1992 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
| 1992 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1991–92 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Site | Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana |
| Champions | Montana (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Blaine Taylor (1st title) |
| MVP | Delvon Anderson (Montana) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 27 | – | 4 | .871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1992 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the seventeenth edition, held March 12–14 at Dahlberg Arena at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.[1]
Top-seeded Montana repeated as conference champions by defeating Nevada in the championship game, 73–68,[2] to win their second Big Sky tournament title. Both of Montana's opponents in the tournament had defeated them earlier in the season.[3]
It was Nevada's thirteenth and final year in the Big Sky; they departed for the Big West in the summer.
Format
Total conference membership remained at nine and the tournament format was unchanged.
The top six teams from the regular season were included and the regular season champion earned the right to host.[4] The top two earned byes into the semifinals while the remaining four played in the quarterfinals; the top seed (host) met the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.[5]
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 14 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Montana | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Idaho | 75 | 4 | Idaho | 52 | |||||||||
| 5 | Boise State | 56 | 1 | Montana | 73 | |||||||||
| 2 | Nevada | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Nevada | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Weber State | 92 | 3 | Weber State | 83 | |||||||||
| 6 | Idaho State | 74 | ||||||||||||
NCAA tournament
The Grizzlies (27–3) received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, and no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT.[9][10] Montana received three votes in the final AP poll,[11] and was seeded fourteenth in the West regional;[3][9] they lost by ten points in the first round to Florida State in Boise.[12] It was the tenth consecutive year in which the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.
See also
References
- ^ "1991-92 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^ "In the Big Sky: Montana 73, Nevada 68". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 15, 1992. p. 5E.
- ^ a b "Grizzlies face ACC's Florida State in Boise". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. March 16, 1992. p. 3C.
- ^ "Montana 103, Nevada 86". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 6, 1992. p. C3.
- ^ a b Meehan, Jim (March 11, 1992). "UI turns up work ethic for tourney". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
- ^ Meehan, Jim (March 12, 1992). "UM coach glad to miss first round". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C2.
- ^ Meehan, Jim (March 13, 1992). "Idaho goes deep to burn Boise State". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ Meehan, Jim (March 14, 1992). "Montana's defense handcuffs Vandals in Big Sky semifinals". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ a b "Cougs invited, but not by NCAA". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 16, 1992. p. C1.
- ^ "NIT picks 17 teams that won 20 or more games this season". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 16, 1992. p. C3.
- ^ "AP top 25". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 17, 1992. p. C4.
- ^ "Quick FSU too much for Griz". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 20, 1992. p. C1.