Dykstra, Montana State
Benthe Versteeg, Sacramento State
Taylor Smith, Weber State

2024-25 Second-Team All-Big Sky Conference
Kendra Parra, Weber State
Tasia Jordan, Idaho State
Jaydia Martin, Sacramento State
Katelynn Martin, Montana State
Nyah Moran, Northern Arizona
Mack Konig, Montana

2024-25 Honorable Mention All-Big Sky Conference
London Gamble, Northern Colorado
Dani Bartsch, Montana
Hope Hassmann, Idaho
Peyton Howard, Eastern Washington
Kourtney Grossman, Eastern Washington

2024-25 Big Sky Conference All-Defensive Team
Taylee Chirrick, Montana State (DPOY)
Katelynn Martin, Montana State
Benthe Versteeg, Sacramento State
Kacey Spink, Idaho State
Sophie Glancey, Northern Arizona
 
Botched the men's mvp. Impossible to award a player on a sub.500 team the mvp. Has to go to the best player on either griz or unc. Got it right on the women's side.

Griz get only 1 on first team??
 
PeauxRouge said:
Yeah, that kinda blew my mind. Had to go through the list twice. Not even a honorable mention? Hope it lights a fire in him for the tournament!
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Absolutely!! He has had some time to heal up this week, I bet he's closish to 100% too. Watch for a big tourney out of him. Seems to be a big game player, and he'll no doubt have a chip on his shoulder 💪💪
 
nicktaber58 said:
Botched the men's mvp. Impossible to award a player on a sub.500 team the mvp. Has to go to the best player on either griz or unc. Got it right on the women's side.

Griz get only 1 on first team??
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Yeah.

I think what ultimately “hurt” the Griz is their outstanding ball distribution on offense. Nobody really had eye popping numbers.

I can see the argument for Darling being - he was pretty much Idaho States whole offense. You take him away, they’re probably even worse record-wise.

I don’t agree with it, but I imagine that was a big influence in the decision making / voting.
 
I know very few people anround the BSC arguing about Darling being MVP.. but get on Griz board, and of course, salty cuz he’s flat out better than anyone on their roster. I’d relish a matchup with Montana on a neutral floor.
 
nicktaber58 said:
Botched the men's mvp. Impossible to award a player on a sub.500 team the mvp. Has to go to the best player on either griz or unc. Got it right on the women's side.

Griz get only 1 on first team??
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Why does that matter? Dillon Jones was on the 5th best team last year and he was clearly the best player in the league. Darling deserved the award as did a couple others but this notion that the player of the year has to be from one of the top 2 teams is nonsense.
 
8poky8 said:
I know very few people anround the BSC arguing about Darling being MVP.. but get on Griz board, and of course, salty cuz he’s flat out better than anyone on their roster. I’d relish a matchup with Montana on a neutral floor.
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Who was salty? Disappointed sure - especially with how the award has been traditionally awarded.

I dunno about “better” but he is certainly better at drawing “contact” when driving to the basket better than anyone else in the big sky.

Overall, good for him and good for ISUs program. Best of luck in the tournament, but not too much luck if you play the Griz!
 
8poky8 said:
I know very few people anround the BSC arguing about Darling being MVP.. but get on Griz board, and of course, salty cuz he’s flat out better than anyone on their roster. I’d relish a matchup with Montana on a neutral floor.
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Maybe you can petition the big sky to play all your road games on neutral courts, because your home to road win loss ratio is abysmal.

He's a great player. 1st team, newcomer of the year. MVP should be the best player on the best team, period. Or at least top 2 teams. Bengals are 5 games out of first.
 
ISUguy said:
Darling vs Montana: 46 points, 12 assists, 9 rebounds. I think that says it all.

Of course he also led the conference in scoring, assists and steals in Big Sky only games.

And ISU had a winning record, both overall and in conference. Pretty hard to argue with any of that.
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Don't forget he also let the league in whining. So while ISU didn't lead the league in winning, take away an N and add an H and he had it in spades! Lol
 
nicktaber58 said:
Maybe you can petition the big sky to play all your road games on neutral courts, because your home to road win loss ratio is abysmal.

He's a great player. 1st team, newcomer of the year. MVP should be the best player on the best team, period. Or at least top 2 teams. Bengals are 5 games out of first.
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It is not called the BPBT award it is the MVP. Big difference. Who from Montana should have received it? We have a GREAT TEAM, but nobody stands out as the MVP.
 
rgrizfan said:
It is not called the BPBT award it is the MVP. Big difference. Who from Montana should have received it? We have a GREAT TEAM, but nobody stands out as the MVP.
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Langston reynolds at UNC, pridgen for UM. UM isn't winning the conference without joe pridgen. Unc isn't winning the conference without Langston reynolds.

Yes, ISU doesn't finish barely above .500 and in 4th place without Darling, but so what? Doesn't diminish his season, he's definitely 1st team all conference. ISU dominated individual awards. Mvp, newcomer, and freshman of the year. 4th place team. Makes no sense
 
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