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Official Basketball Schedule Released WSU Athletics has officially released the basketball schedule for the 2010-11 season. The highlights of the schedule are Seattle and BYU at home with a BracketBusters game possibly at home as well. The 'Cats will travel to play Utah, Utah State and SUU. Similar to the 2008 and 2009 seasons WSU will start things off with a game against the Aggies (Nov 13). In late November, from the 25th to 27th, WSU will compete in the 2010 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, an 8 team tournament. WSU will play host Alaska-Anchorage on the 25th and then take on either Arizona State or Houston Baptist on the 26th. The third night will be the championship/consolation games. Big Sky play will begin with WSU heading to Montana for the New Year's Holiday. The 'Cats will play at Montana State on Dec 29 at 7 PM and at Montana on Dec 31 at an undecided time which may give the team a chance to get home before midnight. All Big Sky games will resume the traditional Thursday/Saturday format fans are accustomed to. Last season the 'Sky scheduled all conference games on Friday/Saturdays to help cut costs. When Big Sky play gets underway, Weber will play 3 away games before its first home game and 5 of its first 7 on the road. Then WSU will be back at home for 4 games and a total of 5-of-6 games at home in a 19 day stretch. On February 19th WSU will play in its second ever ESPNU BracketBusters game which could be a home or away game. The announced pairings will take place in early February. Weber's other BracketBusters game was an 80-66 loss on February 19th, 2005, at Boise State. Of the 98 team pool last season, 11 games were nationally televised. 4/14/10 Rahe Signs Another Big, James Hajek 'Cats ink Nebraska big man By Jasen Asay, Standard-Examiner http://www.standard.net/topics/sports/2010/04/13/cats-ink-nebraska-big-man 3/29/10 Damian Lillard, AP All-American Dame "Fly Guy" Lillard, the 2009-10 Big Sky MVP was named to the 2009-10 Associated Press Basketball All-America Team. Lillard is the third WSU player to make all-american in the past 4 seasons and the only Big Sky player named to the list this year. David Patten, the 2007 Big Sky MVP and former Wildcat was also an AP All-American and last season's Big Sky MVP in Kellen McCoy also was an All-American. This season as a sophomore, Lillard was an all-conference first team selection and won the Big Sky MVP award while leading his team to back-to-back titles. Lillard also led the conference in scoring while averaging 19.9 ppg (31st in the nation) and 20.7 ppg in league play. His .853 free-throw percentage was 50th best in the nation. Damian also led the Big Sky in 3-pointers per game with 2.7, and was fourth in assists with 3.8. He had more than 10 points in 29 of WSU's 31 games, hitting for at least 20 in 17 games. Lillard is one of just four sophomores in Big Sky history to win the MVP award. AP ALL-AMERICA TEAM FIRST TEAM Evan Turner, Ohio State John Wall, Kentucky Wes Johnson, Syracuse Scottie Reynolds, Villanova DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky SECOND TEAM James Anderson, Oklahoma State Sherron Collins, Kansas Greivis Vasquez, Maryland Jon Scheyer, Duke Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia THIRD TEAM Greg Monroe, Georgetown Cole Aldrich, Kansas Damion James, Texas Luke Harangody, Notre Dame Darington Hobson, New Mexico HONORABLE MENTION Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest; Kevin Anderson, Richmond; Luke Babbitt, Nevada; Keith Benson, Oakland; Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga. Randy Culpepper, UTEP; Noah Dahlman, Wofford; Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech; Devan Downey, South Carolina. Muhammad El-Amin, Stony Brook; Kenneth Faried, Morehead State; Alex Franklin, Siena; Jimmer Fredette, BYU; Marquez Haynes, Texas-Arlington. Gordon Hayward, Butler; Lazar Hayward, Marquette; Adnan Hodzic, Lipscomb; Reggie Holmes, Morgan State; Robbie Hummel, Purdue. Charles Jenkins, Hofstra; Garrison Johnson, Jackson State; Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara; Tyren Johnson, Louisiana-Lafayette; Dominique Jones, South Florida. Adam Koch, Northern Iowa; David Kool, Western Michigan; Damian Lillard, Weber State; Kalin Lucas, Michigan State; C.J. McCollum, Lehigh. E'Twaun Moore, Purdue; Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford; Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; Quincy Pondexter, Washington; Jacob Pullen, Kansas State. Jerome Randle, California; Andy Rautins, Syracuse; Justin Rutty, Quinnipiac; Omar Samhan, Saint Mary's; Kyle Singler, Duke; Ekpe Udoh, Baylor; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; Hassan Whiteside, Marshall; Ryan Wittman, Cornell. Cornell 3/24/10 The Wizard of Weber Signs Extension! Rahe's new contract By Jasen Asay, Standard-Examiner WSU Blog http://blogs.standard.net/wsu-sports-blog/ While all of the details aren't out - and probably won't be for a few more days - one thing looks certain: Randy Rahe is going to be a Wildcat for a long time. Rahe signed a contract extension on Wednesday afternoon that will keep him at Weber State through the 2016-2017 season. Financial terms of the contract were not immediately available. However, you can bet that Rahe's salary increased from the $145,000 base pay before benefits that he reportedly earned this season. This is the second extension Rahe has signed at WSU. Following his first season (2006-2007) Rahe signed a deal that went through the 2011-2012 season. However with schools like Boise State requesting permission to talk with Rahe about their coaching vacancies, WSU felt it needed to act in order to keep its coach. 