2016 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2016
Conference:	Big Sky Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	12
Arena:	Reno Events Center
City:	Reno, NV
Champions:	Idaho
Titlecount:	2nd
Coach:	Jon Newlee
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Mikayla Ferenz
Mvpteam:	Idaho
Attendance:	9,578
Television:	Watch Big Sky

The 2016 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament was a tournament from March 7–12, 2016. This was the first year in which all Big Sky members competed in the conference tournament. All 12 teams met at the Reno Events Center for the right to advance to the 2016 NCAA tournament. The arena seats roughly 5,000.^[1] Idaho defeated Idaho State to win their 2nd Big Sky tournament title for the first time since 1985 before returning to the Big Sky in 2014 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Format

Commissioner Doug Fullerton will announce the tournament format and dates later this year.^[2]

Seeds

Big Sky Tiebreaker procedures are as follows:

1. Head-to-head
2. Performance against conference teams in descending order to finish
3. Higher RPI
4. Coin Flip

Seed	School	Conference	Overall*	Tiebreaker
1	Montana State	14–4	21–8
2	Eastern Washington	13–5	21–9	3–1 vs. IDAHO, UND
3	Idaho	13–5	21–9	2–2 vs. EWU, UND
4	North Dakota	13–5	17–12	1–3 vs. EWU, IDAHO
5	Montana	12–6	19–10
6	Weber State	11–7	19–10
7	Sacramento State	10–8	13–16
8	Northern Colorado	8–10	15–14	2–0 vs. ISU
9	Idaho State	8–10	15–14	0–2 vs. UNC
10	Southern Utah	2–16	5–25	2–1 vs. NAU, PSU
11	Portland State	2–16	4–25	1–1 vs. NAU, SUU
12	Northern Arizona	2–16	6–13	1–2 vs. SUU, PSU

• Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Monday, March 7
1	1	12:05 PM	8 Northern Colorado vs. #9 Idaho State	Watch Big Sky	277
	2	2:35 PM	5 Montana vs. #12 Northern Arizona
2	3	5:35 PM	7 Sacramento State vs. #10 Southern Utah		1,274
	4	8:05 PM	6 Weber State vs. #11 Portland State
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9
3	5	12:05 PM	1 Montana State vs. #9 Idaho State	Watch Big Sky	1,104
	6	2:35 PM	4 North Dakota vs. #5 Montana		1,263
4	7	5:35 PM	2 Eastern Washington vs. #7 Sacramento State		1,320
	8	8:05 PM	3 Idaho vs. #6 Weber State		1,343
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
5	9	12:05 PM	9 Idaho State vs. #4 North Dakota	Watch Big Sky	1,080
	10	2:35 PM	2 Eastern Washington vs. #3 Idaho		827
Championship Game – Saturday, March 12
6	11	12:05 PM	9 Idaho State vs. #3 Idaho	Watch Big Sky	1,090
Game Times in PT.

Bracket

^[3]

See also

• 2016 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Sky basketball tournaments will be played in Reno. . 2015-04-24.
2. Web site: Big Sky basketball tournaments heading to Reno. KPAX-TV. 2015-04-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518104116/http://www.kpax.com/story/28894524/big-sky-basketball-tournaments-heading-to-reno. 2015-05-18. dead.
3. Web site: The 2016 Big Sky Basketball Championships Schedule. SIDEARM Sports. 27 November 2015.