2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament

2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2007–08
Teams 8
Site Union Multipurpose Activity Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions Oral Roberts (3rd title)
Winning coach Scott Sutton (3rd title)
MVP Moses Ehambe (Oral Roberts)
Top scorer George Hill (IUPUI)
(72 points)

The 2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was won by Oral Roberts. It took place March 8–11, 2008[1] at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

All-tournament team

  • Jaraun Burrows, IPFW
  • Moses Ehambe, Oral Roberts (Most Valuable Player)
  • George Hill, IUPUI
  • Robert Jarvis, Oral Roberts
  • Derick Nelson, Oakland

Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:

  • Head-to-head competition
  • Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken)
  • Ratings Percentage Index
  • Coin flip

2008 seeds

SeedTeamConferenceOverall
WLPct.GBWLPct.
1x-Oral Roberts162.889–248.750
2IUPUI153.8331267.788
3Oakland117.61151714.548
–North Dakota State108.55661613.552
4Southern Utah99.50071119.367
5IPFW99.50071417.452
6Western Illinois711.38991218.400
7UMKC612.333101121.343
8Centenary414.222121021.323
–South Dakota State315.16713821.276

x-Clinched regular season championship

NOTE: North Dakota State and South Dakota State are ineligible for the 2008 Tournament.

4th Place Tiebreaker

IPFW and Southern Utah split their two games and had identical records against each conference team. Southern Utah received the 4th seed, because their RPI of 231 was better than IPFW's RPI of 235.[2]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 8–9 		Semifinals
March 10 		Finals
March 11
         
1 Oral Roberts 84
8 Centenary 56
1 Oral Roberts 58
5 IPFW 42
4 Southern Utah 62
5 IPFW 66
1 Oral Roberts 71
2 IUPUI 64
2 IUPUI 69
7 UMKC 65
2 IUPUI 80
3 Oakland 65
3 Oakland 80
6 Western Illinois 66

References

  1. ↑ "2008 Summit League Tournament". Archived from the original on 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  2. ↑ "Pairings Announced for Men's Basketball Championship". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
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