Montana plays Eastern Washington at 5:00 Tue in Flagstaff

[BARN BALL]

Big Sky Tournament Semifinals March 7 Final March 8 Wed

MT vs EWU at 5pm in Flagstaff no TV but video stream at

www.bigskyconf.com

Northern Arizona vs Sacramento State at 7:30 pm Tue.

Championship Game will be Televised on ESPN2. 7:30 Wed

Montana has the numbers and the quickness to keep Stuckey out of the early offense most of the time. That and the fact that Montana can go deep into the bench to find some energy and some interesting match ups. MT is 21-6 for many reasons.

Sacramento State does not indicate that they have a lot of interest in offensive sets which will put them at a disadvantage against a good scoring team like NAU. NAU record is 20-9.

 

[Mung]

I have to say that 7:30 is a pretty good slot for the Sky championship. Right in the middle of primetime, after dinner. Should be easy to watch if the griz get there.

 

[Swillbury]

I am very scared of Stuckey....

 

[kalm]

Stuckey has a great game, Stuckey struggles - griz win. In Missoula or in Cheney - griz win. We've played two good halves of basketball against you guys, but the Griz obviously make the right adjustments and pose a match-up problem for us. It seems like in both games we ran out steam, like you sort wear us down.

The win for the Eagles at ISU was nice for the confidence of winning on the road, and even more so because we finally won in a shoot-out. So we've played well since we saw you last.

Three keys for Eastern: 1) Bring it all game - a tough thing to do at altitude, thank god it effects both of us. 2) Senior Deuce Smith needs a big game. He's the only senior, and his leadership shows in that he's the only Eagles who never seems to lose his intensity. 3) Butorac needs help against your bigs inside. He just got pushed around in the 2nd half at Cheney.

Good luck!

 

[BARN BALL]

I am very scared of Stuckey....

Rest easy Stuckey has only been around the league twice and it may get a little tougher after reviewing the video. At 6'4" I think that Montana should be able to find some good match ups.

I assume there is enough inspiration to know where Stuckey is at.

It would appear that Matthews, Dlouhy and Mayes can jump and run with Stuckey. Criswell can defend but I assume some of his effort will be needed to create some offense down the stretch.

Stuckey with 25 and EWU with 58 should not be enough to beat Montana with 68+.

 

[BARN BALL]

Montana should be bringing increased defensive intensity into the tournament.

Assists have led to some solid shooting averages.

Strait 63%
Criswell 50%
Matthews 50%
Dlouhy 40%
Hasquet 53%
Martin 40%
Chavez 56%
Sharp 44%

 

[Mung]

Montana should be bringing increased defensive intensity into the tournament.

Assists have led to some solid shooting averages.

Strait 63%
Criswell 50%
Matthews 50%
Dlouhy 40%
Hasquet 53%
Martin 40%
Chavez 56%
Sharp 44%

Do you know who the five players ahead of Strait in national shooting % are?

 

[Grizbacker1]

Montana should be bringing increased defensive intensity into the tournament.

Assists have led to some solid shooting averages.

Strait 63%
Criswell 50%
Matthews 50%
Dlouhy 40%
Hasquet 53%
Martin 40%
Chavez 56%
Sharp 44%

Do you know who the five players ahead of Strait in national shooting % are?

Randall Hanke Purdue 67.1%
Cedric Smith T A&M 66.2
Joakim Noah Florida 65.9
Michael Harrison Colorado St 64.3
Brian Thornton Xavier 64.0