2018 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament

2018 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2017–18
Teams 8
Site Denny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions South Dakota State (8th title)
Winning coach Aaron Johnston (8th title)
Attendance 27,054[1]
Television Midco Sport Network
ESPNU
2017–18 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
South Dakota14–0 1.000  29–7  .806
South Dakota State †12–2 .857  26–7  .788
Western Illinois10–4 .714  22–10  .688
Oral Roberts7–7 .500  17–13  .567
Denver7–7 .500  16–14  .533
Omaha3–11 .214  12–16  .429
North Dakota State2–12 .143  9–20  .310
Fort Wayne1–13 .071  4–24  .143
† 2018 Summit League Tournament winner
As of March 25, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament is an upcoming a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament will take place March 3–6, 2018 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Top 8 teams in the final standings will qualify for the tournament.

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2 Tiebreaker #3
1 South Dakota 14–0 26–5
2 South Dakota State 12–2 24–6
3 Western Illinois 10–4 22–8
4 Denver 7–7 16–14 1–1 vs. ORU 0–2 vs. each of USD, SDSU, and WIU; 2–0 vs. each of Omaha, NDSU, and FW RPI: 170
5 Oral Roberts 7–7 17–13 1–1 vs. DU 0–2 vs. each of USD, SDSU, and WIU; 2–0 vs. each of Omaha, NDSU, and FW RPI: 179
6 Omaha 3–11 12–16
7 North Dakota State 2–12 9–20
8 Fort Wayne 1–13 4–24

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
1 1 12:00 PM #1 South Dakota vs #8 Fort Wayne 83–32 Midco Sport Network/ESPN3
2 2:30 PM #2 South Dakota State vs #7 North Dakota State 87–62
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
2 3 12:00 PM #4 Denver vs #5 Oral Roberts 71–76 Midco Sport Network/ESPN3
4 2:30 PM #3 Western Illinois vs #6 Omaha 97–57
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
3 5 12:00 PM #1 South Dakota vs #5 Oral Roberts 65–53 Midco Sport Network/ESPN3
6 2:30 PM #2 South Dakota State vs #3 Western Illinois 80–51
Championship – Tuesday, March 6
7 9 1:00 PM #1 South Dakota vs #2 South Dakota State 50–65 ESPNU
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 3–4
Midco Sports Network 		Semifinals
March 5
Midco Sports Network 		Finals
March 6
ESPNU
         
1 South Dakota 83
8 Fort Wayne 32
1 South Dakota 65
5 Oral Roberts 53
4 Denver 71
5 Oral Roberts 76
1 South Dakota 50
2 South Dakota State 65
2 South Dakota State 87
7 North Dakota State 62
2 South Dakota State 80
3 Western Illinois 51
3 Western Illinois 97
6 Omaha 57

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jackrabbits Win #SummitWBB Tournament". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
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