The 2019 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament for the Big Sky Conference, held at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho. It was the 44th edition of the tournament, which debuted
Regular season and defending tournament champion Montana defeated Eastern Washington 68–62 in the championship game to gain the conference's automatic bid to the 68-team NCAA tournament. It was Montana's eleventh Big Sky tournament title, which leads the conference; its first came in 1991.
Seeds The eleven teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker to seed teams with identical conference records. The top five teams received a first round bye.
SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker 11Montana16–42Northern Colorado15–5312–84Weber State11–93–1 vs. Portland State/Montana State5Portland State11–92–2 vs. Weber State/Montana State6Montana State11–91–3 vs. Weber State/Portland State7 Southern Utah9–118Northern Arizona8–121–1 vs. Northern Colorado9Sacramento State8–120–2 vs. Northern Colorado10Idaho State7–1311 Idaho2–18
Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 13119:30 amNo. 8 Northern Arizona vs. No. 9 Sacramento State60–72Pluto TV 231212:00 pmNo. 7 Southern Utah vs. No. 10 Idaho State94–8032:30 pmNo. 6 Montana State vs. No. 11 Idaho75–71 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 142412:00 pmNo. 1 Montana vs. No. 9 Sacramento State79–73Eleven52:30 pmNo. 4 Weber State vs. No. 5 Portland State81–71365:30 pmNo. 2 Northern Colorado vs. No. 7 Southern Utah64–8378:00 pmNo. 3 Eastern Washington vs. No. 6 Montana State90–84 Semifinals – Friday, March 15485:30 pmNo. 1 Montana vs No. 4 Weber State78–49Eleven98:00 pmNo. 7 Southern Utah vs No. 3 Eastern Washington61–77 Championship game – Saturday, March 165106:00 pmNo. 1 Montana vs No. 3 Eastern Washington68–62ESPNU Game times in MT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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