Big Sky Conference Tournament

Reno Events Center  • Reno, Nevada • Times Pacific
 
First Round/March 8 (seeds #5-12)
#8 Portland St. 74, #9 Northern Colo. 67
#5 North Dakota 85, #12 Southern Utah 80
#10 Sacramento St. 79, #7 Montana St. 75
#6 Eastern Wash. 74, #11 Northern Ariz. 52
 
Quarterfinals/March 10
12:05 p.m. - #1 Weber State (23-8) vs. #8 Portland St. (13-17)
2:35 p.m. - #4 Idaho State (16-14) vs. #5 North Dakota (16-14)
5:35 p.m. - #2 Montana (19-10) vs. #10 Sacramento St. (14-16)
8:05 p.m. - #3 Idaho (20-11) vs. #6 Eastern Wash. (17-14)
 
Semifinals/March 11
5:35 p.m. (first two quarterfinal winners)
8:05 p.m. (second two quarterfinal winners)
 
Championship Game/March 12
5:45 p.m. - live on ESPNU & WatchESPN
(Roxy Bernstein/Play-by-Play, Corey Williams/Analyst)
 
All Games March 8-11 Streamed Live Via watchbigsky.com
(Mike McDowd/Play-by-Play & Joe Cravens/Analyst)
 
EWU Games Carried Live on 700-AM ESPN and via the web at www.700espn.com (Larry Weir/Play-by-Play)
 

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It's very simple this time of year, according to head coach Jim Hayford, you just "Survive and Advance."

With a game already under its belt in the Big Sky Conference Tournament in Reno, Nevada, the Eastern Washington University men's basketball team plays in the quarterfinals Thursday (March 10) against Idaho at 8:05 p.m. at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.

Fans can listen the game on 700-AM ESPN and via the web at www.700espn.com. All tourney games through the semifinals will be broadcast on www.watchbigsky.com, with the championship game aired on ESPNU and via www.watchespn.com.

The 17-14 and sixth-seeded Eagles play a 20-11 Idaho team that received a first-round bye as the No. 3 seed, and split its two meetings against Eastern this season. Eastern also played the Vandals in the tournament last year, winning in the quarterfinals to complete a season sweep. Eastern lost to the Vandals in the other tournament meeting, a 65-62 Idaho championship game win on a 3-pointer at the buzzer on March 9, 1990.

"It's developing into a great rivalry," said Hayford of the Big Sky match-up that was on hiatus from 1997 to 2014 when Idaho played in different leagues. "We got to play them three times last year, and now we get to play them three times this year. We get a rubber-match game Thursday. We'll see what we have. It's going to be a great game."

Eastern opened the tournament Tuesday (March 8) with a 74-52 win against 11th-seeded Northern Arizona. Eastern broke open a close game late in the first half with a 9-0 run, then led by as many as 29 in the second half. The 52 points EWU allowed was its best defensive effort of the season, and Northern Arizona's 40.4 shooting percentage was the lowest against the Eagles since Idaho made only 31.3 percent on Jan. 9 in a 74-60 Eagle win.

"This was kind of why I wasn't super disappointed being a fifth or sixth seed," explained Hayford. "Obviously, you are playing with fire any time you are playing in a loser-eliminated tournament. We were able to get in here and get used to the facility, and now we get a day of rest. Idaho is going to walk in here blind kind of like we did.

"The question I get asked is whether it will catch up with us with four games in five days," he continued. "With the parity in the Big Sky, if you start thinking about the third or fourth game instead of the next game, you're in big trouble. That's where the term 'survive and advance' comes from. You can't be thinking ahead like that. Our players are used to playing some pretty heavy minutes, and we were able to spread them out pretty good against Northern Arizona."

Eastern snapped a four-game losing streak with the win over the Lumberjacks. One of the losses for the Eagles during its four-game losing streak was a 66-62 loss to the Vandals on Feb. 27. Prior to that, Eastern had a seven-game winning streak, and Hayford was pleased Eagle fans remembered that surge.

