[1] Boise State defeated regular season champion and host Idaho in the final, 80–68,[2] to clinch their third Big Sky tournament title (1976, 1988, 1993).
The game was televised on ESPN, with a tipoff after 9 pm PST (midnight EST).
[3] Fourth-seed Montana was attempting to win a third straight title, but was upset in the quarterfinals.
[7] Boise State was seeded 14th in the West regional and lost by 20 points in the first round to Vanderbilt in Salt Lake City.
[8] This was the eleventh consecutive year in which the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.