5 things learned in Frontier basketball week 6: Carroll clinching scenarios, Montana Tech in trouble?

HELENA Round 2, of the Frontier Conference triple round-robin format, went out like a lion Thursday with two nationally-ranked programs falling.

Round 3's beginning wrapped up the week in similar fashion, with Montana Techs men losing to the leagues worst team (by record).

Montana Tech vs.

Rocky Mountain College ( ) + Montana Tech vs.

Carroll College ( ) = Saints clinched Saturday Rocky vs.

Tech ( ) + Rocky vs.

MSU-Northern ( ) + Tech vs.

Carroll ( ) = Saints clinched; clinched with tiebreaker Rocky vs.

Tech ( ) + Rocky vs.

MSUN ( ) + Tech vs.

Carroll ( ) = Saints clinched An 8-game win streak quickly turned into a 2-game losing streak, bringing the Orediggers men back to the Frontier pack with four regular-season games to play.

On the line is history for Tech, seeking the programs fourth consecutive regular-season championship (shared or outright).

: 75.8 PPG; Allowed 59.3 PPG; 49.8% FG; 34.4% 3PT; average +4 rebound margin (+32 total); no opponent shot 50%+, only two shot 46%+ : 66 PPG; Allowed 72.5 PPG; 47.7% FG; 16.2% 3PT (6-for-37); average -4 rebound margin (-8 total); Providence shot 52.9% Thursday, both opponents last week shot 46.3% or better Already without starter Camdyn LaRance, the Orediggers lost guard Brayden Koch to an apparent lower leg/ankle injury with two minutes to play Saturday.

Jeff Grahams squad, with some help, could enter the regular-seasons final week tied atop the Frontier standings.

Its been a season of overachievement for Techs women, knocking off three nationally-ranked league opponents and ending a 23-game rivalry losing streak.

The Orediggers next victory would be their most since 2010-11, having already tied win totals from the programs last plus-.500 campaign (2016-17) and a 16-win 2012-13 season.

Tech rides a 3-game winning streak into road matchups against Rocky and Carroll, games that could define just how special this season will be in Butte.

Entering the week, Tech is tied for the Frontier lead averaging 68 points per game.

Last season, Techs offense finished last among six teams (56.1 PPG).

Liv Wangerin ( ), Aubrie Rademacher ( ) and Hadley Humphreys ( ) are all averaging double figures during Techs active win streak.

Montana Tech/Rocky Mountain College WBB 2-0 MSU-Northern/Montana Western WBB 2-0 Montana Tech/Providence MBB 1-1 ( ) Rocky/Western/Carroll College men 2-0 (vs.

Western), 2-1 (vs.

Carroll), 2-0 (vs.

Rocky) RPI and SOS are primary criteria considered by the National Selection Committee when determining at-large berths and seeding for upcoming national tournaments.

Metrics are released weekly, through March 5.

An updated Area Ranking Committee (ARC) report will be available on Feb.

18.

ARC is another primary criteria.

Carroll College RPI (-2); SOS (-3); ARC Providence RPI (-3); SOS (+2); ARC Montana Tech RPI (+5); SOS (-5); ARC Rocky Mountain College RPI (-9); SOS (-7); ARC MSU-Northern RPI (-3); SOS (+22) Montana Western RPI (-1); SOS (+8) Montana Tech RPI (-16); SOS (-16); ARC Rocky Mountain College RPI (-5); SOS (-1); ARC Providence RPI (+21); SOS (22); ARC Carroll College RPI (-11); SOS (-7) Montana Western RPI (NC); SOS (-2); ARC MSU-Northern RPI (+7); SOS (+3) Another primary criteria, along with RPI and SOS (see above), the NSC uses when determining at-large berths and seeding for upcoming national tournaments.

Released Monday, Feb.

3.

Updated records to be released Feb.

17.

Only wins/losses against NAIA competition are counted.

Team RPIs and game location factor into quadrant records.

Below is the RPI range of an opponent, based on game location, that determines what quadrant a game is counted toward.

Home (1-45); (46-90); (91-135); (136+) Neutral (1-55); (56-105); (106-150); (150+) Away (1-65); (66-120); (121-165); (166+) Carroll College Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 Rocky Mountain College Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 Providence Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 Montana Tech Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 MSU-Northern Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 Montana Western Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 Montana Tech Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 Providence Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 Rocky Mountain College Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 Carroll College Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 Montana Western Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 MSU-Northern Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 Carroll College (+2) Providence (-2) Rocky Mountain College (previously No.

20) Montana Tech Montana Tech (+2) Rocky Mountain College (previously No.

19) No.

20 Carroll College , MSU-Northern 53 RV Montana Tech , No.

25 Providence 66 RV Rocky Mountain College , Montana Western 48 Providence , No.

9 Montana Tech 67 RV Rocky Mountain College , Montana Western 93 Carroll College , MSU-Northern 49 No.

20 Carroll College , Montana Western 58 No.

25 Providence , RV Rocky Mountain College 53 RV Montana Tech , MSU-Northern 62 MSU-Northern , No.

9 Montana Tech 65 Providence , RV Rocky Mountain College 78 Montana Western , Carroll College 82 : Redshirt junior guard , Carroll College : Redshirt junior guard , Carroll College : Senior guard , Montana Western : Senior guard , Providence Carroll College guard 23 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks (Thursday, MSUN); 20 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks (Saturday, UMW) Carroll College guard 25 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals (Saturday, UMW) Rocky Mountain College 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists (Thursday, UMW); 15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal (Saturday, Prov.) Montana Tech forward 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block (Thursday, Prov.); 18 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block (Saturday, RMC) Montana Western guard 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists (Saturday, CC) Providence forward 17 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks (Saturday, RMC) Rocky Mountain College guard 31 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists (Thursday, UMW) Providence guard 27 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals (Thursday, Tech) MSU-Northern guard 26 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal (Saturday, Tech) Montana Western guard 28 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal (Saturday, CC) Carroll College guard 19 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals (Thursday, MSUN); 16 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals (Saturday, UMW) Providence guard 19 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals (Thursday, Tech); 18 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals (Saturday, RMC) Providence vs.

Carroll College ( ) Rocky Mountain College vs.

Montana Tech ( ) MSU-Northern vs.

Montana Western ( ) Carroll College vs.

Montana Tech ( ) Montana Western vs.

Providence ( ) Rocky Mountain College vs.

MSU-Northern ( ) Carroll College (17-7) Montana Tech (16-8) Rocky Mountain College - (15-9) Providence (16-7) MSU-Northern (11-13) Montana Western (7-16) Montana Tech (20-4) Providence (14-10) Rocky Mountain College (16-8) Montana Western (13-11) Carroll College (10-14) MSU-Northern (8-16).

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