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I agree. Although I prefer the current format, my gut tells me they are going to go with a pre-determined site for the next 3 years and then re-evaluate. Comminssioner Fullerton is orignally from Montana and spent a good portion of his career at Montana St., so if the Presidents really want to do this, I wouldn't be surprised if Fullerton pushes hard for Billings to get the tournament.

Nothing new to report here, but an updated article. Sounds like April is when they will announce. Big Sky Conference looking at new sites for tournaments, including Billings Considering Billings only bid on the Men's tourney, and Missoula only bid on the Women's tourney, I wonder how likely that set up would be to get the tournaments. The Griz are hands down the best drawing team amongst the women's team.

And we got smoked in 3 of those 4 games.

I agree. Eastern has a shot in this game.

EWU is a 13 seed and will play Georgetown.

Attendance for the championship game was 7,026.

Weather patterns not withstanding of course.

Attendance for the Griz game last night was 5,009

I liked Eastern all year, but boy the Griz have been playing well of late, and getting breaks too. Should be a great game.

If I recall correctly, Jones and the New Jersey Tech coach got into a scuffle a few years back at the Great West tourney in Utah.

I've been pretty vocal about my opinons on conference affilitation since like 2005, but I'll reiterate them now. For me, hands down it's the Big Sky, it's not even close, no contest, I really can't believe anybody would prefer any other arrangement. Big Sky affiliation guarantees athletic and academic relationships with peer schools like Montanta, Montana St. , Idaho, South Dakota St., North Dakota St., and South Dakota. Summit membership would cut that number in half. Big Sky affiliation provides us with a relationship with what ESPN calls one of the 50 Greatest NCAA Basketball Programs of all time in Weber St. The Big Sky represents North Dakota's alumni so much more so than does the Summit. Outside of the Twin Cities, North Daktota's alumni base are most commonly found by a wide margin in California, Colorado, Washington, and Arizona, all of which have a Big Sky presence. On a personal level, I absolutely don't see how the travel argument is detrimental at all to the Big Sky. I travel to one road football game every year. Easy to say I prefer Davis, CA and the like to places like Macomb, IL. As far as recruiting goes, which would you prefer? A 3 hr plane ride or an 8 hr bus ride? If we were in the Summit, there is no guarantee like some claim that we could schedule Weber and the Montana schools in non-conference play. Hell, we can't even schedule USD for basketball, yet some feel Montana would be a given as a non-conference opponent. As far as the Summit Basketball Tourney in Sioux Falls that everyone has been gushing about of late, it looked impressive on TV with a great atmosphere. That was due to being in the heart of SDSU and USD country. Until UND starts filling out its own "smallish" home venue, I have hard time believing that a significant number of fans are going to follow them to any conference tournament. Both are good leagues, but there is no arguing that the Summit is what you take when that is all you are offered. There are six former NCC schools in DI right now, and 5 of them applied to the Big Sky.

Saw that earlier, and awesome to hear. Already had trip planned for this summer with sole purpose to see Weston Dressler play, now get to see two greatest Sioux receivers of all time play on the same day.

Agree completely. I was just pointing out that Hill has done something at UNC, which has hardly ever been known as a basketball power, that Jones has not here, where the tradition, support, and facilities are car superior.

Hill has taken his team to the NCAA tourney.

Game of Thrones. Also really enjoyed Sons of Anarchy. Wish it wasn't over now.

Sac-PSU attendance: 2239 Montana-Weber attendance: 3938 Not listed for the other two games.

Griz win

Griz up 8 at the half.

One positive about Coach Jones is he sure has people talking about men's basketball..........

To be clear, I didn't say that should be the goal, rather I fear that it is.

I don't disagree, but that is a huge leap. Going from last place to the conference title game in a year's time is a daunting task. If that were the stipulation that Faison put out there (not saying it is), then might as well cut the cord now rather than prolong it. My fear is that when/if he had a conversation with Jones, he told him we best make the conference tourney next year. That is a pretty low goal, but would be fairly remarkable considering where this program is at today.

I certainly hope that Faison at least sat down with Jones earlier this week and outlined what his expectations are for next season. That is of course assuming he has expectations for Men's Basketball. If not, the inmates continue to run the asylum.

They lose 72-64. What a disappointing season.

Down 6 with a minute left

Update: Down 6 with 6 minutes left.