2025 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament

2025 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2024–25
Teams	10
Site	Idaho Central Arena Boise, Idaho
Champions	Montana State (4th title)
Winning coach	Tricia Bader Binford (3rd title)
MVP	Esmeralda Morales (Montana State)
Television	ESPN2, ESPN+, ESPNU
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2024–25 Big Sky women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana State †	17	–	1		.944			30	–	3		.909
Northern Arizona	16	–	2		.889			26	–	7		.788
Idaho	10	–	8		.556			18	–	12		.600
Weber State	10	–	8		.556			13	–	16		.448
Idaho State	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
Montana	8	–	10		.444			14	–	18		.438
Eastern Washington	7	–	11		.389			11	–	20		.355
Sacramento State	7	–	11		.389			15	–	18		.455
Northern Colorado	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Portland State	1	–	17		.056			4	–	24		.143
† 2025 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 12, 2025

The 2025 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament for the Big Sky Conference, which was held on March 8-12, 2025 at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. ^[1] It was the 42nd edition of the tournament, which debuted in 1983. Montana State received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

The ten teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system for identical conference records. The top six teams will receive a first-round bye. ^[2]

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker
1	Montana State	17–1
2	Northern Arizona	16–2
3	Idaho	10–8	2–0 vs. Weber State
4	Weber State	10–8	0–2 vs. Idaho
5	Idaho State	8–10	2–0 vs. Idaho
6	Montana	8–10	0–2 vs. Idaho
7	Eastern Washington	7–11	2–0 vs. Sacramento State
8	Sacramento State	7–11	0–2 vs. Eastern Washington
9	Northern Colorado	6–12
10	Portland State	1–17

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Saturday, March 8
1	1	12:00 pm	No. 9 Northern Colorado vs No. 10 Portland State	53–50	ESPN+
	2	2:30 pm	No. 7 Eastern Washington vs No. 8 Sacramento State	67–71
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 9
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Montana State vs No. 9 Northern Colorado	92–60	ESPN+
	4	2:30 pm	No. 2 Northern Arizona vs No. 8 Sacramento State	69–65
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 10
3	5	12:00 pm	No. 4 Weber State vs No. 5 Idaho State	42–62	ESPN+
	6	2:30 pm	No. 3 Idaho vs No. 6 Montana	54–65
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 11
4	7	12:00 pm	No. 1 Montana State vs No. 5 Idaho State	75–42	ESPN+
	8	2:30 pm	No. 2 Northern Arizona vs No. 6 Montana	67–71
Championship game – Wednesday, March 12
5	9	3:00 pm	No. 1 Montana State vs No. 6 Montana	58–57	ESPNU
Game times in MST for the first round and MDT from the quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 8 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 9 & 10 ESPN+					Semifinals March 11 ESPN+					Championship March 12 ESPNU
						1	Montana State	92
	9	Northern Colorado	53			9	Northern Colorado	60
	10	Portland State	50								1	Montana State	75
											5	Idaho State	42
						4	Weber State	42
						5	Idaho State	62
																1	Montana State	58
																6	Montana	57
						2	Northern Arizona	69
	7	Eastern Washington	67			8	Sacramento State	65
	8	Sacramento State	71								2	Northern Arizona	67
											6	Montana	71
						3	Idaho	54
						6	Montana	65

Source: ^[3]

References

1. "Big Sky Basketball Championships 2025". Idaho Central Arena . Retrieved December 29, 2023.
2. "2024 Big Sky Basketball Championships". Big Sky Conference . Retrieved December 29, 2023.
3. "2025 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament Bracket - Big Sky Conference" (PDF). Big Sky Conference . Retrieved December 29, 2023.