Monday, March 2, 2009

Clinchers, Round 2

With just one weekend left in Big Sky regular season play we still have a lot of sorting out to do. Congrats to Idaho State and Montana State who both clinched spots this past week. Here is what can happen this week:

Portland State: has clinched first round bye. Can clinch 1 seed and tournament hosting rights with 1)a win over Montana OR 2)with a win over MSU, EWU wins over UM and MSU, AND ISU win over WSU or NCU loss to either NAU or SAC.

Montana: has clinched first round bye. Can Clinch 1 seed and tournament hosting rights with a win over PSU AND either 1) a win over EWU, OR 2) wins by NCU over SAC and NAU coupled with an ISU loss to WSU, OR 3) MSU win over PSU or EWU.

Montana State: has clinched a tournament spot. Can clinch 3 seed with a win over PSU or EWU.

Idaho State: has clinched a tournament spot, can't get lower than a 4 seed.

Sac State: clinches spot with 1) a win OR 2)a NCU loss to NAU AND EWU losses to UM and MSU.

Northern Colorado: clinches spot with 1)wins over SAC and NAU OR 2)a win over either SAC or NAU AND an EWU loss to UM or MSU.

Eastern Washington: clinches spot with 1)wins over UM and MSU OR 2) with a win over either UM or MSU AND wins by NCU over SAC and NAU OR 3)a win over UM AND losses by NCU to SAC and NAU.

Northern Arizona: clinches spot with a win over NCU AND either a SAC loss to NCU or an EWU loss to UM.

Weber State: eliminated from tournament play.

Many of these scenarios were cleared up by member Mvemjsunpx on BigSkyFans.com. Many thanks!!

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