Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Number of teams	12 (since 2016)
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Reno Events Center
Current location	Reno, Nevada
Played	1976–present
Last contest	2016
Current champion	Weber State
Most championships	Weber State (10)
Official website	BigSkyConf.com Men's Basketball
Host stadiums
	Campus sites (1976–2015); Reno Events Center (2016–present)
Host locations
	Campus sites (1976–2015); Reno, Nevada (2016–present)

The Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Big Sky Conference. The event has been held annually since 1976, even though the Big Sky was itself established as a conference in 1964.

The winner of the tournament each year is guaranteed a spot in the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament.

Format and host sites

Through the 2015 edition, the top eight teams in conference play participated in the conference tournament, held at the home venue of the regular-season champion. If two or more teams tie for the regular-season title, all are declared co-champions, but hosting rights were determined by a tiebreaker procedure. Beginning with the 2016 tournament, all full conference members (currently 12) will participate, and the tournament will be held at a predetermined site, initially at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.

From 1976 to 1983, only the top four teams from the conference regular season standings actually qualified for the tournament.

From 1964–1975, no tournament was played; the team with the best record at the end of the season advanced to the NCAA tournament. Before 2016, when the tournament moved to a predetermined neutral site, all games were played on the home court of the higher seed.

History of the Tournament Finals

Year	Champions	Score	Runner-Up	MVP	Venue
1976	Boise State	77–70*	Weber State	Jimmie Watts, Weber State	Wildcat Gym (Ogden, UT)
1977	Idaho State	61–55	Weber State	Ed Thompson, Idaho State	ISU Minidome (Pocatello, ID)
1978	Weber State	62–55	Montana	Bruce Collins, Weber State	Dahlberg Arena (Missoula, MT)
1979	Weber State	92–70	Northern Arizona	Bruce Collins, Weber State	Dee Events Center (Ogden, UT)
1980	Weber State	50–42	Montana	Bruce Collins, Weber State	Dee Events Center (Ogden, UT)
1981	Idaho	70–64	Montana	Ken Owens, Idaho	Kibbie Dome (Moscow, ID)
1982	Idaho	85–80	Nevada	Ken Owens, Idaho	Kibbie Dome (Moscow, ID)
1983	Weber State	87–78	Nevada	Ken Green, Nevada	Centennial Coliseum (Reno, NV)
1984	Nevada	71–69	Montana	Curtis High, Nevada	Dee Events Center (Ogden, UT)
1985	Nevada	79–63	Idaho State	Dwayne Randall, Nevada	BSU Pavilion (Boise, ID)
1986	Montana State	82–77	Montana	Tony Hampton, Montana State	Lawlor Events Center (Reno, NV)
1987	Idaho State	92–81	Nevada	Jim Rhode, Idaho State	Walkup Skydome (Flagstaff, AZ)
1988	Boise State	63–61	Montana State	Chris Childs, Boise State	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (Bozeman, MT)
1989	Idaho	59–52	Boise State	Riley Smith, Idaho	BSU Pavilion (Boise, ID)
1990	Idaho	65–62	Eastern Washington	Riley Smith, Idaho	BSU Pavilion (Boise, ID)
1991	Montana	76–68	Idaho	Kevin Kearney, Montana	Dahlberg Arena (Missoula, MT)
1992	Montana	73–68	Nevada	Delvon Anderson, Montana	Dahlberg Arena (Missoula, MT)
1993	Boise State	80–68	Idaho	Tanoka Beard, Boise State	Kibbie Dome (Moscow, ID)
1994	Boise State	85–81	Idaho State	Shambric Williams, Boise State	BSU Pavilion (Boise, ID)
1995	Weber State	84–62	Montana	Ruben Nembhard, Weber State	Dee Events Center (Ogden, UT)
1996	Montana State	81–70	Weber State	Danny Sprinkle, Montana State	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (Bozeman, MT)
1997	Montana	82–79	Cal State Northridge	Trenton Cross, Cal State Northridge	Walkup Skydome (Flagstaff, AZ)
1998	Northern Arizona	77–50	Montana State	Dan McClintock, Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome (Flagstaff, AZ)
1999	Weber State	82–75	Northern Arizona	Eddie Gill, Weber State	Dee Events Center (Ogden, UT)
2000	Northern Arizona	85–81^OT	Cal State Northridge	Ross Land, Northern Arizona	Dahlberg Arena (Missoula, MT)
2001	Cal State Northridge	73–58	Eastern Washington	Brian Heinle, Cal State Northridge	Matadome (Northridge, CA)
2002	Montana	70–66	Eastern Washington	Dan Trammel, Montana	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (Bozeman, MT)
2003	Weber State	60–57	Eastern Washington	Jermaine Boyette, Weber State	Dee Events Center (Ogden, UT)
2004	Eastern Washington	71–59	Northern Arizona	Brendon Merritt, Eastern Washington	Reese Court (Cheney, WA)
2005	Montana	63–61	Weber State	Kamarr Davis, Montana	Memorial Coliseum (Portland, OR)
2006	Montana	73–60	Northern Arizona	Virgil Matthews, Montana	Walkup Skydome (Flagstaff, AZ)
2007	Weber State	88–80	Northern Arizona	David Patten, Weber State	Dee Events Center (Ogden, UT)
2008	Portland State	67–51	Northern Arizona	Deonte Huff, Portland State	Rose Garden (Portland, OR)
2009	Portland State	79–77	Montana State	Jeremiah Dominguez, Portland State	Dee Events Center (Ogden, UT)
2010	Montana	66–65	Weber State	Anthony Johnson, Montana	Dee Events Center (Ogden, UT)
2011	Northern Colorado	65–60	Montana	Devon Beitzel, Northern Colorado	Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion (Greeley, CO)
2012	Montana	85–66	Weber State	Kareem Jamar, Montana	Dahlberg Arena (Missoula, MT)
2013	Montana	67–64	Weber State	Kareem Jamar, Montana	Dahlberg Arena (Missoula, MT)
2014	Weber State	88–67	North Dakota	Davion Berry, Weber State	Dee Events Center (Ogden, UT)
2015	Eastern Washington	69–65	Montana	Tyler Harvey, Eastern Washington	Dahlberg Arena (Missoula, MT)
2016	Weber State	62–59	Montana	Jeremy Senglin, Weber State	Reno Events Center (Reno, NV)

Performance By School

Member	Winners	Winning Years
Weber State	10	1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2014, 2016
Montana	9	1991, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013
Boise State¹	4	1976, 1988, 1993, 1994
Idaho	4	1981, 1982, 1989, 1990
Nevada¹	2	1984, 1985
Idaho State	2	1977, 1987
Northern Arizona	2	1998, 2000
Montana State	2	1986, 1996
Portland State	2	2008, 2009
Eastern Washington	2	2004, 2015
Northern Colorado	1	2011
Cal State Northridge¹	1	2001
TOTAL	41

¹no longer a conference member

References

v t e Big Sky Conference men's basketball
Teams	Eastern Washington Eagles Idaho Vandals Idaho State Bengals Montana Grizzlies Montana State Bobcats Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Colorado Bears Portland State Vikings Sacramento State Hornets Weber State Wildcats
Championships & awards	Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23

Format and host sites

History of the Tournament Finals

Performance By School

See also

References