Hillcat Women Escape Alva

Congratulations to the RSU women, who gave Bobby Cope his first win as a head coach last night in Alva against Northwestern Oklahoma State. Click the play button for coach's comments following the thrilling victory.

Rocky Mountain 'Cats

The road trip to Denver for the men's basketball team could not have started any better than it did on Wednesday. First, the team arrived safely in Colorado after a long bus ride that included a stop for lunch at one of my old radio residences...Hays, Kansas. It allowed me to spend a few minutes visiting with Gerard Wellbrock, my old friend and talented radio voice of the Fort Hays State Tigers. I worked with Gerard for two years at Eagle Radio in Hays from 2005-2007 before moving to Tulsa. Gerard has been one of my mentors in the industry and I really admire his discipline and professionalism. He and his wife were so good to me and my family in our time there. After a brief check-in at the hotel in Denver, the team made a mad dash for the Pepsi Center where we watched the Nuggets lose to Portland 130-113. The Blazers were highly efficient and Denver was not. It led to a halftime score of 84-50. That's the most points I've witnessed an NBA team put up in a half of basketball. It was pretty hard to fathom how bad Denver played. Not enough shooters on that team, or as my broadcast partner Steve Bontrager would say, "not enough makers". In case you're wondering like we were, the most points ever scored in the first half of an NBA game...107 by the Phoenix Suns in 1990, against Denver no less. After a day full of travel and play, it's time to put in some work. Practice at Metro State is on the agenda Thursday with game one of the weekend Friday night against the highly-ranked Roadrunners. It will tip at 8 p.m. in the central time zone. Saturday against UC-Colorado Springs tips at 6 p.m. You can listen to both games on RSU Radio 91.3 FM or on the Hillcat Network at www.rsuhillcats.com/live. Pretty cool place to open up the new season.

State of Hillcat Athletics

Rogers State athletic director Ryan Erwin joined us at halftime of the men's exhibition game Saturday night at ORU in Tulsa. He spoke about the ongoing process of transitioning to Division 2 and the addition of yet another sport on College Hill. Don't forget, the men open up the regular season on the road Friday and Saturday nights in Denver against Metro State and UC-Colorado Springs. The women's season opener is at home on Saturday afternoon against East Central.

RSU Men's Season Preview

Had a chance to visit with men's coach Justin Barkley during halftime of the women's exhibition Saturday at Tulsa. The men face ORU in exhibition play this Saturday night before opening the regular season in Denver with a two-game classic at Metro State November 14th and 15th. The 'Cats will face perennial D2 power Metro and UC-Colorado Springs. Both Metro and Colorado Springs are ranked in the Top 20 of at least two preseason polls. Check out the rankings HERE.