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

Seed	School	Conference	Overall*	Tiebreaker
1	Montana State	15–3	22–6	1-0 vs. North Dakota
2	North Dakota	15–3	20–9	0–1 vs. Montana State
3	Northern Colorado	14–4	22–7
4	Eastern Washington	12–6	17–12
5	Idaho	11–7	16–13
6	Idaho State	10–8	16–13
7	Portland State	8–10	14–16
8	Weber State	6–12	12–17	1–0 vs. Sacramento State
9	Sacramento State	6–12	10–19	0–1 vs. Weber State
10	Northern Arizona	5–13	9–20
11	Montana	4–14	7–22
12	Southern Utah	2–16	7–22

• Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Monday, March 6
1	1	12:05 PM	8 Weber State vs. #9 Sacramento State	Watch Big Sky	863
	2	2:35 PM	5 Idaho vs. #12 Southern Utah		672
2	3	5:35 PM	7 Portland State vs. #10 Northern Arizona		906
	4	8:05 PM	6 Idaho State vs. #11 Montana
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
3	5	12:05 PM	1 Montana State vs. #8 Weber State	Watch Big Sky	787
	6	2:35 PM	4 Eastern Washington vs. #5 Idaho
4	7	5:35 PM	2 North Dakota vs. #7 Portland State		804
	8	8:05 PM	3 Northern Colorado vs. #6 Idaho State
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
5	9	12:05 PM	1 Montana State vs. #4 Eastern Washington	Watch Big Sky	1,202
	10	2:35 PM	7 Portland State vs. #6 Idaho State
Championship Game – Saturday, March 11
6	11	12:05 PM	1 Montana State vs. #6 Idaho State	Watch Big Sky	919
Game Times in PT.

Bracket

^[1]

See also

• 2017 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

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