Looking at the Big Sky, down the stretch

[BWahlberg]

Looking at the conference:

1. Weber State (9-3). Final games are at Eastern, at PSU, Montana visits, at Sac St

2. NAU (7-5). Final games ISU visits then @ UM and @ MSU then NCU visits. They lost both matchups to Weber so wsu holds the tie breaker.

3. Montana (6-4). SAC visits then @ MSU and @ Weber. After that NAU and NCU visit and then finishes @ ISU

4. ISU (6-4). Rough road schedule, @ NCU, @ NAU, @ EWU, @ PSU then UM visits and MSU visits

5. MSU (6-4). Sac St visits, UM visits, @ Sac, NCU visits, NAU visits, @ ISU

6. PSU (6-6). Weber visits, @ EWU, Sac St visits, ISU visits

7. EWU (5-7). Weber visits, PSU visits, ISU visits, Sac visits

8. Sac St (3-8). @ UM, @ MSU, MSU visits, @ PSU, @ EWU, Weber visits.

9. NCU (2-11). ISU visits, @ MSU, @ UM, @ NAU
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Looking ahead it appears that barring an inprobable run by PSU, MSU or UM (all tied at 3rd) Weber should probably host.

NAU has a tough road stetch, they'll need to beat UM or MSU to hang onto 2nd in the conference.

UM needs to beat Sac and then both road games against MSU and Weber to hope for the #2 spot in the conference.

ISU has a tough road stretch as well, 4 road games in a row then will face scrappy UM and MSU at home to finish.

MSU has maybe the easier final stretch. They have a lot of games but the tough ones are at home. If Huse keeps this team clicking than they could surprise the whole Big Sky.

PSU needs to take advantage of their home games

EWU has all games at home, needs to quit being so inconsistent if they want to make a move up.

Sac is a long shot and NCU is done.

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My prediction is going into the tourney:

1. Weber St hosts
2. MSU (IF this happens Huse will be coach of the year)
3. UM hosts 6. ISU
4. NAU hosts 5. PSU

 

[BWahlberg]

Oops, put NAU at #2, they should be below the 6-4 teams, my mistake.

 

[ronbo]

Griz most likely will go 3-3 the rest of the way, they are still just squeeking out wins against lesser teams at home. Hopefully they can come up with a big game along the way and go 4-2 instead. That would give them a 10-6 league record and make a big difference.

 

[BWahlberg]

I like the home game matchups but the road schedule is tough. If the Griz take 2 of 3 which will be a tough challenge they could be sitting pretty.

 

[Grizbacker1]

I like the home game matchups but the road schedule is tough. If the Griz take 2 of 3 which will be a tough challenge they could be sitting pretty.

The Griz have one of the best road records in the BSC, so that is a positive. The two home losses hurt, but the Griz are still in position to get the second seed.

The encouraging thing I saw last night was from Dlouhy and Martin. Earlier in the season if they were not scoring you didn't get much out of them. Dlouhy was cold from the field, but played great defense, got to the free thro line and knocked down 11 of them, hit the boards hard, and dished 7 assists, all while having to guard Stuckey a lot. Martin wasn't getting shots but he took care of the ball, dished 7 assists and made some big shots the second half.

The Griz played together and followed the game plan whihc was to pound it inside and kick out when doubled. For the most part they executed. Nice lift off the bench, especially Mayes.

Griz need to show sac on Wed that the team they played in Sacramento was not the real Griz team. That was flat out ugly. I am sure Tinks will show them film as a little reminder.

 

[mporter]

2. MSU (IF this happens Huse will be coach of the year)

I totally agree.

 

[WyomingGrizFan]

Weber State (9-3). Final games are at Eastern, at PSU, Montana visits, at Sac St

Checking out the BSC schedule over @ http://www.bigskyconf.com

...it shows a tough road swing for Weber St. The Wildcats have to play @ EWU Wednesday 07 Feb 07 then @ PSU the following nite of Thursday; then again @ PSU the following Sunday of 10 Feb 07. Playing three games in four days is gonna tire out WSU, I hope they lose at least two out of the three. Nothing personal of course.

 

[AtHomeInTheDahlbergDen]

Weber State (9-3). Final games are at Eastern, at PSU, Montana visits, at Sac St

Checking out the BSC schedule over @ http://www.bigskyconf.com

...it shows a tough road swing for Weber St. The Wildcats have to play @ EWU Wednesday 07 Feb 07 then @ PSU the following nite of Thursday; then again @ PSU the following Sunday of 10 Feb 07. Playing three games in four days is gonna tire out WSU, I hope they lose at least two out of the three. Nothing personal of course.

only need to lose one. we need can make up that other game on our own.

 

[grizpack]

Given the talent MSU doesn't have, Brad should be coach of the year anyway. Hands down.