1998 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

Basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 1998 Big Sky Conference I Men's 200px 6 Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ Northern Arizona 1st Ben Howland 1st Dan McClintock Northern Arizona The 1998 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at the Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.1997-98 Big Sky Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-sky/1998.html May 5, 2016 Top-seeded host Northern Arizona easily defeated 1997 men Montana State Bobcats Montana State in the championship game, 77–50, to win their first Big Sky men's basketball tournament title. Format No new teams were added and membership remained at nine. As a transitioning Division I member, Portland State was not eligible for this year's Big Sky tournament. Similar to the previous year, the top six teams in the regular season conference standings participated in the tournament. The top two earned byes into the semifinals while the remaining four played in the quarterfinals. The lowest remaining seed met the top seed in the semifinals. Bracket Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5 Semifinals Friday, March 6 Championship Saturday, March 7 3 1997 men Eastern Washington Eagles Eastern Washington 98 6 1997 men Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge 104 4 1997 men Montana State Bobcats Montana State 68 5 1997 men Montana Grizzlies Montana 60 1 Northern Arizona 86 6 Cal State Northridge 79 2 1997 men Weber State Wildcats Weber State 64 4 Montana State 69 1 Northern Arizona 77 4 Montana State 50 NCAA tournament Northern Arizona received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first appearance in the Division I tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited or to the NIT. The Lumberjacks were seeded fifteenth in the West regional and lost by three points to Cincinnati in the first round in Boise.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qPIzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wPEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1554%2C1524586 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Men's NCAA West March 13, 1998 C4 See also Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament References Category:Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in Arizona Category:Sports in Flagstaff, Arizona