Posts Tagged ‘Montana Basketball’
Griz Football Classics Set For Re-Air on ROOT Sports & SWX
Montana's 1995 National Championship win over Marshall is set to highlight a 31-game slate of Big Sky Conference classic football game re-broadcasts on ROOT Sports and SWX Montana.... more
Bears Spoil Grizzlies’ Control of 1st Place
By NIC HALLISEY - The Bears handed Montana a 71-64 loss on Thursday night, severely damaging Montana's chance to win a third consecutive regular-season championship.... more
Seniors Lead Montana to Another Brawl of the Wild Victory
Montana capped a decade of dominance against Montana State on Saturday, winning for the 19th time in the past 20 meetings.... more
Pridgett Earns Big Sky Player-of-the-Week Honors Once Again
After averaging 24.5 points per game, including a near-triple-double vs. Idaho State, Sayeed Pridgett was a no-brainer to be named the Big Sky Conference Ready Nutrition Player of the Week.... more
Offensive Uptick Leading Grizzlies, Who Host Weber State and Idaho State This Week
Back in first place following three consecutive rivalry wins, Montana will now bring its league-leading record back to Missoula, where the Grizzlies will host Weber State (Thursday) and Idaho State (Saturday).... more
Montana Lets Lead Slip Away at Weber State
By NIC HALLISEY - Montana led for all but 2 minutes of regulation, including by seven points with under 2 minutes to play, before Weber State closed the period on an 8-1 run to force overtime. ... more
Montana Holds On at Idaho State
By NIC HALLISEY - It wasn't easy, but at the end of the night, Montana is 7-1 in Big Sky Conference play following another victory on the road.... more
Samuelson Lifts Montana Over Idaho for 1,000th Home Win
Montana is 6-1 to open Big Sky Conference play following a 67-63 home victory over Idaho on Saturday night. The victory was the 1,000th home win in program history.... more
Carter-Hollinger Tabbed as Big Sky Player of the Week
NIC HALLISEY - On Tuesday, it was Derrick Carter-Hollinger's turn in the spotlight. The freshman averaged 16.5 points per game on an incredible .789 shooting (15-of-19), in addition to 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 block... more
Manuel’s Clutch Free Throws Lift Grizzlies to Slugfest Wim over Hornets
Tied at 50-50 with 5.2 seconds to play, Montana inbounded the ball with the intention to run a cross, hoping to find a backdoor cut down low, or somehow get to the rim. ... more
Montana Returns Home With Clean Slate
By NIC HALLISEY - The first seven weeks of Montana's 2019-20 basketball campaign featured several ups and downs.... more
Orediggers Stun Grizzlies in Missoula
By NIC HALLISEY - Montana head coach Travis DeCuire didn't like the urgency his team had been playing with lately, and it showed on Monday as the Grizzlies fell to Montana Tech, 74-72. ... more
Pridgett Lifts Grizzlies Past Lights
By NIC HALLISEY - Montana earned its first victory of the season, pulling out a 64-50 win over MSU Northern on Sunday afternoon.... more
Griz and Lady Griz Hold Maroon & Silver Scrimmage and 3-Point Competition on 10/22
By NIC HALLISEY - Griz fans will have their first opportunity to watch the 2019-20 Montana men's and women'sbasketball teams on Tuesday, as they hold their annual Maroon & Silver Scrimmage.... more
Montana, DeCuire Agree to New 3-Year Contract
By NIC HALLISEY - The University of Montana announced on Monday a new contract for head basketball coach Travis DeCuire.... more
Historic Season Comes to a Close in NCAA Tournament
By NIC HALLISEY - The Grizzlies never quit, but Michigan showed why it is was deserving of a No. 2 seed, defeating Montana, 74-55, in the first round of the NCAA tournament.... more
Montana, Michigan Paired Up Once Again
By NIC HALLISEY - Montana is headed back to the NCAA tournament, and it will begin Thursday vs. a familiar opponent.... more
Time to Celebrate the Seniors, Saturday vs. Southern Utah
By NIC HALLISEY - Saturday isn't the end of the road or even the team's last home game of the season. But it will be the night Montana will celebrate its tremendous senior class.... more
Win Streak Snapped at 10 Games
By NIC HALLISEY - A winning streak that began 44 days ago at Northern Colorado ended against the same Bears team on Monday night.... more
Griz Run Win Streak to 10 With Victory Over Bobcats
By NIC HALLISEY - Montana earned yet another season sweep over rival MSU on Saturday night, leading from start to finish with a sold-out crowd.... more
Montana Looks to Extend Streak vs. Montana State
By NIC HALLISEY - With three weeks to play in the regular season, Montana has hit the home stretch and is in a good spot with six games remaining.... more
Griz Use 2 Big Runs to Bounce Bengals
By NIC HALLISEY - Montana closed the first half on an 18-3 run, making 10 consecutive shots at one point, to overcome an early deficit on the road.... more
Pridgett’s big night leads Grizzlies to sweep over Wildcats
By NIC HALLISEY - With the game on the line and under a minute to play, it was Sayeed Pridgett who scored the game-winning basket.... more
A Note From Griz Basketball
Tomorrow we play E Washington in a rematch of last year’s Big Sky Conference championship. THIS GAME IS HUGE and we need YOU to pack Dahlberg.... more
Montana Picked to Repeat as Big Sky Champions
