2016 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 12
Site Reno Events Center
Reno, Nevada
Champions Weber State (10th title)
Winning coach Randy Rahe (3rd title)
MVP Jeremy Senglin (Weber State)
Television ESPNU (final)
Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Weber State † 15 – 3   .833     26 – 9   .743
Montana 14 – 4   .778     21 – 12   .636
Idaho 12 – 6   .667     21 – 13   .618
Idaho State 11 – 7   .611     16 – 15   .516
Eastern Washington 10 – 8   .556     18 – 16   .529
North Dakota 10 – 8   .556     17 – 16   .515
Montana State 9 – 9   .500     14 – 17   .452
Portland State 8 – 10   .444     13 – 18   .419
Northern Colorado 7 – 11   .389     10 – 21   .323
Sacramento State 6 – 12   .333     14 – 17   .452
Southern Utah 3 – 15   .167     5 – 24   .172
Northern Arizona 3 – 15   .167     5 – 25   .167
† 2016 Big Sky Tournament winner

The 2016 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 7–12, 2016 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. This was the first Big Sky tournament to include all conference members and also the first to be held at a neutral site.[1] The winner, Weber State, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament in a 62-59 win over Montana in the final.

Seeds

All 12 Big Sky schools participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference season record. The top 4 teams received a first round bye.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Weber State 15–3
2 Montana 14–4
3 Idaho 12–6
4 Idaho State 11–7
5 North Dakota 10–8 1–1 vs. Weber State
6 Eastern Washington 10–8 0–1 vs. Weber State
7 Montana State 9–9
8 Portland State 8–10
9 Northern Colorado 7–11
10 Sacramento State 6–12
11 Northern Arizona 3–15 1–1 vs. Idaho State
12 Southern Utah 3–15 0–2 vs. Idaho State

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score
First round – Tuesday, March 8
1 1 12:05 pm #8 Portland State vs. #9 Northern Colorado 74–67
2 2:35 pm #5 North Dakota vs. #12 Southern Utah 85–80
3 5:35 pm #7 Montana State vs. #10 Sacramento State 75–79
4 8:05 pm #6 Eastern Washington vs. #11 Northern Arizona 74–52
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
2 5 12:05 pm #1 Weber State vs. #8 Portland State 78–74
6 2:35 pm #4 Idaho State vs. #5 North Dakota 49–83
7 5:35 pm #2 Montana vs. #10 Sacramento State 70–53
8 8:05 pm #3 Idaho vs. #6 Eastern Washington 77–73
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
3 9 5:35 pm #1 Weber State vs. #5 North Dakota 83–78OT
10 8:05 pm #2 Montana vs. #3 Idaho 81–72
Championship – Saturday, March 12
4 10 5:45 pm #1 Weber State vs. #2 Montana 62–59
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[2]

  First round
March 8, 2016		 Quarterfinals
March 10, 2016		 Semifinals
March 11, 2016		 Championship Game
March 12, 2016
                                     
        
  1  Weber State 78  
    8  Portland State 74  
8  Portland State 74
9  Northern Colorado 67  
  1  Weber State 83*  
  5  North Dakota 78  
        
        
  4  Idaho State 49
    5  North Dakota 83  
5  North Dakota 85
12  Southern Utah 80  
  1  Weber State 62
  2  Montana 59
        
        
  2  Montana 70
    10  Sacramento State 53  
7  Montana State 75
10  Sacramento State 79  
  2  Montana 81
  3  Idaho 72  
        
        
  3  Idaho 77
    6  Eastern Washington 73  
6  Eastern Washington 74
11  Northern Arizona 52  

* – denotes overtime period

References

  1. ↑ "Big Sky tournament in full swing at Reno Events Center". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  2. ↑ "The 2016 Big Sky Basketball Championships Schedule". SIDEARM Sports. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

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