Rough Night for the Big Sky

[Skippy]

The Conference went 0-5 against D-1 competition, losing by an average margin of 31 points. The only thing that gives me comfort is that Duke put 118 points on the putative No. 2 in the country in Kentucky.

Gonzaga certainly lived up to its No. 3 ranking. The Bengal bigs had no defensive answers for Hachimura and company. But I like the fact that Maker, Walker and Jones produced some numbers against good competition. And if last night is any indication, other than Montana, the Big Sky is going to be wide open this year. Not necessarily good, but wide open...

[SLCBengal]

Gonzaga certainly lived up to its No. 3 ranking. The Bengal bigs had no defensive answers for Hachimura and company. But I like the fact that Maker, Walker and Jones produced some numbers against good competition. And if last night is any indication, other than Montana, the Big Sky is going to be wide open this year. Not necessarily good, but wide open...

I'm encouraged by what I saw of the new guys, including Smellie...

https://watchstadium.com/live/150411/

[208alpine]

I’m going on the record as predicting a top 4 finish in the BSC for ISU and that Boyd will be a 1st teamer.. I saw good things last night. Referees sucked, which is to be expected on the road.

[votb]

Despite the loss by a lot of points, I was really excited to see how athletic our team is. I'm optimistic about the season. We have a ways to go before the players AND coaches figure out all of the most effective roles for the players, but I'm convinced we'll see some good basketball this year.

GO BENGALS!

[mvem]

That Montana State loss was especially embarrassing.