2018 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament

2018 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2017–18
Teams 8
Site Denny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions South Dakota State (5th title)
Winning coach T. J. Otzelberger (2nd title)
MVP Mike Daum (South Dakota State)
Television Midco Sport Network, ESPN3, ESPN2
2017–18 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
South Dakota State †13–1 .929  28–7  .800
South Dakota11–3 .786  26–9  .743
Denver8–6 .571  15–15  .500
Fort Wayne7–7 .500  18–15  .545
North Dakota State5–9 .357  15–17  .469
Oral Roberts5–9 .357  11–21  .344
Omaha4–10 .286  9–22  .290
Western Illinois3–11 .214  12–16  .429
† 2018 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2018 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 3–6, 2018. Regular season champion South Dakota State defeated South Dakota in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All eight teams in the Summit League were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3
1 South Dakota State 13–1
2 South Dakota 11–3
3 Denver 8–6
4 Fort Wayne 7–7
5 North Dakota State 5–9 1–1 vs ORU 0–2 vs SDSU 1–1 vs SD
6 Oral Roberts 5–9 1–1 vs NDSU 0–2 vs SDSU 0–2 vs SD
7 Omaha 4–10
8 Western Illinois 3–11

Schedule and results

Game Time[1] Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
1 6:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Western Illinois 66–60 Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
2 8:30 pm No. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 7 Omaha 87–73
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
3 6:00 pm No. 4 Fort Wayne vs. No. 5 North Dakota State 82–86 Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
4 8:30 pm No. 3 Denver vs. No 6 Oral Roberts 90–882OT
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
5 6:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 North Dakota State 78–57 Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
6 8:30 pm No. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 3 Denver 76–58
Final – Tuesday, March 6
7 8:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 South Dakota 97–87 ESPN2
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 3 & 4
MidcoSN 		Semifinals
March 5
MidcoSN 		Championship
March 6
ESPN2
         
1 South Dakota State 66
8 Western Illinois 60
1 South Dakota State 78
5 North Dakota State 57
4 Fort Wayne 82
5 North Dakota State 86
1 South Dakota State 97
2 South Dakota 87
2 South Dakota 87
7 Omaha 73
2 South Dakota 76
3 Denver 58
3 Denver 90**
6 Oral Roberts 88

* indicates overtime period.

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Summit League Men's Basketball Championship". Retrieved February 20, 2018.
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