Griz get killed on Senior Night by 52

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Colin O'Keefe

I cannot imagine how that could've possibly gone any worse. Here are Tinkle's words with reporters. Sorry for the low volume. As could be expected, everyone was a little quiet tonight. The second question is about Jeremiah Dominguez.


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I'm sorry I don't have more tonight. Rough game.

I did catch one thing that was disappointing to hear. Overheard one Griz player talking to a couple guys about what happened following the game. Supposedly Tinkle comes in yelling, tearing things up, maybe tossing stuff around. You know, how a coach probably has a right to act after his team gets blown out by 52. Well, a couple guys started chuckling as they were getting ready to leave and while this was going on. Tinkle gets mad and I believe they are suspended for the next practice. Not a good thing to hear; for the coach or for these players.

Next up: Idaho State in Pocatello. Should be a very intense rivalry game after what transpired a week ago. While I'm not completely sure, I believe I will be there with a few other students.

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Postgame audio with Wayne Tinkle

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Colin O'Keefe

Coach Wayne Tinkle speaking to reporters following the Griz beating Northern Colorado 81-66.

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Lady Griz establish themselves as clear conference favorites in win on Senior Night

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Colin O'Keefe


Apologies for the poor image quality.

Saturday night, the Lady Griz blew the Bengals out by 22 at Dahlberg Arena. After the victory, it looks like the conference winner will have to win the championship on the same court. With the win over ISU, the Lady Griz's magic number is one with only three to play. A victory in any of the Lady Griz's final three games (@NoCo, @EWU, @PSU) means the conference tourney will be played in Missoula.

Here's an interesting tidbit on what Selvig & Co. used as motivation going into the game. From the Missoulian:

Doma, who entered the game needing 26 points to pass Montana assistant coach Shannon (Cate) Schweyen as the Big Sky's career scoring queen, finished with her lowest points total (12) of the season. She didn't score at all in the 10 minutes Lohman was assigned to her in the first half.[...]

“A lot of her shots weren't falling that maybe might have other nights, but it was nice to hold her to 12. Shannon (Schweyen) has the conference record right now so we were like, ‘We can't let (Doma) beat Shannon's record in our house.' We were talking about that before the game and used that as a little energy.”

Here's some audio from my post-game interview with Coach Selvig.

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Post-game interview with NAU head coach Mike Adras

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Colin O'Keefe

Alright, going to try to do at least one of these a game. Most of the time it's going to be just one, whether it's a mix of a few, the one with the best quotes or the clip with the best audio quality.

Tonight, there wasn't much to said for the Griz. Not a great showing but you couldn't really point at one particular thing and say "this is why we lost."

So, tonight, we go with the winning coach, NAU's Mike Adras. I stumbled through a couple questions. Also, not a "huge" difference in FT shooting, 63 percent to about 70 percent. I guess it just seemed like they were making everything when we couldn't hit one.

Here's coach Adras on getting a win after a rough stretch, free-throw shotting and the game inside.

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"One game at a time"

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Colin O'Keefe

That gimmicky cliche seems to be the mantra for this team. After the game, I spoke with Coach Tinkle, Dave Vanderjagt and Andrew Strait about how their goals may have been altered since a few weeks ago, when the team was just hoping to make the Big Sky Tournament. Below are their responses in the order mentioned above. Sorry for any annoying clicking sounds.

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