Can you believe the Sac State women’s basketball team pulled off its first-ever victory in the Big Sky Conference tournament? The only problem is that now the Hornets get to face host and No. 1 seed Idaho State. Even they win the next two games, though, they get to go to the Big Dance. Here’s a few links:

To get an idea of what the Hornets women face today, check out these highlights from the January game between Idaho State and NAU, By the way, Sac State upset Idaho State at The Nest just two weeks ago:

In Hornets-related basketball news:

* Here’s the Sac State women’s game story from the Sacramento Bee.

* The Idaho State Journal wrote about the Hornets’ five-game winning streak.

* The Spokane Spokesman-Review also had a blurb on the game.

* In the other opening-round women’s game, the Missoulian reported on Montana State beating Montana.

* Here’s the Sacramento State release on the game. Continue Reading →

Yes, we’re a little behind, but we’re going to try to play catch-up this morning.  Enough with the chit-chat: Let’s get to the link:

Today’s best read came from the San Jose Mercury-News, which had a feature on SabreCats Coach Darren Arbet. The Sac State grad will be inducted into the Arena Football hall of fame for his successful years at HP Pavilion.

Here is video from his ArenaFootball title in 2004:

In other Hornets-related basketball news:

* Here’s Sacramento State’s preview of the women’s basketball team in the first round of the Big Sky Conference tournament against Eastern Washington.

* Sacramento State announced earlier this week that Fantasia Hilliard was selected as the Big Sky outstanding freshman.

In other Hornets-related sports news:

* The State Hornet did a good job  of going a more in-depth on Sac State’s new marketing contract with Nelligan Sports.

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OK, so we took a few days off from the morning call after men’s basketball season ended. OK, so we’re playing catchup. But on a drizzling day like today we get excited because spring football is just a week away. SacStateSports’ Kyle Madson will soon have coverage on that. Links, please:

In case you missed it, Iota Gamma Pi had a very impressive performance at Sac State’s final home game last Thursday. Take a look:

In Hornets basketball-related news:

* SacStateSports.com’s Bill Bradley wrote about the difference Coach Brian Katz has made this season – and in the future.

* The Sac Bee’s Dave Carpenter’s weekly notebook looked at the key returnees for the Hornets.

* Portland State’s Charles Odum, who scored 38 points against Sac State last Thursday, was named Big Sky player of the week.

* The Pasadena Star-News profiled Pasadena High’s Dave Hamilton, a guard who is being recruited by Sac State. Continue Reading →

The Sac State men’s basketball team closes  out the season at Idaho State while the women could go along way to clinching the final spot in the women’s tournament with a victory today at home against Portland State. Here’s a few links:

Here’s the intro video Portland State plays before women’s basketball games:

 In basketball-related Hornets news:

* SacStateSports.com’s Bryan Metcalf had his final men’s preview capsule of the season.

* ESPN.com had a statistical preview of today’s Sac State-Idaho State men’s game.

* Here’s Sac State’s press release on the men’s game.

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The season is all but over for the Sac State men’s basketball team – albeit one last game for each on Saturday. But Thursday’s loss was the nail in its 2011-12 coffin. Let’s start with some links:

Here’s a few highlights from when Idaho State visited Sac State last season:

In basketball-related Hornets news:

* SacStateSports.com’s Bryan Metcalf wrote the game story on Portland State’s victory over Sac State last night.

* Here’s the Sports Network’s recap of the game.

* Here’s the Associated Press game story.

* Here’s the Portland State angle on the game.

* KPVI reported that Idaho State, Sac State’s next foe, lost to Eastern Washington.

* And the Sac State women kept their playoff hopes alive by defeating Idaho State at Hornet Gym. Continue Reading →

Welcome to the last day of college basketball this season at Sac State. Sure, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams could make the Big Sky Conference tournaments – their chances hang by a thread – but today the men and women will play a doubleheader which will be their last home games of the season. It was a fun season, but there’s a lot of hope was dashed after great starts. With that in mind, let’s dive into some links:

Today’s video features highlights from the Portland State-Sac State game in Portland earlier this month:

In basketball-related Hornets news:

* SacStateSports.com’s Bryan Metcalf previewed the game in today’s capsule.

* Here’s the Sports Network’s preview of the game.

* Here’s the men’s game press release from Sacramento State.

* The Idaho State Journal reported that if the Idaho State women beat Sac State at 5 p.m. today, they will clinch the top see in the Big Sky tourney.

* Here’s the women’s weekend preview of their two games.

* Here’s this week’s Big Sky men’s basketball notes. Continue Reading →

Please pardon us for a take a break for a few days. We’re back with more links than you can count.

In the video department, get a glimpse of what goes down during halftime of games at Portland State, which plays at Sac State on Thursday:

http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/wbball/release.asp?release_id=10177

In Hornets-related basketball news:

* SacBee’s Dave Carpenter laid out the Big Sky playoff scenario for the Hornets better than I could have.

* Portland State previewed its two women’s games this week including a game against Sac State.

* The Big Sky named Kylie Kuhns as the women’s player of the week. Continue Reading →

This is a pretty cool idea, this BracketBuster game late in the season invented by ESPN. Now, it probably has gone overboard with nearly every mid-major conference getting a full slate of BracketBuster games, but then again you can’t predict which teams will be good. Then again… first, though, some links:

Here’s how San Jose State looked in overtime against Hawaii a few weeks ago, albeit in a shaky video:

In Hornets-related basketball news:

* SacStateSports.com’s Bryan Metcalf had a capsule preview of today’s game. He will have live Twitter updates and a game story right after the game.

* Here’s the Sports Network’s preview of the game.

* Here’s the Sacramento State press release on today’s women’s afternoon game vs. Portland State. Continue Reading →