The Mountainous Sky Tournament is role to safe underway this weekend at Idaho Central Enviornment in Boise, Idaho. The winner will punch their automatic scream to the 2023 men’s NCAA occasion. The Mountainous Sky is seemingly to be a one-scream league this 365 days, meaning the complete season comes down to the conference occasion.
The occasion has a new structure this season. With the conference now down to 10 groups, the tip six groups in the Mountainous Sky conference contain a bye into the quarterfinals, whereas the underside four groups play in the principle round. If a form of groups desires to crash the mountainous dance, they’ll must snatch four game in 5 days to fabricate the NCAA men’s occasion.
Eastern Washington is the tip seed in the Mountainous Sky occasion, with a 22-9 memoir overall, and a 16-2 memoir in the conference. The Eagles won their first 16 games in conference play — which role a new conference memoir — but they enter the occasion having lost their final two games in the Mountainous Sky, including of their season finale towards Montana Relate. Eastern Washington is led by guard Steele Venters, who turn into named the Mountainous Sky MVP on Thursday. The 6’7 redshirt sophomore averages 15.1 factors per game, and turn into third in the conference with 70 3-pointers made. The Eagles are additionally stifling on protection. They held opponents to taking pictures upright 42% this season, and held opponents below 40% in 11 games this 365 days.
Speaking of Montana Relate, they’re the #2 seed in the conference, and enter the occasion with an identical 22-9 overall memoir. Handiest Montana Relate’s 15-3 conference memoir saved them from incomes the tip seed for the occasion. They’re led by guard RaeQuan Fight, who averages 17.1 factors per game this season, besides final 365 days’s Mountainous Sky MVP Jubrile Belo. Belo 12.8 factors per game alongside with 6.1 rebounds per game.
2023 men’s Mountainous Sky occasion bracket
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2023 men’s Mountainous Sky occasion schedule
March 4 First Round
Sport 1: No. 9 Northern Arizona vs. No. 10 Idaho, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+
Sport 2: No. 7 Portland Relate vs. No. 8 Northern Colorado, 8 p.m., ESPN+
March 5 Second Round
Sport 3: No. 1 Eastern Washington vs. Winner Sport 1, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+
Sport 4: No. 2 Montana Relate vs. Winner Sport 2, 8 p.m., ESPN+
March 6 Third Round
Sport 5: No. 4 Montana vs. No. 5 Idaho Relate, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+
Sport 6: No. 3 Weber Relate vs. No. 6 Sacramento Relate 8 p.m., ESPN+
March 7 Semifinals
Sport 7: Winner Sport 3 vs. Winner Sport 5, 6:30 p.m., ESPNU
Sport 8: Winner Sport 4 vs. Winner Sport 6, 9 p.m., ESPN2
March 8 Championship
Sport 9: Winner Sport 7 vs. Winner Sport 8, 9:30 p.m., ESPN2
