2000 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

2000 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
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	Ross Land (Northern Arizona)
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournaments

1999–2000 Big Sky men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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
						1	Montana	65
	3	Northern Arizona	77			4	Cal State Northridge	76
	6	Portland State	75								4	Cal State Northridge	81
											3	Northern Arizona	85
						2	Eastern Washington	65
	4	Cal State Northridge	73			3	Northern Arizona	82
	5	Weber State	68

See also

• Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament

References

1. sports-reference.com 1999-00 Big Sky Conference Season Summary
2. "1999-00 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.