2004 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2004 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2003–04
Teams 6
Site Reese Court
Cheney, WA
Champions Eastern Washington (1st title)
Winning coach Ray Giacoletti (1st title)
MVP Brendon Merritt (Eastern Washington)

The 2004 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–10 at Reese Court at the University of Eastern Washington in Cheney, Washington.[1]

Top-seeded Eastern Washington defeated Northern Arizona in the championship game, 71–59, to win their first Big Sky men's basketball tournament title. EWU had the lost the three previous conference championship games.

The Eagles, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament, their first appearance in the Division I tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited this year.

Format

No new teams were added to the Big Sky prior to the 2003–04 season, leaving total membership at eight.

No changes were made to the existing tournament format. Only the top six teams from the regular season conference standings were invited to the tournament. The two top teams were given byes into the semifinals while the third- through sixth-seeded teams were placed and paired into the preliminary quarterfinal round. Following the quarterfinals, the two victorious teams were re-seeded in the semifinal round, with the lowest-seeded remaining team paired with the tournament's highest seed and vis-versa for the other.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 6		 Semifinals
Tuesday, March 9		 Championship
Wednesday, March 10
                           
  4 Weber State 68 1 Eastern Washington 72  
  5 Sacramento State 62 4 Weber State 53    
      1 Eastern Washington 71
      2 Northern Arizona 59
  3 Idaho State 74 2 Northern Arizona 91    
  6 Montana 73 3 Idaho State 72  

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2003-04 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
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