1978 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1978 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 4
Site Dahlberg Arena
Missoula, MT
Champions Weber State (1st title)
Winning coach Neil McCarthy (1st title)
MVP Bruce Collins (Weber State)
Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1977  1979»

Template:1977–78 Big Sky men's basketball standings

The 1978 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 3–5 at Dahlberg Arena at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.[1]

Weber State upset top-seeded Montana in the championship game, 62–55 (in overtime), to clinch their first Big Sky men's basketball tournament.

The Wildcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA Tournament.

Format

Even though the Big Sky's membership was fixed at eight, only the top four teams from the standings took part in the tournament field. Teams were seeded based on regular-season records, and was again held at the home court of the conference's regular season champion.

Montana made its inaugural appearance in the Big Sky tournament, not having qualified as a top-four team in either of the previous two years.

Bracket

Semifinals
Friday, March 3
Championship
Sunday, March 5
      
1 Montana 70
4 Boise State 61
1 Montana 55
3 Weber State 62*
3 Weber State 84
2 Idaho State 79

References

  1. "1977-78 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
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