1993 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:1993
Conference:Big Sky Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:6
Arena:Kibbie Dome
City:Moscow, Idaho
Champions:Boise State
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Bobby Dye
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Tanoka Beard
Mvpteam:Boise State

The 1993 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the eighteenth edition, held at the Kibbie Dome at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.[1]

Boise State defeated regular season champion and host Idaho in the final, to clinch their third tournament title The game was televised on ESPN, with a tipoff after

Fourth-seed was attempting to win a third straight title, but was upset in the It was the first Big Sky tournament in Moscow in

Format

Conference membership returned to eight this season; after thirteen years in the Big Sky, Nevada departed for the Big West the previous summer.

The tournament format was unchanged; the top six teams from the regular season were included and the regular season champion earned the right The top two earned byes into the semifinals while the remaining four played in the quarterfinals; the top seed (host) met the lowest remaining seed in

NCAA tournament

The Broncos (21–7) received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or Boise State was seeded 14th in the West regional and lost by 20 points in the first round to Vanderbilt in This was the eleventh consecutive year in which the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1992-93 Big Sky Conference Season Summary. sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. May 4, 2016.