Idaho State at Portland State
Saturday, 8:05 p.m. (MST)
Stott Center, Portland, Ore.
Radio — 930 CBS Sports Radio or Rock 102.5Web — isubengals.com (live stats)
Free live video stream — watchbigsky.com
Records — Idaho State is 11-17 and 8-11 in the Big Sky. Portland State is 15-13 overall and 10-9 in the conference.
Series — Portland State leads 27-18.
Last outing — Idaho State lost at Eastern Washington 77-69. At home, Portland State beat Weber State 66-59.
Game notes: Idaho State, Portland State
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The University Idaho is moving into the Big Sky Conference in all sports but football next season.
For basketball that pushes the number of teams to 12 in the Big Sky and results in a few changes in the number of conference games teams will play and how many programs qualify for the conference’s league tournament.
Big Sky associate commissioner Ron Loghry was interviewed by Mark Liptak during halftime of the women’s game when Idaho State visited Weber State Feb. 17.
Loghry said the conference will move to an 18-game, unbalanced schedule next year. The league’s current 20-game conference slate is too many games, Loghry said, but since teams in the Big Sky struggle to schedule non-conference home games, 18 contests provides one more home date than moving to 16 games in the regular season.
Loghry said the conference will move to an 18-game, unbalanced schedule next year. The league’s current 20-game conference slate is too many games, Loghry said, but since teams in the Big Sky struggle to schedule non-conference home games, 18 contests provides one more home date than moving to 16 games in the regular season.
The format will model what the Pac-12 has done since that conference became a 12-team league, according to Loghry.
Volleyball is splitting into two divisions of six teams, but Loghry indicated basketball is not.
“The appetite’s just not there to start dividing our basketball programs,” Loghry said. “They’re just too evenly matched.”
Idaho’s presence also means that the Big Sky tournament, both for the men and women, will expand from seven to eight teams. The No. 1 seed will no longer have a first-round bye like the Weber State men and North Dakota women will have in this year’s league tournaments that begin next week.
Volleyball is splitting into two divisions of six teams, but Loghry indicated basketball is not.
“The appetite’s just not there to start dividing our basketball programs,” Loghry said. “They’re just too evenly matched.”
Idaho’s presence also means that the Big Sky tournament, both for the men and women, will expand from seven to eight teams. The No. 1 seed will no longer have a first-round bye like the Weber State men and North Dakota women will have in this year’s league tournaments that begin next week.
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