2008 Summit League men's basketball tournament explained

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.

All-tournament team

Format

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:

2008 seeds

Seed Team Conference Overall
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
x-Clinched regular season championship

NOTE: North Dakota State and South Dakota State are ineligible for the 2008 Tournament.

4th Place Tiebreaker

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008 Summit League Tournament . 2008-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080315160452/http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/tournaments/conference/SUMM . 2008-03-15 . dead .
  2. Web site: Pairings Announced for Men's Basketball Championship . 2008-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723022757/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21767&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=1402499 . 2011-07-23 . dead .