2000 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2000 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1999–00 |
Teams | 6 |
Site | Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT |
Champions | Northern Arizona (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Mike Adras (1st title) |
MVP | (Northern Arizona) |
1999–2000 Big Sky men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona † | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Northridge | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2000 Big Sky Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 2000 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11 at Dahlberg Arena at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.[2]
Northern Arizona defeated Cal State Northridge in the championship game, 85–81, to win their second Big Sky men's basketball tournament title. It was NAU's second title in three years.
The Lumberjacks, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited this year.
Format[]
No new teams were added to the Big Sky prior to the 1999–2000 season, leaving total membership at nine.
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 Wednesday, March 8 Thursday, March 9 |
Semifinals Friday, March 10 |
Championship Saturday, March 11 | |||||||||||
3 | Northern Arizona | 77 | 1 | Montana | 65 | ||||||||
6 | Portland State | 75 | 4 | Cal State Northridge | 76 | ||||||||
4 | Cal State Northridge | 81 | |||||||||||
3 | Northern Arizona | 85 | |||||||||||
4 | Cal State Northridge | 73 | 2 | Eastern Washington | 65 | ||||||||
5 | Weber State | 68 | 3 | Northern Arizona | 82 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ sports-reference.com 1999-00 Big Sky Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1999-00 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
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