2010 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	6
First round site	campus sites
Semifinals site	Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
Finals site	Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
Champions	Montana Grizzlies (6 title)
Winning coach	Wayne Tinkle (1 title)
MVP	Anthony Johnson (Montana Grizzlies)
Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2009  2011»

2009–10 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Weber State	13	–	3		.813			20	–	11		.645
Northern Colorado	12	–	4		.750			25	–	7		.781
Montana State	10	–	6		.625			15	–	14		.517
Montana†	10	–	6		.625			22	–	9		.710
Northern Arizona	8	–	8		.500			14	–	14		.500
Portland State	7	–	9		.438			12	–	19		.387
Eastern Washington	5	–	11		.313			9	–	21		.300
Idaho State	4	–	12		.250			7	–	22		.241
Sacramento State	3	–	13		.188			9	–	21		.300
† 2010 Big Sky Tournament winner As of March 17, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Big Sky Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 6 to March 10. The First Round of the tournament was held at the higher seed's home arena, and the semi-finals and championship were held at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah, which is the home of regular season champion Weber State. The top 6 teams from regular season play qualified and the top 2 teams received a bye to the semi-finals. The tournament was won by Montana and they received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As regular season champions who failed to win the tournament Weber State received an automatic bid to the 2010 NIT.

Bracket

	First Round March 6					Re-Seeded Semifinals March 9					Championship March 10
						1	Weber State	69
						6	Portland State	60
	3	Montana State	65
	6	Portland State	68
											1	Weber State	65
											4	Montana	66
	4	Montana	81
	5	Northern Arizona	60
						4	Montana	68
						2	Northern Colorado	63