2018 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament was a tournament that held from March 5–10, 2018 at the Reno Events Center. Northern Colorado won their first Big Sky tournament for the first school history and earned an automatic trip to the 2018 NCAA tournament.

2018 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	12
Site	Reno Events Center Reno, NV
Champions	Northern Colorado (1st title)
Winning coach	Kamie Ethridge (1st title)
MVP	Savannah Smith (Northern Colorado)
Television	Pluto TV, ELEVEN
Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Colorado †	15	–	3		.833			26	–	7		.788
Idaho	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
Eastern Washington	12	–	6		.667			17	–	14		.548
Weber State	12	–	6		.667			21	–	11		.656
Idaho State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Portland State	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
Montana	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Montana State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	15		.516
North Dakota	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Sacramento State	5	–	13		.278			7	–	23		.233
Northern Arizona	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16		.111			3	–	27		.100
† 2018 Big Sky tournament winner As of 19 March 2018 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	Northern Colorado	15–3	23–6
2	Idaho	13–5	17–12
3	Eastern Washington	12–6	17–13	1–0 vs. WEB
4	Weber State	12–6	20–9	0–1 vs. EWU
5	Idaho State	11–7	19–10	2–0 vs. PSU
6	Portland State	11–7	17–12	0–2 vs. ISU
7	Montana State	9–9	15–14	1–1 vs. MONT, 1–0 vs. ISU
8	Montana	9–9	13–16	1–1 vs. MSU, 0–1 vs. ISU
9	Sacramento State	5–13	7–22	1–0 vs. UND
10	North Dakota	5–13	12–17	0–1 vs. SAC
11	Northern Arizona	4–14	7–22
12	Southern Utah	2–16	3–26

* Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Monday, March 5
1	1	12:05 PM	#8 Sacramento State vs. #9 Montana	Pluto TV 231	512
	2	2:35 PM	#5 Idaho State vs. #12 Southern Utah
2	3	5:35 PM	#7 Montana State vs. #10 North Dakota
	4	8:05 PM	#6 Portland State vs. #11 Northern Arizona
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 7
3	5	12:05 PM	#1 Northern Colorado vs. #9 Montana	Pluto TV 231	511
	6	2:35 PM	#4 Weber State vs. #5 Idaho State
4	7	5:35 PM	#2 Idaho vs. #7 Montana State		989
	8	8:05 PM	#3 Eastern Washington vs. #6 Portland State
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
5	9	12:05 PM	#1 Northern Colorado vs. #5 Idaho State	ELEVEN	1,002
	10	2:35 PM	#2 Idaho vs. #6 Portland State
Championship Game – Saturday, March 10
6	11	12:05 PM	#1 Northern Colorado vs. #2 Idaho	ELEVEN	993
*Game Times in PT.

Bracket

	First round Monday, March 5 Pluto TV 231					Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 7 Pluto TV 231					Semifinals Friday, March 9 ELEVEN					Championship Saturday, March 10 ELEVEN
						1	Northern Colorado	78
						8	Montana	69
	8	Montana	87
	9	Sacramento State	80
											1	Northern Colorado	73
											5	Idaho State	66
						4	Weber State	109
						5	Idaho State	113
	5	Idaho State	59
	12	Southern Utah	49
																1	Northern Colorado	91
																2	Idaho	69
						2	Idaho	76
						7	Montana State	74
	7	Montana State	68
	10	North Dakota	58
											2	Idaho	102
											6	Portland State	99
						3	Eastern Washington	73
						6	Portland State	82
	6	Portland State	77
	11	Northern Arizona	61

See also

• 2018 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament