2002 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2002 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–9 at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.[1]

2002 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200102
Teams6
SiteBrick Breeden Fieldhouse
Bozeman, MT
ChampionsMontana (4th title)
Winning coachDon Holst (1st title)
MVPDan Trammel (Montana)

Fourth-seeded Montana upset second-seeded Eastern Washington in the championship game, 70–66, to win their fourth Big Sky men's basketball tournament title.

The Grizzlies, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited this year.

Format

Cal State Northridge departed the Big Sky for the Big West prior to the 2001–02 season, decreasing total membership back to eight.

Nonetheless, no changes were made to the existing tournament format. Only the top six teams from the regular season conference standings were invited to the tournament. The two top teams were given byes into the semifinals while the third- through sixth-seeded teams were placed and paired into the preliminary quarterfinal round. Following the quarterfinals, the two victorious teams were re-seeded for the semifinal round, with the lowest-seeded remaining team paired with the tournament's highest seed and vis-versa for the other.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7
Semifinals
Friday, March 8
Championship
Saturday, March 9
                           
  4 Montana 82 1 Montana State 68  
  5 Northern Arizona 64 4 Montana 70    
      4 Montana 70
      2 Eastern Washington 66
  3 Weber State 84 2 Eastern Washington 62    
  6 Portland State 62 3 Weber State 57  

See also

References

  1. "2001-02 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
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