Big Sky Breakdown

Around the Big Sky – UNC’s Smiley, NAU’s Burcar & Payne, MSU’s Binford & Sprinkle, UM’s DeCuire plus Cal Poly head coach Wulff

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This week, Colter Nuanez takes you around the Big Sky Conference in men’s and women’s hoops plus checks in with one of the new football head coaches in the league, with interviews including:

Northern Colorado head men’s basketball coach Steve Smile (4:00), Northern Arizona head men’s basketball coach Shane Burcar (14:48), Montana State head women’s basketball coach Tricia Binford (25:15)

John Velk of Velk Law Top 12 Griz men’s players he’s seen checking in with No. 8 Matt Kempfert.

Montana head men’s coach Travis DeCuire (41:30), Montana State men’s head coach Danny Sprinkle (48:10), Northern Arizona women’s head basketball coach Loree Payne (56:51) and Cal Poly head football coach Paul Wulff (1:04:00).

About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.