Summit League and Big Sky announce agreement

[JacksFan40]

From GoJacks.com
Members from the Big Sky and Summit League have agreed to a four year men's basketball series featuring 4 teams from each league, and will begin in the 2018-2019 season.
teans involves from the Summit are SDSU, NDSU, Omaha and UND.
Big Sky teams are Montana, Montana State, Idaho and Eastern Washington.
teams will play 1 home and 1 away game each year.

[BisonFan02]

Dig it.

[Thumper 76]

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[POD Knows]

From GoJacks.com
Members from the Big Sky and Summit League have agreed to a four year men's basketball series featuring 4 teams from each league, and will begin in the 2018-2019 season.
teans involves from the Summit are SDSU, NDSU, Omaha and UND.
Big Sky teams are Montana, Montana State, Idaho and Eastern Washington.
teams will play 1 home and 1 away game each year.Good, NDSU needs some more cupcakes on the schedule

[clenz]

Seems weird that it's such a small set of teams involved. In a world where OOC games are hard to come by - and the Summit only playing 14 conference games - I can't believe they didn't work the whole conference into it.

[JacksFan40]

Seems weird that it's such a small set of teams involved. In a world where OOC games are hard to come by - and the Summit only playing 14 conference games - I can't believe they didn't work the whole conference into it.
Could just be an experiment, if it works out well they may do a full on Big Sky V Summit. A MVC V Summit would be interesting as well.

[clenz]

Could just be an experiment, if it works out well they may do a full on Big Sky V Summit. A MVC V Summit would be interesting as well.
MVC already has a deal with the MWC and I've heard rumblings of the possibility of an A10 set up if we get to 12 members.

[dewey]

Here is the schedule.

http://www.gobison.com/news/2017/11/27/ndsu-mens-basketball-enters-summit-league-big-sky-challenge-series.aspx

"This is a great opportunity for us to secure some home games, as well as to bring in opponents who have some familiarity with our fans," said NDSU head coach David Richman. "Geography has made getting games a challenge, and this allows us to add some good mid-major programs to our schedule."

2018-19 Season
North Dakota at Montana State
Montana State at Omaha
Montana at South Dakota State
North Dakota State at Montana
Eastern Washington at North Dakota State
South Dakota State at Eastern Washington
Omaha at Idaho
Idaho at North Dakota

2019-20 Season
Montana State at North Dakota State
South Dakota State at Montana State
Montana at Omaha
North Dakota at Montana
Eastern Washington at North Dakota
Omaha at Eastern Washington
North Dakota State at Idaho
Idaho at South Dakota State

2020-21 Season
Montana State at North Dakota
Omaha at Montana State
South Dakota State at Montana
Montana at North Dakota State
North Dakota State at Eastern Washington
Eastern Washington at South Dakota State
Idaho at Omaha
North Dakota at Idaho

2021-22 Season
Montana State at South Dakota State
North Dakota State at Montana State
South Dakota State at Idaho
Idaho at North Dakota State
Eastern Washington at Omaha
North Dakota at Eastern Washington
Montana at North Dakota
Omaha at Montana

Dewey

[JacksFan40]

Here is the schedule.

http://www.gobison.com/news/2017/11/27/ndsu-mens-basketball-enters-summit-league-big-sky-challenge-series.aspx

"This is a great opportunity for us to secure some home games, as well as to bring in opponents who have some familiarity with our fans," said NDSU head coach David Richman. "Geography has made getting games a challenge, and this allows us to add some good mid-major programs to our schedule."

2018-19 Season
North Dakota at Montana State
Montana State at Omaha
Montana at South Dakota State
North Dakota State at Montana
Eastern Washington at North Dakota State
South Dakota State at Eastern Washington
Omaha at Idaho
Idaho at North Dakota

2019-20 Season
Montana State at North Dakota State
South Dakota State at Montana State
Montana at Omaha
North Dakota at Montana
Eastern Washington at North Dakota
Omaha at Eastern Washington
North Dakota State at Idaho
Idaho at South Dakota State

2020-21 Season
Montana State at North Dakota
Omaha at Montana State
South Dakota State at Montana
Montana at North Dakota State
North Dakota State at Eastern Washington
Eastern Washington at South Dakota State
Idaho at Omaha
North Dakota at Idaho

2021-22 Season
Montana State at South Dakota State
North Dakota State at Montana State
South Dakota State at Idaho
Idaho at North Dakota State
Eastern Washington at Omaha
North Dakota at Eastern Washington
Montana at North Dakota
Omaha at Montana

Dewey
Looks interesting, don't think SDSU has played Eastern Washington or Montana State. Played Idaho pas couple of years and pretty sure we played Montana a while back.

[mmiller_34]

This should at least help SDSU keep D-II's and NAIA's off the schedule. Preeeettty sure we have like 3 or 4 on our schedule this year.

[Evolution Prime]

This should at least help SDSU keep D-II's and NAIA's off the schedule. Preeeettty sure we have like 3 or 4 on our schedule this year.

IUPUI didn't help by bolting the conference at the last second.

[JacksFan40]

This should at least help SDSU keep D-II's and NAIA's off the schedule. Preeeettty sure we have like 3 or 4 on our schedule this year.
There's 4 on the schedule.
University of Mary, Dakota State, Concordia NE, and Presentation.