1991 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1991 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Site |
Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT | ||||
| Champions | Montana (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Stew Morrill (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Kevin Kearney (Montana) | ||||
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The 1991 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–9 at Dahlberg Arena at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.[1]
Top-seeded hosts Montana defeated two-time defending champions Idaho in the championship game, 76–68, to take home their first Big Sky men's basketball tournament.
The Grizzlies, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited.
Format
No new teams were added to the Big Sky prior to the 1990–91 season, leaving total membership at nine.
No changes were made to the tournament format. Only the top six teams (out of nine) 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.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 7 |
Semifinals Friday, March 8 |
Championship Saturday, March 9 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Montana | 109 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Boise State | 69 | 5 | Idaho State | 97 | ||||||||
| 5 | Idaho State | 73 | 1 | Montana | 76 | ||||||||
| 3 | Idaho | 68 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Nevada | 74 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Idaho | 60 | 3 | Idaho | 93 | ||||||||
| 6 | Weber State | 54 | |||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "1990-91 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.