The 1994
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
The Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Big Sky Conference. The event has been held annually since 1976, the conference's thirteenth year.
The tournament winner ear ...
was the nineteenth edition, held at the
BSU Pavilion
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at
Boise State University
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in
Boise, Idaho
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.
Fifth-seeded host
Boise State
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upset second-seeded in the championship game, , to repeat as tournament champions and gain their fourth tournament title overall.
The Broncos had defeated regular season champion in the semifinals.
Format
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.
The top six teams from the regular season participated, and the top two earned byes into the semifinals. The remaining four played in the quarterfinals, and the top seed met the lowest remaining seed in
Bracket
NCAA tournament
The Broncos received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or Boise State was seeded fourteenth in the West regional and lost by nine points to Louisville
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in the first round It was the twelfth consecutive year that the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.
See also
* Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament
References
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Tournament
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Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
The Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Big Sky Conference. The event has been held annually since 1976, the conference's thirteenth year.
The tournament winner ear ...
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
The Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Big Sky Conference. The event has been held annually since 1976, the conference's thirteenth year.
The tournament winner ear ...
Basketball competitions in Boise, Idaho
College basketball tournaments in Idaho
1990s in Boise, Idaho