Mountain West tournament (Mar. 1-4)

[Floridaduck]

Dramatic finish, heroic effort but, yeah, her toe slid out of bounds before the shot.

 

[DaBball]

Dramatic finish, heroic effort but, yeah, her toe slid out of bounds before the shot.

And apparently a time out was called when they had none as well? Bizarre ending to a great game.

Fresno State is a very good fit for the Cavinder twins.

 

[Plebe]

Dramatic finish, heroic effort but, yeah, her toe slid out of bounds before the shot.

That wasn’t the call. They said FSU tried to call a timeout when they were out of timeouts. That’s why it was a technical.

Weird ending to an otherwise great game.

 

[domerduck]

Dramatic finish, heroic effort but, yeah, her toe slid out of bounds before the shot.

Did it?....I think we should have got a 2nd OT.

 

[domerduck]

That wasn’t the call. They said FSU tried to call a timeout when they were out of timeouts. That’s why it was a technical.

Weird ending to an otherwise great game.

Ok...the Chris Webber loss.

 

[Plebe]

Ok...the Chris Webber loss.

Ha yes exactly.

The coach didn’t really argue it too hard, so it must have been true. I wonder who called timeout. It sure wasnt Gamez, who had the ball ant was taking a shot. HUGE mental mistake by whoever called it.

 

[awhom111]

That's a tough way to lose...

Okay time for a weird comment. I’m watching this halftime show with all the cheerleaders and mascots of the Mountain West and I don’t think I’ve ever seen on any other team this weird brownish color that combines with the yellow of Wyoming. It’s like that ugly tannish greenish brown color that all the 1970s living rooms used to have.

It's a bad color combo, but it's our bad color combo. I miss the old Wyoming hat that I used to have. Hope that we get to host in the WNIT and make some teams face the altitude.

The story of the conference has definitely been San Jose State. Not that long ago, the lack of any kind of school spirit, local engagement, or success in any sport made them a textbook case for dropping football and D1 sports, but they have gone in the opposite direction and started spending on facilities. I guess we will give them a few years to see where this goes.

 

[Floridaduck]

Happened to my son’s team in the last few seconds of league championship game. Time out called when they had none left. Technical

 

[triaddukefan]

Darn... I wanted Fresno State to win

 

[Floridaduck]

That wasn’t the call. They said FSU tried to call a timeout when they were out of timeouts. That’s why it was a technical.

Weird ending to an otherwise great game.

See that now. Wow.

 

[triaddukefan]

That's a tough way to lose...



It's a bad color combo, but it's our bad color combo. I miss the old Wyoming hat that I used to have. Hope that we get to host in the WNIT and make some teams face the altitude.

Ha. I was gonna try to get some Wyoming gear a few years ago.... but man... thats an odd color combo... just couldnt pull the trigger.

 

[Plebe]

Pretty amazing that Boise State was able to win in OT despite Hodgins and Coleman both fouling out in regulation. Coleman was just named tournament MVP. McGwire was actually on the bench late in 4Q until Coleman fouled out.

The player who really saved BSU’s bacon was Loville. She lost her jumper a bit in the 2nd half but made two huge buckets in overtime that were the difference. She ended up with 20 off the bench.

Again, this is close to the kind of play everyone thought we’d see from Boise State this season. Not sure why it took them five months to display it.

 

[triaddukefan]

I bet the Fresno team was crushed.........

 

[nwhoopfan]

Are they identical twins as well? I think the other 3 all are

yes

 

[nwhoopfan]

Tough for Fresno St., NIT bound. Boise St. has the MWC tourney dialed in.

 

[Plebe]

I bet the Fresno team was crushed.........

I’m sure they were devastated, but I didn’t see the crying and bawling that we often see this time of year. They just quickly went through the handshake line (with the Boise State staff and support personnel only, as the players were celebrating on the court) and then promptly exited the court.

 

[Plebe]

For those who were unable to watch, I feel you’re owed a rundown of the final sequence, which was wild.

