[1] Top-seeded Montana repeated as conference champions by defeating Nevada in the championship game, 73–68,[2] to win their second Big Sky tournament title.
Total conference membership remained at nine and the tournament format was unchanged.
[4] The top two earned byes into the semifinals while the remaining four played in the quarterfinals; the top seed (host) met the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.
[9][10] Montana received three votes in the final AP poll,[11] and was seeded fourteenth in the West regional;[3][9] they lost by ten points in the first round to Florida State in Boise.
[12] It was the tenth consecutive year in which the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.