2010 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2010 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2010 Big Sky men's basketball championship logo.jpg
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams6
First round sitecampus sites
Semifinals siteDee Events Center
Ogden, UT
Finals siteDee Events Center
Ogden, UT
ChampionsMontana Grizzlies (7th title)
Winning coachWayne Tinkle (1st title)
MVPAnthony Johnson (Montana Grizzlies)
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2009–10 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Weber State 13 – 3   .813 20 – 11   .645
Northern Colorado 12 – 4   .750 25 – 7   .781
Montana State 10 – 6   .625 15 – 14   .517
Montana † 10 – 6   .625 22 – 9   .710
Northern Arizona 8 – 8   .500 14 – 14   .500
Portland State 7 – 9   .438 12 – 19   .387
Eastern Washington 5 – 11   .313 9 – 21   .300
Idaho State 4 – 12   .250 7 – 22   .241
Sacramento State 3 – 13   .188 9 – 21   .300
† Conference tournament winner

The 2010 Big Sky Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 6 to March 10. The First Round of the tournament was held at the higher seed's home arena, and the semi-finals and championship were held at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah, which is the home of regular season champion Weber State. The top 6 teams from regular season play qualified and the top 2 teams received a bye to the semi-finals. The tournament was won by Montana and they received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As regular season champions who failed to win the tournament Weber State received an automatic bid to the 2010 NIT.

Bracket[]

First Round
March 6 		Re-Seeded Semifinals
March 9 		Championship
March 10
         
1 Weber State 69
6 Portland State 60
3 Montana State 65
6 Portland State 68
1 Weber State 65
4 Montana 66
4 Montana 81
5 Northern Arizona 60
4 Montana 68
2 Northern Colorado 63
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