2024–25 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Colorado 15 3   .833 23 8   .742
Montana 15 3   .833 22 9   .710
Portland State 11 7   .611 19 12   .613
Idaho State 10 8   .556 15 14   .517
Montana State 9 9   .500 14 17   .452
Idaho 8 10   .444 13 18   .419
Northern Arizona 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
Eastern Washington 6 12   .333 10 22   .313
Weber State 5 13   .278 12 21   .364
Sacramento State 3 15   .167 7 25   .219
2025 Big Sky tournament winner
As of March 8, 2025

The 2024–25 Big Sky Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2024 and will end with the 2025 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2025.

Head coaches

Coaching Changes

Dan Monson was named head coach at Eastern Washington on April 12, 2024.[1]

David Patrick resigned as Sacramento State's head coach on May 22, 2024 to become associate head coach at LSU.[2] Michael Czepil, an assistant with Sacramento State, was then named as interim head coach for the 2024-2025 season.[3]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Season Overall
record
America East
record
NCAA
Tournaments
Eastern Washington Dan Monson Marquette (asst.) 1st 10–21 (.323) 6–12 (.333) 0
Idaho Alex Pribble Seattle (asst.) 2nd 24–39 (.381) 13–23 (.361) 0
Idaho State Ryan Looney Point Loma 6th 68–111 (.380) 42–66 (.389) 0
Montana Travis DeCuire California (asst.) 11th 233–133 (.637) 140–61 (.697) 2
Montana State Matt Logie Point Loma 2nd 31–35 (.470) 18–18 (.500) 1
Northern Arizona Shane Burcar Northern Arizona (asst.) 6th 74–109 (.404) 39–70 (.358) 0
Northern Colorado Steve Smiley Northern Colorado (asst.) 5th 87–69 (.558) 51–36 (.586) 0
Portland State Jase Coburn Portland State (asst.) 4th 62–63 (.496) 34–38 (.472) 0
Sacramento State Michael Czepil (interim) Sacramento State (asst.) 1st 7–24 (.226) 3–15 (.167) 0
Weber State Eric Duft Weber State (asst.) 3rd 49–48 (.505) 28–26 (.519) 0

Notes:

  • Season and record numbers are inclusive of the 2024–25 season.

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

2024–25 Big Sky Preseason Coaches Poll[4]
Rank Team (First place votes) Points
1 Montana (7) 78
2 Montana State (2) 72
3 Northern Colorado 62
4 Weber State (1) 61
5 Northern Arizona 51
6 Portland State 38
7 Idaho 26
8 Idaho State 21
9 Eastern Washington 19
10 Sacramento State 19

Preseason All-Conference Team

First team[5]
Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona
Brian Goracke, Montana State
Brandon Whitney, Montana
Miguel Tomley, Weber State
Brandon Walker, Montana State
Julius Mims, Idaho
Preseason MVP: Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona

Regular season

Player of the Week awards


Postseason

Big Sky tournament

The conference tournament will be played from March 8 to March 12, 2025 at the Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. The top six teams receive a first round bye.


References

  1. ^ "Dan Monson named Men's Basketball head coach". Eastern Washington University Athletics. February 8, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  2. ^ "LSU adds Sacramento State head coach to staff". ESPN.com. May 22, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  3. ^ DirtKing, The (May 23, 2024). "OFFICIAL: Patrick resigns at Sacramento State; Czepil named Interim Head Coach". HoopDirt. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  4. ^ "Montana, Montana State Named Preseason Men's Basketball Favorites; NAU's McLaughlin Voted Preseason Most Valuable Player". bigskyconf.com. October 23, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  5. ^ "Montana, Montana State Named Preseason Men's Basketball Favorites; NAU's McLaughlin Voted Preseason Most Valuable Player". bigskyconf.com. October 23, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
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