1994 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1994 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the nineteenth edition, held March 10–12 at the BSU Pavilion at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.^[1]

1994 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1993–94
Teams	6
Site	BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho
Champions	Boise State (4th title)
Winning coach	Bobby Dye (3rd title)
MVP	Shambric Williams (Boise State)
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1993–94 Big Sky men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Weber State	10	–	4		.714			20	–	10		.667
Idaho State	10	–	4		.714			18	–	9		.667
Idaho	9	–	5		.643			18	–	10		.643
Montana State	8	–	6		.571			16	–	11		.593
Boise State †	7	–	7		.500			17	–	13		.567
Montana	6	–	8		.429			19	–	9		.679
Northern Arizona	6	–	8		.429			13	–	13		.500
Eastern Washington	0	–	14		.000			5	–	21		.192
† Conference tournament winner

Fifth-seeded host Boise State upset second-seeded Idaho State in the championship game, 85–81, to repeat as tournament champions and gain their fourth tournament title overall.^[2] The Broncos had defeated regular season champion Weber State in the semifinals.^[3]

Format

Conference membership remained at eight and the tournament format was unchanged, with an exception; the site was predetermined, rather than awarded to the regular season champion.

The top six teams from the regular season participated, and the top two earned byes into the semifinals. The remaining four played in the quarterfinals, and the top seed met the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10					Semifinals Friday, March 11					Championship Saturday, March 12
						1	Weber State	72
	4	Montana State	57			5	Boise State	84
	5	Boise State	75								5	Boise State	85
											2	Idaho State	81
						2	Idaho State	73
	3	Idaho	74			3	Idaho	66
	6	Montana	63

Source:^[2][3][4]

NCAA tournament

The Broncos (17–12) received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT. Boise State was seeded fourteenth in the West regional and lost by nine points to Louisville in the first round in Sacramento.^[5] It was the twelfth consecutive year that the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.

See also

• Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament