2010 – 2011 Montana Grizzlies Schedule Date Day Opponent Time# November 4 Thurs. Lewis Clark St. (Exhibition) 7:05 p.m. November 13 Sat. @ Nevada 3:05 p.m. November 17 Wed. @Utah 7:00 p.m. November 19 Fri. Montana Tech 3:05 p.m. November 22 Mon. Idaho 7:05 p.m. November 30 Tues. Fullerton 7:05 p.m. December 3 Fri. Portland 7:05 p.m. December 5 Sun. @ UCLA TBA December 12 Sun. @Univ. of San Francisco 2:00 p.m. December 15 Wed. Oregon State 7:05 p.m. December 18 Sat. @ Idaho 8:05 p.m. December 22 Wed. @ Fullerton 8:05 p.m. Big Sky Conference Games December 29 Wed. Northern Arizona* 1:05 p.m. December 31 Fri. Weber State* 1:05 p.m. January 6 Thurs. @Northern Colorado* 7:05 p.m. January 8 Sat. @ Sacramento State* 8:05 p.m. January 13 Thurs. Eastern Washington* 7:05 p.m. January 15 Sat. Portland State* 7:05 p.m. January 20 Thurs. @Idaho State* 7:05 p.m. January 22 Sat. Montana State* (KPAX-TV) 7:05 p.m. January 29 Sat. @Montana State* (KPAX-TV) 7:05 p.m. February 3 Thurs. @Weber State* 7:05 p.m. February 5 Sat. @Northern Arizona* 6:35 p.m. February 10 Thurs. Sacramento State* 7:05 p.m. February 12 Sat. Northern Colorado* 7:05 p.m. February 16 Wed. Idaho State* 7:05 p.m. February 19 Sat. @Bracket Buster/Opp. TBA TBA February 24 Thurs. @Portland State* 8:05 p.m. February 26 Sat. @Eastern Washington* 8:05 p.m. (Altitude TV) March 5 Sat. BSC Quarterfinals (@host school) TBA March 8/9 Tues./Wed. BSC Semi-finals and Finals TBA (hosted by regular-season winner) BOLD INDICATES HOME GAME *Big Sky Conference game #Times Mtn. Subject to change Senior Center Brian Qvale 2010-11 THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA BASKETBALL Table of Contents Basketball Facts ................................................................................................ 2 Freshman Forward Taylor Farnsworth ...................................................37 Hall of Fame ..................................................................................................... 3 Freshman Forward Kareem Jamar ..........................................................38 Media ................................................................................................................ 4 Freshman Forward Mike Weisner ...........................................................39 Media & Sports Information .......................................................................... 5 Freshman Forward Billy Reader ..............................................................40 Media Team Roster ......................................................................................... 6 2009-10 Results and Box Scores ............................................................ 43-54 Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena ..................................................................... 7 2010-11 Opponents ................................................................................. 55-63 Mascot ............................................................................................................... 8 Non-Conference 2010-2011 Season Preview ....................................................................... 9-12 Nevada, Utah, Montana Tech...................................................................56 Coaching Staff .......................................................................................... 13-18 Idaho, Cal State Fullerton, Portland ........................................................57 Head Coach Wayne Tinkle ................................................................. 14-15 UCLA, Great Falls, San Francisco ...........................................................58 Assistant Coaches ................................................................................ 16-18 Oregon State ...............................................................................................59 Coaching History .................................................................................... 19-20 Big Sky Conference 2010-11 Montana Grizzlies .................................................................... 21-42 Northern Arizona ......................................................................................59 Grizzly Returners: Weber State, Northern Colorado .............................................................60 Senior Center Brian Qvale ................................................................. 22-23 Sacramento State, Eastern Washington ..................................................61 Junior Guard Shawn Stockton ........................................................... 24-25 Portland State, Idaho State .......................................................................62 Junior Forward Derek Selvig .............................................................. 26-27 Montana State ............................................................................................63 Sophomore Guard Will Cherry ......................................................... 28-29 Bracket Busters ..............................................................................................63 Sophomore Guard Mathias Ward ..................................................... 30-31 Opponent History .........................................................................................64 Freshman Forward Eric Hutchison .........................................................32 Big Sky Conference ................................................................................. 65-68 New Grizzlies: Griz Leaders ............................................................................................. 69-76 Junior Forward Art Steward .....................................................................33 Post-Season History ................................................................................ 77-80 Junior Guard Jordan Wood ......................................................................34 Griz Award Winners and Lettermen .................................................... 81-88 Sophomore Guard Chase Adams ............................................................35 All-Time Results .................................................................................... 89-103 Freshman Guard Vaughn Autry ..............................................................36 Head Coaches, Facilities, Staff ...........................................................104-108 1 THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA BASKETBALL 2010-11 2009-10 RESULTS QUICK FACTS: GRIZZLY BASKETBALL 2009-10 record ................... 22-10 DID YOU KNOW THAT THE MONTANA GRIZZLIES... Home .................................... 14-2 • Have advanced to the NCAA Tournament eight times? Away ....................................... 7-7 • Have been in the NCAA Tournament three of the last six years and ad- Neutral .................................... 1-1 vanced to the second round in 2006 with an 87-79 win over 20th ranked 2009-10 Big Sky record ........ 10-6 Nevada? ........................................ (3rd, tie) • Have had 39 players play professional basketball since the 1974-75 sea- son? Home ...................................... 6-2 • Junior center Brian Qvale was ranked 47th in the nation in blocks (2.0 Away ....................................... 4-4 per game)? • Has three of the top eight shot blockers in league history in all-time lead- GENERAL INFORMATION/BB QUICK FACTS er Daren Engellant (212), Larry McBride (fifth, 162), and Qvale (eighth, Name ....................................................................The University of Montana 150). Founded .......................................................................................Feb. 17, 1893 • At one time had Jud Heathcote, Jim Brandenburg, Mike Mike Montgom- President ......................................................................... Dr. Royce Engstrom ery, Stew Morrill, Blaine Taylor were the head mentors of the Grizzlies? Athletic Director ............................................................................. Jim O’Day • Were ranked ninth in the nation in three-point field goal percentage in Athletic Dept. Phone .................................................................406-243-5331 2009-10 at 39.9% (210-of-526)? Enrollment.............................................................................................. 15,642 • Have qualified for the Big Sky Conference’s post-season tournament 31 Nickname ........................................................................................... Grizzlies times? Colors ................................................................................. Maroon and Silver Arena ......................................................................... Dahlberg Arena (7,500) • Guard Anthony Johnson’s 42-point effort against Weber State in the Affiliation ............................................................................. NCAA Division I league’s post-season tourney title game against Weber State last year was Conference ............................................................................................Big Sky eighth highest total in Division 1? 2010-11 Returning Starters ............................................................................2 • Johnson (AJ) was ranked 22nd in the nation in free throw percentage 2010-11 Returning Lettermen .......................................................................5 (87.4%, 202-of-231). 2010-11 JC Signees ..........................................................................................3 • AJ was 42nd in the country in scoring at 19.2 ppg? 2010-11 Prep Additions