Montana Grizzly Men’s Basketball Preview

Tonight at 6:00 inside Dahlberg Arena, fans can catch their first glimpse of the 2011-12 University of Montana men's basketball team.

The Grizzlies finished 2nd in the Big Sky Conference a year ago with a 12-4 record in league. Montana lost just one player fto graduation, senior center Brian Qvale, who is now playing overseas in Europe.

Because of that, the Griz return 2 full-time starters and 4 part-time starters, along with 8 total letterwinners.
Here's what the projected starting lineup looks like:

PG  Will Cherry                    6-1   Jr.
SG  Shawn Stockton          6-1   Sr.
SF  Kareen Jamar              6-5   So.
PF  Art Steward                  6-4   Sr.
C    Derek Selvig                  7-0  Sr.

And here's my best guess at how the bench will play out:

G       Jordan Wood             6-3  Sr.
F/C   Mathias Ward            6-7  Jr.
F/C   Billy Reader               6-9  Fr.
F       Eric Hutchison           6-9  So.
F       Mike Weisner              6-7  Fr.
G       Keron DeShields        6-2  Fr.
G/F   Kevin Henderson     6-5  Fr.
G       Jordan Gregory         6-2  Fr.