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2005 Men's Basketball Postseason
Big Sky Conference Tournament
Portland, Ore. - Memorial Coliseum
The Grizzlies won eight of their final 11 Big Sky Conference games to finish the regular season in third place with a 15-12 overall record and a 9-5 league mark. UM defeated Eastern Washington, 59-48, in a tournament quarterfinal matchup in Missoula. The Griz then traveled to Portland, Ore., where they defeated arch-rival Montana State, 75-69, in the semifinal round at Memorial Coliseum. Montana capped the tourney with a 63-61 win over Weber State in the championship game to earn its sixth trip to the NCAA tournament.
Big Sky Postseason Titles: 1991, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2005 |
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NCAA Tournament (Albuquerque)
Boise, Idaho - Taco Bell Arena
For 36 minutes and 50 seconds, Montana was two points better than top seed Washington. But those first 3 minutes and 10 seconds were killers. The Huskies scored the game's first 13 points and held off several Grizzly charges to post an 88-77 win in an NCAA tournament first-round game in front of 11,871 converted Montana fans at Taco Bell Arena. Throw out those first 190 seconds of the game - Washington made its first seven shots in all - and the Griz outscored the Huskies 77-75. Four times the Griz whittled what had been a 19-point Husky lead to just nine, twice in the first half and twice in the second, each time drawing a huge roar from fans who adopted the Griz as their own. But every time the Huskies had an answer.
2005 NCAA Tourney Bracket 
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LEADING SCORER |
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UW 88, GRIZ 77 | Stats |
Davis - 24 pts |
NCAA Appearances: 1975, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2005 |
MontanaGrizzlies.com coverage |
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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
(Courtesy of NCAAsports.com)
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