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2016 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

2016 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Division I
2015–16
12
Reno Events CenterReno, Nevada
Weber State (10th title)
Randy Rahe (3rd title)
Jeremy Senglin (Weber State)
ESPNU (final)
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournaments

The 2016 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–12 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. This was the first Big Sky tournament at a neutral site and the first to include all twelve conference members. The top two seeds met in the final; regular season champion Weber State defeated Montana 62–59 and advanced to the NCAA tournament.

All 12 Big Sky schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference season record, with the top four teams receiving a first round bye. A tiebreaker system was used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Weber State	15–3
2	Montana	14–4
3	Idaho	12–6
4	Idaho State	11–7
5	North Dakota	10–8	1–1 vs. Weber State
6	Eastern Washington	10–8	0–1 vs. Weber State
7	Montana State	9–9
8	Portland State	8–10
9	Northern Colorado	7–11
10	Sacramento State	6–12
11	Northern Arizona	3–15	1–1 vs. Idaho State
12	Southern Utah	3–15	0–2 vs. Idaho State

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score
1	1	12:05 pm	#8 Portland State vs. #9 Northern Colorado	74–67
2	2:35 pm	#5 North Dakota vs. #12 Southern Utah	85–80
3	5:35 pm	#7 Montana State vs. #10 Sacramento State	75–79
4	8:05 pm	#6 Eastern Washington vs. #11 Northern Arizona	74–52
2	5	12:05 pm	#1 Weber State vs. #8 Portland State	78–74
6	2:35 pm	#4 Idaho State vs. #5 North Dakota	49–83
7	5:35 pm	#2 Montana vs. #10 Sacramento State	70–53
8	8:05 pm	#3 Idaho vs. #6 Eastern Washington	77–73
3	9	5:35 pm	#1 Weber State vs. #5 North Dakota	83–78OT
10	8:05 pm	#2 Montana vs. #3 Idaho	81–72
4	10	5:45 pm	#1 Weber State vs. #2 Montana	62–59
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

– denotes overtime period

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The Wildcats received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT. Weber State was seeded fifteenth in the East regional and lost 71–53 to Xavier in the first round in St. Louis. It was the tenth consecutive year that the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.

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