3/17/10 Cincinnati uses Vaughn's 16 points, 17-0 run to knock off Weber State (7) Weber St 62, (2) Cincinnati 76 Associated Press CINCINNATI -- Deonta Vaughn scored 16 points and became Cincinnati's career leader in assists and made 3-point shots Wednesday night, leading the Bearcats to a 76-62 victory over Weber State. The senior guard signed on to revive a program that fell on hard times after coach Bob Huggins was ousted. The Bearcats (19-15) hadn't won more than 18 games in any of the last three seasons under coach Mick Cronin, who was brought in for the reconstruction. Follow the NIT championship from first-round games through the finals at Madison Square Garden on April 1. Bracket "It's progress," Cronin said. "Getting in the NIT is progress. Playing in March is a habit. When you're building a program, that's important." Cincinnati, playing in the tournament for the first time since 2006, will host Dayton in the second round. A date hadn't been set. Vaughn has been through a lot of tough times, failing to reach the NCAA tournament in his four years. He was the team's top player during that span, sometimes the only scoring threat in a subpar offense. After he set the two school records in the second half, the 2,410 fans gave him a standing ovation during a timeout. At Cronin's urging, Vaughn stood and acknowledged the crowd. "I just wanted to sit down and get the game over and finish our first NIT game off right," Vaughn said. "It felt good to be among one of the greatest at shooting 3s and dishing the ball out to teammates." Weber State (20-11) fell apart when Cincinnati went to a half-court trap midway through the first half. The Wildcats had seven turnovers during a decisive 17-0 run and finished with a season-high 23. The run put the Bearcats up 37-19. Cincinnati had three steals and forced an errant pass, setting up four straight baskets in a 1-minute, 18-second span. "It was tough," said guard Damian Lillard, who had a game-high 26 points. "When we went over their press, they were right there. Sometimes they denied me the ball and forced everybody else to have to bring up the ball and make plays." Cincinnati hasn't been very adept at the trap, but thought it might be useful. The Bearcats executed it as well as they have all season, surprising the Wildcats. "Part of that was my fault," coach Randy Rahe said. "We practiced it a little bit coming in. We haven't seen it a lot. We talked to people in the Big East and asked about it, and people said it wasn't a big factor [for Cincinnati]. We worked on it in practice a little, but obviously not enough." 3/17/10 Gameday: NIT 1st Rd Final: WSU L 76-62 TV: ESPN2 Internet: none Radio: KLO 1430 AM Live Stats: ESPN Big Sky Scoreboard   
The Big Sky is 3-15 all-time in the NIT. A Big Sky team is playing in the NIT for the 13th time. Weber State is 1-2 all-time in the NIT, with the victory coming at home in 1984 over Fordham.
Randy Rahe, Big Sky Coach of the Year WSU's Rahe Named Coach of the Year By Jon Kasper BigSkyConf.com This marks the third time Coach Rahe has received coach of the year honors in his 4 seasons at Weber State. Rahe is now the 6th Big Sky coach to win the award 3 times. Randy Rahe, WSU; 2007, 2009, 2010 Mick Durham, MSU; 1996, 2002, 2005 Rob Abegglen, WSU; 1994, 1995, 1999 Bobby Dye, Boise St; 1987, 1988, 1993 Neil McCarthy, WSU; 1978, 1980, 1983 Phil Johnson, WSU; 1969, 1970, 1971 No coach in the Big Sky's 47 year history has ever had the honor 4 times. 3/15/10 Attention Purple Pak/Students The Weber State Wildcats are in the NIT Tournament which will be played on Wednesday, March 17th at 5:00 p.m. They will be playing Cincinnati in Cincinnati. You are invited to attend a playoff party at the Alumni Center to watch the game. Refreshments will be served. Go Wildcats!! Andy Skillman Purple Pak Chairman 3/15/10 NIT: WSU at Cincinnati on ESPN2 2010 NIT Bracket | NIT Website | Fans Forum On Wednesday night at 5 PM Weber State will take on the Bearcats of Cincinnati on ESPN2. This will be WSU's 1st ever game against the Bearcats and 6th ever game against teams currently in the Big East (0-5). Cincinnati 0-0, Connecticut 0-0, DePaul 0-3 (Last game 1990), Georgetown 0-1 (1995, L 53-51), Louisville 0-0, Marquette 0-0, Notre Dame 0-0, Pittsburgh 0-0, Providence 0-0, Rutgers 0-0, St. John's 0-0, Seton Hall 0-0, South Florida 0-0, Syracuse 0-0, Villanova 0-0, West Virginia 0-1 (1975, L 80-72) Weber State head coach Randy Rahe claims 3 Big Sky titles in his 4 years at WSU. Rahe is 77-46 overall as a head coach, his Big Sky record is 53-18, 33-5 at home and 20-13 on the road. Rahe's overall road record is 30-35. Cincinnati's Mick Cronin is in his 4th year as head coach of the Bearcats. Cronin has an overall record of 56-63 with a CBI appearance and now an NIT appearance. UC is 45-26 at home with Cronin and 27-9 at home in non Big East games. Cronin's best conference finishes were 10th place in 2008 and 2009. The Big East is the best basketball conference in the nation and has 16 teams. Currently 5 Big East teams are ranked and 8 made the NCAA Tournament and 5 made the NIT. Cincinnati's basketball program has been a member of the Big East Conference since the 2005-06 season. Prior to '06, UC was a member of Conference USA. Probable UC Starters C-32 Ibrahima Thomas 6-11 238 Jr Dakar, Senegal (5.