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With the crisp hints of frigid weather
in the air and a recent dusting of snow on the ground
it is inevitable that winter is moving in on Northern
Minnesota. But the coldest months of the year also bring
with them indoor sports and the Bemidji State University
men's and women's basketball teams are taking the signs
of winter as a green light to begin training for their
upcoming seasons. Sunday, both teams will open the doors
of the BSU Gymnasium for their first organized team practices
in preparation for the 2006-07 season.
[complete
release][men's schedule] |
 Bemidji
State University head men’s basketball coach Matt
Bowen has named Jeremy Tiers
as an assistant coach for the 2006-07 season. Tiers comes
to BSU after spending the past two seasons as an assistant
coach and recruiting coordinator at Hamline University
in St. Paul, Minn.
[complete story] |
 Bemidji
State University Director of Athletics Dr. Rick
Goeb today announced the hiring of Matthew
Bowen as head men’s basketball coach. Bowen
becomes the 19th head coach in the 84-year history of
the program. Bowen comes to BSU after 14 year of assistant
coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level.
[complete release] |
Bemidji State University Director of
Athletics Dr. Rick Goeb has announced
that the department will host a pair open houses this
week providing the general public an opportunity to meet
the candidates for the university’s head men’s
basketball coaching position. The open houses will take
place at the Green Mill Restaurant and Bar Tuesday and
Wednesday evening from 5:00-6:00 p.m.
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Bemidji State University Director
of Athletics Dr. Rick Goeb today announced
that Matthew Bowen and Jerry
Olson have been named as finalists for the BSU
head men’s basketball coaching position. Bowen is
currently an assistant coach at Valparaiso University
in Valparaiso, Ind. while Olson stands as the head women’s
basketball coach and athletic director at Oklahoma Panhandle
State University in Goodwell, Okla. The finalists will
be on campus during the week of June 26-30 for interviews.
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Bemidji State University has today
announced that its summer youth basketball camps slated
June 12-16 have been cancelled due to lack of interest
and the transition of men's coaching staff.
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release] |
 Bemidji
State University Director of Athletic Dr. Rick
Goeb has announced the resignation of Patrick
Smith from the men's basketball program. Smith
leaves BSU to return to the junior college ranks where
he will serve as the head men's basketball coach at Trinity
Valley Community College in Athens, Texas.
[complete release] |
Bemidji State University head men's
basketball coach Patrick Smith today
announced that high school seniors Joshua Roysland
(Fosston, Minn.) and Scott Stebe (Gonvick,
Minn.) have signed National Letters of Intent to play
for the Beavers in 2006-07.
[complete release] |
Bemidji State University Director of
Athletics Dr. Rick Goeb today announced that, following
an extensive internal review, no improprieties have been
found in the BSU men’s basketball program’s
recruitment of senior Rodney Williams (Los Angeles, Calif.).
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Bemidji State University head men's
basketball coach Patrick Smith has announced
that there has been a change in the schedule for the Spring
Youth Basketball Academy. Instead of beginning on April
3, the first session has been pushed back to April 24
from 6-9 p.m. Following session will take place April
29 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., May 1 from 6-9 p.m. and
will wrap up May 6 from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Each session
will take place at the BSU Gymnasium.
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Bemidji State head men's basketball
coach Patrick Smith has announced that the BSU men's basketball
program will host a Spring Development Academy for youth
in grades 2-12 during April. Smith also announced the
dates for the summer's youth camps and high school team
leagues.
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release] |
The Bemidji State University men's
basketball team had its 2005-06 season come to a close
Saturday afternoon dropping its 2006 NSIC/Red Baron Basketball
Classic semifinal game to Northern State University 71-58
at McCown Gymnasium in Winona, Minn.
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The Bemidji State University men's
basketball team continues 2006 NSIC/Red Baron Basketball
Classic play Saturday when it faces Northern State University
in quarterfinal action at Winona State's McCown Gymnasium.
The Beavers have made four consecutive appearances in
the second round of the classic but look for their first
championship game berth.
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note package] |
Bemidji State basketball fans that
are unable to follow the Beavers to Winona, Minn. for
their 2006 NSIC/Red Baron Basketball Classic match-up
with Northern State Saturday now have the option of pay-per-view
video from Crystal Clear Sports in addition to joining
Josh Harvey's broadcast on 89.7 FM or via the Internet.
at www.FM90.org.
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release][FM90][Crystal
Clear Sports] |
 Senior
forward Stacy Pearson-Taylor (Miami,
Fla.) scored 18 points and grabbed a career-best 20 rebound
for his team-leading six double-double o the season as
the Bemidj State men's basketball team used a 76-63 win
over Minnesota State-Moorhead to advance to the NCSI/Red
Baron Classic semifinal round for the fourth consecutive
season. The 20-rebound game set a new NSIC Tournament
record shatter the old mark of 15 set last season by WInona
State's John Smith.
