1992 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1992 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the seventeenth edition, held March 12–14 at Dahlberg Arena at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.^[1]

1992 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1991–92
Teams	6
Site	Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana
Champions	Montana (2nd title)
Winning coach	Blaine Taylor (1st title)
MVP	Delvon Anderson (Montana)
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 1991 1993 →

1991–92 Big Sky men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana †	14	–	2		.875			27	–	4		.871
Nevada	13	–	3		.813			19	–	10		.655
Weber State	10	–	6		.625			16	–	13		.552
Idaho	10	–	6		.625			18	–	14		.563
Boise State	7	–	9		.438			16	–	13		.552
Idaho State	6	–	10		.375			9	–	21		.300
Montana State	6	–	10		.375			14	–	14		.500
Northern Arizona	3	–	13		.188			7	–	20		.259
Eastern Washington	3	–	13		.188			6	–	21		.222
† Conference tournament winner

Top-seeded Montana repeated as conference champions by defeating Nevada in the championship game, 73–68,^[2] to win their second Big Sky tournament title. Both of Montana's opponents in the tournament had defeated them earlier in the season.^[3]

It was Nevada's thirteenth and final year in the Big Sky; they departed for the Big West in the summer.

Format

Total conference membership remained at nine and the tournament format was unchanged.

The top six teams from the regular season were included and the regular season champion earned the right to host.^[4] The top two earned byes into the semifinals while the remaining four played in the quarterfinals; the top seed (host) met the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.^[5]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12					Semifinals Friday, March 13					Championship Saturday, March 14
						1	Montana	69
	4	Idaho	75			4	Idaho	52
	5	Boise State	56								1	Montana	73
											2	Nevada	68
						2	Nevada	92
	3	Weber State	92			3	Weber State	83
	6	Idaho State	74

Source:^[5][6][7][8]

NCAA tournament

The Grizzlies (27–3) received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, and no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT.^[9][10] Montana received three votes in the final AP poll,^[11] and was seeded fourteenth in the West regional;^[3][9] they lost by ten points in the first round to Florida State in Boise.^[12] It was the tenth consecutive year in which the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.

See also

• Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament

References

1. "1991-92 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
2. "In the Big Sky: Montana 73, Nevada 68". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 15, 1992. p. 5E.
3. "Grizzlies face ACC's Florida State in Boise". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. March 16, 1992. p. 3C.
4. "Montana 103, Nevada 86". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 6, 1992. p. C3.
5. Meehan, Jim (March 11, 1992). "UI turns up work ethic for tourney". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
6. Meehan, Jim (March 12, 1992). "UM coach glad to miss first round". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C2.
7. Meehan, Jim (March 13, 1992). "Idaho goes deep to burn Boise State". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
8. Meehan, Jim (March 14, 1992). "Montana's defense handcuffs Vandals in Big Sky semifinals". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
9. "Cougs invited, but not by NCAA". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 16, 1992. p. C1.
10. "NIT picks 17 teams that won 20 or more games this season". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 16, 1992. p. C3.
11. "AP top 25". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 17, 1992. p. C4.
12. "Quick FSU too much for Griz". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 20, 1992. p. C1.