[1][2] Top-seeded Idaho defeated Nevada in the championship game, 85–80, to clinch their second consecutive (and second overall) Big Sky men's basketball tournament.
[6] Nevada–Reno made their first Big Sky tournament appearance in their third season in the conference.
Sources:[7][8][9] As Big Sky champions, the Vandals received an automatic bid to the 48-team NCAA tournament and were the third seed in the West region,[10] behind Georgetown and Oregon State.
[11] Four days later in the Sweet Sixteen in Provo, Utah, the Vandals fell to fourth-ranked and second seed Oregon State and finished with a 27–3 record.
[12][13] The Big Sky has had a berth in the NCAA tournament since 1968, then a 23-team field; Idaho was the conference's sixth team to advance and the fifth to play in the Sweet Sixteen.