2017 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:Big Sky Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:12
Arena:Reno Events Center
City:Reno, NV
Champions:Montana State
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Tricia Binford
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Peyton Ferris
Mvpteam:Montana State
Attendance:6,153
Television:Watch Big Sky

The 2017 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament was a tournament that held from March 6–11, 2017 at the Reno Events Center. Montana State won their 2nd conference tournament title for the first time since 1993 and earns an automatic trip to the 2017 NCAA tournament.

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
SeedSchoolConference Overall*Tiebreaker
1Montana State15–322–61-0 vs. North Dakota
2North Dakota15–320–90–1 vs. Montana State
3Northern Colorado14–422–7
4Eastern Washington12–617–12
5Idaho11–716–13
6Idaho State10–816–13
7 Portland State8–1014–16
8Weber State6–1212–171–0 vs. Sacramento State
9Sacramento State6–1210–190–1 vs. Weber State
10Northern Arizona5–139–20
11Montana4–147–22
12Southern Utah2–167–22

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First Round – Monday, March 6
1112:05 PM
  1. 8 Weber State vs. #9 Sacramento State
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22:35 PM
  1. 5 Idaho vs. #12 Southern Utah
672
235:35 PM
  1. 7 Portland State vs. #10 Northern Arizona
906
48:05 PM
  1. 6 Idaho State vs. #11 Montana
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
3512:05 PM
  1. 1 Montana State vs. #8 Weber State
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62:35 PM
  1. 4 Eastern Washington vs. #5 Idaho
475:35 PM
  1. 2 North Dakota vs. #7 Portland State
804
88:05 PM
  1. 3 Northern Colorado vs. #6 Idaho State
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
5912:05 PM
  1. 1 Montana State vs. #4 Eastern Washington
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102:35 PM
  1. 7 Portland State vs. #6 Idaho State
Championship Game – Saturday, March 11
61112:05 PM
  1. 1 Montana State vs. #6 Idaho State
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  • Game Times in PT.

Bracket

[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 2017 Big Sky Basketball Championships Schedule. SIDEARM Sports. 27 November 2015.