homer Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 Sac. St with the first upset of the tourney beating MSU by 4. They will be a tough out for Montana. Round 2 shaping up to be very good so far. Quote
SiouxVolley Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 1 hour ago, FSSD said: I don't understand why it is not in Boise Idaho. It is centrally located between, PSU, ISU, MSU, UM, UI and Weber St. All are 6/7 hour drives or less, which is saying something for the Big Sky. The city of Boise is on the Boise St train. Anything to do with the Big Sky is seen as minor league, so they won't sponsor it. Agree it would be a good location, but Reno has more things to do and it's gambling industry subsidizes conventions, tournaments and even flights. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 9, 2016 Author Posted March 9, 2016 I would have loved Salt Lake City Or just stuck with home arenas. Quote
homer Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 After watching the Summit tourney it's pretty clear it's as close to home court as you will get. 80% SDSU fans. Quote
Risky Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 Probably 90% SDSU fans. If Fort Wayne was playing IPCFUI in the championship the arena would be almost empty. Quote
UND1983 Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 How long before the other 4-5 Summit teams start raising a stink? Its the same Dakota's in it damn near every year, Women and Men. Quote
UNDBB75 Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 Money talks. Just look at the ND hockey tournament. They make more money in Fargo even though the facilities are not close to the Ralph. Quote
jacksfan29 Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 14 minutes ago, Risky said: Probably 90% SDSU fans. If Fort Wayne was playing IPCFUI in the championship the arena would be almost empty. When Oakland and ORU played for the title in the old SF Arena there were over 6K in the stands, so no; wrong answer. The tournament is a big draw because you have a lot of BB fans in the area. It is also why the tournament will never leave. The women's non-Dakota games drew over 3,000 this year. The Men's non-Dakota drew over 6,000. As for the same schools every year. SDSU and USD have put together women's programs to compete with the P5 conferences. SDSU has been ranked in the top 25 and again this year were drawing votes in the AP. SDSU's men have an RPI of 37. NDSU, SDSU, IPFW joined at the same time and are the top 3 teams in the league. Omaha are up and coming and even USD looks like they will make a move next year with 3 transfers. Whether you want to admit it or not, the Summit is on its way to becoming a high mid-major BB league. By the way, isn't it Weber or Montana every year in the BSC? Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 9, 2016 Author Posted March 9, 2016 Why the heck should it ever leave SF? 1 Quote
UND1983 Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 11 minutes ago, jacksfan29 said: When Oakland and ORU played for the title in the old SF Arena there were over 6K in the stands, so no; wrong answer. The tournament is a big draw because you have a lot of BB fans in the area. It is also why the tournament will never leave. The women's non-Dakota games drew over 3,000 this year. The Men's non-Dakota drew over 6,000. As for the same schools every year. SDSU and USD have put together women's programs to compete with the P5 conferences. SDSU has been ranked in the top 25 and again this year were drawing votes in the AP. SDSU's men have an RPI of 37. NDSU, SDSU, IPFW joined at the same time and are the top 3 teams in the league. Omaha are up and coming and even USD looks like they will make a move next year with 3 transfers. Whether you want to admit it or not, the Summit is on its way to becoming a high mid-major BB league. By the way, isn't it Weber or Montana every year in the BSC? Glad we were on your mind after just winning the Summit title. Interesting. 2 Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 9, 2016 Author Posted March 9, 2016 Back on topic. EWU is running away in the last game so here is the quarters for Thursday Game 5: No. 1 Weber State vs No. 8 Portland State, 2:05 p.m.Game 6: No. 4 Idaho State vs No. 5 North Dakota, 4:35 p.m.Game 7: No. 2 Montana vs No. 10 Sacramento State, 7:35 p.m.Game 8: No. 3 Idaho vs No. 6 Eastern Washington, 10:05 p.m. All games in Central Time Quote
Risky Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 If the South Dakota were not successful almost every year in the tournament it wouldn't take long for their fans to find something else to do. It is a HUGE advantage for the South Dakota schools. I agree with you in one thing. As football is to NDSU and hockey is to UND, basketball is that for the South Dakota schools and fans. Quote
teamsioux Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 29 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said: Back on topic. EWU is running away in the last game so here is the quarters for Thursday Game 5: No. 1 Weber State vs No. 8 Portland State, 12:05 p.m.Game 6: No. 4 Idaho State vs No. 5 North Dakota, 2:35 p.m.Game 7: No. 2 Montana vs No. 10 Sacramento State, 5:35 p.m.Game 8: No. 3 Idaho vs No. 6 Eastern Washington, 8:05 p.m. FYI: Times listed are PST Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 9, 2016 Author Posted March 9, 2016 10 minutes ago, teamsioux said: FYI: Times listed are PST Ah crud.. forgot to convert over. Made the change to Central Quote
bincitysioux Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 Men's Session 1 Announced Attendance PSU v. UNC..............1,311 UND v. SUU..............1,406 SAC v. MSU..............1,723 EWU v. NAU..............1,723 Quote
homer Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 10 hours ago, jacksfan29 said: When Oakland and ORU played for the title in the old SF Arena there were over 6K in the stands, so no; wrong answer. The tournament is a big draw because you have a lot of BB fans in the area. It is also why the tournament will never leave. The women's non-Dakota games drew over 3,000 this year. The Men's non-Dakota drew over 6,000. As for the same schools every year. SDSU and USD have put together women's programs to compete with the P5 conferences. SDSU has been ranked in the top 25 and again this year were drawing votes in the AP. SDSU's men have an RPI of 37. NDSU, SDSU, IPFW joined at the same time and are the top 3 teams in the league. Omaha are up and coming and even USD looks like they will make a move next year with 3 transfers. Whether you want to admit it or not, the Summit is on its way to becoming a high mid-major BB league. By the way, isn't it Weber or Montana every year in the BSC? Funny you come here after winning the Summit tournament. Congrats on that by the way. As the Summit sits today, it will always be a one bid league. In order to move past that, SOS needs to improve, schools will have to start directing more finances to basketball and the school will need to keep the schools willing to do that (Denver and Omaha) and add a couple more. When you do that, you lose a couple non conference games. Also, all the schools top to bottom need to get wins vs. top 30 programs non conference and win more than the occasional one game in the tournament. The Summit is in a nice spot but its not close to getting any at large bid. The Big Sky is no different and the bottom teams in the league have a lot more work to do in order to improve the quality of basketball in the league. 3 Quote
homer Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 Bolomboy just picked up his 4th. This will be a good finish. Quote
homer Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 PSU down one, will get the last shot if they want it. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 10, 2016 Author Posted March 10, 2016 Weber up 1 with 29.7 to go, PSU ball Quote
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