2015 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 2015 Big Sky Conference I Men's 150px 8 Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana Eastern Washington 2nd Jim Hayford 1st Tyler Harvey Eastern Washington ESPNU (final) The 2015 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 12–14, 2015. All games were hosted by the Montana Grizzlies, which won a tiebreaker with regular season co-champions Eastern Washington, at Dahlberg Arena. The champion, Eastern Washington, received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament. This was the final Big Sky tournament to be held at a campus site, and also the last one in which certain teams were excluded due to poor performance. From 2016 forward, the tournament would involve all conference members (barring NCAA sanctions), and would be held at a predetermined neutral site, with the first neutral-site tournament to be held at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. Format With the addition of Idaho in all sports except football, the league now has 12 men's and women's basketball programs. The 2015 tournaments expanded from seven to eight teams each, with no byes. Four quarterfinals were played on Thursday, followed by two semifinal games on Friday, and the championship game on Saturday. In addition, the top seed no longer has a bye in the tournament. Bracket 2015 Men's Basketball Championship http://bigskyconf.com/common/controls/doc_handler.aspx?doc=3402& sidearmsports 21 September 2012 QuarterfinalsThursday, March 12Watch Big Sky SemifinalsFriday, March 13Watch Big Sky ChampionshipSaturday, March 14ESPNU 1 Montana 76* 8 Weber State 73 4 Northern Arizona 63 5 Northern Colorado 57 2 Eastern Washington 91 7 Idaho 83 3 Sacramento State 70 6 Portland State 60 1 Montana 61 4 Northern Arizona 59 2 Eastern Washington 91 3 Sacramento State 83 1 Montana 65 2 Eastern Washington 69 *Denotes overtime game Game summaries Eastern Washington vs. Idaho Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard #ffdead Mar 12 11 a.m. MDT Idaho Vandals Eastern Washington Eagles Dahlberg ArenaMissoula, MT Watch Big Sky Sacramento State vs. Portland State Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard #e3e3e3 Mar 12 1:30 p.m. MDT Portland State Vikings Sacramento State Hornets Dahlberg ArenaMissoula, MT Watch Big Sky Northern Arizona vs. Northern Colorado Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard #ffdead Mar 12 5:30 p.m. MDT Northern Colorado Bears Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Dahlberg ArenaMissoula, MT Watch Big Sky Montana vs. Weber State Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard #e3e3e3 Mar 12 8 p.m. MDT Weber State Wildcats Montana Grizzlies Dahlberg ArenaMissoula, MT Watch Big Sky Semifinal 1 Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard #ffdead Mar 13 5:30 p.m. MDT Dahlberg ArenaMissoula, MT Watch Big Sky Semifinal 2 Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard #e3e3e3 Mar 13 8 p.m. MDT Dahlberg ArenaMissoula, MT Watch Big Sky Championship Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams #ffdead Mar 14 7 p.m. MDT Dahlberg ArenaMissoula, MT ESPNU References External links 2015 Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Category:Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Missoula, Montana Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in Montana