2011 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2010–11
Teams	6
First round site	campus sites
Semifinals site	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion Greeley, Colorado
Finals site	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion Greeley, Colorado
Champions	Northern Colorado Bears (1st title)
Winning coach	B.J. Hill (1st title)
Television	ESPN2 (final)
Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2010  2012»

2010–11 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Colorado†	13	–	3		.813			21	–	11		.656
Montana	12	–	4		.750			21	–	11		.656
Weber State	11	–	5		.688			18	–	14		.563
Northern Arizona	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
Montana State	7	–	9		.438			13	–	18		.419
Eastern Washington	7	–	9		.438			10	–	20		.333
Portland State	5	–	11		.313			14	–	16		.467
Idaho State	4	–	12		.250			9	–	20		.310
Sacramento State	4	–	12		.250			7	–	21		.250
† 2011 Big Sky Tournament winner As of March 19, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Big Sky Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 5 to March 9, 2011. The First Round games of the tournament were held at the higher seed's home arena, and the semi-finals and championship were at the Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion in Greeley, Colorado, home court of the regular season champion, Northern Colorado. The top 6 teams from regular season play qualified for the tournament, and the top 2 teams received a bye to the semi-finals. The field was re-seeded after the first round so the #1 seed played the lowest remaining seed. In 2011, Northern Colorado won the conference championship to advance to its first NCAA Division I tournament in school history.

Bracket

	First Round March 5					Re-Seeded Semifinals March 8					Championship March 9
						2	Montana	57
						3	Weber State	40
	3	Weber State	79
	6	Eastern Washington	70
											2	Montana	60
											1	Northern Colorado	65
	4	Northern Arizona	65
	5	Montana State	62
						4	Northern Arizona	70
						1	Northern Colorado	73