2013 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2013 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	7
Site	Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana
Television	ESPNU (final)
Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2012  2014»

2012–13 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana †	19	–	1		.950			25	–	7		.781
Weber State	18	–	2		.900			30	–	7		.811
North Dakota	12	–	8		.600			16	–	17		.485
Montana State	10	–	10		.500			13	–	17		.433
Northern Colorado	10	–	10		.500			13	–	18		.419
Sacramento State	8	–	12		.400			14	–	15		.483
Southern Utah	8	–	12		.400			11	–	20		.355
Northern Arizona	8	–	12		.400			11	–	21		.344
Eastern Washington	7	–	13		.350			10	–	21		.323
Portland State	5	–	15		.250			8	–	20		.286
Idaho State	5	–	15		.250			6	–	24		.200
† 2013 Big Sky Tournament winner As of April 2, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament ran from March 14–16, 2013. The champion of the tournament, Montana, received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

Format

Unlike most Division I conference tournaments in basketball, the Big Sky tournament does not involve all of the conference's teams. With the addition of North Dakota and Southern Utah to the conference for the 2012–13 season, expanding the number of teams from 9 to 11, the tournament expanded from six teams to seven. As in previous years, qualifying is based on overall conference record. The number of teams that fail to qualify also increased by one, going from three to four. All tournament games will be played at the site of the regular-season champion. The men's tournament also returns to a Thursday-Friday-Saturday format.^[1] The field will be re-seeded after the first round so the #1 seed played will play the lowest remaining seed, while the highest remaining seeds will face off in the other semifinal.

Bracket

^[2]

	Quarterfinals, Thursday, March 14					Semifinals (Re-seeded), Friday, March 15					Championship, Saturday, March 16 ESPNU
	2	Weber State	84
	7	Northern Arizona	58
						2	Weber State	76
						3	North Dakota	74
	3	North Dakota	69
	6	Southern Utah	52
											2	Weber State	64
											1	Montana	67
	4	Montana State	56
	5	Northern Colorado	69
						5	Northern Colorado	56
						1	Montana	70

Sacramento State, Eastern Washington, Portland State & Idaho State failed to qualify.
All times listed are Mountain

References

1. "Big Sky MBB Prospectus". sidearmsports. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
2. "2013 Men's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

External links

• 2013 Men's Basketball Championship