"I was grateful for how many people in red I saw who made the trip down here," he said after his team saluted the crowd from mid-court following the NAU win. "We don't just assume fans should do that – that's a lot of expense to come down here. From the bottom of my heart I want say how much I appreciate and how grateful I am for the great support from Eagle fans."
 

EWU's Big Sky Tournament Notes

* Eastern (17-14) advances to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Conference Tournament where it will play third seeded Idaho (20-11) at 8:05 p.m. Also winning in Tuesday's opening round was #8 Portland State (74-67 over #9 Northern Colorado), #5 North Dakota (85-80 over #12 Southern Utah) and #10 Sacramento State (79-75 over #7 Montana State). The other quarterfinal games on Thursday will be #8 PSU (13-17) versus #1 Weber State (23-8) at 12:05 p.m., #5 North Dakota (16-14) versus #4 Idaho State (16-14) at 2:35 p.m. and #10 Sacramento State (14-16) versus #2 Montana (19-10) at 5:35 p.m. Eastern games may be heard on 700-AM ESPN and via the web at www.700espn.com. All tourney games until the championship game will also be broadcast on www.watchbigsky.com.

* Following the quarterfinal round, the semifinals take place on Friday (March 11) and will include games at 5:35 p.m. (first two quarterfinal winners) and 8:05 p.m. (second two quarterfinal winners). The championship game is slated for Saturday at 5:45 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU and via www.watchespn.com.

* Eastern is 1-1 versus Idaho in the Big Sky Conference Tournament, with a 25-year gap between games. Eastern beat Idaho in the quarterfinals in Missoula in 2015, as the No. 2 Eagles beat the seventh-seeded Vandals 91-83. The previous meeting came in the 1990 championship game in Boise, Idaho, when top-seeded Idaho beat No. 2 EWU 65-62 on a shot at the buzzer by Ricardo Boyd.

* Eastern caught fire and won three games in last year's tournament in Missoula, beating Idaho and Sacramento State by identical 91-83 scores, then came from behind to upset host Montana 69-65. That earned EWU its second appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
 
 

Opponent/Series Notes

* Until falling 66-62 at Idaho on Feb. 27, Eastern had won the last four meetings against Idaho, and hadn't lost since falling 81-79 at home in overtime on Dec. 6, 2012. Since 1996 when Idaho left the Big Sky Conference, the two schools have now played 19 times, with Eastern winning 12 of them. Idaho leads the all-time series 53-28. Since EWU became a NCAA Division I member in the 1983-84 season, EWU is 15-32 against Idaho (8-14 home, 6-15 away, 1-3 neutral).

* On Feb. 27 in Moscow, Idaho's defense, rebounding advantage and a timely run were the difference and helped the Vandals beat Eastern 66-62. Idaho used a 10-2 run to overcome a four-point Eagle lead, then hit four free throws in the final 1:27 to score its final points of the game. In finishing the afternoon at 43 percent, it was the first time EWU hadn't made at least half its shots since Feb. 4. The Eagles had five-straight performances of 50 percent or better and entered the game fifth in NCAA Division I at 50.1 percent. Eastern had won four-straight games versus the Vandals, including a 74-60 win in Eastern on Jan. 9 in Cheney in which EWU sank 53 percent to Idaho's 31 percent. The Vandals made 48 percent in the rematch, while holding EWU to 9-of-29 shooting from the 3-point stripe (31 percent). The game featured six ties and lead changes, making it the third-closest game EWU has played – win or lose – in the league season. Eastern's Venky Jois scored a team-high 16 points, giving him 1,733 in his career to move just eight from the school record of 1,741. Senior graduate transfer Austin McBroom scored 11 points on 4-of-15 shooting from the field overall, including 3-of-11 from the 3-point stripe. He also had three assists. Sophomore Bogdan Bliznyuk finished with 12 points, eight rebounds and a pair of assists. Junior Felix Von Hofe chipped in 10 with a trio of 3-pointers, and junior Julian Harrell also had 10 points to go along with four rebounds.

* Earlier this season in Cheney, Eastern jumped out to an early 16-point lead and had its best defensive field goal percentage of the season and picked up its first Big Sky Conference victory of the season with a 74-60 win on Jan. 9 in Cheney, Wash. Senior Austin McBroom had 26 points and seven assists, and Julian Harrell scored 14 in his starting debut as an Eagle. Eastern out-shot the Vandals 53 percent to 31 percent, with Eastern's defensive performance its best of the year by six percent. McBroom hit 8-of-14 shots from the field, including 6-of-10 3-point attempts. His seven assists were his most against a NCAA Division I opponent this season as he accounted for 45 of EWU's 74 points (31 of 46 in the first half). Felix Von Hofe added 19 points and five 3-pointers to help EWU to a 15-of-29 performance from the 3-point arc. Senior Venky Jois had four blocked shots, and was a perfect 4-of-4 with a pair of dunks to finish with nine points and eight rebounds. Sophomore Bogdan Bliznyuk chipped in six points, a team-high nine rebounds and three assists. The Eagles ranked 344th out of 351 NCAA Division I teams in field goal percentage defense entering the game at 51.0 percent. But Eastern held Idaho to just 30 points in each half on 31.3 percent shooting from the field. Previously, the lowest shooting percentages against the Eagles were 37.5 percent by George Fox on Nov. 15 and 37.5 percent by Pacific on Nov. 28. Eastern continued its torrid shooting from the 3-point stripe, sinking 15-of-29 for what was then a season-best 51.7 percent. The Eagles made nine of their first 11 shots and jumped out to a quick 28-12 lead, with Julian Harrell scoring all 10 of his first-half points in that stretch on a trio of 3-pointers and a free throw. Eastern led by no less than nine the rest of the half as McBroom hit a pair of free throws with one second left to give EWU a 46-30 halftime lead. Eastern opened the second half on an 8-0 run to take its biggest lead of the night at 24, and the closest Idaho came was 11 with 1:01 left. Idaho never led, and EWU led for all but the game's first 12 seconds when it was 0-0.

* The Eagles and Vandals played three hard-fought battles last season, with EWU pulling out an 89-86 victory in Moscow, Idaho, on Jan. 10. Eastern then rallied from 11 points down in the final 1:33 in the rematch at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash., for a 98-95 overtime victory on Jan. 31. The Eagles then won 91-83 in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Conference Tournament in Missoula, Mont., when Tyler Harvey tied the Big Sky Conference Tournament record with a career-high 42 points. Harvey made 8-of-12 3-pointers and 13-of-20 shots overall, with Venky Jois adding his fifth-straight double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds.

* The meeting last season in Moscow was EWU's first-ever league victory over the UI, and was the first league meeting between the schools since Feb. 17, 1996. The Vandals rejoined the Big Sky Conference in the 2014-15 season after previously competing in the league from 1963-1996, winning tournament championships in 1980, 1981, 1989 and 1990. Eastern began playing in the Big Sky in 1987-88, and won the tourney title in 2004 and again in 2015. In those previous nine seasons of co-existence in the Big Sky, the Vandals won all 18 league meetings between the two schools, as well as the Big Sky Conference Tournament Championship game in 1990 won 65-62 by the Vandals on a shot at the buzzer by Ricardo Boyd. In all, Idaho had won 22-straight against the Eagles, who went nearly 14 years between victories (1/15/86 to 11/29/99).

