Nothing was suggesting that new HC Matt Logie was going to make it a hat-trick for NCAA bids for MSU as it proceeded unremarkably to finish middle of the Big Sky pack before picking up steam and into the tourney at Boise, knocking off cross-state Montana in the finale. Former Idaho State transfer and sr. G Robert Ford III (15.9 ppg) continued his late-season uptick when scoring 22 points. Meanwhile, even losing vs. all six Big Dance qualifiers it faced, raging from 12 to 55 points, the most damning indictments of Grambling might be a limited offense scoring barely 67 ppg, and top scorer G Kintavious Dozier (13.1 ppg) blowing very hot and cold. Play MSU (NCAA at Dayton)