Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Conference Basketball Championship | |
The Summit League Conference Tournament logo (2008–present) | |
Sport | College basketball |
Conference | Summit League |
Number of teams | 8 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | Denny Sanford Premier Center |
Current location | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
Played | 1984–present |
Last contest | 2018 |
Current champion | South Dakota State Jackrabbits |
Most championships | Valparaiso Crusaders (8) |
TV partner(s) | Midco Sports Net, ESPN3, ESPN2 |
Official website | TheSummitLeague.org Men's Basketball |
The Summit League men's basketball tournament is the post-season tournament for NCAA Division I conference Summit League. The winner of the tournament receives the Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. The tournament was first played in 1984, when the league was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU). The league was also known as the Mid-Continent Conference from 1989–2007, after which it was renamed to The Summit League.
Format
Currently, all men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament (barring NCAA sanctions). 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
Tournament champions
& Individual session attendance record (11,235)[1]
Performance by school
School | Championships | Winning years |
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Valparaiso | 8 | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004 |
South Dakota State | 5 | 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
North Dakota State | 3 | 2009, 2014, 2015 |
Oakland | 3 | 2005, 2010, 2011 |
Oral Roberts | 3 | 2006, 2007, 2008 |
Eastern Illinois | 2 | 1985, 1992 |
Southwest Missouri State | 2 | 1987, 1989 |
Wisconsin-Green Bay | 2 | 1991, 1994 |
Western Illinois | 1 | 1984 |
Cleveland State | 1 | 1986 |
IUPUI | 1 | 2003 |
Northern Iowa | 1 | 1990 |
Southern Utah | 1 | 2001 |
Wright State | 1 | 1993 |
TOTAL | 34 |
Teams in bold are currently in the Summit League. Oral Roberts left for the Southland Conference after the 2011–12 season, but returned for 2014–15.
See also
References
- ↑ "#SummitMBB Year End Notebook". The Summit League. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-13.