Second-seeded Montana defeated host Northern Arizona in the championship game, 73–60, to win their sixth Big Sky tournament title.
Similar to the previous year, the top six teams in the regular season conference standings participated in the tournament.
Montana earned the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, and no other Big Sky members were invited.
Seeded twelfth in the Minneapolis regional (Midwest), the Grizzlies upset Nevada in the first round at Salt Lake City.
[3] The Big Sky has had a berth in the NCAA tournament since 1968, and Montana was the conference's ninth and most recent team to advance.