2013 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2013 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament ran from March 14–16, 2013. The champion of the tournament, Montana, received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

2013 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201213
Teams7
SiteDahlberg Arena
Missoula, Montana
TelevisionESPNU (final)
2012–13 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Montana191 .950  257  .781
Weber State182 .900  307  .811
North Dakota128 .600  1617  .485
Montana State1010 .500  1317  .433
Northern Colorado1010 .500  1318  .419
Sacramento State812 .400  1415  .483
Southern Utah812 .400  1120  .355
Northern Arizona812 .400  1121  .344
Eastern Washington713 .350  1021  .323
Portland State515 .250  820  .286
Idaho State515 .250  624  .200
Conference tournament winner

Format

Unlike most Division I conference tournaments in basketball, the Big Sky tournament did not involve all of the conference's teams. With the addition of North Dakota and Southern Utah to the conference for the 2012–13 season, expanding the number of teams from 9 to 11, the tournament expanded from six teams to seven. As in previous years, qualifying was based on overall conference record. The number of teams that fail to qualify also increased by one, going from three to four. All tournament games were played at the site of the regular-season champion. The men's tournament also returned to a Thursday-Friday-Saturday format.[1] The field was re-seeded after the first round so the #1 seed played the lowest remaining seed, while the highest remaining seeds met in the other semifinal.

Bracket

[2]

  Quarterfinals,
Thursday, March 14
Semifinals (Re-seeded),
Friday, March 15
Championship,
Saturday, March 16
ESPNU
                           
  2 Weber State 84  
7 Northern Arizona 58  
  2 Weber State 76  
    3 North Dakota 74  
3 North Dakota 69
  6 Southern Utah 52  
    2 Weber State 64
  1 Montana 67
  4 Montana State 56  
5 Northern Colorado 69  
5 Northern Colorado 56
    1 Montana 70  
     

Sacramento State, Eastern Washington, Portland State & Idaho State failed to qualify.
All times listed are Mountain

References

  1. "Big Sky MBB Prospectus". sidearmsports. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. "2013 Men's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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