2015 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Classification

Division I

Season

2014–15

Teams

Site

Dahlberg Arena
Missoula, Montana

Champions

Eastern Washington (2nd title)

Winning coach

Jim Hayford (1st title)

MVP

Tyler Harvey (Eastern Washington)

Television

ESPNU (final)

Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2014	2016»

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana	14	–	4	.778	20	–	13	.606
Eastern Washington †	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
Sacramento State	13	–	5	.722	21	–	12	.636
Northern Arizona	13	–	5	.722	23	–	15	.605
Northern Colorado	10	–	8	.556	15	–	15	.500
Portland State	9	–	9	.500	15	–	14	.517
Idaho	8	–	10	.444	13	–	17	.433
Weber State	8	–	10	.444	13	–	17	.433
Southern Utah	7	–	11	.389	10	–	19	.345
North Dakota	4	–	14	.222	8	–	22	.267
Idaho State	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233
Montana State	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233


† 2015 Big Sky Tournament winner

The 2015 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 12–14, 2015. All games were hosted by the Montana Grizzlies, which won a tiebreaker with regular season co-champions Eastern Washington, at Dahlberg Arena. The champion, Eastern Washington, received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

Format

With the addition of Idaho in all sports except football, the league now has 12 men's and women's basketball programs. The 2015 tournaments expanded from seven to eight teams each, with no byes. Four quarterfinals were played on Thursday, followed by two semifinal games on Friday, and the championship game on Saturday. In addition, the top seed no longer has a bye in the tournament.

Bracket

^[1]

Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 Watch Big Sky			Semifinals Friday, March 13 Watch Big Sky			Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPNU


1	Montana	76*

8	Weber State	73
			1	Montana	61

			4	Northern Arizona	59
4	Northern Arizona	63

5	Northern Colorado	57
						1	Montana	65

						2	Eastern Washington	69
2	Eastern Washington	91

7	Idaho	83
			2	Eastern Washington	91

			3	Sacramento State	83
3	Sacramento State	70

6	Portland State	60

 *Denotes overtime game