2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2010
Conference:Summit League
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:8
Arena:Sioux Falls Arena
City:Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions:Oakland
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Greg Kampe
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Derick Nelson
Mvpteam:Oakland
Topscorer:Robert Glenn
Topscorerteam:IUPUI
Points:66

The 2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the 2010 post-season tournament for The Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. It was won by conference regular season champion Oakland University. Oakland defeated #2 seed IUPUI in the finals 76–64 behind Derick Nelson's career high 38 points.

Nelson was named tournament MVP and was joined by teammates Keith Benson and Johnathon Jones on the All-Tournament Team. Robert Glenn, the leading scorer for the tournament and Alex Young, both of IUPUI rounded out the All-Tournament Team.[1]

The tournament took place March 6–9, 2010 at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2]

Format

Out of the league's 10 teams, the top eight receive berths in the conference tournament. After the 18-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used if necessary in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head competition
  2. Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken)
  3. Ratings Percentage Index

Notes and References

  1. Web site: theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League . 2008-11-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011102040/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ . 2008-10-11 . /ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204905251
  2. Web site: Men's Basketball Championship - theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League . 2010-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100813151559/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=3641226 . 2010-08-13 . dead .