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 0.7 bpg, .250 3P%) F-34 Yancy Gates 6-9 260 So Cincinnati, OH (10.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 0.8 bpg) G-33 Lance Stephenson 6-5 210 Fr Brooklyn, NY (12.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.4 apg, 0.9 spg, .206 3P%) G-5 Deonta Vaughn 6-1 190 Sr Indianapolis, IN (11.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.1 spg, .339 3P%) G-44 Jaquon Parker 6-3 210 Fr Suffolk, VA (4.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.0 apg, .350 3P%) Probable WSU Starters C-40 Steve Panos 6-8 240 Sr Salt Lake City, UT (10.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg) F-3 Kyle Bullinger 6-6 210 So Mountain View, WY (8.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, .330 3P%) G-12 Franklin Session 6-2 175 Jr Los Angeles, CA (10.6, 6.0 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.8 spg) G-12 Nick Hansen 6-4 200 Sr Pocatello, ID (9.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.0 spg, .378 3P%) G-1 Damian Lillard 6-2 180 So Oakland, CA (19.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.1 spg, .388 3P%) Bearcat Bio Established: 1819 Students: 39,667 Postgraduates: 9,420 Location: Cincinnati, OH Colors: Red & Black Home Court: Fifth Third Arena, capacity 13,176 Conference: Big East UC Schedule November 16 Prairie View A&M W 69-62 1-0 November 18 Toledo W 92-68 2-0 November 23 vs. No. 24 Vanderbilt* W 67-58 3-0 November 24 vs. No. 22 Maryland* W 69-57 4-0 November 25 vs. Gonzaga* L 61-59 4-1 December 1 Texas Southern W 94-57 5-1 December 10 Miami (OH) W 63-59 6-1 December 13 at Xavier L 83-79 6-2 December 16 at UAB L 64-47 6-3 December 19 Lipscomb W 80-52 7-3 December 22 Winthrop W 74-57 8-3 December 30 No. 10 Connecticut W 71-69 9-3 (1-0) January 2 at Rutgers W 65-58 10-3 (2-0) January 4 Pittsburgh L 74-71 10-4 (2-1) January 6 Cal State Bakersfield W 87-58 11-4 January 9 at Seton Hall L 83-76 11-5 (2-2) January 13 at St. John's L 52-50 11-6 (2-3) January 16 Notre Dame W 60-58 12-6 (3-3) January 20 South Florida W 78-70 13-6 (4-3) January 24 at Louisville L 68-60 13-7 (4-4) January 30 Providence W 92-88 14-7 (5-4) February 4 at Notre Dame L 83-65 14-8 (5-5) February 7 No. 4 Syracuse L 71-54 14-9 (5-6) February 13 at Connecticut W 60-48 15-9 (6-6) February 16 at South Florida L 65-57 15-10 (6-7) February 21 Marquette L 79-76 15-11 (6-8) February 24 DePaul W 74-69 16-11 (7-8) February 27 at No. 7 West Virginia L 74-68 16-12 (7-9) March 2 No. 9 Villanova L 77-73 16-13 (7-10) March 6 at No. 20 Georgetown L 74-47 16-14 (7-11) March 9 vs. Rutgers* W 69-68 17-14 (7-11) March 10 vs. Louisville* W 69-66 18-14 (7-11) March 11 vs. No. 6 West Virginia* L 54-51 18-15 (7-11) 3/14/10 WSU To Head To Cincy In the 1st round of the NIT, 7-seed Weber State will play at 2-seed Cincinnati, Wednesday night at 5 PM (MDT) on ESPN2. 3/11/10 WSU To NIT NIT Predictions | NIT Website The 2009-10 Weber State men's basketball team has a bid to this year's NIT. Weber will find out who its opponent will be and when and where the game will be Sunday night on ESPNU during the NIT Selection Show. All games will take place at campus sites through the quarterfinals. The semifinals and finals will be hosted at Madison Square Garden in New York. Tournament Schedule 1st Rd: Tues, March 16 and Wed, March 17 2nd Rd: Thurs, March 18, Fri, March 19, Sat, March, 20 and Mon, March 22 Quarterfinal Rd: Tues, March 23 and Wed, March 24 Semifinals: Tues, March 30 Championship: Thurs, April 1 Weber State in the NIT (1-2) The Wildcats have competed in three NIT games with its two appearances being 1984 and 2009. In '84, WSU beat Fordham 75-63 and then lost in the 2nd round to SW Louisiana (currently known as Louisiana-Lafayette) 74-72 in double overtime. Last season WSU lost at San Diego State 65-49. Weber State in the Preseason NIT (1-2) Weber has also competed in the preseason NIT twice. In 1987-88 the 'Cats lost to New Mexico 88-72. In 1995-96 WSU beat Fresno State 102-86 and then lost to Michigan 80-62. 3/10/10 Johnson rallies Montana by Weber St. for tourney title, NCAA bid Associated Press OGDEN, Utah -- Anthony Johnson wasn't ready to look ahead -- not even to playing in his first NCAA tournament. Johnson was too busy relishing what he and his teammates had just done, rallying Montana from a 22-point deficit to beat Weber State 66-65 in the Big Sky tournament championship game on Wednesday night. Fast Facts "Right now I'm kind of confused. It's all kind of just surreal," said Johnson, who scored a tournament-record 42 while leading the Grizzlies back to the NCAA tournament for the first time in four years. "I'm not even thinking about that. I just want to live in the moment and soak this up a little bit." Johnson scored 34 in the second half, including the Grizzlies' last 21 points to complete the amazing comeback and stun the tournament's No. 1 seed. Johnson hit a jumper with 10 seconds left to put Montana up by a point and the Grizzlies completed it with a final stop on defense when Will Cherry tied up Damian Lillard with 2.6 seconds left. The officials called a jump ball and the Grizzlies knew they had the possession arrow and the game. Montana coach Wayne Tinkle said his assistants suggested trying to get the ball inside to 7-foot Derek Selvig or 6-11 Brian Qvale, but Tinkle wasn't going to do anything to break Johnson's rhythm. "We're going to get it to AJ," Tinkle said. "We're going to ride him." The ride will continue when Montana (22-9) makes its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2006, the season before Tinkle was hired by his alma mater to replace Larry Krystkowiak. Selvig added 12 points and Qvale pulled down 14 rebounds and blocked six for the Grizzlies, who held Weber State to 28 percent shooting in the second half. After committing 14 turnovers in the first half, Montana had just six in the second, slowly chipping away until Johnson hit what turned out to be the winning shot. "I feel like I'm kind of dreaming right now," Johnson said. "I'll probably end up watching on TV and it will sink in when we get back home." Lillard scored 16 to lead top-seeded Weber State (20-10), which led 40-20 at halftime. "It's hard when somebody's unconscious like that. Even when you have a hand in his face and he's still making it," Weber State's Nick Hansen said. "I don't really think we let down defensively, I think that he just played out of this world." Johnson took over after Selvig got Montana within 51-45 on a reverse layup with about 10:30 left to play. Johnson finished 13 for 22 and made all 14 of his foul shots, breaking his previous career high by 10 points despite playing the last several minutes with four fouls. The Wildcats knew who was going to take the shots for Montana, but still couldn't stop Johnson -- and couldn't shoot in the second half, going 7 for 25. "We're so used to jumping on AJ's back and letting him carry us. He did it one more time," Selvig said. "It was looking pretty abysmal there for a while. We just had to scrap and got it done." Johnson broke the tournament record of 39 points, set by Mike O'Quinn of Cal State Northridge against Eastern Washington in 1998 quarterfinals. Franklin Session had 10 points for Weber State, but missed seven of his 12 foul shots. He missed twice from the line with 28 seconds left and Weber State up 65-64, allowing Johnson to make the game-winner on the next possession. After Johnson's shot, Montana's Will Cherry tied up Lillard and forced a jump ball with 2.6 seconds left, giving possession back to the Grizzlies. Selvig missed his first free throw with 2.1 seconds, then clanged the second off the rim and Weber State didn't have enough time to get the ball back up court for another shot. Weber State was hosting the semifinals and championship after winning the Big Sky regular season for the second straight year, but fell short again of returning the NCAA tournament, instead settling for an NIT berth. "We will think about that down the road. It's going to take a while to get over this," Weber State coach Randy Rahe said. "It hurts, obviously. When guys invest so much into something, it's supposed to hurt. If they didn't there is something wrong." 3/10/10 Gameday: Tournament Championship Final: WSU loses to Montana 66-65 TV: ESPN2 Internet: Big Sky TV Radio: KLO 1430 AM Live Stats: ESPN Big Sky Scoreboard 
3/10/10 Championship: Weber State vs Montana, Tonight on ESPN2 Just one year later after WSU hosted the Big Sky tournament and fell in the semifinals, WSU is back in the championship game for the first time since 2006-07. The 2009-10 season marks the 35th ever Big Sky conference tournament which dates back to 1975-76. Weber has hosted the tournament 10 times and of the previous 9 the 'Cats have won the championship game 6 times out of 7 attempts. The only championship loss in Ogden was to Boise State in double overtime, 77-70, in 1976. The 1976 tournament was played in the old Swensen Gym where WSU played for 15 seasons. In 1977 the Dee Events Center opened. In the Dee, WSU is a perfect 6-0 in championship games. Two times out of the past 9 when WSU hosted the 'Cats didn't get to the championship game (1984 and 2009). Tonight is WSU's 13th appearance in a Big Sky tournament championship game, 8 at WSU and 5 on the road. Of the 5 championship games on the road WSU took home the tournament title twice (1978 and 1983). WSU vs UM, Championships 1978: Weber State 62, Montana 55 (Missoula) 1980: Weber State 50, Montana 42 (Ogden) 1995: Weber State 84, Montana 62 (Ogden) 2005: Montana 63, Weber State 61 (Portland) 2010: Weber State vs Montana (Ogden) Results of WSU's 12 previous championship appearances 3/10/10 One More To Go! Wildcats get just enough By Jasen Asay, Standard-Examiner http://www.standard.net/topics/sports/2010/03/09/wildcats-get-just-enough 'Cats one win from NCAAs By Martin Renzhofer, Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/wsuwildcats/ci_14644815 Wildcats hold off Portland State 69-60 By Andrew Aragon, Deseret News http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700015318/Wildcats-get-revenge.html 3/10/10 Waters Gets Heckled Weber State beats Portland State 69-60 in Big Sky Conference basketball semifinals By Trent Toone, The Oregonian http://www.oregonlive.com/vikings/index.ssf/2010/03/weber_state_beats_portland_sta.html ...PSU's Dominic Waters endured all kinds of heckling from WSU fans and still finished the game with 19 