All Big Sky –– Personal Picks

[BelierPeaux]

Man, I know what you are saying in regards to Bobby and his shooting. There isn't anyone in our conference who shoots 75% from 3. Wide-open or not. Over 40% would be great. Unfortunately it appears that that guy is sitting on the bench currently. Don't know if it is lack of D that keeps him there but it has to be something along those lines since Bobby is one of the better defenders in the conference.

Back on topic, the only thing that will really irk me is if Travis doesn't receive coach of the year. He deserves it and not just for win-loss record. Almost every game of the season we were the better team coming out of half-time and the speaks volumes to the coaching that goes on behind closed doors.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Looks a bit homerish but nice post...except Moorhead? dude wont even be a starter next year, he does his job on D mostly, otherwise he just drives halfway into paint get stuck and passes out, like its his ONLY move..it always makes me laugh cause I imagine he thinks he's scaring defenders "O whoa man your slow ass can really lumber halfway down the lane and pick up your dribble Im scared now better back way off guarding you on the 3pt line haha. Actually, probably don't need to guard him at all miss a crazy amount of uncontested 3 pointers. A bit harsh I know but he's not a bad player just NOT 2nd team anything. Also Rorie not MVP, he's a very good point guard but he's not a good shooter and not a physical matchup problem, which is to say he's steady and good but he not a guy that can put the team on his back like Bogdan or Sanders or Harding...or even Oginue to a certain extent in a all round type of way, he just doesn't have the big time numbers or the wow factor or those guys.

I watched Rorie put the team on his back a NUMBER of times this year. So, not sure what you're seeing (other than the shooting slump he suffered through for a couple games).

scored over 23 once all year...27vsCSUN. I appreciate Rorie he's a top 5 bigsky guard and a workhorse, maybe my point was more to say he doesn't have the ability to take a game over at will. He can be very good, but he's a bad 3pt shooter and can get shut out from driving to the rim for entire games so the game kinda has to come to him at time for him to be effective

I see it differently. He didn’t HAVE to score a ton...our scoring and minutes were so balanced that we literally exhausted other teams as they had to defend EVERYBODY because on any given night...well, you know the rest.

 

[grizzlyjournal]

Looks a bit homerish but nice post...except Moorhead? dude wont even be a starter next year, he does his job on D mostly, otherwise he just drives halfway into paint get stuck and passes out, like its his ONLY move..it always makes me laugh cause I imagine he thinks he's scaring defenders "O whoa man your slow ass can really lumber halfway down the lane and pick up your dribble Im scared now better back way off guarding you on the 3pt line haha. Actually, probably don't need to guard him at all miss a crazy amount of uncontested 3 pointers. A bit harsh I know but he's not a bad player just NOT 2nd team anything. Also Rorie not MVP, he's a very good point guard but he's not a good shooter and not a physical matchup problem, which is to say he's steady and good but he not a guy that can put the team on his back like Bogdan or Sanders or Harding...or even Oginue to a certain extent in a all round type of way, he just doesn't have the big time numbers or the wow factor or those guys.

Yes, my post was homerish... but I still attempted to objectively select the top 16-17 players in the conference, position by position (which the Big Sky rankings did not do in my opinion). I didn't consider any honorable mention list. SO, aware that Bobby played small forward/wing, why don't you provide a list of the 3-4-5 wings in this conference who are better than Bobby. Consider: offense, rebounding, steals, & defense.

Point take, I guess I just find Moorhead unbearable at times...probably because this team is so close to being really special if it only had a few shooters! I'd take Stultzman and that Jack Perry from Ewu...but yeah idk how they are defensively. Also before people jump on me for being ungrateful, this is has been a really fun year and its a team to be proud of, but at the same time it let you imagine more, right now we are the the best team in the bigsky, but not head and shoulders. If we had some height and shooting I would give use a 25% chance to beat anybody we face in 14-3 matchup. Akoh and Kriz are solid but a bit short for out of bigsky competition. Kriz did a wonderful job on D vs ISU but gave up quite a few point because the airspace thier 7 footer was shooting from we just didnt have anybody who could contest that...maybe nicholas would have had the hops. And we me at least 3-4 wide open 3pts a game that a good shooter would make at a 75% clip... so dream scenario a 6-10 -7ft ish guy that can jump a little bit and one guy who will hit his uncontested looks from 3...say 3 more 3's per game and one more block/stop...makes this team 8pts better/game...would be untouchable in bsc...dreams lol, but this team is so close to that I don't think its unfair for me to take my rage out on Moorhead every time he barely get iron on an uncontested 3 when he is our titular sniper