 

Team & Player Notes

* Eastern is now 14-0 this season when it has a better field goal percentage than its opponent, and 3-14 when it has been out-shot. The Eagles are also 9-2 when allowing 71 points or fewer and 8-1 when their opponent makes 44.9 percent or less from the field, and are 1-8 when EWU scores 71 or fewer.
* The Eagles, ranked sixth in NCAA Division I with an accuracy rate of 49.4 percent, are now 12-3 when making at least 50 percent, but haven't hit that mark since Feb. 20 versus Portland State. Against Sacramento State on Feb. 18, the Eagles won for the ninth-straight time when they made at least 50 percent of their shots, finishing 31-of-58 for 53 percent with 11 3-pointers. But that streak ended the next game versus Portland State when EWU was out-shot 65 percent to 50 percent. Eastern had hit the 50 percent mark in five-straight games before making only 43 percent versus Idaho on Feb. 27. Eastern followed that by making 44 percent against Idaho State, 47 percent against Weber State to end the regular season and 45 percent against NAU in the first round of the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

* In NCAA statistics through March 8th, Eastern is ranked 14th in scoring (82.2), sixth in field goal accuracy (49.4 percent), seventh in 3-pointers per game (10.3), 28th in 3-point accuracy (38.6 percent) and 73rd in fewest turnovers per game (11.3). Eastern leads the Big Sky Conference in all of those categories. First team All-Big Sky performer Venky Jois is second nationally and first in the league in field goal accuracy (68.8 percent, the leader is at 72.0). Second team All-Big Sky pick Austin McBroom leads the league in both scoring (21.3) and 3-pointers per game (3.6), and is 16th and third, respectively in the nation. Felix Von Hofe is 23rd in NCAA Division I and third in the league in 3-pointers per game (3.03).

* With 320 3-pointers made this season and a .386 team percentage, the Eagles are chasing the school record of 344 set in 2015, and are just behind the percentage record (.400) set the same season.

* Senior Venky Jois, only the third player in the 53-year history of the Big Sky Conference to have more than 1,600 points and 900 rebounds in his career, now has 1,780 points to rank 13th in Big Sky history, 30 from moving into the No. 12 position (1,810). Besides his scoring prowess, Jois' school-record total of 237 blocked shots are 10 from the league record of 247 (Brian Qvale, Montana, 2008-11). Jois also has 1,000 rebounds in his career to rank third in school history and sixth all-time in the Big Sky (11 from fifth). Jois owns seven school records after breaking the school's career scoring record against Idaho State on March 3. With 58 dunks to break his own school record of 53 set as a junior, Jois is currently on pace to finish 19th in Big Sky history and fifth in school history in career field goal percentage (58.4 percent). His accuracy as a senior of 68.8 percent is on pace to set a school record (Ron Cox, 66.0 percent in 1977) and rank as the third-best in league history.

* The only other players besides Venky Jois in league history to have more than 1,600 points and 900 rebounds are Larry Krystkowiak (Montana, 1983-86, 2,017 points, 1,105 rebounds, 3,122 total) and Steve Hayes (Idaho State, 1974-77, 1,933 points, 1,147 rebounds, 3,080 total). For total points/rebounds, Jois is fourth all-time with a current total of 2,780, just 118 behind the No. 3 position owned by Bruce Collins of Weber State with 2,019 points, 879 rebounds and 2,898 total from 1977-80.

* With 108 3-pointers this season, senior graduate transfer Austin McBroom now ranks fourth among the seven performances in Big Sky Conference history with at least 100. Three of those previous six performances are by Eagles (Shannon Taylor 103 in 1999, Tyler Harvey 109 in 2014 and Harvey a Big Sky-record 128 in 2015). He needs one trey to equal Harvey's total to rank third and 16 to move into second (124, Stephen Sir, Northern Arizona, 2007). McBroom has a 21.3 scoring average to currently rank as the fifth-best in school history and his 639 total points are fifth. He is 38 points from Harvey's total of 677 in 2014 to rank fourth all-time.

