2012 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2012 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament began on March 3 and continued through March 7. The regular-season champion Montana Grizzlies won the tournament and with it an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2012 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2011–12
Teams	6
First round site	campus sites
Semifinals site	Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana
Finals site	Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana
Champions	Montana (8th title)
Winning coach	Wayne Tinkle (1st title)
MVP	Kareem Jamar (Montana)
Television	Altitude, ESPN2 (final)
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournaments

2011–12 Big Sky men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana †	15	–	1		.938			25	–	7		.781
Weber State	14	–	2		.875			25	–	7		.781
Portland State	10	–	6		.625			17	–	14		.548
Eastern Washington	8	–	8		.500			15	–	17		.469
Idaho State	7	–	9		.438			9	–	21		.300
Montana State	7	–	9		.438			12	–	17		.414
Northern Colorado	5	–	11		.313			9	–	19		.321
Sacramento State	5	–	11		.313			10	–	18		.357
Northern Arizona	1	–	15		.063			5	–	24		.172
† Conference tournament winner

Unlike many NCAA Division I conferences, the Big Sky does not invite all of its teams to its postseason tournament—only the top six teams in regular-season play qualify. The top two teams receive a bye into the semifinals, and the field is reseeded after the first round so that the 1 seed plays the lowest remaining seed.

The tournament's first round, involving the 3 through 6 seeds, was played on campus sites, specifically the home arenas of the 3 and 4 seeds—respectively the Peter Stott Center in Portland, Oregon, home to the Portland State Vikings, and Reese Court in Cheney, Washington, home to the Eastern Washington Eagles. The semifinals and championship were at Montana's home of Dahlberg Arena in Missoula.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 3, 2012					Re-seeded Semifinals March 6, 2012 Altitude					Championship Game March 7, 2012 ESPN2
						1	Montana	74
						4	Eastern Washington	66
	4	Eastern Washington	81
	5	Idaho State	75
											1	Montana	85
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											2	Weber State	66
						2	Weber State	69
						3	Portland State	63
	3	Portland State	75
	6	Montana State	53

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
Semifinals and Championship game hosted by Montana