How to Watch Big Sky Tournament Championship: Montana vs. Northern Colorado: Stream Men’s College Basketball Live, TV Channel

The top two teams in the Big Sky Conference face-off for a third time, with Montana and Northern Colorado playing for an NCAA tournament bid on Wednesday.

After splitting road victories and finishing with identical 15-3 records in the Big Sky Conference, No. 1 seed Northern Colorado (25-8) and second-seeded Montana (24-9) will face-off one more time on Wednesday night in the championship game of the conference tournament. The game at Idaho Central Arena in Boise will decide the Big Sky’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Bears made their lone appearance in the Big Dance in 2011, an appearance later vacated by the NCAA, while the Grizzlies haven’t gone to March Madness since 2019.

How to Watch Big Sky Tournament, Championship, Montana vs. Northern Colorado in Men’s College Basketball Today:

Game Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Game Time: 11:30 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN2

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Northern Colorado won its sixth straight game on Tuesday night, blasting No. 5 seed Montana State 72-45. Jaron Rillie led a balanced attack with 13 points, with Brock Wisne and Quinn Denker each scoring 12 points. Isaiah Hawthorne leads the team at 17.5 points per game, while Langston Reynolds averages 15.9 points and 5.8 rebounds.

Montana also breezed to the championship game with a 78-55 thumping of sixth-seeded Idaho on Tuesday. Austin Patterson finished with 20 points and four steals and Kai Johnson and Money Williams dropped 13 points apiece. Williams scores 13.5 points per game, Malik Moore gets 12.7 points a night and Joe Pridgen averages 11.3 points and 6.9 boards.

The Grizzlies are 29-17 in the all-time series after the teams split two meetings this season. The Bears picked up an 81-57 road victory on Jan. 11 before Montana won 86-78 at Northern Colorado on Feb. 6. Steve Smiley is 89-69 in his fifth season coaching the Bears, while Travis DeCuire has a 225-133 mark in his 11th season leading the Grizzlies.

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