1993 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1993 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the eighteenth edition, held March 11–13 at the Kibbie Dome at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.[1]

1993 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1992–93
Teams6
SiteKibbie Dome
Moscow, Idaho
ChampionsBoise State (3rd title)
Winning coachBobby Dye (2nd title)
MVPTanoka Beard (Boise State)
1992–93 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Idaho11–3 .786  24–8  .750
Boise State †10–4 .714  21–8  .724
Weber State10–4 .714  20–8  .714
Montana8–6 .571  17–11  .607
Idaho State5–9 .357  10–18  .357
Montana State5–9 .357  9–18  .333
Northern Arizona4–10 .286  10–16  .385
Eastern Washington3–11 .214  6–20  .231
† Conference tournament winner

Boise State defeated regular season champion and host Idaho in the final, 80–68,[2] to clinch their third Big Sky tournament title (1976, 1988, 1993). The game was televised on ESPN, with a tipoff after 9 pm PST (midnight EST).[3]

Fourth-seed Montana was attempting to win a third straight title, but was upset in the quarterfinals.[4] It was the first Big Sky tournament in Moscow in eleven years.[5]

Format

Conference membership returned to eight this season; after thirteen years in the Big Sky, Nevada departed for the Big West the previous summer.

The tournament format was unchanged; the top six teams from the regular season were included and the regular season champion earned the right to host.[5] The top two earned byes into the semifinals while the remaining four played in the quarterfinals; the top seed (host) met the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.[6]

Bracket
  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11		     Semifinals
Friday, March 12		     Championship
Saturday, March 13
                           
        1 Idaho 91  
  4 Montana 50     5 Idaho State 87    
  5 Idaho State 61         1 Idaho 68
      2 Boise State 80
        2 Boise State 69    
  3 Weber State 91     3 Weber State 63  
  6 Montana State 72  

Source:[2][3][4]

NCAA tournament

The Broncos (21–7) received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT.[7] Boise State was seeded fourteenth in the West regional and lost by twenty points in the first round to Vanderbilt in Salt Lake City.[8] This was the eleventh consecutive year in which the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.

See also

References
  1. "1992-93 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  2. Grummert, Dale (March 14, 1993). "Bronco busted". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  3. Grummert, Dale (March 13, 1993). "Showdown III". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  4. Browitt, Jim (March 12, 1993). "Cat's and Bengals: Idaho St. shocks Grizzlies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  5. Browitt, Jim (March 11, 1993). "Tournament poised for change". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  6. "Ticket prices set for Big Sky tournament". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 11, 1993. p. 5B.
  7. Grummert, Dale (March 15, 1993). "Vandals, Cougars get snubbed by NIT". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  8. "Vanderbilt B S(eeing) U". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 19, 1993. p. 3B.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.