2011 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

2011 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2010–11
Teams	6
First round site	campus sites (2) Ogden, Utah Flagstaff, Arizona
Semifinals site	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion Greeley, Colorado
Finals site	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion Greeley, Colorado
Champions	Northern Colorado Bears (1st title)
Winning coach	B. J. Hill (1st title)
Television	ESPN2 (final)
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournaments

2010–11 Big Sky men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Colorado †	13	–	3		.813			21	–	11		.656
Montana	12	–	4		.750			21	–	11		.656
Weber State	11	–	5		.688			18	–	14		.563
Northern Arizona	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
Montana State	7	–	9		.438			13	–	18		.419
Eastern Washington	7	–	9		.438			10	–	20		.333
Portland State	5	–	11		.313			14	–	16		.467
Idaho State	4	–	12		.250			9	–	20		.310
Sacramento State	4	–	12		.250			7	–	21		.250
† Conference tournament winner

The 2011 Big Sky men's basketball tournament was played March 5–9, with the first round quarterfinal games held at the higher seed's home arena. The semifinals and final were at the Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion in Greeley, Colorado, the home court of regular season champion Northern Colorado.

The top six teams from regular season play qualified for the tournament, and the top two received a bye to the semifinals. Host Northern Colorado won the title to advance to the NCAA tournament, their first appearance as a Division I program.

In 2017, the NCAA issued a six-year show cause penalty to B. J. Hill, coach of Northern Colorado at the time of the 2011 Big Sky tournament, and forced Northern Colorado to vacate their 2011 conference championship win due to academic fraud and the use of ineligible players.

Bracket

	First Round Saturday, March 5					Re-Seeded Semifinals Tuesday, March 8					Championship Wednesday, March 9
						2	Montana	57
						3	Weber State	40
	3	Weber State	79
	6	Eastern Washington	70
											2	Montana	60
											1	Northern Colorado	65
	4	Northern Arizona	65
	5	Montana State	62
						4	Northern Arizona	70
						1	Northern Colorado	73