Code:
2029 Big Sky Conference Standings
TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige
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Montana State Bobcats 1 0 1.000 9 4 .692 117 46
Southern Utah Thunderbirds 1 0 1.000 6 4 .600 278 37
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 1 0 1.000 5 5 .500 128 47
Portland Pilots 0 0 .000 8 5 .615 89 48
Sacramento State Hornets 0 1 .000 7 5 .583 158 54
Montana Grizzlies 0 0 .000 7 6 .538 280 49
North Dakota Fighting Sioux 0 0 .000 7 3 .700 325 37
Weber State Wildcats 0 1 .000 5 8 .385 55 34
Colorado State Rams 0 0 .000 5 5 .500 320 39
Eastern Washington Eagles 0 0 .000 4 8 .333 115 51
Northern Colorado Bears 0 1 .000 0 13 .000 297 35
I'd consider
Northern Arizona the favorites to win the conference this year, but it's really hard to say. This is the highest RPI any of my teams has ever had, so that's pretty cool.
What's not cool - a bogus 3 point loss buzzer-beater at home to
Southern Utah, which looks like one of the weakest teams in the conference.
Especially since Sid Johnson is out 27 days. F-ing Thunderbirds.
Gary Hine, one of our best reserves, steps up to the plate... and promptly gets a DTD injury in our loss to
Sacramento State. LOL.
It's the start of a string of losses that doesn't end until we beat
Northern Colorado in OT. How scary was it?
Code:
Portland 76, Northern Colorado 73 (OT)
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Northern Colorado (0-17, 0-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jack Jones C 19 3-7 2-4 0 4 0 1 8
Larry Galan C 34 1-2 0-2 2 8 1 0 2
Robert Simpson SF 29 2-6 10-11 2 5 1 2 14
David Hefner SG 35 4-15 0-1 0 3 2 3 10
Daniel Patino PG 36 5-7 2-2 0 2 6 1 14
Pedro Crowley SG 17 2-2 3-4 1 5 1 1 8
Manual Ballance PG 10 1-1 2-2 1 1 0 3 4
Isaiah Wood SF 8 1-3 0-0 0 0 2 0 2
Nestor Forest PF 23 4-6 2-2 2 3 1 3 11
Chuck Gurrola C 11 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 0
Charles Bobo PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 16 (L.Galan 1, R.Simpson 3, D.Hefner 5,
D.Patino 3, P.Crowley 2, M.Ballance 1, C.Bobo 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Jones 1, L.Galan 1)
Steals: 4 (R.Simpson 1, D.Patino 3)
3P FGs: 6-18 (D.Hefner 2-10, D.Patino 2-4, P.Crowley
1-1, I.Wood 0-1, N.Forest 1-2)
Portland (9-9, 1-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Rainier Roussell C 35 2-6 0-0 2 8 1 2 4
Dominique Judson PF 25 3-4 4-4 1 3 0 4 11
Arthur Rodriguez SF 20 1-5 0-0 0 2 0 4 3
Alvaro Houghton SF 40 5-11 0-0 4 10 4 2 11
Gary Hine PG 40 4-13 3-4 0 2 4 4 13
Chris Campbell SG 29 7-13 0-0 0 0 1 2 16
Havel Cermak SF 4 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 2
Heath Wagstaff PF 25 8-10 0-1 2 6 0 2 16
Ike Patrick SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Amos Stackhouse C 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 10 (R.Roussell 2, D.Judson 1, A.Rodriguez 1,
A.Houghton 3, G.Hine 1, C.Campbell 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.Roussell 1)
Steals: 6 (D.Judson 1, A.Rodriguez 1, G.Hine 2,
H.Cermak 1, H.Wagstaff 1)
3P FGs: 7-28 (D.Judson 1-1, A.Rodriguez 1-4, A.Houghton
1-7, G.Hine 2-8, C.Campbell 2-7, H.Cermak 0-1)
Player of Game: PF Heath Wagstaff (PORTL)
Yeah. Weird, weird, ugly game.
After another loss, we finally get mostly healed
Sid Johnson back to try and dig us out of this 1-5 hole.
Alvaro Houghton scores 20 with a steal,
Dominique Judson 16, with
Gary Hine adding 11 bench points and a steal, and we whip
Montana by almost 30 at their place.
It's a snapshot of how dire our situation will look starting next year without the backcourt. Especially since we still can't get anyone to sign with us.