1987 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1987 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
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Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ | ||||
| Champions | Idaho State (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Jim Boutin (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Jim Rhode (Idaho State) | ||||
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The 1987 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–7 at the Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.[1]
Seventh-seeded Montana State upset fourth-seeded rivals Montana in the championship game, 92–81, to clinch their second Big Sky men's basketball tournament. Interestingly, this year's tournament saw the top three seeds, Montana State, Montana, and Boise State, all lose in the first round.
The Bengals, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament.
Format
With all eight teams once again participating in the tournament field, the bracket increased back to eight teams. With seedings and pairings determined by regular season conference records, all eight teams entered play in the initial quarterfinal round.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5 | Semifinals Friday, March 6 | Championship Saturday, March 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Montana State | 101 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Weber State | 106 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Weber State | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Nevada | 98 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Arizona | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Nevada | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Nevada | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Idaho State | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Montana | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Idaho | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Idaho | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Idaho State | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Idaho State | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boise State | 77 | ||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "1986-87 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
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