points, five assists, five steals and four rebounds. He played 33 minutes on a bruised left heel, despite getting his fourth foul with 14 minutes to go in the second half. At first, the somber senior could only describe his feelings with one word -- "hurt." Then he talked about the 23-6 foul disparity in the second half. "We held together and competed in the second half, but fell short," Waters said. "We shot six free throws, they shot 23. They only foul six times in the second half? That is pretty crazy, I don't really understand that. But hey, we got the short end of the stick a lot this year. ... Better luck to the team next year." 3/9/10 Student Section Troubled Waters 'Cats Get 20th Win and Advance to Big Sky Tournament Championship Weber St. 69, Portland St. 60 Associated Press OGDEN, Utah -- Damian Lillard had 23 points, Franklin Session added 13 points and eight rebounds and top-seeded Weber State held off Portland State 69-60 on Tuesday night in the Big Sky Conference tournament semifinals. The Wildcats (20-9) advanced to play Montana in the championship game Wednesday night despite one of their worst shooting nights of the season, going 20-for-60 from the floor. The Wildcats also struggled from the foul line and had a difficult time pulling away from the pesky Vikings (13-19), who won the last two Big Sky tournament titles. Dominic Waters had 19 points to lead the Vikings before fouling out with 23 seconds to play. He was one of four Portland State players to foul out. Montana 68, N. Colorado 63 OGDEN, Utah -- Anthony Johnson scored 19 points and Will Cherry scored 10, including a jumper with 24 seconds left as Montana scored the final six points in a 68-63 win over Northern Colorado on Tuesday night in the Big Sky Conference tournament semifinals. The Grizzlies (21-9) advanced to the Big Sky championship game for the first time since winning it in 2006. Ryan Staudacher also finished with 10 points and Derek Selvig and Vassy Banny pulled down eight rebounds apiece for Montana, which outrebounded the Bears 36-25. Will Figures led the Bears (24-7) with 23 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers during a 17-3 run that tied the game at 60 with less than 4 minutes to play. 3/9/10 Gameday: Big Sky Semifinals Final: UM beats UNC 68-63 | WSU takes out Vikings 69-60 | Game Pics TV: Altitude (Dish 410, DirecTV 681, Comcast 61) Internet: Big Sky TV Radio: KLO 1430 AM Live Stats: ESPN Big Sky Scoreboard 
3/7/10 Big Sky Tournament at the Dee The Big Sky Tournament is almost here. The semifinal games will be held Tuesday and the championship on Wednesday, at the Dee Events Center. In the semifinals on Tuesday, 2-Northern Colorado will take on 4-Montana in the first game at 4:30 PM followed by 1-Weber State taking on 6-Portland State in the second game at 7 PM. The winners of the semifinal will play in the title game; the winner will advance to the NCAA Tournament. The semis will be on the Altitude and the championship on ESPN2. All games will also be free on BigSkyTV.org. Below are the all-time wins and losses in the Big Sky Tournament which started in 1976. Weber is 8-3 between Montana, Northern Colorado and Portland State. The 'Cats have never lost in the tournament to Portland State and have never played UNC. Big Sky Tournament Win/Loss Records Boise State 11-10 Cal State Northridge 7-4 Eastern Washington 7-9 Gonzaga 0-1 Idaho 15-13 Idaho State 16-20 Montana 25-23 Montana State 16-22 Nevada 11-9 Northern Arizona 13-18 Northern Colorado 0-1 Portland State 7-6 Sacramento State 2-4 Weber State 34-24 Weber State's Tournament Record vs Current Members (26-13) Eastern Washington 1-3 Idaho State 5-3 Montana 5-3 Montana State 5-3 Northern Arizona 4-1 Northern Colorado 0-0 Portland State 3-0 Sacramento State 3-0 Weber State's Tournament Record vs Former Members (8-11) Boise State 2-4 Cal State Northridge 0-2 Gonzaga 1-0 Idaho 1-2 Nevada 4-3 Big Sky Tournament Championships Weber State 7 Boise State 4 Idaho 4 Montana 4 Idaho State 2 Montana State 2 Nevada 2 Northern Arizona 2 Portland State 2 Cal State Northridge 1 Eastern Washington 1 Gonzaga 0 Northern Colorado 0 Sacramento State 0 Year-by-Year Results | Year-by-Year Champions 3/6/10 Big Sky Quarterfinals Big Sky Scoreboard 6-Portland State 68, 3-Montana State 65 4-Montana 81, 5-Northern Arizona 60 PSU upsets MSU in Bozeman. WSU will host the Vikings of PSU on Tuesday at the Dee Events Center at 7 PM. Montana will play Northern Colorado at 4:30 PM. 3/5/10 Wildcat Wall: Got My Tourney Tickets! It's official. I have my two tickets for the Big Sky tournament--a ticket for the semi final round on the 9th and a ticket for the championship game on the 10th. I know it may seem somewhat presumptuous for me to buy a ticket for the championship game when I still don't...Read More Wildcat Wall is a fan blog on WeberHoops.com with articles by Mark Berger. 3/5/10 Standard.net Sitting for eight days By Jasen Asay http://blogs.standard.net/2010/03/sitting-for-eight-days/ 3/3/10 The Big Sky Awards - 3 WSU Players Honored Today the Big Sky Conference announced the selections for all-conference awards. From 1963 (the inaugural year of the Big Sky) until 1990, the conference named a 1st & 2nd team. From 1991 to 2006 they only named a 1st team. In 2007 the 2nd team award was re-instated as well as adding the honorable mention list. The panel of voters are the 9 head coaches.
