1978 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1978 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 4
Site Adams Field House
Missoula, Montana
Champions Weber State (1st title)
Winning coach Neil McCarthy (1st title)
MVP Bruce Collins (Weber State)
1977–78 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Montana12–2 .857  20–8  .714
Idaho State11–3 .786  16–10  .615
Weber State †9–5 .643  19–10  .655
Boise State8–6 .571  13–14  .481
Gonzaga7–7 .500  14–15  .483
Northern Arizona5–9 .357  11–14  .440
Montana State3–11 .214  9–17  .346
Idaho1–13 .071  4–22  .154
† Conference tournament winner

The 1978 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 3–4 at Adams Field House at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.[1][2]

Weber State upset top-seeded Montana in the championship game, 62–55 (in overtime), to clinch their first Big Sky men's basketball tournament.[3]

The Wildcats received an automatic bid to the 32-team NCAA Tournament, but lost in the first round to Arkansas in Eugene, Oregon;[4] Arkansas ultimately advanced to the Final Four.

Format

Even though the Big Sky's membership was fixed at eight, only the top four teams from the standings took part in the tournament field. Teams were seeded based on regular-season records, and was again held at the home court of the conference's regular season champion.

Montana made its inaugural appearance in the Big Sky tournament, not having qualified as a top-four team in either of the previous two years.

Bracket

Semifinals
Friday, March 3 		Championship
Saturday, March 4
      
1 Montana 70
4 Boise State 61
1 Montana 55
3 Weber State 62*
3 Weber State 84
2 Idaho State 79

Source:[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Big Sky playoff starts at Montana". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 3, 1978. p. 5B.
  2. ↑ "1977-78 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Weber State stops Montana for Big Sky title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 5, 1978. p. 2B.
  4. ↑ Withers, Bud (March 12, 1978). "Arkansas' quick paralyzes Weber". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 4B.
  5. ↑ "Montana, Weber in Big Sky finals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 4, 1978. p. 1B.
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