2019-20 Big Sky Men's Basketball Notebook
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2019-20 Big Sky Men’s Basketball Notebook Men’s Basketball Contact: Blake Barington • Email: [email protected] • Phone: (801) 392-1978 286 South 200 West Ste. 110, Farmington, Utah 84025 • www.BigSkyConf.com FOR STARTERS Wednesday, Dec. 18 Sacramento State 57, Cal Poly 56 • Big Sky men’s basketball teams open up a 20-game double #8 Oregon 81, Montana 48 round robin conference slate Saturday following a successful non-conference season. • The league posted a 61-55 record, the second-most non- Thursday, Dec. 19 Southern Utah 84, Long Beach State 63 conference wins and the best winning percentage (.526) since CSU Bakersfield 74, Montana State 72 the 2005-06 season. Northern Arizona 63, UC Riverside 56 • Sacramento State led the Big Sky with a .778 winning Portland State 76, Loyola Marymount 66 percentage (7-2) while Eastern Washington, Northern Colorado and Southern Utah tied the Hornets with seven wins apiece. Eastern Washington (90) and Northern Colorado (97) Friday, Dec. 20 Northern Colorado 87, South Dakota 68 are both ranked in the top 100 in the NET rankings heading into conference play. • Northern Colorado enters Big Sky play on a league-best four- Saturday, Dec. 21 #2 Gonzaga 112, Eastern Washington 77 game win streak, winning their last four games by at least BYU 91, Weber State 61 19 points. Senior guard Jonah Radebaugh captured player Omaha 87, Montana 82 (OT) of the week honors after averaging 25 points, eight assists, Pepperdine 75, Northern Arizona 73 six rebounds and three steals in wins over Denver and South South Dakota State 85, Idaho 57 Dakota. Pacific 77, Idaho State 66 • The opening week of Big Sky action features Weber State and Idaho State hosting Eastern Washington and Idaho. Montana and Montana State welcome in Northern Arizona and THIS WEEK IN THE BIG SKY Sacramento State. Saturday, Dec. 28 • The Eleven Sports Game of the Week will be Northern Arizona Eastern Washington at Weber State ..........2 p.m. MT (Pluto TV 535) at Montana State on Monday. The game can be seen on Eleven Northern Colorado at Portland State ...2:05 p.m. PT (Pluto TV 532) Sports (DirecTV 623) and Pluto TV channel 538. Sacramento State at Montana State .......... 4 p.m. MT (Pluto TV 538) • Portland State hosting Northern Colorado and Southern Utah Idaho at Idaho State ........................................ 7 p.m. MT (Pluto TV 543) rounds out this week’s action. Northern Arizona at Montana .......................7 p.m. MT (Pluto TV 537) • All Big Sky home games throughout the 2019-20 season air for free on Pluto TV and WatchBigSky.com. Monday, Dec. 30 • To stay up-to-date with the Big Sky Conference, follow us on *Northern Arizona at Montana State ...........7 p.m. MT (Pluto TV 538) Facebook at /BigSkyConf and @BigSkyConf on Instagram, Idaho at Weber State ........................................7 p.m. MT (Pluto TV 535) Snapchat and Twitter. Fans can also follow Big Sky men’s Eastern Washington at Idaho State .............7 p.m. MT (Pluto TV 543) basketball on Twitter @BigSkyMBB. Sacramento State at Montana ....................... 7 p.m. MT (Pluto TV 537) Southern Utah at Portland State ............. 7:05 p.m. PT (Pluto TV 532) LAST WEEK’S BIG SKY SCORES *Eleven Sports Game of the Week Tuesday, Dec. 17 Eastern Washington 97, Omaha 56 Northern Colorado 86, Denver 64 Pepperdine 77, Portland State 71 Weber State 109, Bethesda 62 2019-20 Big Sky Conference Men’s Basketball Standings December 24, 2019 BIG SKY GAMES OVERALL W L PCT. W L PCT. HOME AWAY NEUTRAL STREAK Sacramento State 0 0 .000 7 2 .778 4-0 2-2 1-0 W1 Northern Arizona 0 0 .000 6 3 .667 4-1 2-2 0-0 L1 Eastern Washington 0 0 .000 7 4 .636 5-0 2-3 0-0 L1 Northern Colorado 0 0 .000 7 4 .636 4-0 2-3 1-1 W4 Southern Utah 0 0 .000 7 4 .636 4-0 2-4 1-0 W3 Montana State 0 0 .000 6 5 .545 3-1 1-4 2-0 L2 Portland State 0 0 .000 6 6 .500 3-1 2-5 1-0 W1 Idaho 0 0 .000 4 7 .364 3-2 0-4 1-1 L1 Montana 0 0 .000 4 7 .364 4-1 0-6 0-0 L2 Weber State 0 0 .000 4 7 .364 3-1 1-2 0-4 L1 Idaho State 0 0 .000 3 6 .333 2-1 1-5 0-0 L3 2019-20 Big Sky Men’s Basketball Notebook BIG SKY INFORMATION BIG SKY WEBSITES AND TWITTER FEEDS 286 South 200 West, Suite 110 School Website Twitter Farmington, Utah 84025 Eastern Washington GoEags.com @EWUMBB Phone: 801.392.1978 Idaho GoVandals.com @VandalHoops Website: www.bigskyconf.com Idaho State ISUBengals.com @IdahoStateBball Montana GoGriz.com @MontanaGrizBB Commissioner ................................................................. Tom Wistrcill Montana State MSUBobcats.com @MSUBobcatsMBB Deputy Commissioner ......................................................Dan Satter Northern Arizona NAUAthletics.com @NAUBasketball Senior Assoc. Commissioner/Compliance .....Jaynee Nadolski Northern Colorado UNCBears.com @UNC_BearsMBB Senior Assoc. Commissioner/Championships........Jon Kasper Portland State GoViks.com @psuviksMBB Asst. Commissioner/Communications ........ Denise Thompson Sacramento State HornetSports.com @SacHornetsMBB Director of Communications .............................. Blake Barington Southern Utah SUUTBirds.com @SUUBasketball Director of Communications ........................................... Karl Hunt Weber State WeberStateSports.com @WeberStateMBB Director of Broadcast and Digital Media ...............................TBA Director of Championships ..............................................Alex Kelly BIG SKY SPORTS INFORMATION CONTACTS Director of Compliance ...............................................Ty Singletary Big Sky Sports Properties Manager ...................... Brett McPhail Eastern Washington Northern Colorado Administrative Assistant...............................................................TBA Dave Cook Ryan Pfeifer Office Phone .............(509) 359-6334 Office Phone ............... (970) 351-1065 Communications Contact Information Cell Phone ................. (509) 280-2502 Cell Phone ..................(720) 290-8886 801.392.1978 Press Row ....................(509) 359-6331 Press Row .....................(970) 351-2522 Denise Thompson, FB, XC, GLF ..........................................X-6000 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] [email protected] Idaho Portland State Blake Barington, SOC, MBB, SB, TEN ................................ X-6001 Paige McFeeley Mike Lund [email protected] Office Phone .............(208) 885-0245 Office Phone ............. (503) 725-5602 Cell Phone .................(208) 484-6804 Cell Phone ..................(503) 866-0236 Karl Hunt, VB, WBB, T&F ....................................................... X-6002 Press Row ...................(208) 885-0245 Press Row ................... (503) 725-6038 [email protected] Email [email protected] Email ........................... [email protected] Siki Suguturaga, GLF ..............................................................X-6003 Idaho State Sacramento State [email protected] Steve Schaack Ryan Bjork Office Phone ...............(208) 282-2621 Office Phone ............... (916) 278-7426 Online Cell Phone ..................(208) 406-3570 Cell Phone .................... (916) 838-7557 The official website of the Big Sky Conference can be Press Row ....................(208) 282-5572 Press Row ...................... (916) 278-7531 accessed by visiting www.bigskyconf.com. Weekly game Email ........................ [email protected] Email [email protected] notes, news releases, statistics and standings are updated Montana on the website. Basketball statistics are updated at the Southern Utah Nic Hallisey conclusion of each day of competition. Bryson Lester Cell Phone ....................(970) 231-4789 Cell Phone/Press Row ...(801) 860-8653 Weekly Press Release Press Row ....................(406) 243-4281 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] The Big Sky Conference communications department Weber State produces a weekly men’s basketball release on Tuesdays. Montana State Paul Grua Media can receive releases as a PDF document via email by Andrew Pedersen Office Phone ................(801) 626-7414 contacting Blake Barington at 801.392.1978 ext. 6001 or by Office Phone ............ (406) 994-5349 Cell Phone/Press Row ..(801)452-3811 email at [email protected]. Cell Phone .................... (701) 730-6618 Email [email protected] Press Row ................... (406) 994-3210 Player of the Week Email .. [email protected] Each week during the 2019-20 men’s basketball season the Big Sky Conference selects a player of the week, Northern Arizona announced on the day of the weekly release. Nominations Randy Press are made by each institution’s sports information director. Office Phone ................(928) 523-1017 Winners are announced via email and on BigSkyConf.com. Cell Phone ................. (303) 908-0439 Press Row ...................... (928) 523-1912 Email [email protected] Follow Us on Social Media: @BigSkyConf // @BigSkyMBB 2019-20 Big Sky Men’s Basketball Notebook Pluto TV & Eleven Sports The Big Sky Conference announced a partnership with Pluto TV, the leading free Internet television service in America. As a part of the deal, Big Sky Conference airs all of its live streamed sporting events on Pluto TV for free including up to 700 football, men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and selected soccer, softball and track and field events. In June of 2019, Pluto TV announced their service will now be available on the Comcast