* Eagle players are a collective 15-4 when they have double-doubles, including Venky Jois (8-4), Bogdan Bliznyuk (6-0) and Austin McBroom (1-0). Jois, with 38 in his career, has led EWU to a 23-15 record in those games (8-4 this season, 6-2 in 2014-15, 4-5 in 2013-14 and 5-4 in 2012-13). Eastern is 7-1 in the eight career double-doubles Bliznyuk has recorded, including a current streak of seven in a row. Jois has 11 double-doubles in his last 20 games.

* The Eagles and head coach Jim Hayford have already won the most games in back-to-back seasons in the school's 33 seasons as a member of NCAA Division I. Eastern has won 43 thus far (26 last year, 17 this season), to overtake the previous mark of 35. This is also the first time since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons EWU has had back-to-back winning seasons, and EWU's 24 total league wins the last two seasons are also the most in back-to-back years in 29 seasons as a member of the Big Sky. Hayford is the winningest coach in Eastern's Division I history with 83 wins in his five years at the helm (the previous mark was 69). He is averaging 16.6 victories per season thus far – just behind the all-time record of 17.3 among Eastern coaches with at least four seasons at the helm. He would need to get to 87 wins (21 this season) to surpass that high-water mark in EWU's 108 seasons of basketball.

* During a stretch in January and February, the Eagles won seven-straight games for the first time in 11 seasons. Eastern followed with a four-game losing streak, including the team's first home losses of the season to Idaho State by a 75-71 score and regular season outright league champion Weber State by just two points, 79-77. The Eagles also fell to Idaho 66-62 and opened the skid with a 107-91 loss to Portland State – EWU's only league loss by more than eight points.

 

Recent Game Recap

* The sixth-seeded and defending champion Eagles used a late run in the first half to take the lead for good and went on to defeat 11th seeded Northern Arizona 74-52 in a Big Sky Conference Tournament game March 8 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. With All-Big Sky Conference players Austin McBroom and Venky Jois leading the way, Eastern won its fourth-straight game in the league tournament and third in three tries this season against the Lumberjacks. The 52 points EWU allowed was its best defensive effort of the season, and Northern Arizona's 40.4 shooting percentage was the lowest against the Eagles since Idaho made only 31.3 percent on Jan. 9 in a 74-60 Eagle win. Eastern forced 19 turnovers against Weber State in its regular season finale, and forced 17 versus the Lumberjacks. That led to 24 points off turnovers for the Eagles, just one behind the season high of 25 set on two occasions. In his 127th game as a collegian, senior graduate transfer Austin McBroom finished with 16 points and five steals, making 7-of-14 shots overall and 2-of-7 3-pointers. McBroom, a second-team all-league choice, moved into fourth in Big Sky Conference history with 108 3-pointers this season. Senior two-time All-Big Sky first team recipient Venky Jois made 5-of-10 shots to finish with 14 points, 11 rebounds, six assists (one from his career high), two steals and a blocked shot. Jois finished with his 38th career double-double and 12th this season, and in the process hit the 1,000-rebound mark in his career. Sophomore Bogdan Bliznyuk scored 15 points and had five boards. Eastern trailed 26-23, but went on a 9-0 run to take a 32-26 advantage just before halftime. Eastern held NAU without a point for a 3:10 stretch, then continued its defensive effort in the second half, holding NAU to 3-of-8 shooting with a trio of turnovers as the Eagles opened a 50-36 lead with 12:57 left in the game. Eastern led by as many as 29 the rest of the way. Eastern made just 3-of-18 3-point shots in the first half and was 10-of-32 for the game, but was impressive inside the arc. Eastern made 19-of-33 of its 2-point attempts (58 percent) and 6-of-8 free throws (75 percent) in the game.
 

