The 2021 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament for the Big Sky Conference, held at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. It was the 46th edition of the tournament, which debuted
Seeds The eleven teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system for identical conference records. The top five teams received a first-round bye.
SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker 11Southern Utah12–22Eastern Washington12–32–0 vs. Montana3Weber State12–31–1 vs. Montana4Idaho State8–61–1 vs. E. Washington5Montana State8–60–2 vs. E. Washington6Montana7–97 Portland State6–81–1 vs. Weber State8Northern Colorado6–80–1 vs. Weber State9Sacramento State5–910Northern Arizona4–1011 Idaho1–17
Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 10119:30 amNo. 8 Northern Colorado vs. No. 9 Sacramento State90–83Pluto TV 1050212:00 pmNo. 7 Portland State vs. No. 10 Northern Arizona66–7732:30 pmNo. 6 Montana vs. No. 11 Idaho69–64 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 112412:00 pmNo. 1 Southern Utah vs. No. 8 Northern Colorado91–83Pluto TV 105052:30 pmNo. 4 Idaho State vs. No. 5 Montana State63–71365:30 pmNo. 2 Eastern Washington vs. No. 10 Northern Arizona66–6078:00 pmNo. 3 Weber State vs. No. 6 Montana75–80 Semifinals – Friday, March 12485:30 pmNo. 1 Southern Utah vs. No. 5 Montana State77–80OTPluto TV 105098:00 pmNo. 2 Eastern Washington vs. No. 6 Montana78–50 Championship game – Saturday, March 135106:00 pmNo. 2 Eastern Washington vs. No. 5 Montana State65–55ESPNU Game times in MT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
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