The 2024 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament for the 2023-24 season in the Big Sky Conference, The tournament was held from March 9–13 at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. It was the 49th edition of the tournament, which debuted in 1976. Fifth-seeded Montana State won the title and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds The ten teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system for identical conference records. The top six teams received a first-round bye. SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker1Eastern Washington15–32Northern Colorado12–62–0 against Montana3Montana12–60–2 against Northern Colorado4Weber State11–75Montana State9–96Portland State8–107Northern Arizona7–111–1 against Eastern Washington8Idaho State7–110–2 against Eastern Washington9Idaho5–1310Sacramento State4–14
Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Saturday, March 9115:30 pmNo. 9 Idaho vs. No. 10 Sacramento State64–72ESPN+28:00 pmNo. 7 Northern Arizona vs. No. 8 Idaho State60–68Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 10235:30 pmNo. 1 Eastern Washington vs. No. 10 Sacramento State69–74ESPN+48:00 pmNo. 2 Northern Colorado vs. No. 8 Idaho State76–83Quarterfinals – Monday, March 11355:30 pmNo. 4 Weber State vs. No. 5 Montana State82–91ESPN+68:00 pmNo. 3 Montana vs. No. 6 Portland State87–81Semifinals – Tuesday, March 12476:30 pmNo. 10 Sacramento State vs. No. 5 Montana State71–74ESPNU/ESPN+89:00 pmNo. 8 Idaho State vs. No. 3 Montana58–72ESPN2/ESPN+Championship game – Wednesday, March 13599:30 pmNo. 5 Montana State vs. No. 3 Montana85–70ESPN2/ESPN+ Game times in MT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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