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Championship Game Preview
Jon Kasper - Big Sky Conference
3/11/2009 12:56:57 PM
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No. 6 Montana State (14-16)
vs. No. 2 Portland State (22-9)
 
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Dee Events Center (12,000), Ogden, Utah
8:30 p.m. MDT
 
TV: ESPN2. Talent: Terry Gannon and Stephen Bardo.
 
Coaches: Montana State's Brad Huse is 40-50 in his third season with the Bobcats. Huse is 2-2 in Big Sky Tournament games, and this is his first championship game appearance. Huse compiled a 184-60 record in eight seasons at NAIA Jamestown College in North Dakota. Huse was an assistant at Montana in 2005 and 2006 when the Grizzlies won the Big Sky Championship…Portland State's Ken Bone is 75-48 in his fourth season with the Vikings. Bone is 4-2 in the Big Sky tournament. He guided PSU to the 2008 championship. Bone compiled a 258-118 record in13 seasons at non-division I schools, including 12 years at Seattle Pacific. Bone is 5-2 vs. Huse.
 
What's next: The winner earns the Big Sky's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The 65-team field will be announced on Sunday at 4 p.m. on CBS.
 
Season Series: The teams split the season series with each winning on their home court. Montana State beat Portland 85-82 on Feb. 1 in Bozeman. Will Bynum scored 24 points, and Divaldo Mbunga had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Bobcats, who shot .561 percent from the field. Dominic Waters came off the bench to score a team-high 19 points for Portland State. Julius Thomas added 17 points off the bench….Portland State won the second game 64-58 on Feb. 25 in Portland. Jeremiah Dominguez scored 17 points and hit five 3-pointers for PSU. Bynum was the only Bobcat in double figures with 16 points.
 
Previous Championship Meetings: This will be the second meeting between the two in the championship. Portland State beat Montana State 96-71 in a 2007 first-round game in Portland to advance to the semifinals in Ogden. Montana State's Branden Johnson and Erik Rush, and Portland State's Kyle Coston and Julius Thomas are the only four players who played the 2007 meeting who will play tonight.
 
Big Sky Championship History: Portland State is 5-6 all-time in the tournament, winning the championship over Northern Arizona in 2008. PSU is in the tournament for the fifth straight season. Montana State is also in the tournament for the fifth straight season. MSU is 15-21 in the tournament with two titles (1986 and 1996) and tow second-place finishes (1988 and 1998).
 
Notes: Montana State is looking to become the first No. 6 seed to win the tournament since 1986, when the Bobcats upset Montana…Idaho State won the tournament as a seventh seed in 1987. Boise State in 1994 and Montana in 2002 are No. 5 seeds who've won the tournament…Portland State is looking to become the first team since Montana in 2005 and 2006 to win back-to-back championships…PSU's Kyle Coston scored 14 points in last year's championship game, and Andre Murray added 13. Dominguez had nine points and four steals…MSU's Divaldo Mbunga has eight blocks in two tournament games this year. He needs four to tie the tournament record of 12 set in 1994 by Boise State's Jon Coker…Portland State has an RPI of 117 as of Wednesday morning. Montana State’s RPI is 212.


 

