The 2020–21 Big Sky Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2021 and will conclude in March 2021.

Preseason Awards Preseason awards were announced by the league office on November 11, 2020."Eastern Washington tops Big Sky Conference men's basketball preseason polls, Montana Grizzlies 2nd" montanasports.com. Retrieved 2020-01-17.

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll (First place votes in parentheses) Eastern Washington (9) 99 Montana (1) 86 Weber State 73 Portland State (1) 67 Northern Colorado 65 Montana State 60 Southern Utah 56 Northern Arizona 34 Sacramento State 31 Idaho State 24 Idaho 10

Preseason men's basketball media poll (First place votes in parentheses) Eastern Washington (24) 304 Montana (2) 250 Northern Colorado (2) 222 Montana State 200 Weber State 183 Southern Utah 173 Portland State 147 Northern Arizona 143 Sacramento State 93 Idaho State 86 Idaho 50

Honors Preseason Player of the Year: Jacob Davison, Eastern Washington

Conference matrix  Eastern WashingtonIdahoIdaho StateMontanaMontana StateNorthern ArizonaNorthern ColoradoPortland StateSacramento StateSouthern UtahWeber Statevs. Eastern Washington0–00−21−10−20−20−11−10−00−21–10–0vs. Idaho2–0 – 2−00−01−12−02−02−02−02–02–0vs. Idaho State1–10−2 – 2–00−00−21−11−11−10–00–0vs. Montana2–00−00−2 – 0−01−11−11−11−12–01–1vs. Montana State2–01−10−00−0 – 0−20−20−21−10–02–0vs. Northern Arizona1–00−22−01−12−0 – 0−10−00−02–02–0vs. Northern Colorado1–10−21−11−12−01−0 – 1−10−00–01–0vs. Portland State0–00−21−11−12−00−01−1 – 0−02–01–1vs. Sacramento State2–00−21−11−11−10−00−00−0 – 2–02–0vs. Southern Utah1–10−20−00−20−00−20−00−20−2 – 1–1vs. Weber State0–00−20−01−10−20−20−11−10−21–1 −Total12–31–178–67–98–64–106–86–85–912–212–3

All-Big Sky awards

Big Sky men's basketball weekly awards

WeekPlayer(s) of the WeekSchoolNov 30Xavier BishopMontana StateDec 7Maizen FausettSouthern UtahDec 14Tevian JonesSouthern Utah (2)Dec 21Tanner GrovesEastern WashingtonDec 28Brayden ParkerIdaho StateJan 4Cameron SheltonNorthern ArizonaJan 11Xavier BishopMontana State (2)Jan 18Jubrile BeloMontana State (3)Jan 25Ethan EspositoSacramento StateFeb 1Tanner Groves (2)Eastern Washington (2)Feb 8Seikou Sisoho JawaraWeber StateFeb 15Kim Aiken Jr.Eastern Washington (3)Feb 22Kim Aiken Jr. (2)Eastern Washington (4)Mar 1Dre MarinSouthern Utah (3)

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