Tuesday Big Sky Scoreboard Portland State loses final game of season at Seattle U, 93-80. No other Big Sky teams have games left. The conference tournament starts on Saturday with NAU at UM and PSU at MSU. 2/28/10 Hansen's Hot 3 Pt Shooting Wasn't Enough; Cats Fall to Viks Portland St. 84, Weber St. 79 Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. -- Dominic Waters scored 28 points to lead Portland State to an 84-79 victory over Weber State on Sunday in the final Big Sky game of the regular season. Jamie Jones had 21 points and eight rebound for the Vikings (12-17, 7-9 Big Sky, and Julius Thomas added 17 points. Damian Lillard led the Wildcats (19-9, 13-3) with 21 points. Nick Hansen scored 18, Kyle Bullinger had 14 and Lindsey Hughey 12. Portland State broke open a close game with a 15-0 run midway through the second half and led 62-47 after Waters connected on a 3-pointer with 9:29 to play. Weber State got back into the game with three 3s from Lillard and cut the lead to 79-76 when Bullinger hit a short jumper with 1:11 remaining. The Vikings connected on 7-of-10 free throws in the final minutes to secure the victory over the conference's top team. 2/28/10 Gameday Final: WSU L 84-79 Big Sky Scoreboard | Big Sky TV | KLO 1430 AM | Fans Forum | Game Pics 
2/28/10 The Final Big Sky Game Today's game vs PSU will be WSU's 35th all-time meeting against the Vikings. Weber is 25-9 all-time against PSU, 16-1 in Ogden, 9-8 in Portland. PSU joined the Big Sky Conference in 1997. PSU along with Sac and CS-Northridge joined the Big Sky when Boise State and Idaho left for the Big West. Weber swept the Vikings last season and the last time the 'Cats lost to PSU was in Feb of 2009. Portland State had lost 4 straight home games before beating Idaho State on Friday. The Vikings are 7-4 at home on the season and 4-4 in Big Sky games. WSU is 5-2 on the road in league play and 7-7 away from the Dee overall. Coach Randy Rahe's best record in league is his 7-1 records against both Sac and PSU. Today's game has no impact on the standings. PSU is the 6-seed and WSU is the 1-seed regardless of the outcome. Probable PSU Starters C-44 Jamie Jones 6-7 220 Sr El Segundo, CA (14.1 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 2.2 bpg) F-1 Julius Thomas 6-5 225 Sr Stockton, CA (10.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.4 spg) G-12 Paul Guede 6-5 205 Jr London, UK (5.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg, .238 3P%) G-4 Melvin Jones 5-10 165 Jr Seattle, WA (11.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 1.8 apg, .429 3P%) G-11 Dominic Waters 6-1 180 Sr Portland, OR (19.1 ppg, 4.8 apg, 2.3 rpg, .444 3P%) Probable WSU Starters C-40 Steve Panos 6-8 240 Sr Salt Lake City, UT (11.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg) F-3 Kyle Bullinger 6-6 210 So Mountain View, WY (9.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg, .326 3P%) G-12 Franklin Session 6-2 175 Jr Los Angeles, CA (10.8, 6.1 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.8 spg) G-12 Nick Hansen 6-4 200 Sr Pocatello, ID (9.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg, .376 3P%) G-1 Damian Lillard 6-2 180 So Oakland, CA (19.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.6 apg, .388 3P%) 2/28/10 Big Sky Tourney Seeds Set The results of Saturday night's games cemented in the seeds for the conference tournament. Seven of the nine Big Sky schools completed their conference schedules and only the WSU at PSU game remains. The 'Cats and Vikings will tipoff on the Altitude at 2:00 PM. Montana State beat Montana in Missoula to complete a season sweep against the Griz. Both teams finished with a 10-6 record but the Bobcats get the 3-seed and will host the Vikings in the Big Sky quarterfinals. Montana's loss gives them the 4-seed and NAU. The highest remaining seed will play UNC in the semifinals at the Dee Events Center on Tuesday, March 9th. The lowest remaining seed will take on the Wildcats after the UNC game ends. Both semifinal games will be live on the Altitude. The Seeds 1. Weber State 2. Northern Colorado 3. Montana State 4. Montana 5. Northern Arizona 6. Portland State Big Sky Tournament Saturday: 6-PSU at 3-MSU Saturday: 5-NAU at 4-UM Tues: Highest vs UNC, 4:30 PM on the Altitude Tues: Lowest vs WSU, 7:00 PM on the Altitude Wed: Big Sky Championship, 7:00 PM on ESPN2 2/27/10 Saturday Big Sky Scoreboard Montana State 73, Montana 67 Eastern Washington 79, Idaho State 71 Northern