# 2015 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2015 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 12–14, 2015. All games were hosted by the Montana Grizzlies, which won a tiebreaker with regular season co-champions Eastern Washington, at Dahlberg Arena. The champion, Eastern Washington, received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament.
This was the final Big Sky tournament to be held at a campus site, and also the last one in which certain teams were excluded due to poor performance. From 2016 forward, the tournament will involve all conference members (barring NCAA sanctions), and will be held at a predetermined neutral site, with the first neutral-site tournament to be held at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.

## Format

With the addition of Idaho in all sports except football, the league now has 12 men's and women's basketball programs. The 2015 tournaments expanded from seven to eight teams each, with no byes. Four quarterfinals were played on Thursday, followed by two semifinal games on Friday, and the championship game on Saturday. In addition, the top seed no longer has a bye in the tournament.

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 Watch Big Sky | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 Watch Big Sky | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 Watch Big Sky | Semifinals Friday, March 13 Watch Big Sky | Semifinals Friday, March 13 Watch Big Sky | Semifinals Friday, March 13 Watch Big Sky | Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPNU | Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPNU | Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPNU |
| 1 | Montana | 76* | | | | | | |
| 8 | Weber State | 73 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Weber State | 73 | 1 | Montana | 61 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Northern Arizona | 59 | | | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona | 63 | 4 | Northern Arizona | 59 | | | |
| 5 | Northern Colorado | 57 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Northern Colorado | 57 | | | | 1 | Montana | 65 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Eastern Washington | 69 |
| 2 | Eastern Washington | 91 | | | | | | | 2 | Eastern Washington | 69 |
| 7 | Idaho | 83 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Idaho | 83 | 2 | Eastern Washington | 91 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Sacramento State | 83 | | | |
| 3 | Sacramento State | 70 | 3 | Sacramento State | 83 | | | |
| 6 | Portland State | 60 | | | | | | |

## Game summaries
### Eastern Washington vs. Idaho

Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
* Watch Big Sky
* Mar 12 11 a.m. MDT
* Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT

### Sacramento State vs. Portland State

Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
* Watch Big Sky
* Mar 12 1:30 p.m. MDT
* Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT

### Northern Arizona vs. Northern Colorado

Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
* Watch Big Sky
* Mar 12 5:30 p.m. MDT
* Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT

### Montana vs. Weber State

Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
* Watch Big Sky
* Mar 12 8 p.m. MDT
* Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT

### Semifinal 1

Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
* Watch Big Sky
* Mar 13 5:30 p.m. MDT
* Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT

### Semifinal 2

Broadcasters: Jay Sanderson & Tanoka Beard
* Watch Big Sky
* Mar 13 8 p.m. MDT
* Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT

### Championship

Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams
* ESPNU
* Mar 14 7 p.m. MDT
* Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT