Cat - Griz WBB

[SACCAT]

Bummer that SACCAT won't be doing the PxP for the lady's game but Ben should be able to do a good job. Now the big question is, who will be his color commentator? Ty Gregorak could have a field day with Roberts Montana Ben! and his head would explode with SACO Montana if Teagan Erickson got in the game.

It will be Ben and Redpath for Women's game, and Ben and Jeff Riggs for the Men's game... The reason I am not doing either game is because SCRIPPS uses the Montana PBS crew to do the production of the games. If they used their own people, then I would still be on for ESPN+. 3 years ago, they used their own people, and so I called both Cat/gris games (Sprinkles last year). I was a memory I will never forget, and even though it is super disappointing that I don't get to last or this year. I will be in the stands cheering for the team for the 1st this year like a FAN!! See you all THERE!!

[MSU01]

Bummer that SACCAT won't be doing the PxP for the lady's game but Ben should be able to do a good job. Now the big question is, who will be his color commentator? Ty Gregorak could have a field day with Roberts Montana Ben! and his head would explode with SACO Montana if Teagan Erickson got in the game.

I'd pay good money to hear Ty do commentary for a MSU women's basketball game. THE ROBERTS ROCKET, BEN!

[RickRund]

Massey has the LADY CATS 70-59...

[lutecat]

NAU losing to ID by 6 at the end of the 1st half. A win by the Cats Saturday clinches the #1 seed of this continues and NAU loses.

[Colter_Nuanez]

[PapaG]

I think you meant 3-game losing streak?

Anyhow, good thing they let Schweyen go. Program is in worse shape now after Haslam’s buddy had his final top-notch meltdown as Coach.

[Colter_Nuanez]

Weird....the edit feature gives you a brand new link. The old one doesn't update....Yes, losing streak.

[rfischer94]

Bummer that SACCAT won't be doing the PxP for the lady's game but Ben should be able to do a good job. Now the big question is, who will be his color commentator? Ty Gregorak could have a field day with Roberts Montana Ben! and his head would explode with SACO Montana if Teagan Erickson got in the game.

OMG PLEASE YES

[Catfanatic84]

I think I heard the Cats are 3rd in the country in steals? Guesses on the over/under for steals Saturday? Big gold rush crowd will help....I'm guessing 15.5

[MSU01]

I think I heard the Cats are 3rd in the country in steals? Guesses on the over/under for steals Saturday? Big gold rush crowd will help....I'm guessing 15.5

Yep, 3rd in the nation at 14.3 steals per game behind West Virginia (14.6) and Longwood (14.4). They're also #8 in turnovers forced per game (23.92) and #3 in turnover margin (9.46).

[SACCAT]

Another Fun Fact:

MSU Women have gone on a 10 point run or more in a quarter 25 times this year. In 7 games they had more than 1 of those 10+ point runs

They have given up a 10 point run or more in a quarter 5 times (12 point run to East Carolina / 12 Point UCF / 16 and 11 point to EWU / 14 to NAU)

SO-- MSU has more games with multiple 10+ point runs, than they do games giving up a single 10+ point run.

[Joe Bobcat]

The last 3 posts in this thread highlight some great stats this year's lady Cats have put together. I found a stat that really surprised me in how the Cats compare to the lady Griz this year. The Cats are at 29th in bench points per game with 25.2/G while the Griz are at 25th with 25.7/G. Now that's only .5 points difference but I'll admit that before seeing that stat I would've recklessly bet anyone that the Cats were way ahead in that stat.

Earlier in this thread I posted: Bummer that SACCAT won't be doing the PxP for the lady's game but Ben should be able to do a good job. Now the big question is, who will be his color commentator? Ty Gregorak could have a field day with Roberts Montana Ben! and his head would explode with SACO Montana if Teagan Erickson got in the game.
The more I've thought of that the more I wish it would happen. Ty could really add some color with his Gregorisms describing the intensity of the Cat defense. I don't know if Ty likes or knows much about the game of basketball though, which lead me to a rather scary thought. Maybe they'd ask a certain person we know that seems to have some knowledge of the game of basketball, you know like Marty "Shot Clock" Mornigwig. I apologize for even thinking it let alone posting it.