By NIC HALLISEY - The Grizzlies were picked to repeat as Big Sky Conference champions in 2019, earning a near-unanimous selection.... more
Grizzlies Focused On September, Not March, As They Hit Court
Nic Hallisey - Montana hit the court for its first official practice of 2018-19 on Friday afternoon, and with four starters and more than 80 percent of its statistical leaders returning.... more
Fatkin to Join Lady Griz
By JOEL CARLSON - Ranked as the nation’s 30th-best point guard in her class by ESPN.com, Sammy Fatkin had options.... more
Graduation Weekened Means Diploma and Pro Contract For Krslovic
By NIC HALLISEY - When Fabijan Krslovic traveled 8,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 2014, he wasn't quite sure what to expect.... more
Montana Wins Big Sky Tournament, Punches Ticket to Big Dance
By NIC HALLISEY - Montana added another chapter to its storybook season on Saturday night, defeating Eastern Washington to punch its ticket to the NCAA tournament.... more
Lady Griz Fall to Top Seed Bears
In the end it was simple math more than anything else that ended Montana's season on Wednesday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Conference tournament.... more
Lady Griz Take No. 8 Seed to Reno
The Lady Griz will take the No. 8 seed into this year's tournament at Reno and will face No. 9 Sacramento State on Monday at 1 p.m. in a first-round game.... more
Montana Closes Regular Season Undefeated at Home
By NIC HALLISEY - Montana capped an historic regular season on Saturday evening, defeating Idaho State, 75-64, inside Dahlberg Arena.... more
Grizzlies Thump Bocats & Clinch Share of Big Sky Title
By NIC HALLISEY - Montana got back to its winning ways in dominant fashion on Saturday night, knocking off rival Montana State, 90-63.... more
Krslovic Carries Montana to 10th Consecutive Win
By NIC HALLISEY - Montana stretched its win streak to double digits on Thursday, knocking off Northern Colorado, 88-79.... more
Bobcats Knock Off Lady Griz 81-64
The Bobcats knocked down 11, 3-pointers and hustled their way a 81-64 victory over the Lady Griz Saturday night in Bozeman.... more
Defense Leads Montana to Road Win Over Rivals
By NICK HALLISEY-The Grizzlies held the Bobcats to 19 second-half points in a 67-52 victory Saturday night in Bozeman. The win improves Montana's record to 7-0 in Big Sky play. ... more
Oguine Scores 39 in Gutsy Road Win
By NICK HALLISEY- Montana produced its gutsiest win of the season on Saturday afternoon, overcoming a first-half deficit to beat Portland State, 92-89.... more
DeCuire Picks Up 1st Win At Sac State, Grizzlies Alone Atop Big Sky Standings
By NICK HALLISEY-For the first time in four tries, Travis DeCuire and his Montana basketball team defeated Sacramento State on the road, knocking off the Hornets, 78-66.... more
Montana Falls at Washington in Heartbreaker
By NICK HALLISEY - Montana had opportunities to earn its second signature win of the season but came up just short on Friday evening, falling to the Washington Huskies, 66-63.... more
Montana Fights Past Whitworth for Season-Opening Victory
By ERIC TABER - Montana opened its 2017-18 basketball season on Friday evening, pulling away from a scrappy Whitworth team, 72-60, at Dahlberg Arena.... more
Hall Too Much as Cats Rally to Beat Griz
By ERIC TABER-The Montana men's basketball team missed out on a chance to make history, falling to a hot-shooting Montana State Bobcat team 78-69 in Bozeman on Saturday.... more
Cobb Promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach
By ERIC TABER - Montana men's basketball Head Coach Travis DeCuire has tabbed assistant Chris Cobb as the program's new associate head coach. ... more
Breunig Named Griz MVP for Second-Straight Year
By ERIC TABER -For the second-straight year Martin Breunig has been named the recipient of the Carl E. Dragstedt Award for Grizzly basketball’s most valuable player.... more
Montana Runs Deep for Montgomery
By ERIC TABER - Former Montana head basketball Coach Mike Montgomery earns a position as one of the all-time greats with induction into the National Basketball Hall of fame.... more
A Decade Later, Griz Look to Corral Wolf Pack in Postseason
By ERIC TABER- The Grizzlies take on the Nevada Wolf Pack in the first round of the CBI Tournament tonight. Tip off is at 8 p.m. MST. ... more
Griz Return to Reno to Play in CBI
By ERIC TABER- The Grizzlies will return to Reno this week to face the University of Nevada after accepting an invitation to play in the 2016 College Basketball Invitational.... more
Griz Comeback Attempt Falls Short in Championship
By ERIC TABER- The Montana Grizzlies battled back from a 14-point first half deficit, but missed a chance to knock off Weber State in the BSC championship Sat. night in Reno.... more
Griz Advance With Season-Best Shooting Performance
By ERIC TABER- The Montana men’s basketball team will play in the Big Sky Conference championship game for the second-straight year after an 81-72 victory in the tournament semifinal.... more
Griz Swat Hornets, Advance to Semifinal
By ERIC TABER- The Montana Grizzlies smothered Sacramento State with defense en route to a 70-53 win in the Big Sky Conference quarterfinal.... more
Griz Face Hornets to Open Big Sky Tournament
By ERIC TABER- The No. 2 seed Grizzlies will get a shot at redemption in the Big Sky Conference quarterfinal, as UM faces No. 10 seed Sacramento State for the third time this season.... more