1993 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
| 1993 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1992–93 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Site | Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho |
| Champions | Boise State (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Bobby Dye (2nd title) |
| MVP | Tanoka Beard (Boise State) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 6 | – | 20 | .231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1993 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the eighteenth edition, held March 11–13 at the Kibbie Dome at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.[1]
Boise State defeated regular season champion and host Idaho in the final, 80–68,[2] to clinch their third Big Sky tournament title (1976, 1988, 1993). The game was televised on ESPN, with a tipoff after 9 pm PST (midnight EST).[3]
Fourth-seed Montana was attempting to win a third straight title, but was upset in the quarterfinals.[4] It was the first Big Sky tournament in Moscow in eleven years.[5]
Format
[edit]Conference membership returned to eight this season; after thirteen years in the Big Sky, Nevada departed for the Big West the previous summer.
The tournament format was unchanged; the top six teams from the regular season were included and the regular season champion earned the right to host.[5] The top two earned byes into the semifinals while the remaining four played in the quarterfinals; the top seed (host) met the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.[6]
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Championship Saturday, March 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Idaho | 91 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Montana | 50 | 5 | Idaho State | 87 | |||||||||
| 5 | Idaho State | 61 | 1 | Idaho | 68 | |||||||||
| 2 | Boise State | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boise State | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Weber State | 91 | 3 | Weber State | 63 | |||||||||
| 6 | Montana State | 72 | ||||||||||||
NCAA tournament
[edit]The Broncos (21–7) received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT.[7] Boise State was seeded 14th in the West regional and lost by 20 points in the first round to Vanderbilt in Salt Lake City.[8] This was the eleventh consecutive year in which the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1992-93 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ a b Grummert, Dale (March 14, 1993). "Bronco busted". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ a b Grummert, Dale (March 13, 1993). "Showdown III". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ a b Browitt, Jim (March 12, 1993). "Cat's and Bengals: Idaho St. shocks Grizzlies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ a b Browitt, Jim (March 11, 1993). "Tournament poised for change". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ "Ticket prices set for Big Sky tournament". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 11, 1993. p. 5B.
- ^ Grummert, Dale (March 15, 1993). "Vandals, Cougars get snubbed by NIT". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ "Vanderbilt B S(eeing) U". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 19, 1993. p. 3B.