2024 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2024 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament for the Big Sky Conference, held March 9–13 at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho.^[1] It was the 41st edition of the tournament, which debuted in 1983. The winner will receive the Big Sky's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

2024 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	10
Site	Idaho Central Arena Boise, Idaho
Champions	Eastern Washington (2nd title)
Winning coach	Joddie Gleason (1st title)
MVP	Jamie Loera (Eastern Washington)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournaments ← 2023 2025 →

2023–24 Big Sky women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Washington †	16	–	2		.889			29	–	6		.829
Northern Arizona	15	–	3		.833			25	–	9		.735
Montana	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
Montana State	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
Northern Colorado	10	–	8		.556			15	–	16		.484
Idaho	8	–	10		.444			15	–	16		.484
Idaho State	7	–	11		.389			11	–	19		.367
Sacramento State	4	–	14		.222			6	–	25		.194
Weber State	4	–	14		.222			8	–	25		.242
Portland State	3	–	15		.167			8	–	23		.258
† 2024 Big Sky tournament winner

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.^[2]

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker
1	Eastern Washington	16–2
2	Northern Arizona	15–3
3	Montana	13–5
4	Montana State	10–8	1–1 vs. Eastern Washington
5	Northern Colorado	10–8	0–2 vs. Eastern Washington
6	Idaho	8–10
7	Idaho State	7–11
8	Sacramento State	4–14	1–1 vs. Northern Arizona
9	Weber State	4–14	0–2 vs. Northern Arizona
10	Portland State	3–15

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Saturday, March 9
1	1	12:00 pm	No. 9 Weber State vs. No. 10 Portland State	62–53	ESPN+
	2	2:30 pm	No. 7 Idaho State vs. No. 8 Sacramento State	55–73
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 10
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Eastern Washington vs. No. 9 Weber State	71–58	ESPN+
	4	2:30 pm	No. 2 Northern Arizona vs. No. 8 Sacramento State	81–63
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 11
3	5	12:00 pm	No. 4 Montana State vs. No. 5 Northern Colorado	47–44OT	ESPN+
	6	2:30 pm	No. 3 Montana vs. No. 6 Idaho	73–61
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 12
4	7	12:00 pm	No. 1 Eastern Washington vs. No. 4 Montana State	56–39	ESPN+
	8	2:30 pm	No. 2 Northern Arizona vs. No. 3 Montana	74–67
Championship game – Wednesday, March 13
5	9	3:00 pm	No. 1 Eastern Washington vs. No. 2 Northern Arizona	73–64	ESPNU
Game times in MT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 9 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 10 & 11 ESPN+					Semifinals March 12 ESPN+					Championship March 13 ESPNU
						1	Eastern Washington	71
	9	Weber State	62			9	Weber State	58
	10	Portland State	53								1	Eastern Washington	56
											4	Montana State	39
						4	Montana State	47*
						5	Northern Colorado	44
																1	Eastern Washington	73
																2	Northern Arizona	64
						2	Northern Arizona	81
	7	Idaho State	55			8	Sacramento State	63
	8	Sacramento State	73								2	Northern Arizona	74
											3	Montana	67
						3	Montana	73
						6	Idaho	61

Source:^[3]