2025 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2025 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament, popularly referred to as "Starch Madness", was the postseason tournament for the Big Sky Conference, held March 8–12 at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. It was the 50th edition of the tournament, which debuted in 1976. Second seed Montana won the title and received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds The ten teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system for identical conference records. The top six teams received a first-round bye. SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker1Northern Colorado15–32–0 vs. Idaho State2Montana15–31–1 vs. Idaho State3Portland State11–74Idaho State10–85Montana State9–96Idaho8–101–1 vs. Northern Colorado7Northern Arizona8–100–2 vs. Northern Colorado8Eastern Washington6–129Weber State5–1310Sacramento State3–15

Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Saturday, March 8115:30 pmNo. 9 Weber State vs. No. 10 Sacramento State83–70ESPN+28:00 pmNo. 7 Northern Arizona vs. No. 8 Eastern Washington66–53Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 9235:30 pmNo. 1 Northern Colorado vs. No. 9 Weber State76–52ESPN+48:00 pmNo. 2 Montana vs. No. 7 Northern Arizona74–65Quarterfinals – Monday, March 10355:30 pmNo. 4 Idaho State vs. No. 5 Montana State60–80ESPN+68:00 pmNo. 3 Portland State vs. No. 6 Idaho70–80Semifinals – Tuesday, March 11477:00 pmNo. 1 Northern Colorado vs. No. 5 Montana State72–45ESPNU89:30 pmNo. 2 Montana vs. No. 6 Idaho78–55ESPN2Championship game – Wednesday, March 12599:30 pmNo. 1 Northern Colorado vs. No. 2 Montana83–91ESPN2 Game times in MST for the first round and MDT from the quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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