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.
11-428: Big Sky Conference Championship or Big Sky Conference Tournament may refer to: Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament , the men's basketball championship tournament Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament , the women's basketball championship Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
22-635: A berth in the NCAA Division I tournament . For the Big Sky's first twelve seasons, it did not have a conference tournament. Starting with its fifth season of 1967–68 , the regular season champion received a berth in the West regional of the NCAA tournament. In 1974 , an unscheduled tiebreaker playoff was held; the two had identical records (conference & overall) and each had won at home to split
33-508: Is a multi-purpose arena in the western United States , located in Boise, Idaho . Its seating capacity is 5,002 for ice hockey , 5,300 for basketball , 5,732 for end-stage concerts , 6,400 for boxing , and up to 6,800 for center-stage concerts. With 4,508 permanent seats, it was built for $ 50 million. In downtown Boise, its street level elevation is approximately 2,700 feet (825 m) above sea level . Opened 27 years ago, it has been
44-524: The Grove Hotel at the corner of Front Street and Capitol Boulevard; the main entrance is from the Grove Plaza. There are two scoreboards and a Daktronics ProStar videoboard. The Grove Hotel has 36,000 square feet (3,340 m ) of meeting and convention space in addition to the 22,247 square feet (2,067 m ) of arena floor space. Idaho Central Arena hosted the 2006 CBA All-Star Game (while
55-932: The Idaho Stampede were still part of the CBA) and the 2007 ECHL All-Star Game. Other events hosted in the facility include concerts, trade shows, conventions, ice shows and various other sporting events, including professional wrestling, MMA, and the Treasure Valley Rollergirls roller derby squad. On July 14, 2018, the arena was host to UFC Fight Night 133 , the MMA promotion's first event held in Idaho. Idaho Central Arena has hosted two NBA D-League Showcases in 2008 and 2010. Each Showcase had all NBA D-League teams play for 4 days, and showed their talent in front of National TV (NBA TV) and had scouts all around
66-954: The home arena of the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL since 1997. Other tenants include the Boise Stallions of the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000 and 2001, the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League from 2005 to 2016, and the Boise Burn of the af2 from 2007 to 2009. Originally the Bank of America Centre, it became Qwest Arena in 2005. With CenturyLink's takeover of Qwest Communications in 2011,
77-691: The latter of which kept Northern Colorado out of the 2017 tournament), and the tournament is held at a predetermined site. The first such site to host was the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada , which hosted from 2016–2018. On September 18, 2017, the Big Sky announced that its men's and women's tournaments would relocate in 2019 to Boise, Idaho ; the initial contract runs for three years at CenturyLink Arena , through 2021. CenturyLink Arena Idaho Central Arena (originally Bank of America Centre, formerly Qwest Arena and CenturyLink Arena )
88-427: The regular season champion, but not always. If two or more teams tied for the regular season title, all were declared co-champions, but hosting rights were determined by a tiebreaker procedure. The first tournament in which the regular season champion did not host was in 1985 . Since the 2016 tournament, all full conference members (currently 10) have participated (barring NCAA sanctions or self-imposed postseason bans,
99-470: The season series; visiting Idaho State prevailed at Montana in the Tuesday night playoff. For the tournament's first eight editions ( 1976 – 1983 ), only the top four teams (of eight) in the conference standings participated. The tournament expanded to eight teams in 1984 , then scaled back to six in 1989 . Before 2016, when the tournament moved to a predetermined neutral site, it was often hosted by
110-553: The title Big Sky Conference Tournament . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Sky_Conference_Tournament&oldid=1108956375 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Big Sky Conference men%27s basketball tournament The tournament winner earns
121-419: The venue was renamed on August 18 that same year. On September 16, 2020, Idaho Central Credit Union purchased the naming rights, giving the building its current title. The arena features 39 corporate suites, 1,100 Club Premiere seats, standing room space for 200, The Zone restaurant (overlooking the arena), as well as a Blimpie franchise among the nine concession stands. The arena is physically connected to
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