1998 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

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1998 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997–98
Teams	6
Site	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
Champions	Northern Arizona (1st title)
Winning coach	Ben Howland (1st title)
MVP	Dan McClintock (Northern Arizona)
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1997–98 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Arizona †	13	–	3	.813	21	–	8	.724
Weber State	12	–	4	.750	14	–	13	.519
Portland State	10	–	6	.625	15	–	12	.556
Eastern Washington	10	–	6	.625	16	–	11	.593
Montana	9	–	7	.563	16	–	14	.533
Montana State	9	–	7	.563	19	–	11	.633
Cal State Northridge	7	–	9	.438	12	–	16	.429
Idaho State	2	–	14	.125	6	–	20	.231
Sacramento State	0	–	16	.000	1	–	25	.038

† Conference tournament winner

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]

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]

References

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

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