2012 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2011–12 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana†	15	–	1	.938	25	–	7	.781
Weber State	14	–	2	.875	25	–	7	.781
Portland State	10	–	6	.625	17	–	14	.548
Eastern Washington	8	–	8	.500	15	–	17	.469
Idaho State	7	–	9	.438	9	–	21	.300
Montana State	7	–	9	.438	12	–	17	.414
Northern Colorado	5	–	11	.313	9	–	19	.321
Sacramento State	5	–	11	.313	10	–	18	.357
Northern Arizona	1	–	15	.063	5	–	24	.172

† 2012 Big Sky Tournament winner As of March 18, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament began on March 3 and continued through March 7.^[1] The regular-season champion Montana Grizzlies won the tournament and with it an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Unlike many NCAA Division I conferences, the Big Sky does not invite all of its teams to its postseason tournament—only the top six teams in regular-season play qualify. The top two teams receive a bye into the semifinals, and the field is reseeded after the first round so that the 1 seed plays the lowest remaining seed.

The tournament's first round, involving the 3 through 6 seeds, was played on campus sites, specifically the home arenas of the 3 and 4 seeds—respectively the Peter Stott Center in Portland, Oregon, home to the Portland State Vikings, and Reese Court in Cheney, Washington, home to the Eastern Washington Eagles. The semifinals and championship were at Montana's home of Dahlberg Arena in Missoula.

Bracket

Quarterfinals March 3, 2012			Re-seeded Semifinals March 6, 2012 Altitude			Championship Game March 7, 2012 ESPN2


			1	Montana	74

			4	Eastern Washington	66
4	Eastern Washington	81

5	Idaho State	75
						1	Montana	85
						2	Weber State	66


			2	Weber State	69

			3	Portland State	63
3	Portland State	75

6	Montana State	53

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
Semifinals Championship game hosted by Montana

References

↑ "2012 Men's Basketball Championship". Retrieved October 13, 2011.

2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments

Conference	ACC America East Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Great West Horizon MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast

National	NCAA NIT CBI CIT

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