Marcus Colbert
Marcus Colbert Selected Preseason All-Big Sky
10/5/2015 7:28:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Bobcat guard joins league's elite
After his selection as a Preseason All-Big Sky choice on Sunday, Marcus Colbert's status as one of the top players in the Big Sky Conference is not likely a subject of debate. His status in the Montana State starting lineup, though, is.
That topic relates not to Colbert's talent as a versatile guard, but to his value to his team coming off the bench. After starting MSU's first 21 games a season ago Colbert moved to the bench, and in nine games occupying that role made such an impact that he was named the Big Sky's Reserve of the Year for 2015-16. Colbert finished the season averaging 13.1 ponits, 3.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists a game on the season, with a +1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Colbert joins a lineup of returning stars on the preseason team. Eastern Washington forward Venky Jois lands Preseason MVP honors, joined by his teammate Bogdan Bliznyuk, a forward. Weber State's Joel Bolomboy and Jeremy Senglin, Montana center Martin Breunig and NAU guard Kris Yanku also earned selection.
While admitting that it's "way too early" to worry about starting lineups, much less who the league's top players will be in three and four months from now, second-year Bobcat coach Brian Fish is appreciative of the work Colbert did during the off-season. "Marcus had a very good off-season," Fish said. "He worked hard and really accepted the leadership role we need him to fill. When you have as many new players as we do experience really becomes valuable. Marcus and Danny (Robison, a senior forward for the Bobcats) have embraced that."
Colbert was also named second team all-league in College Sports Madness' Big Sky preseason preview.
MSU and the league's 11 other men's and women's squads arrived in Reno, Nev., for Big Sky Media Day on Sunday. MSU's season begins with an exhibition game on November 3 against Northwest Indian.
That topic relates not to Colbert's talent as a versatile guard, but to his value to his team coming off the bench. After starting MSU's first 21 games a season ago Colbert moved to the bench, and in nine games occupying that role made such an impact that he was named the Big Sky's Reserve of the Year for 2015-16. Colbert finished the season averaging 13.1 ponits, 3.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists a game on the season, with a +1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Colbert joins a lineup of returning stars on the preseason team. Eastern Washington forward Venky Jois lands Preseason MVP honors, joined by his teammate Bogdan Bliznyuk, a forward. Weber State's Joel Bolomboy and Jeremy Senglin, Montana center Martin Breunig and NAU guard Kris Yanku also earned selection.
While admitting that it's "way too early" to worry about starting lineups, much less who the league's top players will be in three and four months from now, second-year Bobcat coach Brian Fish is appreciative of the work Colbert did during the off-season. "Marcus had a very good off-season," Fish said. "He worked hard and really accepted the leadership role we need him to fill. When you have as many new players as we do experience really becomes valuable. Marcus and Danny (Robison, a senior forward for the Bobcats) have embraced that."
Colbert was also named second team all-league in College Sports Madness' Big Sky preseason preview.
MSU and the league's 11 other men's and women's squads arrived in Reno, Nev., for Big Sky Media Day on Sunday. MSU's season begins with an exhibition game on November 3 against Northwest Indian.
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