Scoreboard
1.29.2012 | Men's Basketball
Portland State
67
Montana
69
1.29.2012 | Women's Tennis
Montana
4
Idaho
3
1.29.2012 | Women's Tennis
Portland State
0
Idaho
7
1.29.2012 | Men's Tennis
UC Riverside
2
Northern Arizona
5
1.29.2012 | Men's Tennis
Whitworth
0
Eastern Washington
7
1.29.2012 | Women's Tennis
Sacramento State
1
Texas Tech
6
1.30.2012 | Men's Basketball
Northern Arizona
62
Northern Colorado
64
1.31.2012 | Women's Tennis
Utah State
5
Weber State
2
2.2.2012 | Men's Basketball
Northern Arizona
68
Eastern Washington
74
2.2.2012 | Men's Basketball
Weber State
92
Portland State
79
2.2.2012 | Men's Basketball
Northern Colorado
62
Sacramento State
73
2.2.2012 | Men's Basketball
Montana State
86
Idaho State
87
2.2.2012 | Men's Tennis
Utah State
3
Montana State
4
2.2.2012 | Women's Basketball
Eastern Washington
84
Northern Arizona
57
2.2.2012 | Women's Basketball
Portland State
76
Weber State
63
2.2.2012 | Women's Basketball
Sacramento State
56
Northern Colorado
64
2.2.2012 | Women's Basketball
Idaho State
67
Montana State
79
2.3.2012 | Women's Tennis
Washington State
7
Eastern Washington
0
2.3.2012 | Men's Tennis
BYU
7
Idaho State
0
2.3.2012 | Women's Tennis
UTEP
3
Northern Arizona
4
2.3.2012 | Men's Tennis
BYU
6
Montana State
1
2.4.2012 | Men's Basketball
Weber State
93
Northern Colorado
81
2.4.2012 | Men's Basketball
Eastern Washington
71
Sacramento State
75
2.4.2012 | Men's Basketball
Northern Arizona
65
Portland State
76
2.4.2012 | Men's Basketball
Montana State
58
Montana
67
2.4.2012 | Women's Tennis
Montana State
1
Utah State
6
2.4.2012 | Men's Tennis
Utah State
6
Portland State
1
2.4.2012 | Women's Tennis
Boise State
6
Weber State
1
2.4.2012 | Women's Tennis
Northern Arizona
1
Air Force
6
2.4.2012 | Women's Tennis
Sacramento State
4
Fresno State
3
2.4.2012 | Men's Tennis
Utah
6
Montana State
1
2.4.2012 | Women's Tennis
Montana
2
New Mexico
5
2.4.2012 | Women's Basketball
Portland State
73
Northern Arizona
59
2.4.2012 | Women's Basketball
Northern Colorado
70
Weber State
57
2.4.2012 | Women's Basketball
Montana State
54
Montana
61
2.4.2012 | Women's Basketball
Sacramento State
84
Eastern Washington
89
2.4.2012 | Men's Tennis
Utah
7
Idaho State
0
2.4.2012 | Men's Tennis
Eastern Washington
6
Northern Colorado
1
2.5.2012 | Women's Tennis
Eastern Washington
10 a.m.
Northern Colorado
2.5.2012 | Women's Tennis
Weber State
2 p.m.
Seattle
2.5.2012 | Women's Tennis
New Mexico State
10 a.m.
Northern Arizona
2.5.2012 | Men's Tennis
Idaho State
11 a.m.
Portland State
2.5.2012 | Women's Tennis
Idaho State
8 a.m.
Seattle
2.5.2012 | Men's Tennis
Eastern Washington
5 p.m.
Seattle
2.5.2012 | Women's Tennis
Gonzaga University
9 a.m.
Northern Colorado
2.5.2012 | Men's Tennis
Gonzaga University
6 p.m.
Northern Colorado
2.5.2012 | Women's Tennis
Montana State
9 a.m.
New Mexico
2.5.2012 | Women's Tennis
Oregon
12 p.m.
Portland State
2.5.2012 | Men's Tennis
Northern Colorado
10 a.m.
Seattle
2.6.2012 | Women's Basketball
Idaho State
7:05 p.m.
Montana
2.6.2012 | Men's Basketball
Montana
7:05
Idaho State
2.8.2012 | Men's Tennis
Cal
1:30 p.m.
Sacramento State
2.9.2012 | Women's Basketball
Idaho State
5:05 p.m.
Northern Arizona
2.9.2012 | Women's Basketball
Montana
7:00 p.m.
Sacramento State
2.9.2012 | Men's Basketball
Idaho State
8:05
Portland State
2.9.2012 | Men's Basketball
Northern Colorado
7:05
Montana
2.9.2012 | Women's Basketball
Portland State
7:00 p.m.
Seattle University
2.9.2012 | Women's Basketball
Montana State
7:05 p.m.
Northern Colorado
2.9.2012 | Men's Basketball
Northern Arizona
6:35
Weber State
2.9.2012 | Women's Tennis
Idaho State
1:30 p.m.
Utah State
2.9.2012 | Men's Basketball
Sacramento State
7:05
Montana State
2.9.2012 | Women's Basketball
Eastern Washington
6:05 p.m.
Weber State
2.10.2012 | Men's Tennis
Boise State
3:30 p.m.
Idaho State
2.10.2012 | Women's Tennis
Portland
1 p.m.
Montana
2.10.2012 | Women's Tennis
Boise State
2 p.m.
Eastern Washington
2.11.2012 | Men's Tennis
Northern Colorado
2 p.m.
Northern Arizona
2.11.2012 | Men's Basketball
Northern Colorado
7:05
Montana State
2.11.2012 | Women's Basketball
Portland State
2:00 p.m.
Idaho State
2.11.2012 | Women's Basketball
Montana State
2:05 p.m.
Sacramento State
2.11.2012 | Women's Tennis
Washington State
TBA
Sacramento State
2.11.2012 | Men's Basketball
Sacramento State
7:05
Montana
2.11.2012 | Men's Tennis
Air Force
11 a.m.
Portland State
2.11.2012 | Men's Tennis
Eastern Washington
10 a.m.
Idaho State
2.11.2012 | Men's Basketball
Weber State
7:35
Eastern Washington
2.11.2012 | Women's Tennis
Portland State
1 p.m.
Montana
2.11.2012 | Women's Basketball
Weber State
5:00 p.m.
Northern Arizona
2.11.2012 | Men's Tennis
Whitman
8 a.m.
Montana
2.11.2012 | Men's Basketball
Northern Arizona
6:35
Idaho State
2.11.2012 | Women's Tennis
Northern Colorado
10 a.m.
Northern Arizona
2.11.2012 | Women's Basketball
Montana
2:00 p.m.
Northern Colorado
2.11.2012 | Men's Tennis
Montana
12 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz
2.11.2012 | Women's Tennis
Eastern Washington
1 p.m.
Idaho
2.12.2012 | Men's Tennis
Northern Colorado
11 a.m.
Portland State
2.12.2012 | Women's Tennis
Weber State
10 a.m.
Nevada
2.12.2012 | Women's Tennis
Montana
9 a.m.
Seattle
2.12.2012 | Women's Tennis
Colorado State
9 a.m.
Northern Arizona
2.12.2012 | Men's Tennis
Air Force
10 a.m.
Northern Arizona
2011-12 Composite Schedule
Eastern Washington
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Northern Arizona
Northern Colorado
Portland State
Sacramento State
Weber State