Classification Division I Teams 6 | Season 1998–99 | |
Site Dee Events Center
Ogden, UT Champions Weber State (6th title) Winning coach Ron Abegglen (2nd title) | ||
The 1999 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–6 at the Dee Events Center at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.
Top-seeded hosts Weber State defeated defending-champions Northern Arizona in the championship game, 82–75, to win their sixth Big Sky men's basketball tournament title.
The Wildcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament, where they would go on to defeat perennial power North Carolina in the Round of 64. No other Big Sky members were invited this year.
Format
No new teams were added to the Big Sky prior to the 1998–99 season, leaving total membership at nine. After completing its transition to Division I, Portland State was eligible for the Big Sky tournament for the first time.
No changes were made to the existing tournament format. Only the top six teams from the regular season conference standings were invited to the tournament. The two top teams were given byes into the semifinals while the third- through sixth-seeded teams were placed and paired into the preliminary quarterfinal round. Following the quarterfinals, the two victorious teams were re-seeded for the semifinal round, with the lowest-seeded remaining team paired with the tournament's highest seed and vis-versa for the other.