2019 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament that was held from March 11–15, 2019 at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho. Portland State was the winner of the Big Sky Tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament.[1]

2019 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	12
Site	CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID
Champions	Portland State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Lynn Kennedy (1st title)
MVP	Ashley Bolston (Portland State)
Television	Pluto TV, ELEVEN
Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2018–19 Big Sky women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Idaho	16	–	4		.800			22	–	12		.647
Northern Colorado	15	–	5		.750			21	–	11		.656
Idaho State	15	–	5		.750			20	–	11		.645
Portland State †	14	–	6		.700			25	–	8		.758
Montana State	11	–	9		.550			16	–	15		.516
Eastern Washington	9	–	11		.450			13	–	20		.394
Montana	9	–	11		.450			14	–	16		.467
Northern Arizona	8	–	12		.400			13	–	18		.419
Sacramento State	6	–	14		.300			10	–	19		.345
Southern Utah	4	–	16		.200			8	–	23		.258
Weber State	3	–	17		.150			6	–	25		.194
† 2019 Big Sky Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Big Sky tiebreaker procedures are as follows:

1. Head-to-head
2. Performance against conference teams in descending order to finish
3. Higher RPI
4. Coin Flip

Seed	School	Conference	Overall*	Tiebreaker
1	Idaho	16–4	19–10
2	Northern Colorado	15–5	20–9	2–0 vs. ISU
3	Idaho State	15–5	20–9	0–2 vs. UNC
4	Portland State	14–6	22–7
5	Montana State	11–9	16–14
6	Eastern Washington	9–11	10–19	2–0 vs. UM
7	Montana	9–11	14–15	0–2 vs. EWU
8	Northern Arizona	8–12	12–17
9	Sacramento State	6–14	10–18
10	Southern Utah	4–16	7–22
11	Weber State	3–17	6–24

* Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Monday, March 11
1	1	2:30 PM	#8 Northern Arizona vs. #9 Sacramento State	Pluto TV
	2	5:30 PM	#7 Montana vs. #10 Southern Utah
	3	8:00 PM	#6 Eastern Washington vs. #11 Weber State
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 12
2	4	12:00 PM	#1 Idaho vs. #8 Northern Arizona	Pluto TV
	5	2:30 PM	#4 Portland State vs. #5 Montana State
3	6	5:30 PM	#2 Northern Colorado vs. #10 Southern Utah
	7	8:00 PM	#3 Idaho State vs. #6 Eastern Washington
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 13
4	8	5:30 PM	#1 Idaho vs. #4 Portland State	ELEVEN
	9	8:00 PM	#2 Northern Colorado vs. #6 Eastern Washington
Championship Game – Friday, March 15
5	10	1:00 PM	#4 Portland State vs. #6 Eastern Washington	ELEVEN
*Game Times in MT.

Bracket

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	First Round Monday, March 11 Pluto TV 231					Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 12 Pluto TV 231					Semifinals Wednesday, March 13 ELEVEN					Championship Friday, March 15 ELEVEN
						1	Idaho	90
						8	Northern Arizona	73
	8	Northern Arizona	74
	9	Sacramento State	69
											1	Idaho	59
										4	Portland State	75
						4	Portland State	68
						5	Montana State	56
																4	Portland State	61
																6	Eastern Washington	59
						2	Northern Colorado	82
						10	Southern Utah	50
	7	Montana	56
	10	Southern Utah	64
											2	Northern Colorado	57
										6	Eastern Washington	59
						3	Idaho State	65
						6	Eastern Washington	67*
	6	Eastern Washington	81
	11	Weber State	74

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2019 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. Associated, The (2019-03-15). "Portland State women win Big Sky tournament, earn NCAA Tournament berth". oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
2. "The 2019 Big Sky Basketball Championships Schedule". SIDEARM Sports. Retrieved 25 December 2018.