2023 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2023 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament for the Big Sky Conference, held March 4–8 at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. It was the 40th edition of the tournament, which debuted in 1983. The winner will receive the Big Sky's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

2023 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	10
Site	Idaho Central Arena Boise, Idaho
Champions	Sacramento State (1st title)
Winning coach	Mark Campbell (1st title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

2022–23 Big Sky women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Sacramento State†	13	–	5		.722			25	–	7		.781
Montana State	13	–	5		.722			20	–	11		.645
Northern Arizona	13	–	5		.722			21	–	14		.600
Eastern Washington	11	–	7		.611			19	–	11		.633
Montana	10	–	8		.556			14	–	16		.467
Idaho	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
Portland State	8	–	10		.444			15	–	16		.484
Idaho State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	19		.367
Northern Colorado	5	–	13		.278			13	–	18		.419
Weber State	2	–	16		.111			6	–	25		.194
† 2023 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 17, 2023

Seeds

The ten teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system for identical conference records. The top six teams will receive a first-round bye.^[1]

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker
1	Northern Arizona	13-5	4-0 vs. Montana State/Sacramento State
2	Montana State	13-5	1-3 vs. Northern Arizona/Sacramento State; 2-0 vs. Montana
3	Sacramento State	13-5	1-3 vs. Northern Arizona/Montana State; 1-1 vs. Montana
4	Eastern Washington	11-7
5	Montana	10-8
6	Idaho	9-9
7	Portland State	8-10
8	Idaho State	6-12
9	Northern Colorado	5-13
10	Weber State	2-16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 4
1	1	12:00 pm	No. 9 Northern Colorado vs. No. 10 Weber State	63–52	ESPN+
	2	2:30 pm	No. 7 Portland State vs. No. 8 Idaho State	73–58
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5 & Monday, March 6
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Northern Arizona vs. No. 9 Northern Colorado	64–48	ESPN+
	4	2:30 pm	No. 2 Montana State vs. No. 7 Portland State	65–77
3	5	12:00 pm	No. 4 Eastern Washington vs. No. 5 Montana	72-64
	6	2:30 pm	No. 3 Sacramento State vs. No. 6 Idaho	73–58
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 7
4	7	12:00 pm	No. 1 Northern Arizona vs. No. 4 Eastern Washington	74-57	ESPN+
	8	2:30 pm	No. 7 Portland State vs. No. 3 Sacramento State	42-60
Championship game – Wednesday, March 8
5	9	2:00 pm	No. 1 Northern Arizona vs. No. 3 Sacramento State	63-76	ESPNU
Game times in MT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 4 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 5 & 6 ESPN+					Semifinals March 7 ESPNU/ESPN2					Championship March 8 ESPN2
						1	Northern Arizona	64
	9	Northern Colorado	63			9	Northern Colorado	48
	10	Weber State	52								1	Northern Arizona	74
											4	Eastern Washington	57
						4	Eastern Washington	72
						5	Montana	64
																1	Northern Arizona	63
																3	Sacramento State	76
						2	Montana State	65
	7	Portland State	73			7	Portland State	77
	8	Idaho State	58								7	Portland State	42
											3	Sacramento State	60
						3	Sacramento State	73
						6	Idaho	58