Boise St took a 5 point lead with 11 seconds left. FSU called their last timeout, jacked a 3 that missed, but Hanna Cavinder came up with the rebound and put-back. 3 point game with 4 seconds left. .

Then Haley Cavinder came up with a steal on the inbounds play and was fouled. She made the first and then intentionally missed the 2nd. She actually had the perfect kind of miss because it bounced hard off the backboard and barely glanced off the front of the rim, which created a long rebound that eluded BSU’s major height advantage and a mad scramble ensues.

Somehow Gamez came up with it on the baseline and just as she was going into her shot, the whistle blew. Her 10 footer swished, momentarily sending the Fresno St fans into a frenzy thinking they’d tied the game and had a chance to win.

But no. The ref signaled “no shot” and then a long delay ensued as the refs conferred, then one of them checked a monitor and then they called the coaches over. From the coaches’ reactions you could see who was getting the good news. Then they announced the call on the PA system and the rest was history.

So bizarre

 

[Reypl21]

That's a tough way to lose...



It's a bad color combo, but it's our bad color combo. I miss the old Wyoming hat that I used to have. Hope that we get to host in the WNIT and make some teams face the altitude.

The story of the conference has definitely been San Jose State. Not that long ago, the lack of any kind of school spirit, local engagement, or success in any sport made them a textbook case for dropping football and D1 sports, but they have gone in the opposite direction and started spending on facilities. I guess we will give them a few years to see where this goes.

Are you from Wyoming?

 

[WestCoast]

Pretty amazing that Boise State was able to win in OT despite Hodgins and Coleman both fouling out in regulation. Coleman was just named tournament MVP. McGwire was actually on the bench late in 4Q until Coleman fouled out.

The player who really saved BSU’s bacon was Lovelle. She lost her jumper a bit in the 2nd half but made two huge buckets in overtime that were the difference. She ended up with 20 off the bench.

Again, this is close to the kind of play everyone thought we’d see from Boise State this season. Not sure why it took them five months to display it.

Loville is really athletic and talented and will be a major contributor for BSU next season after Lupfer and Hodgins graduate. She just needed an opportunity.

 

[Plebe]

Loville is really athletic and talented and will be a major contributor for BSU next season after Lupfer and Hodgins graduate. She just needed an opportunity.

I think that Lupger, Hodgins, Coleman and Christopher are all graduating, no? And I'm guessing that McGwire stays another year even though she's academically a senior?

Fresno State's key players are juniors and freshmen. Will be interesting to see how they do after this disappointment.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Loville was a big time scorer in HS. Yet another Seattle area prospect that left home.

BSU has 6 players on their roster from Washington, 4 from the Westside and 2 from the Eastside.

 

[Plebe]

Loville was a big time scorer in HS. Yet another Seattle area prospect that left home.

BSU has 6 players on their roster from Washington, 4 from the Westside and 2 from the Eastside.

I gotta say, Loville is a major trash talker. She and the Cavinders were getting into it toward the end. Haley had words for her when she hit the 3 to send it to OT but of course Loville had the last say scoring the crucial buckets in OT

 

[WestCoast]

I gotta say, Loville is a major trash talker. She and the Cavinders were getting into it toward the end. Haley had words for her when she hit the 3 to send it to OT but of course Loville had the last say scoring the crucial buckets in OT

True. Loville is a very confident young woman. Athletically and strength-wise, there aren't many in the MWC that are her equal. Sometimes, that confidence has limited her at BSU. She will play professionally somewhere after BSU.

 

[DaBball]

I gotta say, Loville is a major trash talker. She and the Cavinders were getting into it toward the end. Haley had words for her when she hit the 3 to send it to OT but of course Loville had the last say scoring the crucial buckets in OT

Hanna had a few claps for her as well. Loville and the Cavinders will certainly make for some great MCW matchups in the future:

 

[awhom111]

Are you from Wyoming?

No, one side of my family is. Since they all went to Wyoming, that was the first school that I rooted for before knowing where I was going to college.