Is the Big Sky ready for respect?
Sports columnist Rial Cummings of the Missoulian says the notion that the Big Sky is ready for prime time is "snake oil."
The Big Sky Conference may be looking for more national respect, but after the non-conference starts by many teams, it's obvious the conference is not ready for such attention. The only non-conference games that the Eastern Eagles have won were two victories against a weaker West Coast Conference Santa Clara team.
The rest of the teams in the conference have no quality wins to show except for a 74-73 win by Northern Arizona against unrated UNLV. So will the Big Sky winner be ready to step up and be a better than 13, 14, or 15 seed in the NCAA tournament?
Posted by Anthony :: 05:41 PM Jan 5
Anthony Venable is a senior at Eastern Washington University majoring in journalism. He hopes to find a job in sports reporting or sports broadcasting after he graduates this spring. He is also a three-year letter winner on an athletic scholarship for Eastern Washington's men's tennis team.