2027 #StarchMadness Bracket
FARMINGTON, Utah (July 17, 2026) – Starch Madness is getting even bigger.
With the Big Sky Conference’s transition to 11 full-time members, the 2027 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships will expand to six days and 20 total games with all 22 basketball programs participating.
The event -- to be held in March 2027 for the ninth consecutive year at Idaho Central Arena in downtown Boise, Idaho -- will now begin each year on Friday night with one game per gender featuring the No. 10 and No. 11 seeds playing for the right to face the No. 9 seed on Saturday. Tip-off times and broadcast clearances for all 20 contests will be announced at a later date.
Aside from the additional game for each gender, the brackets will remain the same as it’s been for the past four years, concluding with both championship games on Wednesday.
In 2027, Starch Madness will be held March 5-10, with tickets going on sale soon.
The University of Idaho will seek to defend both their men’s and women’s crowns next season, as the Vandals swept the Big Sky Tournament titles for the first time ever this past March in front of record-setting crowds.
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