So, Here's why I ranked Bobby Moorehead all-conference. I've attended every Grizzly Den Tuesday radio talk show this year... and almost every show, coach DeCuire said that he assigned Bobby to the opposing team's best perimeter shooter. It's a trend that started last season. Bobby busts his tail shutting down the best shooters in the conference. Take the last 3 games alone: MSU's Tyler Hall (18.1 ppg) made 2-16/11 pts; Ryan Richardson of WSU (14.5 ppg) made 2-7/5 pts; ISU's Jared Stutzman (16.1 ppg) made 4-8/10 pts. Two are ranked top 10 in the Big Sky, the other at 15th. No matter, Bobby has defended the best perimeter shooters in the conference. There's more: At 6-7, Bobby's the 13th best defensive rebounder in the conference; and he's ranked 3rd in the conference in steals per game (1.5 pg.) The wings that made all conference were better scorers; they were NOT better rebounders or defenders. None even came close to Bobby in steals. Homerish, maybe. Bobby is your typical Montana Grizzly recruit: the D1 player who is overlooked by the major schools... the Eric Hays/Kevin Criswell/Jordan Gregory profile... so the Griz pounce. I love watching these kinds of players. No doubt Montana is borderline top mid major this year... on the edge because their perimeter shooting is borderline. Maybe it's because they play so hard on defense. I do know that Montana has four players capable of getting hot from outside. It'd be nice to see them go on a run. Otherwise, they'll have to earn what they get with their defense.

 

[mtgrizrule]

For the most part, I feel the conference picks were warranted. I do feel Akoh was worthy of 2nd team, though. I could argue Oguine, not only as 1st team, but league MVP for his overall game. Speaking of overall game, Bliznyuk (sp?) was certainly a worthy recipient. His team was also dramatically improved the 2nd half of conference season.

As for Moorehead, the things he does goes unnoticed and unappreciated by most fans, media, and even fellow conference coaches. However, I have to put my GRIZ love aside on this one, I feel he shouldn't have been on any all conference team. Hard as it say, the conference got it right in his case. Yes, he hit some momentum changing 3's. How many of those 3's were in truly "clutch" times? I remember too many of his makes after the GRIZ had comfortable double digit leads. I remember too many wide open/ uncontested misses when games were close. I also remember how many big time clutch like shots he hit his Freshman season. He never shied away from shots as a Freshman. That is the Moorehead I want to see offensively again. Did his Sophomore season ruin him as an offensive player? What I want to see from Moorehead as a SR will be everything he was this season, plus the shotmaker he was as a Freshman. I am guessing he plays around 25 minutes per game next season. Dorsey will get significant minutes, and developmental minutes for the likes of Kramer and/or Besovic will be needed for life after Akoh. Anyway, if the conference added an All Defensive team, I feel Moorehead would be 1st team, along with Oguine.

I was a little surprised that Hall still managed to make 2nd team. His reputation got him 2nd team recognition. His play was well below his standards once conference season got here. He was terribly inconsistent in conference play. Safe to say, his stock dropped this season, in the eyes of NBA scouts. Bobcat Nation should be happy, he will be back for his SR season.

Congratulations to all the award winners. Let's see 3 GRIZ make the all tournament team. That will likely mean a conference tournament Championship and a 14 (likely seed), maybe a 13 if other smaller conference champs are surprises. #gogriz.

 

[grizd]

For coach of the year, I would put the coach of EWU before DeCuire. This guy has recruited some very top talent to a place nobody in their right mind would consider an attractive place to be much less attend university. He does an incredible job, and I think they might just win the BSC tourney. I hope UM wins out but no one can deny that coach has done a hell of a job.

I really don't get the place argument but I do like crapping on EWU. It's basically Spokane, a lot of their students live in Spokane, there's plenty to do in Spokane, there's plenty of people in Spokane, etc.

 

[AZGrizFan]

this team is so close to that I don't think its unfair for me to take my rage out on Moorhead every time he barely get iron on an uncontested 3 when he is our titular sniper

DeCuire said that he assigned Bobby to the opposing team's best perimeter shooter. It's a trend that started last season. Bobby busts his tail shutting down the best shooters in the conference. Take the last 3 games alone: MSU's Tyler Hall (18.1 ppg) made 2-16/11 pts; Ryan Richardson of WSU (14.5 ppg) made 2-7/5 pts; ISU's Jared Stutzman (16.1 ppg) made 4-8/10 pts. Two are ranked top 10 in the Big Sky, the other at 15th. No matter, Bobby has defended the best perimeter shooters in the conference. There's more: At 6-7, Bobby's the 13th best defensive rebounder in the conference; and he's ranked 3rd in the conference in steals per game (1.5 pg.)

