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
Season2012–13
Teams7
SiteDahlberg Arena
Missoula, Montana
ChampionsMontana (9th title)
Winning coachWayne Tinkle (2nd title)
TelevisionESPNU (final)
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2012–13 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Montana 19 1   .950 25 7   .781
Weber State 18 2   .900 30 7   .811
North Dakota 12 8   .600 16 17   .485
Montana State 10 10   .500 13 17   .433
Northern Colorado 10 10   .500 13 18   .419
Sacramento State 8 12   .400 14 15   .483
Southern Utah 8 12   .400 11 20   .355
Northern Arizona 8 12   .400 11 21   .344
Eastern Washington 7 13   .350 10 21   .323
Portland State 5 15   .250 8 20   .286
Idaho State 5 15   .250 6 24   .200
Conference tournament winner

Format

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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

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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

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