Quoting Coach Hayford

On Big Sky Tournament in Reno: "As I've walked around Reno, I've seen a lot of college students having a good time – whether it's bands, cheerleaders or other teams. The students are able to interact and you see them in the hallways. This is so good for so many student-athletes, and it feels special. It doesn't feel like you're repeating a road trip you made earlier in the year. I'm all thumbs up."
On Idaho Game Thursday: "There are no secrets between Eastern and Idaho. We're in the same media market and we're the closest schools geographically in the league. We know each other. And we're travel partners, so when we're watching tape we're seeing Idaho against every other Big Sky school. It's developing into a great rivalry. Historically, Eastern didn't hold up its end. But we've won four of the last five, and now we meet in the Big Sky Conference Tournament two years in a row. It's good for the conference, it's good for Eastern and it's good for Idaho. I hope it develops into something special and I anticipate it being a great game."
On Previous Game Versus Idaho: "They played really, really hard, and had a great scouting report on us. I'd like to say we could have shot better, but that had a lot to do with their defense and how hard they played."
On Idaho: We have a ton of respect for their program and nothing but great things to say about them. Coach (Don) Verlin has had a great season and has taken his team through adversity (with injuries) and turned it into the best team he's had."
On NAU Win: "Any win in the postseason is a good win. During this four-game losing streak, we were kind of like a snake coiling into perfect form ready to strike this week."
On Defense Versus NAU: "In some ways our team can be a fragile team. Sometimes we get our energy from scoring, and that makes us play harder on defense. We got a little re-adjusted (against NAU) – we didn't make shots like we can, but we fed off our defense. Then our offense came into form and we shot the ball like we could. And we didn't go down in our defense. That's how we came away with a win."

 

School Records Broken

(Venky Jois owns seven and is on pace for eight)
 
Single Game
Team - Points/RECORD - 126 vs. George Fox 11/15/15 (old record 124)
Team - 3-Point Field Goals/RECORD - 20 vs. Portland State 1/28/16 (old record 18)
• Also tied the Big Sky Conference record, which was broken on 2/11/16 when MSU had 25 against Northern Arizona
Team - Steals/RECORD - 26 vs. George Fox 11/15/15 (old record 19)
Bogdan Bliznyuk/FIRST-EVER TRIPLE DOUBLE - 11 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists vs. Northern Arizona 1/16/16
 
Season
Venky Jois - Dunks/SCHOOL RECORD - 59 (old record 53 set in 2014-15 by Jois)
Venky Jois – Season Field Goal Percentage/ON PACE FOR SCHOOL RECORD - .688 (current record .660 set by Ron Cox in 1976-77)
*** Venky Jois - Blocked Shots/SCHOOL RECORD - 69 (old record 68 set in 2013-13 by Martin Seiferth)
***Record broken in 2014-15.
 
Career
Venky Jois - Points/SCHOOL RECORD - 1,780 (broke old record of 1,741)
Venky Jois - Free Throws Attempted/SCHOOL RECORD - 650 (broke old record of 499)
Venky Jois - Blocked Shots Per Game/CURRENTLY SCHOOL RECORD - 2.0
Venky Jois - Blocked Shots/SCHOOL RECORD - 237 (broke old record of 112)
Venky Jois - Dunks/SCHOOL RECORD - 157 (old record 101)
 
 

EWU's Big Sky Tournament History

* Eastern is making its 14th Big Sky Conference Tournament appearance in 29 years as a member of the league, with a record of 12-11 in its 23 games. Before winning the 2015 title, Eastern hadn't appeared since the 2011-12 and 2010-11 seasons, which were EWU's first since 2006. The Eagles qualified for each tournament from 1998-2006.

* Before beating Montana for the 2015 title, Eastern had ended its season with losses to the Grizzlies in appearances in 2012, 2006 and 2005. But the year before, in 2004, EWU won the title with a 71-59 championship game victory over Northern Arizona to advance to the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament (EWU made its first-ever NIT appearance in 2003).

