2018 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Big Sky Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:12
Arena:Reno Events Center
City:Reno, NV
Champions:Northern Colorado
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Kamie Ethridge
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Savannah Smith
Mvpteam:Northern Colorado
Television:Pluto TV, ELEVEN

The 2018 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament was a tournament that held from March 5–10, 2018 at the Reno Events Center. Northern Colorado won their first Big Sky tournament for the first school history and earned an automatic trip to the 2018 NCAA tournament.[1]

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
1Northern Colorado15–323–6
2Idaho13–517–12
3Eastern Washington12–617–131–0 vs. WEB
4Weber State12–620–90–1 vs. EWU
5Idaho State11–719–102–0 vs. PSU
6Portland State11–717–120–2 vs. ISU
7 Montana State9–915–141–1 vs. MONT, 1–0 vs. ISU
8Montana9–913–161–1 vs. MSU, 0–1 vs. ISU
9Sacramento State5–137–221–0 vs. UND
10North Dakota5–1312–170–1 vs. SAC
11Northern Arizona4–147–22
12Southern Utah2–163–26

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First Round – Monday, March 5
1112:05 PM
  1. 8 Sacramento State vs. #9 Montana
Pluto TV 231512
22:35 PM
  1. 5 Idaho State vs. #12 Southern Utah
235:35 PM
  1. 7 Montana State vs. #10 North Dakota
48:05 PM
  1. 6 Portland State vs. #11 Northern Arizona
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 7
3512:05 PM
  1. 1 Northern Colorado vs. #9 Montana
Pluto TV 231511
62:35 PM
  1. 4 Weber State vs. #5 Idaho State
475:35 PM
  1. 2 Idaho vs. #7 Montana State
989
88:05 PM
  1. 3 Eastern Washington vs. #6 Portland State
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
5912:05 PM
  1. 1 Northern Colorado vs. #5 Idaho State
ELEVEN1,002
102:35 PM
  1. 2 Idaho vs. #6 Portland State
Championship Game – Saturday, March 10
61112:05 PM
  1. 1 Northern Colorado vs. #2 Idaho
ELEVEN993
  • Game Times in PT.

Bracket

[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Big Sky Conference. bigskyconf.com. en. 2018-02-25.
  2. Web site: The 2018 Big Sky Basketball Championships Schedule. SIDEARM Sports. 27 November 2015.