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Montana set the Big Sky standard with 25 straight regular-season conference wins. The streak started during the 2011-12 season when UM won its final 11 regular-season conference games. UM started this season by winning its first 14 conference games. The previous record was 24 set by Weber State from 1967-68 to 1969-70. Counting postseason victories, Montana won 26 in a row over Big Sky teams.
Montana will enter the 2013-14 season looking to expand on its conference record of 26 straight regular-season home conference wins. The previous record was 23 set by Idaho from 1980-81 to 1982-83. Montana went 10-0 at home in regular-season conference games this past season. Counting postseason games, UM has won 31 straight over Big Sky teams at Dahlberg Arena.
Montana set the Big Sky single-season record for regular-season conference wins with 19. This marked the first time the Big Sky had played 20 conference games in a season. UM went 19-1. Weber State was 18-2. The previous record for conference wins in a season was 15 by Weber State in 1968-69 and 2008-09, and Montana in 2011-12.
League newcomers North Dakota and Southern Utah both made the Big Sky Championship. North Dakota went 12-8 in conference play, the most victories by a first-year member.
Weber State set the Big Sky single-season record for wins with 30 and games played with 37. The previous record for victories was 27 by Idaho in 1981-82 and Weber State in 1968-69. Weber State held the previous record for games played in a season with 34 in 1978-79.
Weber State became the first Big Sky team to advance to the championship of a postseason national tournament. The Wildcats won four games en route to hosting the CIT Championship. The Wildcats lost 77-74 to East Carolina on a last-second shot.
Weber State set new Big Sky single-season standards for field-goals made (990) and total points with 2,800. The 1975-76 Wildcats made 981 field goals. The Wildcats scored 2,611 points in 1998-99.
Eastern Washington blocked 176 shots this season, falling just short of the single-season Big Sky record of 179 set by Idaho State in 2005-06.
Six Weber State players set a single-season record for games played in a season. Davion Berry, Scott Bamforth, Frank Otis, Jordan Richardson, Joel Bolomboy and Gelaun Wheelright all played in 37 games this season. The previous record was 34 wet by Weber State’s Ben Howland, Bruce Collins and Richard Smith in 1979.
Scott Bamforth made 103 3-pointers this season, tying for the third-most in single-season conference history. Bamforth made 258 3-pointers in his three-year career, putting him fifth on the all-time list. Northern Arizona’s Gabe Rogers made 247 career 3-pointers, putting him sixth on the all-time list. Rogers made 95 3-pointers in 2012-13, putting him seventh all-time in single-season league history.
Montana’s Will Cherry finished his four-year career with 255 career steals, which is second all-time in league history. Sacramento State’s DeShawn Freeman holds the record with 283. Cherry missed 10 games his senior season with injuries.
Northern Arizona’s Stallion Saldivar finished his career with 505 career assists, placing him sixth on the all-time conference list.
PSU coach Tyler Geving was a finalist for the Skip Prosser Man of the Year, presented by Collegeinsider.com. Southern Utah’s Nick Robinson was a finalist for the Joe B. Hall Award, presented by Collegeinsider.com to the top first-year coach at a Division I program.
Montana received a vote in the Associated Press Top 25 poll prior to the start of the NCAA Tournament. Weber State received a vote in final USA Today Coaches’ Poll of the season.
Weber State finished the season leading the nation in field-goal percentage (.506) and 3-point field-goal percentage (.416). WSU was second in the nation in 3-point field-goal percentage defense (.282). WSU was also fifth in scoring margin (14.2) and 10th in winning percentage (81.1). Montana was fifth in free-throw percentage (.767). EWU was 11th in blocked per game (8.5)
WSU’s Scott Bamforth was fourth in the nation in 3-point field-goal percentage (.456). North Dakota’s Troy Huff finished 26th in the nation in scoring at 19.2 points per game. He was also 16th in steals (2.31).
Montana finished ranked 14th in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25. Weber State was 15th.