Lady Griz still have a chance of hosting tourney

[DoubleNicks]

In a rebuilding year, with an overall young team, and after losing arguably their best player earlier in the season, nonetheless.

After last night's 75-60 win over first place EWU and thanks to MSU's 83-73 win over PSU, there are basically 4 teams still in legitimate contention to host the BSC tourney. They are:

EWU (8-3, with split to UM, one loss to PSU on the road, and split with Sac St)
UM (8-4, with split to EWU, got swept by PSU, and one win over Sac St @ home)
PSU (7-4, with one win over EWU @ home, sweep of UM, and split with Sac St)
Sac State (6-4, with split with EWU, one loss to UM on the road, and split with PSU)

Sac State has won 7 straight and seems to be the hottest team right now as they put up 95 in a win over Pacific. Regardless, Sac State has never beaten the Lady Griz, whether home or away, during the entire series. The Lady Griz and the Hornets will play this weekend in Sacramento in what will be a crucial game. EWU and PSU will also meet in Cheney for their regular season finales later on which should be just as big of a game.

And after witnessing the loss to WSU on the road and other road struggles, I think it is vital that the LG secure home court for the tourney :lol:

(sidenote: LG had 4,002 in attendance last night against EWU in comparison to PSU's last home game of 1,297 against Sac St, EWU's last home game of 754 against Sac St, and Sac State's last home game of 258 against in-state rival Pacific.)

 

[Grizbacker1]

Don't be surprised if Sac State puts an end to that losing streak. If they hit a decent percentage for 3 it might be a long night for the LG.

 

[GrizBBIsKing]

It is very simple with these two teams:

PSU
EWU

win out and they host.

Both Lady Griz and Sac State need help.

Lady Griz need to win out, EWU to lose two games, and PSU to lose 1 game.
Pretty much the same for Sac State but they have a win over PSU, so would be a tiebreaker for Sac state in case of a tie with Lady Griz.

Lady Griz really do not have any tie breakers because of the loss of being swept by PSU.

Lady Griz lose this week to Sac State may pretty much put them in fourth place. Chance of winning tournament having to play three games in a row would be long odds. Lauren Beck playing 120 minutes of basketball will be very tough. Especially at point guard where she really isn't a point guard but she is still the best alternative.

The team with the best odds of hosting: PSU (they may not be leading now, but they do have EWU at home, and I still consider PSU the more dangerous team. the rest of PSU schedule isn't that strong).

I would say Lady Griz have the lowest odds of hosting of the teams I mentioned in this post (basically the ones that have a realistic shot at hosting. MSU and ISU aren't mathematically out but they do not have a realistic shot at hosting).