# 2024–25 Big Sky Conference men's basketball season

The 2024–25 Big Sky Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2024 and will end with the 2025 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2025.

## Head coaches
### Coaching Changes

Dan Monson was named head coach at Eastern Washington on April 12, 2024.
David Patrick resigned as Sacramento State's head coach on May 22, 2024 to become associate head coach at LSU. Michael Czepil, an assistant with Sacramento State, was then named as interim head coach for the 2024-2025 season.

### Coaches

| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Season | Overall record | America East record | NCAA Tournaments |
| Eastern Washington | Dan Monson | Marquette (asst.) | 1st | 10–21 (.323) | 6–12 (.333) | 0 |
| Idaho | Alex Pribble | Seattle (asst.) | 2nd | 24–39 (.381) | 13–23 (.361) | 0 |
| Idaho State | Ryan Looney | Point Loma | 6th | 68–111 (.380) | 42–66 (.389) | 0 |
| Montana | Travis DeCuire | California (asst.) | 11th | 233–133 (.637) | 140–61 (.697) | 3 |
| Montana State | Matt Logie | Point Loma | 2nd | 31–35 (.470) | 18–18 (.500) | 1 |
| Northern Arizona | Shane Burcar | Northern Arizona (asst.) | 6th | 74–109 (.404) | 39–70 (.358) | 0 |
| Northern Colorado | Steve Smiley | Northern Colorado (asst.) | 5th | 87–69 (.558) | 51–36 (.586) | 0 |
| Portland State | Jase Coburn | Portland State (asst.) | 4th | 62–63 (.496) | 34–38 (.472) | 0 |
| Sacramento State | Michael Czepil (interim) | Sacramento State (asst.) | 1st | 7–24 (.226) | 3–15 (.167) | 0 |
| Weber State | Eric Duft | Weber State (asst.) | 3rd | 49–48 (.505) | 28–26 (.519) | 0 |
Notes:
* Season/record numbers and NCAA Tournament appearances are inclusive of the 2024–25 season.

## Preseason
### Preseason coaches poll

2024–25 Big Sky Preseason Coaches Poll :
| Rank | Team (First place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Montana (7) | 78 |
| 2 | Montana State (2) | 72 |
| 3 | Northern Colorado | 62 |
| 4 | Weber State (1) | 61 |
| 5 | Northern Arizona | 51 |
| 6 | Portland State | 38 |
| 7 | Idaho | 26 |
| 8 | Idaho State | 21 |
| 9 | Eastern Washington | 19 |
| 10 | Sacramento State | 19 |

### Preseason All-Conference Team

* First team
* Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona
* Brian Goracke, Montana State
* Brandon Whitney, Montana
* Miguel Tomley, Weber State
* Brandon Walker, Montana State
* Julius Mims, Idaho
* Preseason MVP: Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona

## Regular season
### Player of the Week awards

| Week | Player of the Week |
| 1 | Andrew Cook, Eastern Washington |
| 2 | Money Williams, Montana |
| 3 | Langston Reynolds, Northern Colorado |
| 4 | Joe Pridgen, Montana |
| 5 | Carson Towt, Northern Arizona |
| 6 | Langston Reynolds, (2) Northern Colorado Miguel Tomley, Weber State |
| 7 | Kolten Mitchell, Idaho Carson Towt (2), Northern Arizona |
| 8 | Jacob Holt, Sacramento State |
| 9 | Langston Reynolds, (3) Northern Colorado Money Williams, (2) Montana |
| 10 | Dyson Koehler, Weber State |
| 11 | Collen Hollenbeck, Idaho State |
| 12 | Isaiah Hawthorne, Northern Colorado |
| 13 | Dylan Darling, Idaho State |
| 14 | Dylan Darling, (2) Idaho State |
| 15 | Jaylin Henderson, Portland State |
| 16 | Dylan Darling, (3) Idaho State |
| 17 | Jaron Rillie, Northern Colorado |
| School | POTW |
| Eastern Washington | 1 |
| Idaho | 1 |
| Idaho State | 4 |
| Montana | 3 |
| Montana State | 0 |
| Northern Arizona | 2 |
| Northern Colorado | 5 |
| Portland State | 1 |
| Sacramento State | 1 |
| Weber State | 2 |

## Postseason
### Big Sky tournament

The conference tournament will be played from March 8 to March 12, 2025 at the Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. The top six teams receive a first round bye.

### NCAA Tournament

As the conference champion, Montana received an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | First round | Second round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 14 | East | Montana | — | vs. (3) Wisconsin - (Denver) | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― |

## Conference awards

2025 Big Sky Men's Basketball Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Dylan Darling, Idaho State |
| Coach of the Year | Travis DeCuire, Montana |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Tre-Vaughn Minott, Portland State |
| Top Reserve | Money Williams, Montana |
| Freshman of the Year | Evan Otten, Idaho State |
| Newcomer of the Year | Dylan Darling, Idaho State |
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2025 Big Sky Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Honarable Mention | Defensive Team |
| Dylan Darling, Idaho State Langston Reynolds, Northern Colorado Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona Blaise Threatt, Weber State Joe Pridgen, Montana Isaiah Hawthorne, Northern Colorado Jaron Rillie, Northern Colorado | Malik Moore, Montana Carson Towt, Northern Arizona Terri Miller Jr., Portland State Jacob Holt, Sacramento State Money Williams, Montana Brandon Whitney, Montana | Jaylin Henderson, Portland State Qiant Myers, Portland State Jake O'Neil, Idaho State Brandon Walker, Montana State Jack Payne, Idaho | Tre-Vaughn Minott, Portland State Carson Towt, Northern Arizona Brandon Whitney, Montana Jake O'Neil, Idaho State Zach Bloch, Northern Colorado |