[RickRund]

The last 3 posts in this thread highlight some great stats this year's lady Cats have put together. I found a stat that really surprised me in how the Cats compare to the lady Griz this year. The Cats are at 29th in bench points per game with 25.2/G while the Griz are at 25th with 25.7/G. Now that's only .5 points difference but I'll admit that before seeing that stat I would've recklessly bet anyone that the Cats were way ahead in that stat.

Earlier in this thread I posted: Bummer that SACCAT won't be doing the PxP for the lady's game but Ben should be able to do a good job. Now the big question is, who will be his color commentator? Ty Gregorak could have a field day with Roberts Montana Ben! and his head would explode with SACO Montana if Teagan Erickson got in the game.
The more I've thought of that the more I wish it would happen. Ty could really add some color with his Gregorisms describing the intensity of the Cat defense. I don't know if Ty likes or knows much about the game of basketball though, which lead me to a rather scary thought. Maybe they'd ask a certain person we know that seems to have some knowledge of the game of basketball, you know like Marty "Shot Clock" Mornigwig. I apologize for even thinking it let alone posting it.

You go to your room without dessert

[CatRowdy]

Kola did a great job during her time at the mic!

[CatRowdy]

I often wonder why Learfield doesn't just us the radio feed for the ESPN+ broadcast? Seems Daniel knows the players and the game pretty well. Other schools do it, including UM (not that they are a role model) but clearly Learfield has experience in that particular model and it works.

[lutecat]

I often wonder why Learfield doesn't just us the radio feed for the ESPN+ broadcast? Seems Daniel knows the players and the game pretty well. Other schools do it, including UM (not that they are a role model) but clearly Learfield has experience in that particular model and it works.

So you don't want saccat to do it like her does?

I think he does an excellent job.

[catscat]

I often wonder why Learfield doesn't just us the radio feed for the ESPN+ broadcast? Seems Daniel knows the players and the game pretty well. Other schools do it, including UM (not that they are a role model) but clearly Learfield has experience in that particular model and it works.

So you don't want saccat to do it like her does?

I think he does an excellent job.

He just wants to get rid of Redpath.

[CatRowdy]

I'm not trying to target saccat, and yes he does a good job. It's more about the style of the calling and the depth of the knowledge of our team. Daniel is also the Director of Operations for the WBB team. He's at every practice so he has greater depth of knowledge of the plays and players. Plus he has a pregame interview with coach and a halftime interview with Sunny. Because he's doing radio he has to call the plays so the listener can visualize them which I like even when watching TV. Finally I like the idea of one media voice for the team. Oh and yes without a doubt Catscat.. if I never had to listen to Redpath call another game again I would not be upset.

[CatRowdy]

On another note.... Happy Cat/griz day! May the Cats sweep the griz out of the Brick!!

[SACCAT]

I'm not trying to target saccat, and yes he does a good job. It's more about the style of the calling and the depth of the knowledge of our team. Daniel is also the Director of Operations for the WBB team. He's at every practice so he has greater depth of knowledge of the plays and players. Plus he has a pregame interview with coach and a halftime interview with Sunny. Because he's doing radio he has to call the plays so the listener can visualize them which I like even when watching TV. Finally I like the idea of one media voice for the team. Oh and yes without a doubt Catscat.. if I never had to listen to Redpath call another game again I would not be upset.

Lot to unpack here...

1) Daniel does an amazing job, and so does Keaton

2)Leirfield has nothing to do with the ESPN+ Broadcast

3)ESPN and the Big Sky want the TV broadcast to be extremely non-biased... As if you were just watching a random game. Probably 70% of the people watching the game are the fans of whomever is playing MSU. They use to use the radio feed for years, BUT something happened during a game once , and that ended that.

4) I have absolutely NO PROBLEM with any criticism I get about my work calling games (I called Sam the "Pelouse powerhouse, and the F-ing river isnt even in Wyoming!!) . This is just my 3rd year doing TV games (30th doing radio games) so there is LOTS to still improve on. Someday Keaton will move on, and you will all be stuck listening to me on the radio for 20 years....

Lastly, I appreciate everyone that watches the games, and I strive to still bring my love of all things Bobcat to each call, even if I do get calls and emails from opposing fans (and players and caoches sometimes) telling me I am a Homer.