2024 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

2024 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	10
Site	Idaho Central Arena Boise, Idaho
Champions	Montana State (5th title)
Winning coach	Matt Logie (1st title)
MVP	Robert Ford III (Montana State)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournaments

2023–24 Big Sky men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Washington	15	–	3		.833			21	–	11		.656
Northern Colorado	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
Montana	12	–	6		.667			24	–	12		.667
Weber State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
Montana State †	9	–	9		.500			17	–	18		.486
Portland State	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Northern Arizona	7	–	11		.389			14	–	19		.424
Idaho State	7	–	11		.389			14	–	20		.412
Idaho	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
Sacramento State	4	–	14		.222			10	–	24		.294
† 2024 Big Sky tournament winner

The 2024 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament for the 2023-24 season in the Big Sky Conference, The tournament was held from March 9–13 at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. It was the 49th edition of the tournament, which debuted in 1976. The tournament winner, Montana State, received an automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

The ten teams will be seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system for identical conference records. The top six teams will receive a first-round bye.

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker
1	Eastern Washington	15–3
2	Northern Colorado	12–6	2–0 against Montana
3	Montana	12–6	0–2 against Northern Colorado
4	Weber State	11–7
5	Montana State	9–9
6	Portland State	8–10
7	Northern Arizona	7–11	1–1 against Eastern Washington
8	Idaho State	7–11	0–2 against Eastern Washington
9	Idaho	5–13
10	Sacramento State	4–14

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Saturday, March 9
1	1	5:30 pm	No. 9 Idaho vs. No. 10 Sacramento State	64–72	ESPN+
	2	8:00 pm	No. 7 Northern Arizona vs. No. 8 Idaho State	60–68
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 10
2	3	5:30 pm	No. 1 Eastern Washington vs. No. 10 Sacramento State	69–74	ESPN+
	4	8:00 pm	No. 2 Northern Colorado vs. No. 8 Idaho State	76–83
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 11
3	5	5:30 pm	No. 4 Weber State vs. No. 5 Montana State	82–91	ESPN+
	6	8:00 pm	No. 3 Montana vs. No. 6 Portland State	87–81
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 12
4	7	6:30 pm	No. 10 Sacramento State vs. No. 5 Montana State	71–74	ESPNU/ESPN+
	8	9:00 pm	No. 8 Idaho State vs. No. 3 Montana	58–72	ESPN2/ESPN+
Championship game – Wednesday, March 13
5	9	9:30 pm	No. 5 Montana State vs. No. 3 Montana	85–70	ESPN2/ESPN+
Game times in MT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 9 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 10 & 11 ESPN+					Semifinals March 12 ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN+					Championship March 13 ESPN2/ESPN+
						1	Eastern Washington	69
	9	Idaho	64			10	Sacramento State	74
	10	Sacramento State	72								10	Sacramento State	71
											5	Montana State	74
						4	Weber State	82
						5	Montana State	91
																5	Montana State	85
																3	Montana	70
						2	Northern Colorado	76
	7	Northern Arizona	60			8	Idaho State	83
	8	Idaho State	68								8	Idaho State	58
											3	Montana	72
						3	Montana	87
						6	Portland State	81

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