The (or '''BSC''') is an intercollegiate College Athletic Conference affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division I, with Football competing at the Division I-AA level. The BSC was founded in 1963 . Member institutions are located in the western United States in the States of Arizona , California , Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Utah , and Washington .
The University of Northern Colorado will officially join the Big Sky Conference on July 1 , 2006 , and begin athletic competition in August of 2006 . Currently the University of Northern Colorado competes as a Divsion I Independent in all sports except football; in football they compete in the Great West Football Conference .
- ---Eastern Washington and Montana have engaged an annual rivalry, Montana currently leads the series which has produced some classic games, but has recently begun to resurge partly due to the rise of EWU football program. EWU, Montana and Montana State also get involved in an annual rivalry game when either of the two schools play at Eastern. The game is Called the Governors Cup, and usually a friendly wager is given between the Governors of Montana and Washington.
- ---Montana and Montana State compete in an intense intrastate rivalry, there really is not a name given for this rivalry but when the two schools were featured in the 2004 edition of NCAA Football, EA Sports dubbed the game "The Brawl of the Wild."
- ---Montana and Idaho have an intense inter-state rivalry that dates back to 1903. The teams played each other every year from 1914 - 1995 (with the exception of 1918, 1943 and 1944 when the schools did not field teams due to the war). The schools were conference mates from 1924 - 1949 in the Pacific Coast Conference (Now Pac-10 Conference), and from 1963 - 1995 in the Big Sky conference. Overall the teams have played each other 84 times, with Idaho leading the series 55-27-2. Each team has only played 1 other team more times (Idaho has played Washington State 89 times, Montana has played Montana State University 105 times as of 2005). The teams have only played 5 times since Idaho left the Big Sky conference after 1995 to move to I-A, with Montana winning the last 4, most recently in 2003. The winner of the game gets the "Little Brown Stein", which Montana will keep unless/until Idaho is able to win the game. The teams are currently not scheduled to renew the rivalry due to Idaho being in I-A and Montana in I-AA, and Idaho not being able/willing to pay a large enough guarantee for a home game against Montana, and is not willing to play a road game at Montana.
Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament History
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