2018 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2018 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Sky Conference. The tournament was held from March 6–10, 2018 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. Regular-season champion Montana defeated Eastern Washington in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a first round bye.

SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21Montana16–22Idaho14–43Eastern Washington13–51–0 vs Weber State4Weber State13–50–1 vs Eastern Washington5Northern Colorado11–76Portland State9–92–0 vs Idaho State7 Idaho State9–90–2 vs Portland State8North Dakota6–121–1 vs Montana State1–3 vs Eastern Washington/Weber State9Montana State6–121–1 vs North Dakota0–2 vs Eastern Washington/Weber State10Southern Utah 5–1311Sacramento State4–1412Northern Arizona2–16

Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Tuesday, March 61112:00 pmNo. 8 North Dakota vs. No. 9 Montana State 76–74Pluto TV 23198622:30 pmNo. 5 Northern Colorado vs. No. 12 Northern Arizona 82–59235:30 pmNo. 7 Idaho State vs. No. 10 Southern Utah68–7697748:00 pmNo. 6 Portland State vs. No. 11 Sacramento State71–67 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 83512:00 pmNo. 1 Montana vs. No. 8 North Dakota84–76ELEVEN1,11062:30 pmNo. 4 Weber State vs. No. 5 Northern Colorado55–80ELEVEN Prime475:30 pmNo. 2 Idaho vs. No. 10 Southern Utah78–92ELEVEN1,07888:00 pmNo. 3 Eastern Washington vs. No. 6 Portland State78–72 Semifinals – Friday, March 9595:30 pmNo. 1 Montana vs No. 5 Northern Colorado91–89 OTELEVEN1,236108:00 pmNo. 3 Eastern Washington vs No. 10 Southern Utah82–70 Championship game – Saturday, March 106115:00 pmNo. 1 Montana vs No. 3 Eastern Washington82–65ESPNU 1,378 Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

NCAA tournament The Grizzlies received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT. Montana was seeded 14th in the West regional and lost by fourteen to Michigan in the first round in Wichita. The last Big Sky team to advance in the NCAA tourney was Montana, a dozen years earlier in 2006.

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