2018 Summit League men's basketball tournament

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2018 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams8
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (5th title)
Winning coachT. J. Otzelberger (2nd title)
MVPMike Daum (South Dakota State)
TelevisionMidco Sport Network, ESPN3, ESPN2
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2017–18 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State  13 1   .929 28 7   .800
South Dakota 11 3   .786 26 9   .743
Denver 8 6   .571 15 15   .500
Fort Wayne 7 7   .500 18 15   .545
North Dakota State 5 9   .357 15 17   .469
Oral Roberts 5 9   .357 11 21   .344
Omaha 4 10   .286 9 22   .290
Western Illinois 3 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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