BIG SKY CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE
OGDEN, Utah (July 24, 2018) – Following one of its best basketball campaigns in over a decade, the Big Sky Conference is excited to announce its 2018-19 men’s basketball schedule that tips off December 29 and concludes March 16, 2019, at the Big Sky Men’s Basketball Championship tournament in Boise, Idaho.
The Big Sky moves to a 20-game conference schedule for the third time in league history this season as all 11 teams will play a home and away contest against each other. The conference previously utilized a 20-game league schedule during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons. Unlike in previous seasons, Big Sky matchups will take place Thursday, Saturday and Monday with the final regular season contest slated for Saturday, March 9.
The Big Sky Conference begins a three-year contract with the City of Boise and CenturyLink Arena for its basketball championship beginning in 2019 as voted on by the Big Sky Conference Presidents’ Council in September of 2017.
CenturyLink Arena is a 5,300-seat facility located in downtown Boise that has been the home of the Idaho Steelheads hockey team since opening in 1997. The arena hosts an average of 100 events annually and has welcomed over 5.5 million attendees in 20 years. It also hosts numerous concerts, trade shows, and conventions each year. CenturyLink Arena is attached to the Grove Hotel, Boise’s only four-diamond hotel.
The 2019 championship will be the fourth neutral site basketball championship in the Big Sky’s history after holding the event in Reno, Nevada, the previous three seasons.
2018-19 Big Sky Men’s Basketball Schedule
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Northern Colorado at Sacramento State Sacramento, Calif.
Montana
Montana State at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah
Weber State
Idaho State
Monday, December 31, 2018
Northern Colorado at Portland State Portland, Ore.
Montana State at Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz.
Montana
Idaho State
Weber State
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Sacramento State at Montana
Portland State at Montana State Bozeman, Mont.
Northern Arizona at Weber State
Southern Utah at Idaho State
Eastern Washington at Idaho
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Sacramento State at Montana State Bozeman, Mont.
Portland State at Montana
Northern Arizona at Idaho State
Southern Utah at Weber State
Idaho
Monday, January 7, 2019
Eastern Washington at Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Montana
Montana State at Idaho
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Idaho State
Weber State
Northern Arizona at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah
Montana
Monday, January 14, 2019
Northern Colorado at Montana State Bozeman, Mont.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Sacramento State at Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz.
Portland State at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah
Idaho State
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Sacramento State at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah
Portland State at Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz.
Montana State at Eastern Washington Cheney, Wash.
Montana
Northern Colorado at Weber State
Monday, January 21, 2019
Northern Colorado at Idaho State
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Idaho
Eastern Washington at Portland State Portland, Ore.
Southern Utah at Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo.
Weber State
Idaho State
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Eastern Washington at Sacramento State Sacramento, Calif.
Idaho
Northern Colorado at Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz.
Weber State
Idaho State
Monday, January 28, 2019
Southern Utah at Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Sacramento State at Idaho State
Portland State at Weber State
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Sacramento State at Weber State
Portland State at Idaho State
Northern Arizona at Idaho
Southern Utah at Eastern Washington Cheney, Wash.
Montana
Monday, February 4, 2019
Northern Arizona at Eastern Washington Cheney, Wash.
Southern Utah at Idaho
Montana State at Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Portland State at Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo.
Idaho State
Weber State
Eastern Washington at Montana State Bozeman, Mont.
Idaho
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Sacramento State at Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo.
Weber State
Idaho State
Eastern Washington at Montana
Idaho
Monday, February 11, 2019
Portland State at Sacramento State Sacramento, Calif.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Southern Utah at Sacramento State Sacramento, Calif.
Northern Arizona at Portland State Portland, Ore.
Northern Colorado at Idaho
Montana
Montana State at Idaho State
Saturday, February 16, 2019
Northern Arizona at Sacramento State Sacramento, Calif.
Southern Utah at Portland State Portland, Ore.
Northern Colorado at Eastern Washington Cheney, Wash.
Montana State at Weber State
Montana
Monday, February 18, 2019
Idaho
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Weber State
Idaho State
Idaho
Eastern Washington at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Sacramento State at Portland State Portland, Ore.
Eastern Washington at Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz.
Idaho
Montana State at Montana
Monday, February 25, 2019
Northern Colorado at Montana
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Sacramento State at Eastern Washington Cheney, Wash.
Portland State at Idaho
Weber State
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Sacramento State at Idaho
Portland State at Eastern Washington Cheney, Wash.
Northern Arizona at Montana State Bozeman, Mont.
Southern Utah at Montana
Idaho State
Monday, March 4, 2019
Northern Arizona at Montana
Southern Utah at Montana State Bozeman, Mont.
Weber State
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Montana State at Sacramento State Sacramento, Calif.
Montana
Northern Colorado at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah
Eastern Washington at Idaho State
Idaho
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Montana
Montana State at Portland State Portland, Ore.
Northern Arizona at Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo.
Eastern Washington at Weber State
Idaho