Colorado 78, Sacramento State 66 2/26/10 WSU Outright Champs! Weber St. 85, E. Washington 57 Associated Press CHENEY, Wash. -- Damian Lillard scored 16 of his game-high 18 points in the first half and added seven rebounds and four steals as Weber State rolled to an 85-57 victory over Eastern Washington on Friday night. Franklin Session added 16 points, Kyle Bullinger 13 points and 12 rebounds and Lindsey Hughey 11 points as the Wildcats (19-8, 13-2 Big Sky) earned their second straight regular-season title. Glen Dean scored 17 points and Jeffrey Forbes 10 for the Eagles (8-21, 4-11), who were eliminated from postseason play. Weber State opened a big early lead, getting back-to-back dunks by Session and Lillard during a 13-0 burst and grabbing a 20-5 lead with 14:11 left. After two foul shots by Eastern Washington's Gary Gibson cut the deficit to 25-13 with 11:45 left, the Wildcats answered with an 8-0 run capped by Hughey's 3-pointer that pushed the lead to 33-13, and they cruised home. 2/26/10 Gameday Final: WSU W 85-57 Big Sky TV | KLO 1430 AM | Fans Forum 
Big Sky Scoreboard Weber State 85, Eastern Washington 57 Northern Arizona 73, Sacramento State 59 Portland State 98, Idaho State 63 2/24/10 WSU at Eastern Washington On Friday night at 8 pm (7 pm PST) in Cheney, WA, WSU will take on the Eagles of Eastern Washington and then travel to Portland State to finish up the regular season on Saturday. WSU went 8-0 at home in Big Sky play and currently is 4-2 in road games. EWU is 3-3 in Big Sky home games and 6-5 at home overall. Their 3 conference home wins were against Sac St, UM and MSU. EWU has lost its last 2 games which were both on the road at UNC and NAU. The top 5 seeds for the conference tournament are already spoken for. The 6th and final spot is up for grabs and will go to either PSU, EWU or ISU. Sac St could still tie the other 3 teams at 5-11 but would lose a tiebreaker. The Eags can only gain the 6 seed with 2 wins this week and 2 PSU losses. ISU needs a win over PSU on Saturday to have a chance. WSU needs to win 1 of its final 2 games or a UNC loss to secure an outright Big Sky title. Friday's game will be the Wildcats' 56th all-time meeting against the Eags. Weber is 36-19 all-time against EWU, 25-3 in Ogden, 11-16 in Cheney. EWU joined the Big Sky in 1987. Weber beat EWU 89-67 in Ogden earlier this season and swept the Eags last season (2-0). The last time the 'Cats lost to EWU was on Feb 14, 2008, in Cheney. Weber State head coach Randy Rahe who claims 3 Big Sky titles in his 4 years at WSU is 5-2 against EWU. Rahe is 75-44 overall as a head coach, his Big Sky record is 51-16, 32-4 at home and 19-12 on the road. Third year EWU head coach, Kirk Earlywine, led his teams both to 6-10 records in the Big Sky the past two seasons and neither team made the Big Sky Tourney despite last season's 6-2 start. Earlywine spent 7 years at Weber as an assistant during the Cravens era (2000-2006). Probable EWU Starters C-45 Brandon Moore 6-9 250 Sr Graham, WA (8.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 0.9 bpg) F-42 Mark Dunn 6-8 270 Sr Trafalgar, IN (10.7 ppg, 4.8 rpg, .390 3P%) G-2 Jeffrey Forbes 5-10 170 Fr Federal Way, WA (11.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.3 spg, .342 3P%) G-1 Glen Dean 5-10 170 Fr Seattle, WA (12.3 ppg, 4.5 apg, 2.6 rpg, 0.9 spg, .439 3P%) G-14 Gary Gibson 6-1 175 Sr Windsor, ON (2.3 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.9 apg, .214 3P%) Probable WSU Starters C-40 Steve Panos 6-8 240 Sr Salt Lake City, UT (11.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg) F-3 Kyle Bullinger 6-6 210 So Mountain View, WY (9.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg, .311 3P%) G-12 Franklin Session 6-2 175 Jr Los Angeles, CA (10.6, 6.2 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.8 spg) G-12 Nick Hansen 6-4 200 Sr Pocatello, ID (9.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, .367 3P%) G-1 Damian Lillard 6-2 180 So Oakland, CA (19.