2021 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2021
Conference:	Big Sky Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	11
Arena:	Idaho Central Arena
City:	Boise, Idaho
Champions:	Idaho State
Titlecount:	4th
Coach:	Seton Sobolewski
Coachcount:	2nd
Television:	Pluto TV

The 2021 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament held March 8–12, 2021, at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. Idaho State won the tournament, their fourth title, earning an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.^[1]

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall
1	Idaho State	15–2	19–3
2	Idaho	14–3	15–6
3	Montana State	13–3	16–6
4	Northern Colorado	12–7	13–11
5	Southern Utah	6–5	9–8
6	Montana	9–8	12–10
7	Northern Arizona	10–10	12–12
8	Portland State	7–11	11–12
9	Eastern Washington	5–12	6–16
10	Weber State	2–16	2–19
11	Sacramento State	2–18	2–21

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Monday, March 8
1	1	2:00 PM	No. 8 Portland State vs. No. 9 Eastern Washington	71–51
	2	5:00 PM	No. 7 Northern Arizona vs. No. 10 Weber State	82–68
	3	8:00 PM	No. 6 Montana vs. No. 11 Sacramento State	65–68
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 9
2	4	11:00 AM	No. 8 Portland State vs. No. 1 Idaho State	50–66
	5	2:00 PM	No. 4 Northern Colorado vs. No. 5 Southern Utah	63–59
3	6	5:00 PM	No. 7 Northern Arizona vs. No. 2 Idaho	53–67
	7	8:00 PM	No. 11 Sacramento State vs. No. 3 Montana State	55–66
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 10
4	8	6:00 PM	No. 1 Idaho State vs. No. 4 Northern Colorado 55	65–55
	9	9:00 PM	No. 2 Idaho vs. No. 3 Montana State	80–64
Championship Game – Friday, March 12
5	10	Noon	No. 1 Idaho State vs. No. 2 Idaho	84–49
Game times in MT.^[2] Rankings denote tournament seeds.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 Big Sky Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. Big Sky Athletics. en-US. March 4, 2021.
2. https://bigskyconf.com/documents/2021/2/15//2021_Big_Sky_Basketball_Championship_Women_s_Bracket.pdf 2021 Big Sky Conference Women's Championship Bracket