2017 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament was a tournament that held from March 6–11, 2017 at the Reno Events Center. Montana State won their 2nd conference tournament title for the first time since 1993 and earns an automatic trip to the 2017 NCAA tournament.

2017 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	12
Site	Reno Events Center Reno, NV
Champions	Montana State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Tricia Binford (1st title)
MVP	Peyton Ferris (Montana State)
Attendance	6,153
Television	Watch Big Sky
Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 Big Sky women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana State †	15	–	3		.833			25	–	7		.781
North Dakota	15	–	3		.833			20	–	11		.645
Northern Colorado	14	–	4		.778			22	–	8		.733
Eastern Washington	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
Idaho	11	–	7		.611			19	–	15		.559
Idaho State	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Portland State	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
Weber State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Sacramento State	6	–	12		.333			10	–	20		.333
Northern Arizona	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
Montana	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2017 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 23, 2017 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	Montana State	15–3	22–6	1-0 vs. North Dakota
2	North Dakota	15–3	20–9	0–1 vs. Montana State
3	Northern Colorado	14–4	22–7
4	Eastern Washington	12–6	17–12
5	Idaho	11–7	16–13
6	Idaho State	10–8	16–13
7	Portland State	8–10	14–16
8	Weber State	6–12	12–17	1–0 vs. Sacramento State
9	Sacramento State	6–12	10–19	0–1 vs. Weber State
10	Northern Arizona	5–13	9–20
11	Montana	4–14	7–22
12	Southern Utah	2–16	7–22

* Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Monday, March 6
1	1	12:05 PM	#8 Weber State vs. #9 Sacramento State	Watch Big Sky	863
	2	2:35 PM	#5 Idaho vs. #12 Southern Utah		672
2	3	5:35 PM	#7 Portland State vs. #10 Northern Arizona		906
	4	8:05 PM	#6 Idaho State vs. #11 Montana
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
3	5	12:05 PM	#1 Montana State vs. #8 Weber State	Watch Big Sky	787
	6	2:35 PM	#4 Eastern Washington vs. #5 Idaho
4	7	5:35 PM	#2 North Dakota vs. #7 Portland State		804
	8	8:05 PM	#3 Northern Colorado vs. #6 Idaho State
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
5	9	12:05 PM	#1 Montana State vs. #4 Eastern Washington	Watch Big Sky	1,202
	10	2:35 PM	#7 Portland State vs. #6 Idaho State
Championship Game – Saturday, March 11
6	11	12:05 PM	#1 Montana State vs. #6 Idaho State	Watch Big Sky	919
*Game Times in PT.

Bracket

	First round Monday, March 6 Watch Big Sky					Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8 Watch Big Sky					Semifinals Friday, March 10 Watch Big Sky					Championship Saturday, March 11 Watch Big Sky
						1	Montana State	65
						8	Weber State	53
	8	Weber State	98 (OT)
	9	Sacramento State	97
											1	Montana State	61
											4	Eastern Washington	59
						4	Eastern Washington	73
						5	Idaho	64
	5	Idaho	83
	12	Southern Utah	68
																1	Montana State	62
																6	Idaho State	56
						2	North Dakota	62
						7	Portland State	65
	7	Portland State	88
	10	Northern Arizona	76
											7	Portland State	50
											6	Idaho State	54
						3	Northern Colorado	59
						6	Idaho State	60
	6	Idaho State	63
	11	Montana	53

See also

• 2017 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament