Montana college basketball

With a flurry of three-pointers and savvy ball control, the Orediggers showed they’re ready to reclaim their spot at the top. Let’s break down that thrilling game.

Big news on the court! Montana Tech's basketball teams are making waves, with one squad hitting historic heights this season.

Bill Melvin of the Butte Civic Center confirmed to NBC's Josh Margolis that the Mining City and the Butte Civic Center will be hosting the next two Frontier Conference Men's and Women's postseason championship tournaments starting in the spring of 2026. The conference could not have made a better choice.

Thursday was a big day for all things basketball at Montana Tech as the NAIA held their selection show for the men's and women's national tournament and both the men and the women will be bringing the copper, green and white to the big dance.

Already off to their best start in recorded history at 10-0, the Montana Tech Men's Basketball Team tonight will head west on I-90 to Dahlberg Arena in Missoula for a date with the Montana Grizzlies for an exhibition basketball contest at 7pm. While the game is an exhibition and will not count towards the Orediggers official record, it offers the Orediggers a chance to play up a couple of classifications, facing a Montana Grizzly team with Big Sky Championship aspirations, and maybe get a win as they did a few years back. Which gives the Griz plenty of motivation and reason to take the Orediggers seriously and as a clear threat.

Some nights you've just got it and tonight, Michael Ure had it. Montana Tech's 6'7 sophomore forward was simply unstoppable, putting up a career-high 35 points, 24 of them from behind the three-point line, as the Orediggers lambasted MSU-Northern 89-54 Thursday night at Kelvin Sampson Court.

Montana Tech basketball returns home tonight and what has rarely been the case recently, both the men's and women's teams are looking to rebound after a sweep last weekend at the hands of the University of Providence. The women suffered their fourth loss in a row, 65-53 while the men had a six-game winning streak snapped, 70-59.