1988 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1988 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
Bozeman, MT
Champions Boise State (2nd title)
Winning coach Bobby Dye (1st title)
MVP Chris Childs (Boise State)
Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1987  1989»

The 1988 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–10 at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.[1]

Top-seeded Boise State defeated defending champions Montana State in the championship game, 63–61, to clinch their second Big Sky men's basketball tournament.

The Broncos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament.

Format

The Big Sky added Eastern Washington prior to the 1987–88 season, bringing total membership to nine. However, EWU did not participate in this year's tournament, leaving the bracket field at eight.

Even without a change in the number of teams participating in the tournament, the Big Sky implemented a few changes to the bracket structure. The top two teams from the regular season standings were given double-byes into the semifinal round. The third- and fourth-seeded teams, in turn, were given single-byes into the quarterfinals. The remaining four teams, excluding EWU, were placed and paired into the preliminary first round on the first day of the tournament.

Bracket

First Round
Monday, March 7
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 8
Semifinals
Thursday, March 9
Championship
Thursday, March 10
      
               
               
           1  Boise State 87  
5  Nevada 93       4  Idaho State 56  
8  Weber State 96     8  Weber State 57  
         4  Idaho State 58  
           1  Boise State 63
           3  Montana State 61
         3  Montana State 60  
7  Northern Arizona 72     6  Montana 54  
6  Montana 77       3  Montana State 58  
           2  Idaho 46  
                    
                    
      

References

  1. "1987-88 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
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