The Big Sky Conference (BSC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the nine states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Four affiliate members each participate in one sport. Two schools from California are football-only participants, and two schools from the Northeast participate only in men's golf. Initially conceived for basketball, the BSC was founded in 1963 with six members in four states; four of the charter members have been in the league from its founding, and a fifth returned in 2014 after an 18-year absence.
50th anniversary
The 2012-13 season marked the completion of 50 years of athletic competition and 25 years sponsoring women’s collegiate athletics. Before the season the league unveiled a new logo to celebrate this.
The 25th season of women’s athletics also marked a first for the league, as Portland State won the league’s inaugural softball championship. Women's sports were formerly conducted in the Mountain West Athletic Conference.
The Big Sky sponsors championships in 16 sports, including men’s and women’s cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, basketball, and tennis. In addition, there are also championships in football, and women’s volleyball, soccer, and softball.
Member schools
Full members
All 12 of the Big Sky's full members play football in the conference except for Idaho, which houses its FBS football team in the Sun Belt Conference.
Affiliate members
Former members
- Notes
- Gonzaga, which has not fielded a football team since 1941, was a charter member in 1963.
Membership timeline
Full members Assoc. members (football only) Full members (except football) Assoc. members (other sports) Other Conference Other Conference
Sports
As of the 2014â€"15 school year, the Big Sky sponsors championships in seven men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Cal Poly and UC Davis participate as football-only affiliates, otherwise participating in the Big West Conference. Binghamton and Hartford are affiliates in men's golf only, otherwise participating in the America East Conference. Before the 2014â€"15 school year, the latter two schools had participated in men's golf alongside five full Big Sky members in the single-sport America Sky Conference. The return of Idaho brought the number of members participating in men's golf to six, which led to the Big Sky adding men's golf and absorbing the America Sky Conference.
Baseball
The Big Sky is unusual among Division I all-sports conferences in not sponsoring baseball. The conference originally sponsored baseball, with all members participating. When Boise State and Northern Arizona arrived for the 1971 season, competition was split into two divisions of four teams each, with the winners in a best-of-three championship series. Montana State and Montana soon dropped the sport and by the 1973 season, only six teams remained but the divisions were kept, and Boise State moved over to the North Division for two years. In May 1974, the Big Sky announced its intention to discontinue five of its ten sponsored sports. It retained football, basketball, cross-county, track, and wrestling, and dropped conference competition in baseball, golf, tennis, swimming, and skiing. Of the eleven Big Sky baseball titles, four each went to Idaho (1964,'66,'67,'69) and Gonzaga (1965,'71,'73,'74), and three to Weber State (1968,'70,'72). Gonzaga won the final title in 1974 over Idaho State in three games, after losing the first game in Pocatello. Southern division champion Idaho State chose to end its baseball program weeks following the conference's announcement, and Gonzaga, Idaho, and Boise State joined the new Northern Pacific League (NorPac) for baseball in 1975. Boise State and Idaho competed in the NorPac for six seasons, then discontinued baseball after the 1980 season. Currently, three Big Sky members sponsor baseball: North Dakota, Northern Colorado, and Sacramento St. All three compete in the Western Athletic Conference.
Men's sponsored sports by school
Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big Sky Conference which are played by Big Sky schools:
Women's sponsored sports by school
Montana is adding softball for the 2015 season (2014â€"15 school year). [1]
Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big Sky Conference which are played by Big Sky schools:
Facilities
Note: The Idaho Vandals men's basketball team plays early season home games at Memorial Gym, home of the Vandals women's basketball team.
Basketball
NBA Players
- Damian Lillard, Weber State
- Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington
- Will Cherry, Montana
Rivalries - Conference
- Eastern Washington and Portland State
- Idaho and Idaho State
- Idaho and Montana
- Idaho State and Weber State
- Idaho State and Montana
- Montana and Montana State
- Portland State and Sacramento State
- Weber State and Southern Utah
- Eastern Washington and Montana
- Weber State and Montana
Rivalries - Non-conference
- Weber State and Utah State/Utah/BYU/Utah Valley
- Eastern Washington and Gonzaga
- Idaho and Boise State
- Idaho State and Wyoming
- Montana and Wyoming
- Montana State and Wyoming
- Sacramento State and UC Davis
- Portland State and Portland
- Northern Colorado and Colorado State
- Northern Colorado and Denver
- North Dakota and North Dakota State
- North Dakota and South Dakota
Rivalries - football
Protected Football rivalries
Conference
Non-conference
Commissioners
- 1963 â€" Jack Friel
- 1971 â€" John Roning
- 1977 â€" Steve Belko
- 1981 â€" Ron Stephenson
- 1995 (Current) â€" Doug Fullerton
Headquarters
- 1963 â€" Pullman, Washington
- 1971 â€" Boise, Idaho
- 1996 â€" Ogden, Utah
Big Sky championships
Big Sky men's basketball
Basketball championships (by school)
NCAA Tournament
The best finish by a Big Sky team in the men's NCAA Tournament came in 1977, when the Idaho State Bengals advanced to the Elite Eight, with a one-point upset of UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen in Provo, Utah. The highest seed granted a Big Sky team was in 1982: the Idaho Vandals under Don Monson were seeded third in the west regional. They beat Lute Olson's Iowa Hawkeyes in nearby Pullman in overtime, but lost to second-seeded Oregon State in the regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen), also played in Provo. Other Big Sky teams that advanced to regional semifinals include the Weber State Wildcats in 1969 and 1972, and the Montana Grizzlies under Jud Heathcote in 1975. They fell to UCLA by just three points, who went on to win another title in John Wooden's final year as head coach.
