Big Sky Women’s Basketball Scores
Contents
- Big Sky Conference Standings
- Big Sky Conference Tournament
- Big Sky Conference Players of the Year
- Big Sky Conference Coaches of the Year
- Big Sky Conference regular season Champions
- Big Sky conference tournament Champions
- Big Sky Conference History
- Big Sky Conference in the NCAA Tournament
- Big Sky Conference in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament
- Big Sky Conference in the Women’s Basketball Invitational
The Big Sky Women’s basketball scores blog keeps you up to date on all the scores and news for the Big Sky Women’s Basketball Conference
Big Sky Conference Standings
The Big Sky Conference Standings are the final standings of the Big Sky Conference’s women’s Basketball season
In the standings, teams are ranked by their conference record, with ties broken by their overall win-loss record. If teams are still tied, they are ranked by their RPI as of the most recent NCAA RPI report.
The Big Sky Conference Standings are used to determine which team receives a bye in the first round of the Big Sky Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament The top two seeds receive a bye, while the remaining eight teams play in the first round.
Big Sky Conference Tournament
The Big Sky conference tournament is the postseason women’s Basketball Tournament for the Big Sky Conference which is located in the western United States The tournament has been held every year since 1983. It is a single-elimination tournament and is currently held at the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament
The conference currently has 10 member schools. The conference tournament champion has received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 21 times, most recently in 2019.
Big Sky Conference Players of the Year
Since the conference began sponsoring women’s basketball in 1987, there have been a total of 30 different players who have been named Big Sky Conference Player of the Year. Here is a full list of those players, sorted by year:
1987-88: Jackie Stiles, Uni High School
1988-89: Tricia Binford, University of Montana
1989-90: Julie Krommenhoek, Idaho State University
1990-91: Heidi Van Dyke, Weber State University
1991-92: Pee Wee Johnson, Idaho State University
1992-93: Kim Livesay, Weber State University
1993-94: Kari Dufoe, Montana State University
1994-95: Nancy Janes, Northern Arizona University
1995-96: Jamie Bunda, Idaho State University
Big Sky Conference Coaches of the Year
Patty Gasso of Oklahoma is the Big 12 Coach of the Year, the conference announced Monday.
Gasso led the Sooners to a 52-8 record and their 10th straight Big 12 regular-season title. Oklahoma also won the Big 12 tournament for the seventh time in Gasso’s tenure.
“It’s such an honor,” Gasso said in a statement released by the university. “I’m really proud of our team and what we accomplished this season.”
Gasso is in her 21st season at Oklahoma. She has a 1,496-333 record with the Sooners, including 28 wins in Women’s College World Series games.
Big Sky Conference regular season Champions
The Big Sky Conference regular season champions are the Montana State Bobcats They have a conference record of 17-1 and an overall record of 25-4. They are currently ranked first in the conference and are scheduled to play in the Conference Tournament on March 13th-16th.
Big Sky conference tournament Champions
The Big Sky Conference tournament Champions are the Big Sky Women’s basketball team who have won the Tournament Championship game The tournament is a single-elimination tournament held annually to determine the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament
The tournament has been held every year since 1981. It is currently a six-team tournament, with the top two seeds receiving byes into the semifinals. The tournament is held over four days, with the first round on Friday, the semifinals on Saturday, and the Championship game on Sunday.
Big Sky Conference History
The Big Sky Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. member institutions are located in the western United States in the nine states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Wyoming. Four affiliate members each participate in one sport. Two schools from California are football-only participants, and two schools from the Northeast participate only in men’s lacrosse.
As of June 2018[update], Big Sky sponsors championships in 16 sports – men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, gymnastics (women only), men’s and women’s indoor track & field, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, softball (women only), soccer (men only), men’s and women’s tennis and volleyball (men only). The conference does not sponsor football.
In addition to its 16 sports championships – more than any other NCAA Division I conference west of the Mississippi River – Big Sky is home to 42 individual academic all-conference honorees and 45 all-Americans
Big Sky Conference in the NCAA Tournament
The Big Sky Conference is home to some of the best women’s basketball teams in the country. The conference has produced several NCAA tournament appearances and has been very competitive in recent years
The conference is currently made up of 11 teams, all of which are located in the western United States The conference tournament is held each year at a predetermined location, and the winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
The conference has seen a lot of success in recent years with several teams making deep runs in the NCAA tournament In 2017, the conference sent three teams to the tournament, with Montana and North Dakota State both reaching the Sweet Sixteen
Big Sky Conference in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament
The Big Sky Conference is a Division I women’s basketball conference in the United States The conference participates in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).
The conference was founded in 1963 as the Big Sky Athletic Conference (BSAC). The conference initially only consisted of four members: Idaho, Montana, Weber State and Spokane College (now Gonzaga).
The conference has seen a number of changes over the years, with new members being added and some members leaving. Currently, the conference has ten members: Idaho State, Montana, Montana State Northern Arizona Northern Colorado Portland State Sacramento State Southern Utah Weber State and University of North Dakota
The conference has been home to some Great players and teams over the years. In 2000, the Conference saw its first team make it to the NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Championship when Weber State made it to the “Sweet Sixteen ”
In recent years the conference has seen more success in the WNIT. In 2013 and 2014 respectively, Montana and Weber State made it to the WNIT Semi-Finals. In 2015, Idaho made it to the WNIT Finals.
Big Sky Conference in the Women’s Basketball Invitational
The Big Sky Conference is in the Women’s Basketball Invitational tournament. The conference has eight teams and all eight will be in action this week.