* Although its streak of Big Sky tournament berths came to an end in the 2006-07 season, at the time Eastern was just the fifth school in league history to make nine-straight appearances in the Big Sky Conference Tournament. Eastern started the streak back in 1998 after making just one trip to the tourney in their first 10 seasons as a member of the conference. Weber State had its string of 24-straight appearances stopped in 2005-06, and Montana had a string of 21-straight from 1978-98. The other streaks were 16 by Idaho (1981-96) and 11 by Nevada (1982-92). Interestingly, Montana's 77-69 victory over the Lumberjacks on Feb. 28, 2005, extended Eastern's streak and ended NAU's eight-season streak. Eastern's streak started in 1998 with an end-of-year victory at Montana. That "winner advance, loser eliminated" game ended Montana's 21-year streak.

* In 2011, Eastern's season came to an end with a 79-70 loss at Weber State in the quarterfinal round of the tournament. That came just three days after the Eagles stunned WSU on their home court 75-59 to end the regular season. Because of the upset, the Wildcats lost their chance at a first-round bye and had to face the Eagles again. In the rematch, WSU out-scored EWU 46-25 in the second half as the Wildcats overcame a 12-point EWU halftime lead and a 15-point deficit early in the second half. Last year, the Eagles were 15-16 overall and missed the Big Sky Conference Tournament with a 10-10 league mark. Interestingly, Sacramento State was also 10-10, but secured the final bid because of a tiebreaker advantage over EWU, which dropped its final game of the season to Weber State 82-78.
 
Here is a list of Eastern's all-time games in the Big Sky Tournament . . .
2016 – Quarterfinals (Reno, Nevada) #6 seed vs. #3 Idaho
2016 – First Round (Reno, Nevada) #6 seed vs. #11 Northern Arizona – W, 74-52
2015 – Championship (Missoula, Mont.) #2 seed vs. #1 Montana - W, 69-65
2015 – Semifinal (Missoula, Mont.) #2 seed vs. #3 Sacramento State - W, 91-83
2015 – Quarterfinal (Missoula, Mont.) #2 seed vs. #7 Idaho - W, 91-83
2012 – Semifinal (Missoula, Mont.) #4 seed vs. #1 Montana – L, 66-74
2012 – Quarterfinal (Cheney, Wash.) #4 seed vs. #5 Idaho State – W, 81-75
2011 - Quarterfinal (Ogden, Utah) - #6 seed vs. #3 Weber State - L, 70-79
2006 - Semifinal (Flagstaff, Ariz.) - #3 seed vs. #2 Montana - L, 71-73 (ot)
2006 - Quarterfinal (Cheney, Wash.) - #3 seed vs. #6 Portland State - W, 81-75
2005 - Quarterfinal (Missoula, Mont.) - #6 seed vs. #3 Montana - L, 48-58
2004 - Championship (Cheney, Wash.) - #1 seed vs. #2 Northern Ariz. - W, 71-59
2004 - Semifinals (Cheney, Wash.) - #1 seed vs. #5 Weber State - W, 72-53
2003 - Championship (Ogden, Utah) - #2 seed vs. #1 Weber State - L, 57-60
2003 - Semifinals (Ogden, Utah) - #2 seed vs. #4 Idaho State - W, 76-67
2002 - Championship (Bozeman, Mont.) - #2 seed vs. #5 Montana - L, 66-70
2002 - Semifinals (Bozeman, Mont.) - #2 seed vs. #3 Weber State - W, 62-57
2001 - Championship (Northridge, Calif.) - #2 seed vs. #1 CS Northridge - L, 58-73
2001 - Semifinals (Northridge, Calif.) - #2 seed vs. #5 Northern Arizona - W, 58-53
2000 - Semifinals (Missoula, Mont.) - #2 seed vs. #3 Northern Arizona - L, 65-82
1999 - Quarterfinals (Ogden, Utah) - #6 seed vs. #3 Portland State - L, 74-80
1998 - Quarterfinals (Flagstaff, Ariz.) - #3 seed vs. #6 CS Northridge - L, 98-104 (ot)
1990 - Championship (Boise, Idaho) - #2 seed vs. #1 Idaho - L, 62-65
1990 - Semifinals (Boise, Idaho) - #2 seed vs. #5 Weber State - W, 83-67