2014 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament ran from March 14–16, 2014. The champion Weber State Wildcats received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

2014 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams7
SiteDee Events Center
Ogden, Utah
ChampionsWeber State (9th title)
Winning coachRandy Rahe (2nd title)
MVPDavion Berry (Weber State)
TelevisionESPNU (final)
2013–14 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Weber State †14–6 .700  19–12  .613
Montana12–8 .600  17–13  .567
North Dakota12–8 .600  17–17  .500
Northern Arizona12–8 .600  15–17  .469
Northern Colorado11–9 .550  18–14  .563
Portland State11–9 .550  17–15  .531
Eastern Washington10–10 .500  15–16  .484
Sacramento State10–10 .500  14–16  .467
Montana State9–11 .450  14–17  .452
Idaho State8–12 .400  11–18  .379
Southern Utah1–19 .050  2–27  .069
† Conference tournament winner

Format

Unlike most Division I conference tournaments in basketball, the Big Sky tournament does 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 failed 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 faced off in the other semifinal.

Bracket

[2]

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13
 		 Semifinals
Friday, March 14
(re-seeded)		 Championship
Saturday, March 15
ESPNU
                           
  1 Weber State
Bye
1 Weber State 66OT  
6 Northern Colorado 63  
4 Montana 63
  5 Portland State 70
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 Weber State 88
  2 North Dakota 67
  2 North Dakota 79
7 Sacramento State 76
2 North Dakota 79
5 Portland State 63  
3 Northern Arizona 60
  6 Northern Colorado 62

References
  1. "Big Sky MBB Prospectus". sidearmsports. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. "2014 Men's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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