
The Last 15 Big Sky Conference Regular Season Champions (Men’s Basketball)
Last weekend, the Montana Grizzlies had a chance to secure first place with a win over Northern Colorado at home. Unfortunately, it was UNC getting the last laugh and taking over the top spot in the Big Sky.
The good news is there's still a lot of ballgame left for the Grizzlies to recapture the top spot in the league. I thought it would be a fun activity on a Monday morning to recap the last 11 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Regular Season Champions.
We'll go back to the 2009-2010 season at the turn of the decade.
2009-2010: Weber State Wildcats: (22-11, 13-3)
You may have heard of Weber State's star player that year - Damian Lillard (not pictured).
2010-2011 Northern Colorado Bears (22-11, 13-3)
The first Big Sky crown for the Bears since joining the Division 1 ranks.
2011-2012 Montana Grizzlies (26-7, 15-1)
The first of two back-to-back regular season and postseason championships. The Grizzles took on the 4-seeded Wisconsin Badgers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
2012-2013 Montana Grizzlies (26-7, 15-1)
The following year Montana entered the NCAA Tourney as a 13-seed and got Syracuse in the first round. The Orange won 81-34 (woof).

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2013-2014 Weber State Wildcats (19-12, 14-6)
2014-2015 Montana Grizzlies (20-13, 14-4)
This year the Grizzlies didn't capture the Tournament Championship so failed to make the NCAAs.
2015-2016 Weber State Wildcats (26-9, 15-3)
Back and forth go the Grizzlies and Wildcats.
2016-2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks (22-10, 14-4)
UND captured their lone Big Sky crown before leaving for the Summit League.
2017-2018 Montana Grizzlies (26-8, 16-2)
Welcome back to titletown, Montana. The Grizzlies played Michigan in the NCAA First Round.
2018-2019 Montana Grizzlies (26-9, 16-4)
Again, Michigan was the reward in the first round.
2019-2020 Eastern Washington Eagles (23-8, 16-4)
Eastern never got the chance at a national tournament because... COVID.
2020-2021 Southern Utah Thunderbirds (20-4, 12-2)
Remember Southern Utah?
2021-2022 Montana State Bobcats (27-8, 16-4)
This year started the Cats' 3 straight years making the NCAA Tournament.
2022-2023 Eastern Washington Eagles (23-11, 16-2)
2023-2024 Eastern Washington Eagles (21-11, 15-3)
Montana Grizzlies Men's Basketball Schedule
Gallery Credit: Ace Sauerwein
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