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3rd best team in the Big Sky?

Who will be the third best team in the BSC?

  • Eastern Washington

    Votes: 7 28.0%

  • Idaho State

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Montana State

    Votes: 4 16.0%

  • Montana

    Votes: 7 28.0%

  • Northern Arizona

    Votes: 4 16.0%

  • Northern Colorado

    Votes: 1 4.0%

  • Portland State

    Votes: 3 12.0%

  • Sacramento State

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Weber State

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    25
I agree certainly that EWU has looked the part of the 2nd best team in the Big Sky, but I think it's a bit premature to crown them as the biggest threat to Weber and be done with it. Montana is still a pretty good club (they have arguably the best non-conference win of anyone in the conference, against Long Beach State), and there are a couple reasons I still think they may be the second best.

One, Tinkle has been experimenting a lot with rotations in the non-conference schedule, and in particular they have two freshman wings that I think will get better and better as the season goes on. Keron DeShields is a 2/3 that has slowly been getting a bigger role (he didn't even play the first two games of the year, and has double digit mins in the last 3, including 3 3s against North Dakota) and Kevin Henderson might be their most athletic guy, and could be an excellent defender by the end of the year. In the post, that is their big weakness, but it should get better as Billy Reader gets more time and experience. He is a redshirt freshman, but is the best in the program at scoring down low, and also maybe the best rebounder in the team. He is still doing dumb freshman things (foul trouble, and I have heard he takes defensive possessions off), but if the light clicks, he will be a weapon for them.

At this point EWU looks like #2, but it is too early to really say definitively in my mind who the top challenger will be. EWU and Montana and 2 and 3 in the conference, but I'm not sure what order yet.
 
catcat said:
trying to predict the 3rd place team isnt an easy one. it will be interesting to see the coaches/media in october.

my guess as of now:
1. Weber - only 2 seniors, 5 fresh, but could be the best team under rahe so far (no dis to 2009 team's 15-1 mark)
2. Montana
3. NAU - not sure if they really finish better without jones but they should be good
4. MSU - they seem between 4-6 a lot.
5. Eastern - hard to predict with so many changes, prior to the firing i would have them 2nd-3rd.
6. UNC - no devon is a huge loss, i think they are still a top 6 though.
7. PSU - 2010 they were 7-9, 13-19 with waters & jones as seniors....how? if they can't get 1st or 2nd with that team i can't see any reason to get them in the top 6.
8. Sac
9. ISU


without knowing anything about 2012 season i think you can almost bank on the following based on past trends and current coaching staffs.

weber, montana top 3
nau a top 4
msu 4-6
isu/sac not in

unknowns:
ewu - new coach, new players
unc - hill has been coach for only one yr and beitzel is graduated. he's the best player they have had in DI. banks, figures and Yahosh Bonner were all very good as well. just hard to predict them for me.
psu - new coach, not living up to expectations, a 2011 post season ban, not sure about them but ill guess 6th or 7th.
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my 2012:

1. wsu
2. um
3. ewu
4. msu
5. psu
6. nau
7. unc
8. sac
9. isu

nau lookin bad but heard rodgers will be back this yr
unc not lookin good, lost too much over past 2 yrs
psu, well after seeing their new coaches first yr with all that talent and getting 6th, similar to cravens in 2000, i dont have a lot of confidence in psu in the long run.
sac, i would love to see them get in the conf tourney but not sure if they can make it
isu - uh
ewu looking great so far. top 3 for me for sure.
msu gets 4th because i dont have much faith in anyone else and msu is usually good for top 6 if not top 4.
 
Sheesh as soon as I endorse EWU they start to slip, Anybody here pick MSU or maybe PSU as 3rd best?


The Bobcats are looking pretty decent so far.
 
I picked NAU. I still think they are going to win a few more games. Their future is really up in the air, with all the drama going on in and around their program. For some reason, they always play best against us. I think they look at us as their biggest game of the year. Anyway, they won't make the tourney.
 
I wonder if the UNC fans are realising what we told them would happen to them this year is actually coming true? They probably still make the tourney, but most likely the 6th seed.
 
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