2020-2021 Montana Howlers season

Montana Howlers
Primary Contact	Madworld
Secondary Contact	MartineauQC
Arena	Treasure State Arena - Billings, MT
Owner(s)	Jacques Chatneuve
General Manager	James Gallopavos (male Wild turkey)
Head coach	Franklin O'Neill (male Scottish fold cat)
Standings
Record	45-35
Place	Division: 3rd (Mountain)
	Conference: 6th (Western)
Last Update	20 September 2024 13:23:22 GMT
2019-20	2021-22

The 2020-21 Montana Howlers season is the 54th season of the franchise in the Furry Basketball Association (FBA).

Key Dates

• 09/01/20 Start of Free Agency
• 09/14/20 Draft Day held in Las Vegas, NV at the FBA Amphitheatre

Draft Picks

Main article: 2020 FBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Species	Position
1	15	Tyriq Murphy	Fancy Mouse	G
2	29	Rodney Blackburn	Timber Wolf	C/F
2	39	Guillaume Fortier	Siamese Rat	G

Roster

Depth Chart

Montana Howlers 2020-2021 Depth Chart

Starters
Point Guard		Shooting Guard		Small Forward		Power Forward		Center
86	Ren Inoue (Tosa Inu, G)	12	Kresta Renstill (Silver Fox, G)	19	Mike Rising (Red Wolf, G/F)	34	LaShawn Grandon (Badger, F)	58	Reagan St. Croix (Polar Bear, C)
Bench
Center		Guard		Bigfur		Guard		Guard
31	Barnaby Dunbroch (Grizzly Bear, C)	21	Doug Dawson (Barbary Lion, G)	65	Trent Mosley (Elk, C/F)	42	Tyriq Murphy (Fancy Mouse, G)	9	Liana Cross (American Sable Rabbit, G)
Reserves
Swingfur		Swingfur		Bigfur		Guard		Forward
25	Luke Cullen (African Civet, G/F)	32	Youssef Goulten (Spring Hare, F/G)	16	Rodney Blackburn (Timberwolf, C/F)	4	Guillaume Fortier (Siamese Rat, G)	15	Blanc Mange (White Wolf, F)

Standings

Team Record Conf. Div. GB Mountain Division y-Las Vegas Wildcards 49-31 33-23 13-11 - x-Seattle Summit 47-33 29-27 12-12 2 x-Montana Howlers 45-35 34-22 14-10 4 Edmonton Totems 28-52 19-37 9-15 21 Notes z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs y – Clinched division title x – Clinched playoff spot †teams that are banned from post-season play for violating major rules

# Western Conference Team Record Conf. GB 1 c-Dakota Bikers 52-28 35-21 0 2 y-Las Vegas Wildcards 49-31 33-23 3 3 y-Hawaii Kahunas 48-32 32-24 4 4 x-Santa Ana Spectrums 47-33 31-25 5 5 x-Seattle Summit 47-33 29-27 5 6 x-Montana Howlers 45-35 34-22 7 7 x-Alaska Arctics 43-37 30-26 9 8 x-Winnipeg Voyageurs 41-39 29-27 11 9 San Jose Thrust 40-40 27-29 12 10 Texas Lone Stars 30-50 22-34 22 11 Edmonton Totems 28-52 19-37 24 12 Arizona Whips 20-60 15-41 32

Game Log

Regular Season

Main article: 2021 Schedule

The regular season opener (Howlereen) was held on Saturday, October 31st, 2020, hosting the Bangor Tides.

2020-2021 Montana Howlers Regular Season Game Results
Date	Score	POTG	Date	Score	POTG	Date	Score	POTG	Date	Score	POTG
10/31/20	BGR 119 @ 93 MON		12/14/20	HNT 100 @ 93 MON		02/02/21	MON 106 @ 99 BGR		03/21/21	TXS 94 @ 103 MON
11/02/20	DAK 100 @ 106 MON		12/16/20	MON 109 @ 113 ALB		02/04/21	PLY 114 @ 115 MON		03/23/21	WPG 99 @ 97 MON
11/04/20	ALK 83 @ 101 MON		12/18/20	MON 108 @ 104 TEN		02/05/21	ALB 108 @ 106 MON		03/25/21	SJT 96 @ 105 MON
11/06/20	MON 116 @ 114 LVG		12/22/20	MON 113 @ 117 PIT		02/06/21	PIT 121 @ 125 MON		03/27/21	ALK 101 @ 115 MON
11/08/20	EDM 115 @ 111 MON		12/26/20	MON 95 @ 93 EDM		02/11/21	MON 121 @ 123 WIL		03/29/21	MON 97 @ 101 DAK
11/10/20	AZW 123 @ 125 MON		12/28/20	MON 90 @ 97 SEA		02/13/21	MON 132 @ 119 LVG		03/31/21	MON 120 @ 110 AZW
11/12/20	MON 114 @ 130 SAS		12/30/20	LVG 98 @ 108 MON		02/15/21	MON 110 @ 116 SEA		04/02/21	LVG 122 @ 127 MON
11/14/20	HWI 130 @ 113 MON		01/01/21	MON 111 @ 113 SJT		02/17/21	AZW 90 @ 112 MON		04/04/21	SEA 104 @ 101 MON
11/16/20	MON 118 @ 115 TXS		01/03/21	MON 108 @ 101 WPG		02/19/21	MON 144 @ 137 ALK		04/06/21	MON 108 @ 105 EDM
11/19/20	SEA 114 @ 119 MON		01/05/21	MON 111 @ 113 ALK		02/21/21	EDM 114 @ 124 MON		04/09/21	MON 98 @ 107 HNT
11/20/20	QNS 112 @ 115 MON		01/07/21	MON 92 @ 98 AZW		02/23/21	MON 104 @ 110 SJT		04/11/21	BLV 111 @ 116 MON
11/22/20	MON 117 @ 119 BAL		01/09/21	SAS 108 @ 112 MON		02/25/21	DAK 125 @ 128 MON		04/14/21	MON 120 @ 123 TAL
11/24/20	WIL 114 @ 109 MON		01/11/21	MON 112 @ 109 HWI		03/04/21	BAL 115 @ 126 MON		04/16/21	MON 119 @ 124 LOR
11/26/20	MON 121 @ 130 BLV		01/13/21	MON 115 @ 118 SEA		03/06/21	MON 104 @ 115 QNS		04/18/21	HWI 114 @ 124 MON
11/28/20	LOR 102 @ 107 MON		01/15/21	MON 121 @ 122 EDM		03/08/21	TEN 119 @ 125 MON		04/20/21	MON 111 @ 113 WPG
11/30/20	MON 116 @ 112 PLY		01/17/21	MON 119 @ 107 LVG		03/11/21	EDM 105 @ 112 MON		04/22/21	MON 104 @ 114 LVG
12/05/20	SEA 93 @ 103 MON		01/23/21	TXS 91 @ 111 MON		03/13/21	LVG 119 @ 113 MON		04/24/21	MON 116 @ 121 SEA
12/07/20	LVG 106 @ 110 MON		01/25/21	SJT 99 @ 105 MON		03/15/21	SEA 117 @ 130 MON		04/26/21	MON 109 @ 105 TXS
12/09/20	EDM 104 @ 115 MON		01/27/21	WPG 107 @ 97 MON		03/17/21	MON 105 @ 116 HWI		04/28/21	SAS 108 @ 115 MON
12/13/20	TAL 96 @ 113 MON		01/29/21	MON 102 @ 100 DAK		03/19/21	MON 112 @ 114 SAS		04/30/21	MON 120 @ 121 EDM

Transactions

Main article: 2021 Transactions