2015 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2014–15 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana |
Champions | Eastern Washington (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Jim Hayford (1st title) |
MVP | Tyler Harvey (Eastern Washington) |
Television | ESPNU (final) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 15 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Colorado | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Utah | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner |
The 2015 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 12–14, 2015. All games were hosted by the Montana Grizzlies, which won a tiebreaker with regular season co-champions Eastern Washington, at Dahlberg Arena. The champion, Eastern Washington, received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament.
This was the final Big Sky tournament to be held at a campus site, and also the last one in which certain teams were excluded due to poor performance. From 2016 forward, the tournament will involve all conference members (barring NCAA sanctions), and will be held at a predetermined neutral site, with the first neutral-site tournament to be held at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.
Format
[edit]With the addition of Idaho in all sports except football, the league now has 12 men's and women's basketball programs. The 2015 tournaments expanded from seven to eight teams each, with no byes. Four quarterfinals were played on Thursday, followed by two semifinal games on Friday, and the championship game on Saturday. In addition, the top seed no longer has a bye in the tournament.
Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 Watch Big Sky | Semifinals Friday, March 13 Watch Big Sky | Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
1 | Montana | 76* | ||||||||||||
8 | Weber State | 73 | ||||||||||||
1 | Montana | 61 | ||||||||||||
4 | Northern Arizona | 59 | ||||||||||||
4 | Northern Arizona | 63 | ||||||||||||
5 | Northern Colorado | 57 | ||||||||||||
1 | Montana | 65 | ||||||||||||
2 | Eastern Washington | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | Eastern Washington | 91 | ||||||||||||
7 | Idaho | 83 | ||||||||||||
2 | Eastern Washington | 91 | ||||||||||||
3 | Sacramento State | 83 | ||||||||||||
3 | Sacramento State | 70 | ||||||||||||
6 | Portland State | 60 |
*Denotes overtime game
Game summaries
[edit]Eastern Washington vs. Idaho
[edit]Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
Watch Big Sky
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Mar 12
11 a.m. MDT |
Idaho Vandals vs. Eastern Washington Eagles |
Dahlberg Arena
Missoula, MT |
Sacramento State vs. Portland State
[edit]Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
Watch Big Sky
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Mar 12
1:30 p.m. MDT |
Portland State Vikings vs. Sacramento State Hornets |
Dahlberg Arena
Missoula, MT |
Northern Arizona vs. Northern Colorado
[edit]Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
Watch Big Sky
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Mar 12
5:30 p.m. MDT |
Northern Colorado Bears vs. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks |
Dahlberg Arena
Missoula, MT |
Montana vs. Weber State
[edit]Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
Watch Big Sky
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Mar 12
8 p.m. MDT |
Weber State Wildcats vs. Montana Grizzlies |
Dahlberg Arena
Missoula, MT |
Semifinal 1
[edit]Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
Semifinal 2
[edit]Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
Championship
[edit]Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams
References
[edit]- ^ "2015 Men's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved September 21, 2012.