Over the summer, I took a look at the Big Sky Conference football teams and how they might fare during the 2012 season. Now with basketball season around the corner, it's almost time to take a look at the men's & women's basketball teams of the Big Sky Conference. All the women's teams have started their practices, while all the men's teams will start practicing tomorrow.
In men's basketball, the defending conference champion is the Montana Grizzlies. Seventh-year head coach Wayne Tinkle guided the Grizzlies to a conference record 15 wins in conference play in 2011-12 and a 25-7 overall record. While the Grizzlies' spectacular season ended with a 73-49 loss to Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament, they were on a 14-game win streak entering their battle with the Badgers.
On the women's side, the Idaho State Bengals enter the season as defending conference champions. Head coach Seton Sobolewski is also coming off Coach of the Year honors, and his team is loaded with experience as 11 of his 15 players are upperclassmen. The Bengals' 2011-12 season concluded with a 70-41 loss to the Miami Hurricanes at the NCAA tournament.
The countdown will start on Monday, with the men's & women's basketball teams of nickname-less North Dakota.
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