The Real Prestige Rankings: Part IV

21) Big Sky – Average Point Total: 14.44

1) Weber State – 72 (T-102, 89)

2) Montana – 44 (T-126, T-76)

T-3) Northern Arizona – 4 (T-191, T-136)

T-3) Montana State – 4 (T-191, 155)

T-5) Portland State – 2 (T-226, DNQ)

T-5) Eastern Washington – 2 (T-226, T-233)

T-5) Idaho State – 2 (T-226, T-274)

T-8) Northern Colorado – 0 (T-273, DNQ)

T-8) Sacramento State – 0 (T-273, T-278)

With two first round tournament wins under their belt, Weber State easily tops all the other teams in the Big Sky.  They defeated No. 3-seeded Michigan State as a No. 14 seed in 1995, and then beat No. 3-seeded UNC as a No. 14 seed again in 1999. 

The only other tournament win in this conference comes from the Montana upset of No. 5-seeded Nevada as a No. 12 seed in 2006. 

Although there are only two teams in the conference without a tournament appearance in the past 24 seasons, no other team besides the top two have made it more than twice.  The weakness of the bottom teams is a contributing factor to Montana and Weber State being so overrated in the ESPN rankings.

20) Southern Conference – Average Point Total: 16.36

1) Davidson – 68 (T-114, 60)

2) Chattanooga – 60 (117, 48)

3) College of Charleston – 40

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