2013 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2012–13
Teams7
SiteDahlberg Arena
Missoula, Montana
ChampionsMontana (9th title)
Winning coachWayne Tinkle (2nd title)
TelevisionESPNU (final)
2012–13 Big Sky men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Montana †19–1 .95025–7  .781
Weber State18–2 .90030–7  .811
North Dakota12–8 .60016–17  .485
Montana State10–10 .50013–17  .433
Northern Colorado10–10 .50013–18  .419
Sacramento State8–12 .40014–15  .483
Southern Utah8–12 .40011–20  .355
Northern Arizona8–12 .40011–21  .344
Eastern Washington7–13 .35010–21  .323
Portland State5–15 .2508–20  .286
Idaho State5–15 .2506–24  .200
† Conference tournament winner

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 did 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 was 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 were played at the site of the regular-season champion. The men's tournament also returned to a Thursday-Friday-Saturday format.[1] The field was re-seeded after the first round so the #1 seed played the lowest remaining seed, while the highest remaining seeds met 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 October 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2013 Men's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
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