Big Sky women's basketball
- Mountain West Athletic Conference (MWAC) through 1988 season
Big Sky football titles
Season, conference record, and champion
- 1963 - (3-1) - Idaho State
- 1964 - (3-0) - Montana State - won Camellia Bowl
- 1965 - (3-1) - Weber State^ and Idaho
- 1966 - (4-0) - Montana State
- 1967 - (4-0) - Montana State
- 1968 - (3-1) - Idaho, Montana State, and Weber State
- 1969 - (4-0) - Montana
- 1970 - (5-0) - Montana
- 1971 - (4-1) - Idaho - (Boise State won Camellia Bowl, UI was Div. I)
- 1972 - (5-1) - Montana State
- 1973 - (6-0) - Boise State - Div. II semifinalist
- 1974 - (6-0) - Boise State
- 1975 - (5-0-1) - Boise State
- 1976 - (6-0) - Montana State - won Div. II national championship
- 1977 - (6-0) - Boise State - not invited to Div. II playoffs
- 1978 - (6-0) - Northern Arizona - not invited to inaugural four-team I-AA playoffs - (independent Nevada selected from West)
- 1979 - (6-1) - Montana State - (Boise State (7-0) ineligible) - Nevada (5-2) to four-team I-AA playoffs
- 1980 - (6-1) - Boise State - won I-AA national championship
- 1981 - (6-1) - Idaho State^ - (also 6-1 - Boise State - both to eight-team I-AA playoffs) - ISU won I-AA national championship
- 1982 - (5-2) - Montana^, Idaho, and Montana State (UM @ UI in twelve-team I-AA playoffs, MSU excluded)
- 1983 - (6-1) - Nevada - I-AA semifinalist
- 1984 - (6-1) - Montana State - won I-AA national championship
- 1985 - (6-1) - Idaho^ - (also 6-1 - Nevada - both to I-AA playoffs)
- 1986 - (7-0) - Nevada - I-AA semi-finalist
- 1987 - (7-1) - Idaho^ - (also 7-1 - Weber State - both to I-AA playoffs)
- 1988 - (7-1) - Idaho - I-AA semifinalist
- 1989 - (8-0) - Idaho - (Montana - I-AA semifinalist)
- 1990 - (7-1) - Nevada - I-AA runner-up, defeated Boise State in I-AA semifinals in 3OT
- 1991 - (8-0) - Nevada
- 1992 - (6-1) - Idaho^ and Eastern Washington - (both to I-AA playoffs)
- 1993 - (7-0) - Montana - (Idaho - I-AA semifinalist)
- 1994 - (6-1) - Boise State - I-AA runner-up - (Montana - I-AA semifinalist)
- 1995 - (6-1) - Montana - won I-AA national championship
- 1996 - (8-0) - Montana - I-AA runner-up
- 1997 - (7-1) - Eastern Washington - I-AA semifinalist
- 1998 - (6-2) - Montana
- 1999 - (7-1) - Montana
- 2000 - (8-0) - Montana - I-AA runner-up
- 2001 - (7-0) - Montana - won I-AA national championship
- 2002 - (5-2) - Montana, Montana State, and Idaho State - (UM, MSU to I-AA playoffs, ISU excluded)
- 2003 - (5-2) - Montana State^, Montana, and Northern Arizona - (all three to I-AA playoffs)
- 2004 - (6-1) - Montana^ and Eastern Washington - (both to I-AA playoffs) - UM - I-AA runner-up
- 2005 - (5-2) - Eastern Washington^, Montana State, and Montana - (EWU, UM to I-AA playoffs, MSU excluded)
- 2006 - (8-0) - Montana - FCS semifinalist
- 2007 - (8-0) - Montana
- 2008 - (7-1) - Weber State^ and Montana - (both to FCS playoffs) - UM - FCS runner-up
- 2009 - (8-0) - Montana - FCS runner-up
- 2010 - (7-1) - Montana State^ and Eastern Washington - (both to FCS playoffs) - EWU won FCS national championship
- 2011 - (2-0) - Montana State and Montana^^
- 2012 - (7-1) - Eastern Washington^, Montana State, and Cal Poly - (all three to FCS playoffs)
- 2013 - (8-0) - Eastern Washington - FCS semifinalist
- 2014 - (7-1) - Eastern Washington
^ - winner of head-to-head matchup(s) in conference game(s) during the regular season.
^^ - vacated due to NCAA violations
Football championships (by school)
All-time school records by wins for current teams
This list goes through the 2013 season.
Overall Big Sky Conference champions
Football
- Eastern Washington Eagles football
- Montana Grizzlies football
- Idaho State Bengals football
- 2012 Big Sky Conference football season
Basketball
- Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
- Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
References
External links
- Official website
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