Lady Griz schedule

[DoubleNicks]

After watching Boise State and MSU tonight I think that the LG should be more than favored for Sunday's upcoming game. They should also be heavily favored in the three games following Boise State. Colorado State, Portland and Denver have had some early struggles as they sit 1-5, 3-4 (with a 4 pt. win over Sac St.), and 2-3 respectively. That means that the LG could be heading into the matchup against a very, very good Gonzaga team (currently 8-1 with only loss to Marquette by 3) sitting at 8-2. After that game, the LG play MSU-Northern and then just have their BSC slate. Portland State and Northern Colorado might be the only contenders in the BSC this year. It's possible that the LG could go 25-3 with a really great SOS since their only losses came to Maryland, South Dakota State, and Gonzaga (all possible top 25 teams) and with quality wins that include Wyoming, Illinois, Oregon, and Boise State. Now, I know there still are a lot of games to play but should the LG make it that far, I think the LG get some respect and finally draw a better seed at the tourney.

Like I said, there is still a lot of ball to play but was wondering what people's thoughts were on how the challenging schedule should help the LG down the road....



(Oh and does anyone else think Selvig might've been trying to persuade a certain local player this year with this schedule that the LG not only can play the big names from some of the big FBS conferences but also beat them? Well, I guess the LG have beaten the likes of Florida State, Gonzaga, Washington State, Oregon State and others in the past but this year's OOC schedule seems especially lopsided with good teams.)

 

[DoubleNicks]

Link to LG schedule: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/teams/schedule?teamId=149

November 16 Wyoming W 71-64
November 18 at Idaho W 55-36
November 26 Illinois W 59-57
November 27 No. 14 Maryland L 71-58
November 28 at South Dakota State L 64-59
December 4 at Oregon W 60-52
December 7 Boise State
December 10 Colorado State
December 13 Portland
December 17 at Denver
December 19 Gonzaga
December 20 Montana State-Northern
January 3 Montana State
January 8 at Northern Arizona
January 10 at Sacramento State
January 15 Idaho State
January 17 Weber State
January 24 at Northern Colorado
January 29 at Portland State
January 31 at Eastern Washington
February 7 at Montana State
February 12 Sacramento State
February 14 Northern Arizona
February 19 at Weber State
February 21 at Idaho State
February 26 Northern Colorado
March 5 Eastern Washington
March 7 Portland State

 

[GrizBBIsKing]

The schedule is slightly incorrect. You should go to this source for the Lady Griz schedule:

http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/pages/event.aspx?e=43&m=23

The schedule you printed out is missing some games.

11/16/2008 Wyoming 71-64 (W)
11/18/2008 @ Idaho 55-36 (W)
11/26/2008 vs. Illinois 59-57 (W)
11/27/2008 vs. Maryland 58-71 (L)
11/28/2008 vs. South Dakota State 59-64 (L)
12/4/2008 @ Oregon 60-52 (W)
12/7/2008 Boise State 2:00 PM MT
12/10/2008 Colorado State 7:00 PM MT
12/13/2008 Portland 7:00 PM MT
12/17/2008 @ Denver 4:00 PM MT
12/19/2008 Gonzaga 7:00 PM MT
12/20/2008 MSU Northern 7:00 PM MT

29th Lady Griz Holiday Classic
12/28/2008 Hampton 7:00 PM MT
12/29/2008 Hampton vs. Nevada 7:00 PM MT
12/30/2008 Nevada 7:00 PM MT

1/3/2009 Montana State * 2:00 PM MT
1/8/2009 @ Northern Arizona * 6:30 PM MT
1/10/2009 @ Sacramento State * 1:00 PM MT
1/15/2009 Idaho State * 7:00 PM MT
1/17/2009 Weber State * 7:00 PM MT
1/24/2009 @ Northern Colorado * 2:00 PM MT
1/29/2009 @ Portland State * 8:00 PM MT
1/31/2009 @ Eastern Washington * 3:00 PM MT
2/7/2009 @ Montana State * 2:00 PM MT
2/12/2009 Sacramento State * 7:00 PM MT
2/14/2009 Northern Arizona * 7:00 PM MT
2/19/2009 @ Weber State * 7:00 PM MT
2/21/2009 @ Idaho State * 2:00 PM MT
2/26/2009 Northern Colorado * 7:00 PM MT
3/5/2009 Eastern Washington * 7:00 PM MT
3/7/2009 Portland State * 2:00 PM MT
3/12/2009
- 3/14/2009 @ 2009 Big Sky Conference Tournament #

Also, should not take Boise State lightly. Lady Griz are not shooting very well and do not have a lot of depth at this time on the bench. Until Robin can get more minutes for bench players, Lady Griz could lose some games they should have won (like the South Dakota State game).

Robin should be able to get minutes for many of the players in the next few games, and maybe some home cooking will allow the Lady Griz to improve shooting wise.

Defense I think is way ahead of schedule but that is helped because of the experience of the starting 5 who's average minutes played range from 26.7 minutes for Sarah Ena to 38.7 minutes for Mandy. Ena is the only starter averaging less than 30 minutes. Sonya is just a hair below Mandy with 37.5 minute average per game.

Only two players on the bench average more than 10 minutes, Linford and Nance-Johnson at 12.8 and 13.3 minutes, respectively.

Past Lady Griz teams usually have at least 3 players on the bench getting more than 15 minutes a game, so this years team does not have the depth as compared to past teams. But, hopefully that will improve with the next few games.

Linford and Nance-Johnson are the two off the bench that have made the most improvement. The others really haven't had a chance to.

 

[LakGriz]

When Guardipee can play again, you should see the 8 players with 15+ mins.