2010 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
{{2009–10 Big Sky men's basketball standings}} The 2010 Big Sky men's basketball tournament was played March 6–10, with the opening round quarterfinals held at the higher seed's home arena, both in Montana at Bozeman and Missoula. The semifinals and final were held at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah, the home of regular season champion Weber State.
| 2010 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2009–10 |
| Teams | 6 |
| First round site | campus sites (2) Bozeman, Montana Missoula, Montana |
| Semifinals site | Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah |
| Finals site | Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah |
| Champions | Montana Grizzlies (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Wayne Tinkle (1st title) |
| MVP | Anthony Johnson (Montana) |
The top six teams from regular season play qualified and the top two received a bye to the semifinals. Fourth-seed Montana upset host Weber State by a point in the final to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As regular season champions who failed to win the tournament, Weber State received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT).
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Saturday, March 6 | Re-seeded Semifinals Tuesday, March 9 | Championship Wednesday, March 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Weber State | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Portland State | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Montana State | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Portland State | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Weber State | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Montana | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Montana | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Arizona | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Montana | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Northern Colorado | 63 | ||||||||||||
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