2014 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2014 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	7
Site	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND
Champions	North Dakota (1st Big Sky title)
Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments «2013  2015»

2013–14 Big Sky women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Dakota†	15	–	5		.750			22	–	10		.688
Southern Utah	15	–	5		.750			23	–	10		.697
Montana	14	–	6		.700			23	–	11		.676
Eastern Washington	12	–	8		.600			16	–	14		.533
Idaho State	11	–	9		.550			14	–	17		.452
Montana State	10	–	10		.500			15	–	15		.500
Sacramento State	10	–	10		.500			18	–	12		.600
Northern Colorado	8	–	12		.400			14	–	15		.483
Northern Arizona	6	–	14		.300			9	–	20		.310
Portland State	6	–	14		.300			8	–	21		.276
Weber State	3	–	17		.150			7	–	22		.241
† 2014 Big Sky Tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

The 2014 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament will run from March 14–16, 2014. The champion of the tournament will receive an automatic bid to the 2014 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 women's tournament remains with a Thursday-Friday-Saturday format. 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

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	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 13					Semifinals (re-seeded) Friday, March 14					Championship Saturday, March 15
						1	North Dakota	78
						5	Idaho State	53
	4	Eastern Washington	65
	5	Idaho State	70
											1	North Dakota	72
											3	Montana	55
	2	Southern Utah	86
	7	Sacramento State	78
						2	Southern Utah	69
						3	Montana	73
	3	Montana	75
	6	Montana State	66

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
3. "2014 Women's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved 8 March 2014.