Year: | 2008 |
Conference: | Summit League |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 8 |
Arena: | Union Multipurpose Activity Center |
City: | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Champions: | Oral Roberts |
Titlecount: | 3rd |
Coach: | Scott Sutton |
Coachcount: | 3rd |
Mvp: | Moses Ehambe |
Mvpteam: | Oral Roberts |
Topscorer: | George Hill |
Points: | 72 |
Different Previous: | 2007 |
The 2008 Summit League men's basketball tournament was won by Oral Roberts. It took place March 8–11, 2008[1] at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:
Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||||
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W | L | Pct. | GB | W | L | Pct. | |||
1 | 16 | 2 | .889 | – | 24 | 8 | .750 | ||
2 | 15 | 3 | .833 | 1 | 26 | 7 | .788 | ||
3 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 5 | 17 | 14 | .548 | ||
– | North Dakota State | 10 | 8 | .556 | 6 | 16 | 13 | .552 | |
4 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 7 | 11 | 19 | .367 | ||
5 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 7 | 14 | 17 | .452 | ||
6 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 9 | 12 | 18 | .400 | ||
7 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 10 | 11 | 21 | .343 | ||
8 | 4 | 14 | .222 | 12 | 10 | 21 | .323 | ||
– | South Dakota State | 3 | 15 | .167 | 13 | 8 | 21 | .276 |
NOTE: North Dakota State and South Dakota State are ineligible for the 2008 Tournament.
IPFW and Southern Utah split their two games and had identical records against each conference team. Southern Utah received the 4th seed, because their RPI of 231 was better than IPFW's RPI of 235.[2]