The 1996
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–9 at
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at
Montana State University
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in
Bozeman, Montana
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.
Top-seeded host
Montana State defeated defending champion in the championship game, for their second Big Sky men's basketball tournament title.
Format
Conference membership remained with the same eight teams, and no changes were made to the existing tournament format. 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
Montana State received the automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited, or to the
NIT. Seeded thirteenth in the
West regional, the Bobcats fell to
Syracuse
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*Syracuse, Indiana
* Syracuse, Kansas
*Syracuse, Miss ...
in the first round in
Albuquerque.
See also
*
Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament
References
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