Montana State in the NCAA Play-In game

[kcoolhand]

Well, Montana State took a page from the Weber State playbook and led by 14 points (9 at halftime) to lose to Grambling State 88-81 in overtime. The Bobcats missed a potential game winning layup with 9 seconds left and the score tied 72-72. Robert Ford tied it a 78 all with his fifth 3 pointer of the game with 2:02 left in OT but then Montana State went 1-6 during the last 1:27 of the OT.

Here's the link to the story on the game.

Grambling State rallies to win its first men’s NCAA Tournament game, beating Montana State in OT

“Incredible. That’s what March is made of, baby,” Grambling State coach Donte’ Jackson said.

www.oregonlive.com

 

[Chex]

That loss cost the Big Sky some serious money…maybe that will end their crush on them for a while.

 

[oldrunner]

MSU caught Lightning in a bottle for a short while. It can happen and it did happen. There were four better teams in the BSC, but they won in Boise and earned the right to get beat in the play in game. Shame on the rest of us for not doing better.

At this point, it's on to next year. Hope springs eternal. With a few more pieces, we can be right back in it. I'm going to stay on the optimistic side of things. It's what I do.