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bracket][photos] |
The Bemidji State men's basketball
team gets the 2006 NSIC/Red Baron Basketball Classic underway
Wednesday evening with a first round match-up versus No.
6 seeded Minnesota State University-Moorhead in the BSU
Gymnasium.
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game notes] |
With the dust settled on the 2005-06
regular season, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
office has announced the final standings and seedings
for the 2006 NSIC/Red Baron Basketball Classic. The Bemidji
State University men will host their quarterfinal match-up
while the BSU women will hit the road for their first
round contest.
[complete
release][men's
bracket] |
Manuel Guzman (Sr.,
C, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) scored a team-best
16 points while leading all players with 11 rebounds as
the Bemidji State University men's basketball team defeated
Concordia University-St. Paul, 63-60, in the 2005-06 regular
season finale Sunday afternoon at the BSU Gymnasium.
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The No. 6 Winona State University men's
basketball team led from wire to wire Saturday afternoon
at the BSU Gymnasium as it defeated Bemidji State University
85-67 to earn a split in the season series.
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Bemidji State University head men's
basketball coach Patrick Smith has announced
the removal of senior forward Spencer Carter
(Chicago, Ill.) from the men's basketball team for the
remainder of the season.
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Playing most of overtime without the
services of Spencer Carter (Sr., F, Chicago,
Ill.), Derik Hollyfield (Sr., G, Aurora,
Ill.) and Manuel Guzman (Sr., Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic), who each fouled out of the game,
the Bemidji State University men's basketball team was
out scored 10-4 in the extra period as Minnesota State
University-Moorhead stole an 82-76 upset win from the
Beavers Saturday night at the BSU Gymnasium.
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There was a definite feeling of post-season
pressure in the air of the BSU Gymnasium Friday as the
Bemidji State men's basketball team crawled into a tie
with Northern State University for second place in the
NSIC standings with a 58-55 win over the nationally-ranked
Wolves.
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score] |
The regionally-ranked Bemidji State
men’s basketball team is back in action this weekend
returning to the BSU Gymnasium to round out the 2005-06
regular season with a four-game homestand. The Beavers
are set to host No. 16 Northern State University (20-3;
8-2 NSIC) Friday and will turn around to welcome Minnesota
State University-Moorhead (14-9; 3-7 NSIC) Saturday evening.
Both games are set for 8 p.m. tip-offs.
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The Bemidji State University men's
basketball team has been ranked among the North Central
Region's 10 best teams in the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball
Regional Poll, released by the organization today. The
No. 10 ranking marks the Beavers' third appearance in
the regional poll and the just sixth week the program
has found itself among the region's best.
[complete release] |
What a difference a day makes! Less
than 24 hours prior stepping onto the court Saturday,
the Bemidji State men's basketball team posted one of
its worst shooting performances of the season hitting
just 20-of-67 shots. But Saturday, BSU made good on its
first three attempts of the night en route to a season-high
57 percent shooting effort and a 84-71 win over Southwest
Minnesota State University.
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The shooting touch was not there for
the Bemidji State University men's basketball team Friday
as it shot just 29 percent from the field in a 65-59 loss
to Wayne State College at Rice Auditorium in Wayne, Neb.
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score] |
At 11-9 overall and 6-2 in NSIC play,
the Beavers sit just one game behind co-leaders Winona
State University and Northern State University in the
league standings. With a head-to-head match-up between
the league’s top two teams this weekend, if BSU
takes care of its own business, the team could find itself
holding at least a share of second place in the standings.
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game notes] |
Bemidji State University senor center
Manuel Guzman (Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic) scored 20 points on 7-of-12 from the field and
6-of-7 from the line as BSU began it second trip through
the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference schedule with
an 82-60 victory over the University of Minnesota-Crookston
Saturday at UMC's Lysaker Gymnasium.
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score] |
Stacy Pearson-Taylor
(Sr., F, Miami, Fla.) netted 16 points to key the Bemidji
State University men's basketball team to a 66-57 victory
over Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference foe University
of Minnesota-Crookston Saturday night at the BSU Gymnasium.
[recap][box
score] |
The Bemidji State University men’s
basketball team is back in Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference action this weekend as it hosts Highway 2 rival
University of Minnesota-Crookston to wrap its current
four-game homestand. The game is slated for an 8 p.m.
tip-off in the BSU Gymnasium.
[complete
note package] |
The Bemidji State University men's
basketball team used its size and physical game to utterly
dominate the paint Tuesday in a 117-69 exhibition win
over the Grand Forks Air Force Base at the BSU Gymnasium.
