The 1999 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at the Dee Events Center at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.[1]
| 1999 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1998–99 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Site | Dee Events Center Ogden, UT |
| Champions | Weber State (6th title) |
| Winning coach | Ron Abegglen (2nd title) |
| MVP | Eddie Gill (Weber State) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 6 | – | 20 | .231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 3 | – | 23 | .115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Conference tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top-seeded host Weber State defeated defending champion Northern Arizona in the championship game, 82–75,[2] to win their sixth Big Sky tournament title.
Format
editNo new teams were added and membership remained at nine. After completing its transition to Division I, Portland State was eligible for the Big Sky tournament for the first time.
Similar to the previous year, the top six teams in the regular season conference standings participated in the tournament. The top two earned byes into the semifinals while the remaining four played in the quarterfinals. The lowest remaining seed met the top seed in the semifinals.
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 4 | Semifinals Friday, March 5 | Championship Saturday, March 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Weber State | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Cal State Northridge | 90 | 5 | Montana State | 75 | |||||||||
| 5 | Montana State | 91 | 1 | Weber State | 82 | |||||||||
| 2 | Northern Arizona | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Northern Arizona | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Portland State | 80 | 3 | Portland State | 56 | |||||||||
| 6 | Eastern Washington | 74 | ||||||||||||
NCAA tournament
editWeber State earned the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited, or to the NIT. Seeded fourteenth in the West regional, the Wildcats upset perennial power North Carolina in the first round in the nightcap in Seattle,[3][4] which ended after midnight back east. In the second round, Weber State lost in overtime to Florida.[5][6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1998-99 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ^ "Weber St. 82, Northern Arizona 75". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 7, 1999. p. 5G.
- ^ "Weber St. stuns North Carolina". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 12, 1999. p. 1B.
- ^ "North Carolina, UCLA are first round upset victims". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). Associated Press. March 12, 1999. p. 9.
- ^ "Florida needs overtime to eliminate Weber State". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 14, 1999. p. 1B.
- ^ "Weber State journey derailed by Florida". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 14, 1999. p. 5G.