2021 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2021 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament held March 8–12, 2021, at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. Idaho State won the tournament, their fourth title, earning an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.

2021 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	11
Site	Idaho Central Arena Boise, Idaho
Champions	Idaho State (4th title)
Winning coach	Seton Sobolewski (2nd title)
Television	Pluto TV
Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournaments

2020–21 Big Sky women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Idaho State †	15	–	2		.882			22	–	4		.846
Idaho	14	–	3		.824			17	–	7		.708
Montana State	13	–	3		.813			17	–	7		.708
Northern Colorado	12	–	7		.632			14	–	11		.560
Northern Arizona	10	–	10		.500			15	–	14		.517
Montana	9	–	8		.529			12	–	11		.522
Portland State	7	–	11		.389			12	–	13		.480
Southern Utah	6	–	5		.545			11	–	9		.550
Eastern Washington	5	–	12		.294			6	–	17		.261
Weber State	2	–	16		.111			2	–	20		.091
Sacramento State	2	–	18		.100			3	–	21		.125
† Big Sky tournament winner As of July 7, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall
1	Idaho State	15–2	19–3
2	Idaho	14–3	15–6
3	Montana State	13–3	16–6
4	Northern Colorado	12–7	13–11
5	Southern Utah	6–5	9–8
6	Montana	9–8	12–10
7	Northern Arizona	10–10	12–12
8	Portland State	7–11	11–12
9	Eastern Washington	5–12	6–16
10	Weber State	2–16	2–19
11	Sacramento State	2–18	2–21

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Monday, March 8
1	1	2:00 PM	No. 8 Portland State vs. No. 9 Eastern Washington	71–51
	2	5:00 PM	No. 7 Northern Arizona vs. No. 10 Weber State	82–68
	3	8:00 PM	No. 6 Montana vs. No. 11 Sacramento State	65–68
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 9
2	4	11:00 AM	No. 8 Portland State vs. No. 1 Idaho State	50–66
	5	2:00 PM	No. 4 Northern Colorado vs. No. 5 Southern Utah	63–59
3	6	5:00 PM	No. 7 Northern Arizona vs. No. 2 Idaho	53–67
	7	8:00 PM	No. 11 Sacramento State vs. No. 3 Montana State	55–66
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 10
4	8	6:00 PM	No. 1 Idaho State vs. No. 4 Northern Colorado 55	65–55
	9	9:00 PM	No. 2 Idaho vs. No. 3 Montana State	80–64
Championship Game – Friday, March 12
5	10	Noon	No. 1 Idaho State vs. No. 2 Idaho	84–49
Game times in MT. Rankings denote tournament seeds.

Bracket

	First round March 8					Quarterfinals March 9					Semifinals March 10					Championship March 12
						1	Idaho State	66
						8	Portland State	50
	8	Portland State	71
	9	Eastern Washington	51
											1	Idaho State	65
											4	Northern Colorado	55
						4	Northern Colorado	63
						5	Southern Utah	59
																1	Idaho State	84
																2	Idaho	49
						2	Idaho	67
						7	Northern Arizona	53
	7	Northern Arizona	82
	10	Weber State	68
											2	Idaho	80
											3	Montana State	64
						3	Montana State	66
						11	Sacramento State	55
	6	Montana	58
	11	Sacramento State	65