i've followed the big sky conference for a few years now and montana state caught my eye last year. they hired alum danny sprinkle as head coach and instantly became a conference contender. they posted a winning season in sprinkle's first season, grabbed road wins at weber state and idaho state (rarities for the grizzlies), and won three games in greensboro to claim the home team's tourney title, including an impressive win over the host team in the championship game. all this earned him a finalist spot for the joe b hall award for the best first year bb coach in div I. last week they opened their season with a dd win @ unlv as a 13 pt dog.
today the grizzlies (love the nickname) travel to stockton to take on pacific. the tigers are a methodical team that currently stands 1-1, winning 66-60 at home over uc-riverside and losing 70-66 to nevada in reno. coach sprinkle is a defensive maven, last year taking montana state from a 338th ncaa ranking in defense to 111th in one season. notably, they were 16-4 s/u last year in games where they held their opponent under 70 points.
that's my case for the griz. bought the hook to +7, half a unit on the m/l @ +240.
glta
today the grizzlies (love the nickname) travel to stockton to take on pacific. the tigers are a methodical team that currently stands 1-1, winning 66-60 at home over uc-riverside and losing 70-66 to nevada in reno. coach sprinkle is a defensive maven, last year taking montana state from a 338th ncaa ranking in defense to 111th in one season. notably, they were 16-4 s/u last year in games where they held their opponent under 70 points.
that's my case for the griz. bought the hook to +7, half a unit on the m/l @ +240.
glta