Tag: Big Sky

Big Sky Notebook

Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nick Dettmann Memorial set for former Montana State player Former Montana State center Al Beye was killed in an auto accident on Dec. 15 while visiting his brother in Dillon, Mont. A memorial has been set to honor Beye, who was named the Big Sky […]

Big Sky Notebook

Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the week: Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington Eastern Washington Eagles (3-3 overall) Last week’s results At Cheney, Wash., Nov. 21: Eastern Washington 106, Evergreen State 65 At Seattle, Nov. 24: Washington 90, Eastern Washington 83 At Cheney, Wash., Nov. 27: Eastern Washington […]

Big Sky Notebook

Big Sky Conference Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the week: Paul Butorac, Eastern Washington Eastern Washington Eagles (1-2 overall) Last week’s results At Las Vegas, Nov. 14: UNLV 82, Eastern Washington 79 At Cheney, Wash., Nov. 18: Eastern Washington 85, Lewis-Clark State 70 This week’s games Nov. 21 vs. […]

Big Sky Preview

Big Sky Conference 2006-07 Preview by Nick Dettmann Two things happened in the Big Sky Conference last season that made the 2005-06 season one to remember. One was that Eastern Washington’s Rodney Stuckey became the first freshman to ever win the conference player of the year award. Stuckey averaged 24.2 […]

Big Sky Recap

Big Sky Conference 2005-06 Season Recap by Nick Dettmann For much of the season, especially once the conference season got started, it looked as if the Big Sky Conference was going to get its fourth different representative in four years for the NCAA Tournament. Northern Arizona ran a 10-game winning […]

Idaho State Player News

Weber State Hires New Leader by Nick Dettmann There was good news and bad news on the campus of Idaho State University Thursday. First the good news: David Schroeder was granted a sixth year of eligibility. Now, the bad news. One of the most consistent components to the Bengals last […]

Possible Attrition At Weber State

New Weber Coach May Face Early Attrition by Nick Dettmann Every first-year coach expects to go through changes and hardships. But new Weber State coach Randy Rahe already has a problem not even a month into his tenure. According to a report by the Rocky Mountain Basketball News, the Wildcats […]

Weber State Names Coach

Weber State Hires New Leader by Nick Dettmann After missing the Big Sky Conference tournament for the first time in a quarter century, the Weber State Wildcats have found its replacement for Joe Cravens, the Deseret Morning News in Salt Lake City reported Thursday. The Wildcats scheduled a press conference […]

Idaho State Names Coach

Bengals Tap O’Brien to Lead by Nick Dettmann IDAHO FALLS, Id. – The Idaho State University Bengals announced Wednesday the school’s new men’s basketball coach. The Bengals hired Joe O’Brien, which was announced at a press conference, as the 20th coach in school history. O’Brien replaces Doug Oliver, who announced […]

Weber State Fires Cravens

Weber State Fires Coach by Nick Dettmann IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – A 25-year streak of reaching the Big Sky Conference tournament was not the only thing halted this season for the Weber State Wildcats. On Monday, the Wildcats fired head coach Joe Cravens, according to a statement released by the […]