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.7 apg, .382 3P%) EWU Bio Established: 1882 Undergraduates: 8,309 Postgraduates: 923 Location: Cheney, WA Colors: Red & White Home Court: Reese Court, capacity 6,000 WSU vs EWU, football: 14-14 WSU vs EWU, basketball: 36-19 EWU Big Sky Dec 5 @ Portland State* L 98-75 Dec 31 Sac State* W 79-75 Jan 8 @ Montana* L 79-66 Jan 10 @ Montana State* W 75-73 Jan 15 Northern Arizona* L 73-69 Jan 16 Northern Colorado* L 74-71 Jan 22 @ Idaho State* L 80-74 Jan 23 @ Weber State* L 89-67 Jan 30 Portland State* L 85-77 Feb 7 @ Sac State* L 74-67 Feb 12 Montana State* W 74-69 Feb 14 Montana* W 69-68 Feb 18 @ Northern Colorado* L 58-54 Feb 20 @ Northern Arizona* L 74-71 Feb 26 Weber State* 8 PM Feb 27 Idaho State* 8 PM 2/21/10 WSU Cuts Down Net! 2/21/10 WSU 2009-10 Big Sky Champions WSU To Host Big Sky Tournament WSU fans and players celebrated the men's basketball team's 19th Big Sky title with the win over Idaho State, 89-64, at the Dee Events Center. The team cut down the net for the third time in four years. Steve Panos is the first WSU player to be part of three conference titles in at least 30 years. WSU also has defended its title by winning back-to-back titles for the first time since 1993-94, 1994-95. Weber is now 41-9 at home vs the Bengals of ISU and 68-40 overall in the series. The 2010 Wildcats had their first undefeated home record in conference play with an 8-0 record since 2003. If the 'Cats can win the final 2 games and go 14-2 it would be WSU's third best Big Sky record since 1984 (2009, 15-1; 2003, 14-0; 1984, 12-2). On March 9-10, WSU will host the conference tournament for the second year in-a-row for the first time since 1978-79, 1979-80. Tickets are now on sale at the Dee Events Center. The quarterfinals will take place at campus sites (#6 @ #3, #5 @ #4) on March 6. The semifinal game on the Altitude and championship game on ESPN2 will take place at Weber State. Ticket information can be found here. Since moving up to Division I basketball the Wildcats have had nine head coaches. Coach Rahe is one of five WSU coaches to win three titles. Only Neil McCarthy (1976-1985) won more with four. Dick Motta (1963-68) won three titles in four years before leaving WSU to go on to coach in the NBA where he is now one of the winningest coaches in the league's history. Phil Johnson, the current Jazz assistant and former NBA coach of the year won three Big Sky titles in his three year tenure with the Wildcats from 1969 to 1971. McCarthy who won four titles took five years to get his first three and he is WSU's all-time winningest coach with a 200-98 record. Coach Ron Abegglen (1992-1999) won three titles in a six year span (1994, 1995 and 1999). (Damian Lillard is just a sophomore.) 2/20/10 Weber St. 89, Idaho St. 64 Associated Press OGDEN, Utah -- Nick Hansen scored 21 points -- all on 3-pointers -- and was one of four Weber State players in double figures as the Wildcats beat Idaho State 89-64 Saturday night and clinched a share of the Big Sky regular-season title. Steve Panos finished with 14 points for the Wildcats (18-8, 12-2), who also earned the right to host the conference tournament March 9-10, at which they will be the No. 1 seeds. Kyle Bullinger had 12 points and Lindsey Hughey 10 for Weber State. Amorrow Morgan led the Bengals (7-20, 4-10) with 17 points. Austin Kilpatrick had 12, Todd Starks 11 and Demetrius Moore 10. Late in the first half Hansen's 3-pointer started a 14-2 stretch and helped Weber State make it 42-25 with 2:57 remaining before halftime. Damian Lillard's 3-pointer with 4:38 put the Wildcats up 79-48 for their biggest lead of the game. 2/20/10 Gameday Final: WSU W 89-64 Big Sky Scoreboard | Big Sky TV | KLO 1430 AM | Fans Forum | Game Pics 
2/18/10 Salt Lake Tribune Weber on brink of another Big Sky title, but 'Cats want more By Steve Luhm http://www.sltrib.com/wsuwildcats/ci_14427091 2/18/10 This Week's Games Big Sky Scoreboard | Big Sky TV Monday CS Bakersfield 82, Idaho State 79 Thursday Northern Colorado 58, Eastern Washington 54 Northern Arizona 86, Portland State 85, 2OT Montana State 80, Sacramento State 74 Saturday Weber State 89, Idaho State 64 Northern Colorado 64, Portland State 61 Montana 86, Sacramento State 58 Northern Arizona 74, Eastern Washington 71 San Jose State 77, Montana State 66 2/15/10 Steve Panos, Big Sky Player of the Week From the Big Sky Conference's official site by Jon Kasper WSU's Panos Wins First POTW BigSkyConf.com Recent articles: Feb 3, 2010 - Wildcat Wall Blog Interview With Franklin Session Jan 25, 2010 - Lillard's 2nd POTW / WSU Ranked in Mid-Major Jan 3, 2010 - Altitude TV Big Sky Schedule Dec 8, 2009 - Lillard, Big Sky POTW Honors Dec 6, 2009 - Wildcats Win 9th Straight Big Sky Road Game! Dec 3, 2009 - Weber St. 83, Utah 76 Oct 21, 2009 - WSU picked 1st in polls May 25, 2009 - Lance Allred's Book Nominated for Award |
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