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Can anyone explain why Montana is a trendy upset pick?
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OttoinGrotto
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Well, because they're playing us, and everyone knows how to beat a zone.
The Big Sky doesn't really prepare a team for what they're going to see Thursday though.
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Not that I have seen, though Davis's comment gets extra exposure because it was on the Selection Show.
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Its really not. Montana is a plucky team that steamrolled its conference this year. Played some decent teams nonconf in BYU, Davidson and Col St (lost to them all). But they lost their leading scorer March 7. They're a stupid pick in view of that.
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Hi, Griz Fan here joining your forum. Yes we are not a rebounding team, but we do have a stingy defense when it's clicking. We don't feel like an upset pick, if anything we have a chip on our shoulder as the big underdog. So what a TV analyst throws out an upset guess, the same thing jinxed us last year against Wisconsin. If anything it is to your advantage. Our season has been a roller coaster of senior injuries, early and late in the season, so it has been a season of adversity. You will definitely be a tough match-up for us without a doubt that is a no-brainer, but we feel mentally prepared to face your challenge. And for all the people that are considering us a quick write-off into the next round: More fuel to feed the wolf, we sure as heck are not going down without a fight! We will be giving it our 110% to make a game out of it!
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IMO it has nothing to do with them, it has everything to do with our streaky play and recent tournament history (sans last year).
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Hey, consonance, good to see a Griz fan here - I noticed on your board that a lot of people weren't able to get registered here, and I found that unfortunate since I was hoping to have/read some good conversations with some of your fanbase.
I feel the need to inform you that not all posters here are uninformed, cynical wiseasses, and I hope you are able to tell which are which.
Best of luck to you, and I hope we pound the crap out of you.
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Good post, wouldn't it be fuel to feed the Grizzlies?
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For one thing, I doubt anyone actually has seen them play.
For another, their coach is named Wayne Tinkle.
Do you really need any other reasons to pick them?
I haven't seen many people picking Montana but I really don't care what the talking heads say, they're often wrong and some times just want to get attention by making an edgy prediction. I can only construct two reasons for making a case for a Montana upset and they're kind of flimsy and not hugely substantial. a) SU having to travel across country for a Thursday match-up at 10 pm (1 am our clock) after a grueling BET; b) SU's history in the NCAAs after a deep run in the BET is spotty at best - we've had some bad performances after going all-in in NYC.
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We didn't really over-extend ourselves in the BE Tourney.
We only played three-and-a-half games.
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Thanks for the post, I'll pass it on to our forums, as some people in there seemed to be a little disenchanted by the inaccurate assumption that we were in a southern conference. We hope to make a game out of it!Hey, consonance, good to see a Griz fan here - I noticed on your board that a lot of people weren't able to get registered here, and I found that unfortunate since I was hoping to have/read some good conversations with some of your fanbase.
I feel the need to inform you that not all posters here are uninformed, cynical wiseasses, and I hope you are able to tell which are which.
Best of luck to you, and I hope we pound the crap out of you.
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Correct. 9:55pm est tip
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Montana is very successful.
My reponse to the text saying "Cuse vs Montana" was "Tony Montana?". It would suck to get into a shoot out with him.
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Good news - bad news response to your comment. Bad news first.
Bad news: SU has never got further than the 2nd round in the NCAA tournament after a BET win.
Good news: We didn't win the BET this year.
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Montana fan here - Well, I think, some of it (and I posted this in the "Montana" thread as well) - Is that each time since 2005 when we've appeared in the big dance - the exception being wisconsin last year - is that we've shown up well, and were pretty competitive. I still contend that we would have beaten New Mexico if our best scorer hadn't got the yips for the first 35 minutes of the game - however, we have solid guard play and we've won quite a few tight games this year. Also, with the exception of the Davidson game, we played our whole OOC schedule without our leading point guard, and were competitive in all the games except BYU.
