2015 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

2015 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
2015 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	8
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 →

2014–15 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
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


† Conference 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.

This was the final Big Sky tournament to be held at a campus site, and also the last one in which certain teams were excluded due to poor performance. From 2016 forward, the tournament will involve all conference members (barring NCAA sanctions), and will be held at a predetermined neutral site, with the first neutral-site tournament to be held at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.

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

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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