Bobby shot 36.2% from 3-point range this season...all while guarding the OTHER team's best shooter. The ONLY guy on the team who had a better %age was Timmy Falls @ 41.2. Something tells me he gets "iron" more often than not...

 

[GrizLA]

For coach of the year, I would put the coach of EWU before DeCuire. This guy has recruited some very top talent to a place nobody in their right mind would consider an attractive place to be much less attend university. He does an incredible job, and I think they might just win the BSC tourney. I hope UM wins out but no one can deny that coach has done a hell of a job.

I really don't get the place argument but I do like crapping on EWU. It's basically Spokane, a lot of their students live in Spokane, there's plenty to do in Spokane, there's plenty of people in Spokane, etc.

Missoula is far and above Spokane. Isn't Spokane a center of the Aryan Nation? Not much good publicity, for sure.

 

[EverettGriz]

For coach of the year, I would put the coach of EWU before DeCuire. This guy has recruited some very top talent to a place nobody in their right mind would consider an attractive place to be much less attend university. He does an incredible job, and I think they might just win the BSC tourney. I hope UM wins out but no one can deny that coach has done a hell of a job.

I really don't get the place argument but I do like crapping on EWU. It's basically Spokane, a lot of their students live in Spokane, there's plenty to do in Spokane, there's plenty of people in Spokane, etc.

Missoula is far and above Spokane. Isn't Spokane a center of the Aryan Nation? Not much good publicity, for sure.

Well, no. While I'm no Spokane apologist, that's Hayden, 35 miles away in another state. Kinda like saying San Diego is the center of Mexican wrastling masks and cheap tequila.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

For coach of the year, I would put the coach of EWU before DeCuire. This guy has recruited some very top talent to a place nobody in their right mind would consider an attractive place to be much less attend university. He does an incredible job, and I think they might just win the BSC tourney. I hope UM wins out but no one can deny that coach has done a hell of a job.

I really don't get the place argument but I do like crapping on EWU. It's basically Spokane, a lot of their students live in Spokane, there's plenty to do in Spokane, there's plenty of people in Spokane, etc.

Missoula is far and above Spokane. Isn't Spokane a center of the Aryan Nation? Not much good publicity, for sure.

LA is a clueless hack.

 

[GrizLA]

For coach of the year, I would put the coach of EWU before DeCuire. This guy has recruited some very top talent to a place nobody in their right mind would consider an attractive place to be much less attend university. He does an incredible job, and I think they might just win the BSC tourney. I hope UM wins out but no one can deny that coach has done a hell of a job.

I really don't get the place argument but I do like crapping on EWU. It's basically Spokane, a lot of their students live in Spokane, there's plenty to do in Spokane, there's plenty of people in Spokane, etc.

Missoula is far and above Spokane. Isn't Spokane a center of the Aryan Nation? Not much good publicity, for sure.

LA is a clueless hack.

So what?

 

[fanofzoo]

I really don't get the place argument but I do like crapping on EWU. It's basically Spokane, a lot of their students live in Spokane, there's plenty to do in Spokane, there's plenty of people in Spokane, etc.

Missoula is far and above Spokane. Isn't Spokane a center of the Aryan Nation? Not much good publicity, for sure.

LA is a clueless hack.

So what?

Just a few miles north but close enough.

 

[BelierPeaux]

When do they announce coach of the year winner? I thought that might be today.

 

[GrizLA]

For coach of the year, I would put the coach of EWU before DeCuire. This guy has recruited some very top talent to a place nobody in their right mind would consider an attractive place to be much less attend university. He does an incredible job, and I think they might just win the BSC tourney. I hope UM wins out but no one can deny that coach has done a hell of a job.

I really don't get the place argument but I do like crapping on EWU. It's basically Spokane, a lot of their students live in Spokane, there's plenty to do in Spokane, there's plenty of people in Spokane, etc.

Missoula is far and above Spokane. Isn't Spokane a center of the Aryan Nation? Not much good publicity, for sure.

Well, no. While I'm no Spokane apologist, that's Hayden, 35 miles away in another state. Kinda like saying San Diego is the center of Mexican wrastling masks and cheap tequila.

You say that like it's a bad thing. SD and most of Calif would love to be known for that. Aryan Nation, not so much.