[1] Fifth-seeded host Boise State upset second-seeded Idaho State in the championship game, 85–81, to repeat as tournament champions and gain their fourth tournament title overall.
[2] The Broncos had defeated regular season champion Weber State in the semifinals.
[3] Conference membership remained at eight and the tournament format was unchanged, with an exception; the site was predetermined, rather than awarded to the regular season champion.
Boise State was seeded fourteenth in the West regional and lost by nine points to Louisville in the first round in Sacramento.
[5] It was the twelfth consecutive year that the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.