2014 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament

2014 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams7
SiteBetty Engelstad Sioux Center
Grand Forks, ND
ChampionsNorth Dakota (1st Big Sky title)
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2013–14 Big Sky women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Dakota† 15 – 5   .750 22 – 10   .688
Southern Utah 15 – 5   .750 23 – 10   .697
Montana 14 – 6   .700 23 – 11   .676
Eastern Washington 12 – 8   .600 16 – 14   .533
Idaho State 11 – 9   .550 14 – 17   .452
Montana State 10 – 10   .500 15 – 15   .500
Sacramento State 10 – 10   .500 18 – 12   .600
Northern Colorado 8 – 12   .400 14 – 15   .483
Northern Arizona 6 – 14   .300 9 – 20   .310
Portland State 6 – 14   .300 8 – 21   .276
Weber State 3 – 17   .150 7 – 22   .241
† 2014 Big Sky tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Rankings from AP poll[1][2]


The 2014 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament will run from March 14–16, 2014. The champion of the tournament will receive an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament.

Format

Unlike most Division I conference tournaments in basketball, the Big Sky tournament does not involve all of the conference's teams. With the addition of North Dakota and Southern Utah to the conference for the 2012–13 season, expanding the number of teams from 9 to 11, the tournament expanded from six teams to seven. As in previous years, qualifying is based on overall conference record. The number of teams that fail to qualify also increased by one, going from three to four. All tournament games will be played at the site of the regular-season champion. The women's tournament remains with a Thursday-Friday-Saturday format. The field will be re-seeded after the first round so the #1 seed played will play the lowest remaining seed, while the highest remaining seeds will face off in the other semifinal.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13 		Semifinals
(re-seeded)
Friday, March 14 		Championship
Saturday, March 15
         
1 North Dakota 78
5 Idaho State 53
4 Eastern Washington 65
5 Idaho State 70
1 North Dakota 72
3 Montana 55
2 Southern Utah 86
7 Sacramento State 78
2 Southern Utah 69
3 Montana 73
3 Montana 75
6 Montana State 66

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "2014 Women's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved March 8, 2014.