2001 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2001 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–10 at the Matadome at California State University, Northridge in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.[1]

2001 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2000–01
Teams6
SiteMatadome
Northridge, Los Angeles, CA
ChampionsCal State Northridge (1st title)
Winning coachBobby Braswell (1st title)
MVPBrian Heinle (Cal State Northridge)

Top-seeded hosts Cal State Northridge defeated Eastern Washington in the championship game, 73–58, to win their first, and only, Big Sky men's basketball tournament title (CSUN departed the Big Sky the following season).

The Matadors, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited this year.

Format

No new teams were added to the Big Sky prior to the 2000–01 season, leaving total membership at nine.

No changes were made to the existing tournament format. Only the top six teams from the regular season conference standings were invited to the tournament. The two top teams were given byes into the semifinals while the third- through sixth-seeded teams were placed and paired into the preliminary quarterfinal round. Following the quarterfinals, the two victorious teams were re-seeded for the semifinal round, with the lowest-seeded remaining team paired with the tournament's highest seed and vis-versa for the other.

Bracket
  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8		 Semifinals
Friday, March 9		 Championship
Saturday, March 10
                           
  3 Idaho State 67 1 Cal State Northridge 91  
  6 Weber State 86 6 Weber State 74    
      1 Cal State Northridge 73
      2 Eastern Washington 58
  4 Montana State 62 2 Eastern Washington 58    
  5 Northern Arizona 65 5 Northern Arizona 53  
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See also

References
  1. "2000-01 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
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