Basketball

As Jon Bon Jovi once sang, "We're halfway there."

We are halfway through the first day of full-fledged competition at the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. 8 games are already in the books, and the early action didn't disappoint.

Another season of Sentinel High School girls' basketball on our sister station AM 930 KMPT wrapped up last weekend at the Class AA State Tournament in Butte.

Another season of Sentinel High School basketball on our sister station, AM 930 KMPT, has come and gone.

About an hour ago, the University of Montana women's basketball team found out where and who they will play in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

Half of the state tournament opening round games have been completed, and certainly some surprising results emerged.

My favorite time of the year began earlier today.

The boys' District 1B tournament featured three teams ranked in the top ten of the Associated Press Power Poll. Fairfield, ranked 11th, bit the dust this weekend by losing out in two games.This past weekend, a majority of Montana's Class B and C boys' and girls' basketball teams began postseason play...

Maybe those coaches had it all right in the preseason polls. Before the Class AA boys' basketball season began, the Bozeman Hawks and Kalispell Glacier Wolfpack were tabbed to win the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively. Right now, those teams are at polar opposites...

Today is the first day of February, the month where Montana's high school basketball contenders are separated from the pretenders. At this point in the season, 13 boys' and girls' teams are still undefeated, although that number will decrease by state tournament time in March...