Griz pull out of a game with Golden Bears

[Mslacat]

It is being reported on the U. of Cal. site that Larry K. just pulled out of a scheduled game with the U. of California. Given that Cal. a Pac-10 school might be ripe for the picking by an underdog team from the lil old Big Sky conference I am wondering wht the griz might pull out of this game. Anyonre know anything?

 

[DuCharme]

do you have a date of when this game would have been played?

 

[Paytonlives]

It is being reported on the U. of Cal. site that Larry K. just pulled out of a scheduled game with the U. of California. Given that Cal. a Pac-10 school might be ripe for the picking by an underdog team from the lil old Big Sky conference I am wondering wht the griz might pull out of this game. Anyone know anything?

Take this with a grain of salt. I bet it was the other way around, with all the PAC10 whining about the scheduling of "lesser" conferences. Remember UM killed Stanford and the leadership in the WAC10 was really pissed because it hurt their RPI.

MslaCat could you post a link to the Cal site?

 

[Mslacat]

From BearTerritory.net

Portion of a June 7th article

Back-to-back Big Sky champion Montana will also play Cal during the upcoming season. By making consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament the past two seasons and winning 21 games a year ago, Montana basketball has never been hotter. Due to a jolt of energy from one of the top young coaches in the game in former NBA player and Montana alum Larry Krystkowiak, the Grizzlies have been red hot during Krystokowiak's first two years at the helm in Missoula, amassing a 37-18 record and taking down numerous quality teams. That list includes Nevada in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament when the 12th seeded Grizzlies upended the Wolf Pack. They also demolished Cal enemy Stanford last year in Missoula by 19 points. Montana returns three starters including their top scorer and rebounder in 6-foot-7 Yakima (Wash.) native Andrew Strait.

Portion of a June 14th article.

- Unfortunately, one anticipated game "The Weekly Spin" outlined last week in Cal basketball's 2006-07 schedule unraveled. Back-to-back Big Sky champ Montana appears to have cancelled, leaving Cal an open date in their non-conference schedule. The Grizzlies, who topped Nevada in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last year, would have been a quality west coast opponent for Cal. Due to a jolt of energy from one of the top young coaches in the game in former NBA player and Montana alum Larry Krystkowiak, the Grizzlies have been on fire during Krystokowiak's first two years in Missoula, amassing a 37-18 record and taking down numerous teams. Montana, who returns three starters including their top scorer and rebounder in 6-foot-7 Yakima (Wash.) native Andrew Strait, should once again be a Top 100 RPI team. This is not the first time under Krystokowiak's tenure that he's eliminated a potential game against a Pac-10 team. Shortly before his first season at his alma mater in 2004-05 (his first season), Krystokowiak canceled a game against the Washington Huskies due to the fact that Montana was already scheduled for a road game against Gonzaga and did not want to play Top 25 teams on the road in back-to-back contests. So the UW game was canceled. However, the Huskies and Grizzlies did coincidentally play later on that year, as the No. 1 seeded Huskies took out the No. 16 seed Grizzlies in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.