The Grizzly basketball team was welcomed home late Thursday with a parade through Missoula. LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian
We’re a little mad here in the Missoulian newsroom, because – in case you haven’t noticed – it’s March. And that means high school basketball tournaments and the Griz and Lady Griz vying for a whirl around the floor at the Big Dance.
And now that the Griz are actually going to the Dance – we’ll find out where on Sunday – we’re even madder about March.
That’s why the Missoulian has reporters, photographers and videographers all over Montana today, and in Cheney, Wash., covering basketball games. In fact, we’ve got two reporters in Billings for the state AA girls’ and boys’ basketball tournaments. With tons of coverage coming from the state A, B and C girls’ tourneys as well.
And Lady Griz reporter Bill Speltz is in Cheney, Wash., for this afternoon’s semifinal game between UM and Portland State. The winner goes to Saturday’s Big Sky Conference championship game.
Here are home, sports editor Bob Meseroll is just back from Ogden, Utah, and providing daily coverage in the wake of the Grizzly basketball team’s outrageous win over Weber State Wednesday night. That game was what March is all about in the basketball world. Absolutely.
We commit a lot of resources to our basketball coverage this time of year – a ton of resources, in fact, for a newspaper our size.
That’s because we know these are important events in the lives of Montana families and Missoulian readers. I’ve been to many a high school basketball tournament with my children, and there’s nothing quite like them. And the Griz and Lady Griz in the NCAAs? Nothing short of awesome, if you’ve ever been lucky enough to attend.
And whether you’re there or not, we’ll be there for you – covering all the game action, as well as the behind-the-scenes stories. We’re posting everything online in “real time,” right as it’s happening, then following up with in-depth stories and lots of photos in the print edition of the Missoulian. And we’ve got a ton of video this year from the prep games, all posted on Missoulian.com.
So get your game face on western Montana, and join us in the pages of the Missoulian and online at Missoulian.com as we plunge headlong into the special madness that is March!
Sherry Devlin
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