Classification Division I Teams 4 | Season 1979–80 | |
Site Dee Events Center
Ogden, UT Champions Weber State (3rd title) Winning coach Neil McCarthy (3rd title) | ||
Template:1979–80 Big Sky men's basketball standings
The 1980 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 29–March 1 at the Dee Events Center at Weber State College in Ogden, Utah.
Top-seeded Weber State defeated Montana in the championship game, 50–42, to clinch their third consecutive (and third overall) Big Sky men's basketball tournament.
The Wildcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the First Round to Lamar.
Format
Even with the departure of Gonzaga and the addition of Nevada–Reno prior to the season, the Big Sky's membership remained fixed at eight.
As such, no changes were made to the tournament format: only the top four teams from the standings took part in the tournament field and teams were again seeded based on regular-season records. Additionally, the tournament was again held at the home court of the conference's regular season champion.
Idaho made its inaugural appearance in the Big Sky tournament, not having qualified as a top-four team in any of the previous four seasons.