Big Sky Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Nicholas Lozito From his determination and intensity on the court, it’s obvious that Eastern Washington’s Alvin Snow is not a player who can tolerate much losing – which is why it must have been so difficult for the senior swingman to put up […]

Big Sky Conference Finals Recap Recap by Nicholas Lozito Eastern Washington 71, Northern Arizona 59 After falling in the Big Sky Championship Game each of the past three seasons, Eastern Washington advanced to the NCAA Tournament Wednesday night with a 71-59 victory over Northern Arizona. As the final buzzer sounded, […]

Big Sky Conference First Round Preview Preview by Nicholas Lozito Heading into the final weekend of conference play, only one game separated second-through-last place in the conference standings. The Eastern Washington Eagles, sitting all alone in first place, watched as every other team in the conference — Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, […]

Big Sky Conference First Round Recap Recap by Nicholas Lozito Idaho State 74, Montana 73 Montana forward Ryan Pederson’s desperation 3-pointer clanked off the rim, giving Idaho State a narrow 74-73 victory in the quarterfinal round of the Big Sky Tournament. The No. 3-seeded Bengals win avenges two regular season […]

Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nicholas Lozito The Slammies For two years I’ve been waiting to see Sacramento State’s dunking duo of Jameel Pugh and Joel Jones do their thing. And Saturday night against Montana, I finally got my wish. Dunk No. 1: As me and my student-radio broadcast partner […]

Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Bengals Bounce Back Sports are unpredictable. One day you’ll think you have everything figured out, and the next day the Carolina Panthers are in the Super Bowl. The Big Sky Conference is no exception. When the preseason came to a close, the Idaho […]

Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Reevaluating The Big Sky So things haven’t gone exactly as planned this preseason for most Big Sky teams. The conference has a combined 42-59 record, with many of those wins coming against non-Division I teams. About half of the conference is playing mediocre basketball, […]

Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito A Kodiak Moment Senior forward Aaron Bond scored a short-range bucket with 1.6 seconds remaining to give Northern Arizona a 74-73 road win over UNLV on Thursday. Sixth man Kodiak Yazzie fed the game-winning pass to Bond, giving the Lumberjacks their first road win […]

Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Put A Positive Spin On This One For the Big Sky Conference, preseason basketball has not been fun. In fact, it has flat out sucked. I know, as a “professional journalist,” I should probably open up a thesaurus or dictionary and come up with […]

Big Sky Notebook by Nicholas Lozito Western conference power rankings Things are so much simpler when you get west of the Rocky Mountains. The Pacific 10 is the lone powerhouse conference, and everyone else is fighting to be the best mid-major. The Mountain West Conference, with UNLV, Utah and New […]