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Both teams were pretty awful but the Bears will probably play a lot better tomorrow. We’ll get their best I’m sure.
Sac was the single most disappointing team in the league in my opinion. With Versteeg, who's a future pro, Jaydia Martin who was All-Big Sky at EWU and now at Sac, plus Fatoumata Jaiteh who was good at NAU before transferring and Katie Peneueta, who was on the Sac championship team before transferring to NC State and starting, then coming back to Sac State (!!!), they have four legitimately good Big Sky players. They had no excuse for finishing 8th. They had no excuse for finishing behind teams like Idaho, Montana, Idaho State and Eastern Washington. They are more talented than every single one of those teams.BelgradeBobcat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:15 pmHow did we lose Sac State? This doesn’t come close to resembling the team we saw in Bozeman.
@Colter_Nuanez Do you like the idea of the top two seeds getting a double bye to the semifinals?Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:17 pmI'm finally to the point where I'm ready to say it: they have to get rid of the play-in round. Top 8 make the tournament, 9th and 10th teams, stay home. Or better yet, go recruiting.
I know some will argue "remember when No. 9 Idaho State beat No. 1 Montana State in 2016?" Yes, I'll never forget it. But you could still have a 1v8 matchup. If you finish last in the league, you don't get a postseason.
That last minute was one of the worst late-game execution I've ever seen by Portland Sate. WTF was that out of bounds play with 15 seconds left where they just threw it from the sideline into the front row?
You win one league game, you stay home.
I don't get it. Sac has looked awful for most of the half. Aside from a few lay ins on nice interior passes, their offense has looked very disjointed. And their defense? Good grief - they're getting absolutely torched by Alexis Pettis off the dribble.BelgradeBobcat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:15 pmHow did we lose Sac State? This doesn’t come close to resembling the team we saw in Bozeman.
But you'd lose all that ticket revenue from the extra game.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:17 pmI'm finally to the point where I'm ready to say it: they have to get rid of the play-in round. Top 8 make the tournament, 9th and 10th teams, stay home. Or better yet, go recruiting.
I know some will argue "remember when No. 9 Idaho State beat No. 1 Montana State in 2016?" Yes, I'll never forget it. But you could still have a 1v8 matchup. If you finish last in the league, you don't get a postseason.
That last minute was one of the worst late-game execution I've ever seen by Portland Sate. WTF was that out of bounds play with 15 seconds left where they just threw it from the sideline into the front row?
You win one league game, you stay home.
All that ticket revenue? I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be funny, but just checking.....4KornerKat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:50 pmBut you'd lose all that ticket revenue from the extra game.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:17 pmI'm finally to the point where I'm ready to say it: they have to get rid of the play-in round. Top 8 make the tournament, 9th and 10th teams, stay home. Or better yet, go recruiting.
I know some will argue "remember when No. 9 Idaho State beat No. 1 Montana State in 2016?" Yes, I'll never forget it. But you could still have a 1v8 matchup. If you finish last in the league, you don't get a postseason.
That last minute was one of the worst late-game execution I've ever seen by Portland Sate. WTF was that out of bounds play with 15 seconds left where they just threw it from the sideline into the front row?
You win one league game, you stay home.
I agree with your premise, but in a 10 team league i dont hate the current format, it penalizes 7 and 8, but who cares.
If the big sky were to expand to 12 or 14 teams, I'd be in favor of staying at 10, but i do like incentive to be in top half of the league.
Yes it looks like all of 200 people there, probably 100 of which are bobcat fans that got there early and love basketball.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:40 pmAll that ticket revenue? I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be funny, but just checking.....4KornerKat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:50 pmBut you'd lose all that ticket revenue from the extra game.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:17 pmI'm finally to the point where I'm ready to say it: they have to get rid of the play-in round. Top 8 make the tournament, 9th and 10th teams, stay home. Or better yet, go recruiting.
I know some will argue "remember when No. 9 Idaho State beat No. 1 Montana State in 2016?" Yes, I'll never forget it. But you could still have a 1v8 matchup. If you finish last in the league, you don't get a postseason.
That last minute was one of the worst late-game execution I've ever seen by Portland Sate. WTF was that out of bounds play with 15 seconds left where they just threw it from the sideline into the front row?
You win one league game, you stay home.
I agree with your premise, but in a 10 team league i dont hate the current format, it penalizes 7 and 8, but who cares.
If the big sky were to expand to 12 or 14 teams, I'd be in favor of staying at 10, but i do like incentive to be in top half of the league.
Single game tickets to the women's first round are $9. They probably sold 200 of em for UNC-Portland State.....
Would going to 7 vs 10 and 8 vs 9, and then top seed surviving playing #2 tomorrow change your mind?Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:40 pmAll that ticket revenue? I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be funny, but just checking.....4KornerKat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:50 pmBut you'd lose all that ticket revenue from the extra game.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:17 pmI'm finally to the point where I'm ready to say it: they have to get rid of the play-in round. Top 8 make the tournament, 9th and 10th teams, stay home. Or better yet, go recruiting.
I know some will argue "remember when No. 9 Idaho State beat No. 1 Montana State in 2016?" Yes, I'll never forget it. But you could still have a 1v8 matchup. If you finish last in the league, you don't get a postseason.
That last minute was one of the worst late-game execution I've ever seen by Portland Sate. WTF was that out of bounds play with 15 seconds left where they just threw it from the sideline into the front row?
You win one league game, you stay home.
I agree with your premise, but in a 10 team league i dont hate the current format, it penalizes 7 and 8, but who cares.
If the big sky were to expand to 12 or 14 teams, I'd be in favor of staying at 10, but i do like incentive to be in top half of the league.
Single game tickets to the women's first round are $9. They probably sold 200 of em for UNC-Portland State.....