The Beavers out scored the Warriors 66-14 inside while
pulling down 67 rebounds to the visitor's 28.
[recap][box
score] |
Bemidji State University men's basketball
team is set to host the Grand Forks Warriors of the
Grand Forks Air Force Base Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the
BSU Gymnasium.
[complete release] |
Bemidji State University's Alvin
Muse (Sr., G, South Holland, Ill.) paced the
Beavers with 17 points, including a 4-of-5 effort from
beyond the arc, as BSU pushed past Wayne State College
Saturday, 75-66, in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
play at the BSU Gymnasium.
[recap][box
score][photos] |
 Manuel
Guzman (Sr., C, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
had the game of his life Friday versus NSIC rival Southwest
Minnesota State University. The 6-9 senior netted a career-high
25 points while pulling down a personal-best 15 rebounds
to collect his second double-double in a BSU uniform as
the Beavers rolled SMSU up 70-66 at the BSU Gymnasium.
[recap][box
score][photos] |
The Bemidji State University men’s
basketball team looks to get back to .500 this weekend
as it returns to the BSU Gymnasium to open the home portion
of its 2005-06 NSIC schedule with Southwest Minnesota
State University and Wayne State College. The Beavers
break the seal on their home NSIC season with Southwest
Minnesota State (8-7; 1-3 NSIC) Friday and will follow
that up by hosting Wayne State College (4-8; 2-2 NSIC).
Both games are set for 8 p.m. tip-offs.
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note package] |
The Northern State University men's
basketball team used a 19-5 run during the opening 6:44
of the second half to stretch a 39-37 halftime lead to
a 16-point advantage (58-42). Despite climbing back to
within six points with less than two minutes to play,
Bemidji State University could not get over the hump as
Beavers fell to No. 6 NSU 85-75 Saturday night in front
of over 6,000 at the Barnett Center in Aberdeen, S.D.
[recap][box
score] |
 Bemidji
State senior Alvin Muse (South Holland,
Ill.) hit 10 of his 13 attempts Friday evening, netting
a season-best 23 points to help the Beavers escape Alex
Nemzek Fieldhouse with an 74-73 NSIC win over MSU-Moorhead.
[recap][box
score] |
Bemidji State University head men's
basketball coach Patrick Smith announced
today the addition of a home game to the 2005-06 schedule.
Tuesday, January 24 the Beavers will host Grand Forks
Air Force Base for a 7:00 p.m. showdown at the BSU Gymnasium.
[complete
story] |
The Bemidji State University men’s
basketball team looks to get back to .500 this weekend
with a pair of road games to wrap up a four-game conference
road swing. The Beavers open the weekend at Minnesota
State University-Moorhead (10-3; 1-1 NSIC) Friday and
will follow that up by attempting to knock off nationally-ranked
(No. 6) Northern State University (12-1; 2-0 NSIC) Saturday.
Both games are set for 8 p.m. tip-offs.
[complete
game notes] |
 Bemidji
State senior guard Derik Hollyfield (Aurora,
Ill.) has been named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week for his efforts
in BSU’s NSIC split at Concordia-St. Paul and Winona
State, league officials announced today.
[complete
release] |
Derik Hollyfield (Sr.,
G, Aurora, Ill.) ripped the nets for a career-high seven
three-point field goals on just nine attempts (.777) in
leading the Beavers to an 84-79 conference win over nationally-ranked
Winona State. As a team, BSU was 9-of-13 from downtown
shooting nearly 70 percent from beyond the arc in the
win.
[recap][box
score] |
The Bemidji State University men's
basketball team was defeated by Concordia University-St.
Paul, 72-62, in the 2005-06 Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference opener Friday evening at the Gangelhoff Center
in St. Paul, Minn.
[recap][box
score] |
The Bemidji State men’s basketball
team looks to get back to .500 this weekend with a pair
of road games to break the seal on the 2005-06 NSIC schedule.
The Beavers open league play at Concordia University-St.
Paul (10-2; 0-0 NSIC) Friday and will follow that up by
attempting to knock off defending NSIC Regular Season
Champion and nationally-ranked Winona State University
(9-3; 0-0 NSIC) Saturday. Both games are set for 8 p.m.
tip-offs.
[complete
game notes] |
 Bemidji
State University senior guard Will Watson
(Baton Rouge, La.) has been named as a Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the league
today announced.
[complete release] |
Bemidji State University head men's
basketball coach Patrick Smith has announced
the suspension of senior forward Spencer Carter
(Chicago, Ill.) from the men's basketball team for events
stemming from the Beaver's 84-83 loss to Augustana College
Dec. 30.
[complete
story] |
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