Opening weekend in the Big Sky Eastern Washington Record: 7-7, 1-1 Weekend: 1-1 Major superlatives: Won by 16, lost by 8; 76.5 ppg for, 72.5 against; plus-4 scoring margin; 52-112 FG; 20-53 3pt; 29-43 FT. Summary: One night, the lead stuck. The other, it didn’t. The Eagles made an early […]
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Your Big Sky Conference primer
The Big Sky is about to dive in to conference play, and so far, the season has unfolded pretty much as expected, with Sacramento State looking like the one surprise.
The coaching carousel continues for the Big Sky
Merry Christmas, and thanks for playing. Word came out today that Idaho State coach Joe O’Brien resigned from Idaho State this afternoon on the heels of a 2-8 record. O’Brien was head coach of the Bengals since 2006 and in his first three years, led the Bengals to the Big […]
Has Northern Arizona found its spark?
People scoffed and laughed when 70-year-old Dave Brown was hired to replace Mike Adras, (who’s own story on the resignation is taking strange turns)who suddenly resigned after a 2-7 start. (Full disclosure: so did I.) Um, a few less people are laughing today after the Lumberjacks beat Arizona State on Saturday […]
A busy and exciting week in the Big Sky
We take a quick run through the results from the past week in the Big Sky Conference, giving a little love to each team in the conference.
Mike Adras resigns post at Northern Arizona
Northern Arizona head coach Mike Adras resigned on Friday. What’s grabbed the attention of fans and supporters since then is his replacement choice.
Weber State loses a key component
Last year, nine games in, Damian Lillard tore his ACL. This year, Randy Rahe‘s squad was dealt another blow as redshirt senior forward Kyle Bullinger dislocated his elbow against San Jose State three days ago (semi-warning: the video is, at least, cringe-inducing. At most, might make you hurl.) Reports aren’t […]
A closer look into the Big Sky’s Monday twinbill
We’ll start with what people are calling “the appetizer”: Montana State at San Jose State. It was a game between a pair of 2-3 teams in which the Bobcats felt favored: MSU’s losses were to higher quality opponents, as it were, and their lone Division I victory was over Utah, […]
Quick hitters from Monday Night F… err, Big Sky hoops
The New Orleans Saints and NY Giants weren’t the only teams lighting up the scoreboard Monday night, with some of the most exciting action coming on the hardwood in the Big Sky Conference.
Grizzlies bow up, take down national mid-major favorite sleeper
Despite the preseason hype, Weber State might have some competition after all, especially after Montana proved its strength by knocking off a mid-major heavyweight.