Big Sky Basketball: 2022 Conference Tournament preview

Big Sky Basketball is one of those conferences that pops up at the bottom of a region every year somewhere between the 13-15 seed lines that no matter who the champion is will give the opposing coach indigestion. However, like death and taxes, over the last 20 years, 15 of the tournament titles belong to either Montana, Weber State, or Eastern Washington.

Over that time, the three schools have also combined to make 12 other finals appearances, in fact, only twice in the last 20 years has the Big Sky tournament finale not featured Montana, Weber State, or Eastern Washington.

This season it is possible that one of those three will win the title again, but there is a trio of other schools that will try and make sure that doesn’t happen. Southern Utah and Northern Colorado finished 2nd and 3rd, while the Montana State Bobcats took home the regular-season title with a 16-4 league mark. The Bobcats certainly earned the title with a schedule that saw them face Montana, Southern Utah, and Northern Colorado in three of their last four games.

Behind the Bobcats the five teams that finished 2nd through 6th all finished within three games of each other and all of the matchups between them over the final three weeks of the season were all hotly contested. Given the closeness on the top half of the league, there will likely be no easy victories when the action gets underway on Wednesday in Boise. With over half the league capable of cutting down the nets, it should be a fun four days in Boise.