1977 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1977 Big Sky Conference I Men's 200px 4 ISU Minidome Pocatello, Idaho Idaho State 1st Jim Killingsworth 1st Ed Thompson Idaho State The 1977 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–5 at the ISU Minidome at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho.1976-77 Big Sky Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/idaho-state/1977-schedule.html April 9, 2016https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zTtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=su0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6913%2C1377961 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Gonzaga, Montana State in tough but not without chances March 4, 1977 31 Top-seeded Idaho State defeated Weber State in the championship game, 61–55, to clinch their first Big Sky men's basketball tournament.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zztOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=su0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6325%2C2367202 Spokesman-review Spokane, Washington Missildine Harry Idaho State dumps Weber; earns title and NCAA berth March 6, 1977 D2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yaYqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d1sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7279%2C1633582 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Benson Lee A secure 'Dome-ain' for ISU March 7, 1977 B4 The Bengals received an automatic bid to the 32-team NCAA tournament, hosted Long Beach State, and won. In Provo, Utah, they upset UCLA by a point, but lost to UNLV in the Elite Eight. Format First played in 1976, the Big Sky tournament had the same format for its first eight editions. The regular season champion hosted and only the top four teams from the standings took part, with seeding based on regular season conference records. Montana State and Gonzaga made their first appearances, not having qualified as a top-four team the previous year. It was Gonzaga's sole Big Sky tournament; they narrowly missed the next two and left for the WCAC in the summer of 1979. Bracket SemifinalsFriday, March 4 ChampionshipSaturday, March 5 155 30 1 Idaho State 93 4 1976 men Montana State Bobcats Montana State 77 3 Gonzaga 68 2 Weber State 69 1 Idaho State 61 2 Weber State 55 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:Sports in Pocatello, Idaho Category:College basketball tournaments in Idaho