Summit League men's basketball tournament
Appearance
Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Conference Basketball Championship | |
Sport | College basketball |
Conference | Summit League |
Number of teams | Top 8 out of 9 conference teams |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | Denny Sanford Premier Center |
Current location | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
Played | 1984–present |
Last contest | 2019 |
Current champion | North Dakota State Bison |
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, the top 8 men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament (barring NCAA sanctions). After the 16-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
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 | 5 | 2009, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020 |
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 | 36 |
- 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.
- Among current Summit League members, North Dakota, Omaha, and South Dakota have reached the tournament final but failed to win the championship, and Denver and Kansas City have yet to advance to the tournament final. Kansas City, which rejoined in 2020–21, had competed under its academic identity of UMKC during its previous Summit tenure (1994–95 to 2012–13).
Television coverage
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst | Sideline |
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2020 | ESPN2 | Clay Matvick | Bryce Drew | Elaina Lanson |
2019 | Sean Harrington | |||
2018 | ||||
2017 | ||||
2016 | Bob Wischusen | |||
2015 | Clay Matvick | |||
2014 | Darrin Horn | |||
2013 | Bob Valvano | |||
2012 | ||||
2011[2] | ESPN | Lou Cannellis | Mike Kelley | |
2010[3] | ESPN2 | |||
2009[4] | Dave Barnett | Tim Welsh | ||
2008[5] | ESPN | Ron Franklin | Fran Fraschilla | |
2007[6] |
See also
References
- ^ "#SummitMBB Year End Notebook". The Summit League. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
- ^ http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/02/28/championship-week-presented-by-dick%e2%80%99s-sporting-goods-schedule/?s-sporting-goods-schedule/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
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