2010 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200910
Teams 8
Site Sioux Falls Arena
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions Oakland (2nd title)
Winning coach Greg Kampe (2nd title)
MVP Derick Nelson (Oakland)
Top scorer Robert Glenn (IUPUI)
(66 points)
2009–10 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
†-Oakland171 .944  269  .743
x-IUPUI153 .833  2511  .694
x-Oral Roberts135 .722  2013  .606
x-South Dakota St.108 .556  1416  .467
x-IPFW99 .500  1615  .516
x-North Dakota St.810 .444  1118  .379
x-Western Illinois612 .333  1317  .433
x-UMKC612 .333  1218  .400
Centenary *315 .167  821  .276
Southern Utah315 .167  722  .241
Conference tournament winner
As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament
x-Clinched berth in conference tournament

The 2010 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was the 2010 post-season tournament for The Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. It was won by conference regular season champion Oakland University. Oakland defeated #2 seed IUPUI in the finals 76–64 behind Derick Nelson's career high 38 points.

Nelson was named tournament MVP and was joined by teammates Keith Benson and Johnathon Jones on the All-Tournament Team. Robert Glenn, the leading scorer for the tournament and Alex Young, both of IUPUI rounded out the All-Tournament Team.[1]

The tournament took place March 6–9, 2010 at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2]

Format

Out of the league's 10 teams, the top eight receive berths in the conference tournament. After the 18-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used if necessary in the following order:

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

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 6–7
Semifinals
March 8
Finals
March 9
         
1 Oakland 85
8 UMKC 70
1 Oakland 71
5 IPFW 58
4 South Dakota State 66
5 IPFW 71
1 Oakland 76
2 IUPUI 64
2 IUPUI 77
7 Western Illinois 68
2 IUPUI 69
3 Oral Roberts 65
3 Oral Roberts 65*
6 North Dakota State 64

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-11-22. /ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204905251
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
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