1998 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1998 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–7 at the Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.[1]

1998 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199798
Teams6
SiteWalkup Skydome
Flagstaff, AZ
ChampionsNorthern Arizona (1st title)
Winning coachBen Howland (1st title)
MVPDan McClintock (Northern Arizona)
1997–98 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northern Arizona133 .813  218  .724
Weber State124 .750  1413  .519
Portland State106 .625  1512  .556
Eastern Washington106 .625  1611  .593
Montana97 .563  1614  .533
Montana State97 .563  1911  .633
Cal State Northridge79 .438  1216  .429
Idaho State214 .125  620  .231
Sacramento State016 .000  125  .038
Conference tournament winner

Top-seeded host Northern Arizona easily defeated Montana State in the championship game, 77–50, to win their first Big Sky men's basketball tournament title.

Format

No new teams were added and membership remained at nine. As a transitioning Division I member, Portland State was not eligible for this year's Big Sky tournament.

Similar to the previous year, the top six teams in the regular season conference standings participated in the tournament. The top two earned byes into the semifinals while the remaining four played in the quarterfinals. The lowest remaining seed met the top seed in the semifinals.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 5
    Semifinals
Friday, March 6
    Championship
Saturday, March 7
                           
        1 Northern Arizona 86  
  3 Eastern Washington 98     6 Cal State Northridge 79    
  6 Cal State Northridge 104         1 Northern Arizona 77
      4 Montana State 50
        2 Weber State 64    
  4 Montana State 68     4 Montana State 69  
  5 Montana 60  

NCAA tournament

Northern Arizona received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first appearance in the Division I tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited or to the NIT. The Lumberjacks were seeded fifteenth in the West regional and lost by three points to Cincinnati in the first round in Boise.[2]

See also

References

  1. "1997-98 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  2. "Men's NCAA West". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 13, 1998. p. C4.
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